Opa 11/30

A little talk with my grandfather about his life and his memories during Thanksgiving (the great listen 2019)

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Kasey Madden and Brian McGill

Kasey Madden (35) and Brian McGill (50) find commonality from opposite coasts, sharing similar feelings on being raised Catholic and moving away from organized religion, community service, worries about societal and political divisiveness, safety for women and trans people and...

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Sarah Justus and Rosa Benedicto

Sarah Justus (24) interviews her grandmother Rosa Benedicto (77) about Rosa's immigration from Ciuadad Juarez, Mexico to Chicago, Illinois. Rosa would eventually settle in El Paso, Texas. The pair also discuss Rosa's marriage and love story with her late husband.

Interview with my Nana

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Charlotte A. Cowart Childhood

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Maynard "Dick" Dixon

"There wasn't nothin' goin' on around there anyway:" A grandfather's stories from Rainelle, WV to Hopewell, VA. Maynard "Dick" Dixon tells stories from his childhood and brief career in coal mining in Rainelle, WV, a stint in Arlington, VA, and...

Interview with my grandmother

This interview, conducted on November 28th, 2017, in Birmingham Alabama, with my grandmother we call Honey is about her early life. About how she grew up poor with both her parents working, which was rare, to winning cars and appliances...