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A talk about the good and bad parts of being sisters.

Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...

Talking to my grandma about stuff I’ve never asked.

New Malaysia

In this interview my mom and I talked about her child hood and what it was like growing up in two different countries. We talked bout her parents and how they effected her life. To finish the interview off we...

Growing up in Dover, Indiana during the 1960s

A show of confidence in life and some good show stopping moments and some sad memories that may show anger

Music has always been a part of my fathers life. That’s why I asked him to share some of his favorite memories and experiences with music.

Interviewing my mom

Not all that long ago, before the crony socialism that wrecked its economy, before the government robbed people rights, and among other things, Venezuela brought many tourist to the country to see the natural beauty, its oil fields, the most...

Mona Dunkin, who grew up on a farm in the mountains of Pipestem, West Virginia, tells about her life and experiences, and how her childhood and the people surrounding her impacted her life.

We talked about Turner and her family, and how it affected her as a person.

My Great Uncle Johns life growing up versus poor in South Arkansas

In this recording, Trinity Wilson, a political science and women’s studies student at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan interviews her memaw, Phylis Packard. Ms. Packard was born on February 11, 1947, and grew up in Hammon, Oklahoma with one...

Lucille Wilhoit passed away on September 3, 2016. I remembered I'd recorded two interviews with her for the National Day of Listening in November of 2010. She talks in this interview about the importance of music to her, and how...

I interviewed my mom about the music industry and how it has transitioned since the 80’s as well as how it has shaped her life when she was growing up.

Migration for people is a hard decision,but by improving their quality of life,they adapt to the new customs and their new country.

Walter Pearl Wilson, a loving grandmother and mother that goes by “Pearl” recounts growing up in rural Arkansas, growing into motherhood, and old age.

Lee Mulvaney talks to her son Mark Mulvaney about growing up during the great depression, finding work, falling in love, family, loss, and life at 92 and beyond.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Atoka, Oklahoma, I interviewed my grandma, Dale Payne, about positive memories and her life growing up. She told me about how her and her husband, Larry Payne, came to be. She also...

In this interview taken on November 30th, 2018 in Wylie, Texas, Tailene Morales (15) speaks with her maternal grandmother, Aromelia Vargas (64) about her adolescence in Panama. Mrs. Vargas shares about her high school experience. She also speaks about the...

Mary Caravalho's mother died young of cancer and Mary honored her mother by taking on her mother's role of staying in touch with her cousin Judy throughout Judy's life. Now Mary honors her cousin Judy by uncovering and telling the...

This was Dan Moreland, he is my grandfather and to me he is Grandaddy. To me I’ve always seen him as the hardest working man I’ve ever met and he will always be that man and he has shown that...

Great interview with sekou today.

Nicholas “Nicky” Weinstock had jumped headfirst into an entirely new civilization, with no knowledge of the language or culture. Nicky’s son, Lincoln Weinstock, interviews him about his experience in Africa. Nicky tells about his near-death malaria experience, what it was...