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Bryan Adams (33) interviews his mother Patricia Adams (57) about her work life and her family.

On Friday, February 22, 2019, Dr. Lilien Vogl, Chair of the Optometric Historical Society, sat down with Dr. Donald E. Jarnagin, past-president of the American Optometric Association (1995-1996) to talk about his life, his work and developments in the profession...

Lavera and Doyle Clay tell their grandson, John, about their courtship, family, childhood, and religion.

Woman interviews her grandmother about her life, work for the war effort, her relationships, birth of her children.

Nancy and Melissa talk about being the parents of autistic sons.

Mark Rodriguez (48) talks to his daughter, Aurora Rodriguez (17), about his love for music and what his life was like when he was growing up. He also discusses his views on the creative process.

Laurence A. Clarke (18) and his former teacher and mentor Joshua Lupher (32), discuss their relationship, their school, and their impact on each other.

Dr. Noelle Trent (39) discusses with colleague and friend Dr. Charles McKinney (52) the experience of blackness throughout their early and current lives, pursuit of academia, and their experience in the subject of History.

Lisa Sims (63) and her daughters, Paige Spencer (35) and Grace Sims (25), sit down for a conversation about their fondest memories, career goals, and spiritual experiences, as well as the love they have for one another.

Hayley Norton (36) interviews her grandmother, Gramme Alice (87), about her childhood in rural Missouri and her experience raising her three children.

Julia Sherman (27) interviews her friend, Jerry Hamel (86), about his childhood, his cattle-ranching and rodeo careers, the history of his land, and what being a cowboy means to him.

Spouses Wanja Ngugi (35) and Steve Rutledge (49) sit down together to tell their love story and express their deep appreciation for one another.

Joseph Engler (65) talks to his daughter Kerry Slattery (36) about his life as a San Francisco Police officer

Physician James E. Jackson tells his children, James Jackson and Stephanie Christmas, of his work in the medical field and of the importance of attending Morehouse College for him as an illiterate young man.

Sisters Rachel Pettis (33) and Hannah Gibson (45) sit down for a conversation about their family and the different experiences they had growing up as siblings born eleven years apart.

Katherine Barriga interviews her mother, Maria Victoria Barriga, on her immigrant experience in the Unites States - after having married an American soldier, and leaving her native Colombia.

Spouses, Ashley Meyer (44) and Chris Meyer (45), together recount their love story.

Lisa, 44, and Dave, 52, interview Virginia, 80, about growing up on a farm in Illinois and meeting her husband, Dick.

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews Jen Waldman (Manhattan) on May 12, 2021. They discuss early dance recitals, teenage enterprising, getting messy with Musical Theater, YoungArts, and adapting the Jen Waldman Studio to a thriving virtual community.

John Bates (51) tells his wife Lori Kuley-Bates (48) about his father, living in Hawaii as a child, and his work at a nuclear power plant.

Krista Hirschmann, 36, was interviewed by her husband, Kevin Rodowicz, 37. Krista told the story of the beginning of their “courtship” at college which Kevin initiated as a four-month mystery to be solved by Krista. They also talked about their...

Author and retired professor Dr. John Yung, 73, talks with his cousin-in-law, Pui Yue “Ronnie” Hon, about growing up in Macon, Georgia as a Chinese-American during the Jim Crow era. He also discusses the three books he has written about...

Steve Tiernan discusses: his family history in Albany,Georgia; experiences attending Dougherty County Schools; and building a successful technology company with international partners in Albany, Georgia.

Cameron McPhee (45) interviews her father, Raymond McPhee (88), about his life and career as a documentary film producer and intelligence agent.