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On April 25th, 2020, Jasmine Fernandez (17) interviewed her best friend, Yasmine Cruz (17) on how her life has been affected by today's pandemic, covid-19/coronavirus. Throughout this interview Yasmine is asked personal questions on how her life has changed, how...

Janine di Giovanni said, "Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life." Dr. Mary Saurmans took time out of her busy schedule in Thailand to speak with me just a bit about her essential story...

Sisters Dee Ann Tumbuan (39) and Ellie Tumbuan (42) discuss their childhood, moving around the country, summertime road trips and positive influential women from their parents' church, life lessons and their good friend Steve.

Taylar (16) and Jordynn (14) Madden interview their grandparents Joyce (70) and James (71) Madden on passion and stories. 2020-05-29 21:05:32

Jackie Walther and Jackie Neale talk about some of the unexpected outcomes of the coronavirus global pandemic. Jackie and her husband Dan own a short-order, take-out restaurant called The Square Meal in Oaklyn, NJ and on the heels of discussing...

A married couple living in one of the epicenters of the COVID-19 Pandemic shares their thoughts and reflections.

Brady Sih (52) talks with his mom, Gerimae Sih (77) about how she met his dad, Ping, and how they raised him and his older brother Bryant and got into sailing: 2022-10-30 15:56:14

Sarah, who is in her first year of employment with Providence, shares with Roxie her life journey and her experience working for Providence Infusion and Pharmacy in Spokane.

Sean is a volunteer with KYCC’s Youth Services, where he tutors students one-on-one with homework help. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Sean came to the U.S. in 1999. As a first-generation Korean American businessman, Sean has an office in...

Annie Perasa (78) and her neice, Lynn Gerwer [no age given], discuss Gerwer's workaday life as a nurse at a New York City hospital during COVID-19.

Steven Rauscher (33) and Brandon Thrash discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Philadelphia's service and hospitality industry, with a special focus on how the value of service and hospitality in America needs to be redefined and reframed moving...

Anthony Gagne (17) and Slade Rice (friend)(17)

Dr. Lisa Graham (47), director of the Wellesley College Choir, Lucy Cordes (21), President of the Choir, and Genevieve Welch (20), choral scholar with the Choir, speak about their experiences of the pandemic through the lens of choral singing and...

Emergency nurse Dayna James thought she had the most secure job in the world, but the pandemic knocked her out of work and wondering how her family would pay its bills. James tells 2020 ENA Foundation Chairperson Jim Hoelz about...

Wendy Wolf - adoption, moving, Covid-19

Valedictorian Sofia Hryhorasz (13) and Principal Anna Cirilli (45) of St. Nicholas Cathedral School recount to Lida (51) what it was like to go remote on Friday the 13th of March and emerge for in person learning in August of...

Katya (46) explains to Lida (51) how she became the collector, evaluator and disseminator of information within and far beyond her Ukrainian Village community and suburban household

Traveling while black means researching more than ticket prices and exchange rates. There's a savviness to surviving racism in the United States and abroad as colorism, cultural appropriation, and xenophobia abound. Robin's faced it all as a black woman teaching...

Nicholas Juzych talks with his uncle Dr. Mark Shalauta, a family medicine specialist at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, California, about his experiences working on the frontlines fighting against COVID-19.

[Recorded: Thursday, March 24, 2022] Ken Egan (81) and Janet King (73) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. The pair discuss life after retirement and their relationship with spirituality and meditation. Ken discusses his views on public...

Interviewer Ethan Armao talks to Isaac McCracken about his thoughts and experiences with COVID-19.

Valentina Marin (16) interviews her uncle, Leonardo Villa (54) about his childhood in Colombia and about working at the Twin Towers.

Riley-Paige Belisle: 2020-12-17 16:19:40

Karen Saadeh tells friend Ann Friou about camping with family, visiting her farm, Colorado Rockies during wildfires, comparison of COVID-19 to 1918 Flu epidemic, difficult lives of women in the past: 2021-01-14 20:28:01

(Updated 1/6/21: Edited to improve sound and decrease overlap caused by delay.) In an overdue reunion, Robin Wilson graced me with an hour of her Sunday to share her story. She passed down a major portion of my teaching-for-justice toolbox...