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Kanti (72) and Nayana (71) Gandhi are coming upon their 50th wedding anniversary. Today, they tell their daughter Tejal (42) about growing up in small Indian towns, entering into a love marriage between castes, and the value of family and...

Jann Cahoon (37) interviews her uncle, Harvey Cahoon (63) about the family brick business.

Piggy Blake (22) speaks with their friend Marina Labarthe del Solar (24) about their nonbinary gender identity, their past struggles with anorexia, and what they hope to teach future generations.

Carlissia, 21, interviews Sylverna, 57, about growing up in Virginia and Baltimore during the Civil Rights Movement, her interest in libraries, becoming Dean of Libraries at the University of Memphis, and the problems facing African Americans today.

A woman interviews her husband about growing up in rural Georgia and moving to Detroit where he joined a band. He then interviews her about her childhood in Brooklyn, and the blending of their two families.

Sister Rosina Baumgartner, O.S.B. (87) tells her sister in community, Sister Molly Brockwell, O.S.B. (46), of her decision to join the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica and describes the changes she saw in the community with the coming of Vatican...

Audrey, 51, interviews her mother, Maria, about growing up in Shanghai, immigrating to the United States, and her family.

Troy Grant (41) talks to his former student, Alexis Saunders (17), about how he started teaching, his educational philosophy, and some of his favorite classroom memories.

Melvin Taylor (49) asks his associate Doris Green about her career as an ethnomusicologist, her creation of Greenotation (an integrated score of percussive music and dance notation), and the time she spent traveling in Africa to learn more about the...

Alice Rapallo talks about living in Boston, raising kids, and being married to an alcoholic.

Cynthia Tainsh (50) talks with her husband, Robert Tainsh (49), about moving to Florida from New England and their experiences having twins and then triplets.

Kay Guske Thomas and her daughter in law Maggie Thomas come in to discuss Kay’s role as caretaker to her late uncle Frank Burgess.

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Douglas (41) interviews his mother, Maureen Mei Ling (70) about her experiences growing up in China, her family, her philosophy

Joseph Brown, 29, talks to his mother Sybil Brown, 67, about her life growing up in rural Georgia, her education in Athens, GA., and her move to and life in Atlanta, GA.

Ruth remembers her college days, her first jobs, and her husband.

Agnes Babich is interviewed by her grandson John Babich about growing up in an immigrant neighborhood in New York City, her family, work and travels.

Sally Dorst, 70, is interviewed by her employee Jensen Wheeler Wolfe, 48, about her love of the arts.

Marti interviewed her dad about his work life.

Jeffrey interviews his father, Donald, about how his family came to South Dakota, his childhood on a farm, and being a pharmacist.

Patricia and Christine interview their parents, Reggie and Robert about their lives.

Judy interviews David about recording blues and folk musicians in the rural south.

Sharon, 32, interviews her mother, Norene, 76, about the evening her father died of TB; her belief in miracles; her husband’s courtship and marriage proposal; and the Holloween trick she played on him.