The Great Thanksgiving Listen with Bettie Martin and Nikolas Parker

In this interview, which occurred on November 24, 2018 in Dallas, Texas, Nikolas Parker (14) interviews his great-grandma Bettie Martin aka ”Bigmamma” (87) about her life. Topics include how she was one of the first African Americans to buy a...

Ray Wise – Mastery At Its Finest

An overlooked tree. Ceaseless drive. Sean Connery. What do these three unrelated things have in common? They tell the extraordinary story of Ray Wise, who was interviewed by Forrest Wheeler in Los Angeles in 2018. Since youth in Akron, Ohio,...

The Diverse Home of a Shelter Home

My mother Jennifer Martin (65) shares her stories, with her daughter Kaija Martin, about her time working at a shelter home in Minnesota for 10 years.

Single Mothers

This interview is based on my mother, Brandy Christian, and how she went through living with a single mother and then later on being one herself.

Competitive dance and Eating disorders

I will be interviewing my roommate, Emma Kepler, about her experiences with competitive studio dance and with her eating disorders enhanced by the competitive dance culture