Valerie Myers and Cherie Giannandrea

Valerie Myers (18) talks with her mother Cherie Giannandrea (49) about growing up, divorce, and the impacts of COVID-19 on her life.

A Talk with Mom-Rachel Herod

Join us for a morning talk with my mom who is aging and rapidly forgetting details. She is the great-granddaughter of William H. “Billy” Steen who was one of the freed Black families—Hawkins, Pearson, Reece, Steen, Shipp—who established Paris, MS...

What it Means to Work Hard – An interview with my Dad

I sat down with my dad to talk about his life and how he grew up. He started from basically nothing and took advice from those of a greater intelligence and applied it to his life and has become very...

Practice

Practice interview with Mackenzie for Capstone class

Remaking your life after divorce

Daughter-in-law interviews her mother-in-law about a difficult transition.

Going from Mantained to Making Money Moves

This is the story of how my 65 year grandmother came to the United States and was able to provide for her and her children.

Sisters talking about how we grew up

We talked about what we remember from growing up with divorced parents

All Of The Universe Is All In This One Moment (Part 1)

We talked about her childhood and the struggles that she faced growing up. As well as where her life has taken her now. We talked about the people and events that have influenced her life as well as the harder...

How My Work and Education Has Shaped Me

In this interview, conducted in November of 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, Keyla Garcia (17) interviews her mother Karla Franco (45) about her experiences growing up in relation to school and work. Ms. Franco describes her time in school as a...

Interview with my mom Kristi

Today I interviewed my mother Kristi Runyan, we talked about important memories in her life and people that influenced her.

My Father’s Story

Giselle Mustafa (17) interviews her father, Khalid Mustafa (59) to know more about his life as a Palestinian living in Chicago in the 1960s-1970s, his life moving to a whole new country, and his life now.

Alisha Rodriguez’s interview for StoryCorps,2017

In this recording, Alisha Rodriguez at Washington Junior High in Bentonville Arkansas, records an audio file for StoryCorps. Alisha is in seventh grade.

Thanksgiving listening

After listening to what she has said I can say she is a strong person and she works hard to achieve are gols in life and she inspire me to work and focus on my studies. Thank you ❤️

“Every event in life is what creates YOU”

The intriguing events in Christopher Kepner’s life that has affected who he is today. Such as his parents divorce and his mother being verbally abusive.

First semester of college

Derek (17) interviews his father, Dr Griffin (49) about his first semester in college.

Interview for AP World History

Layla Abdo (15yrs old granddaughter) and Ibrahim Jalal (grandfather). Interview about Ibrahim Jalal’s life and the lessons he has learned.

Gabriela Solis interviews her mother, Christine Solis, about her experiences as a woman

In this interview, Gabriela Solis (21) talks with Christine Solis (65) about what it was like to grow up as a woman. As her childhood and early teen years were in the 60s and her adult life started in the...