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Irene Baranski, 84, is interviewed by her nephew’s wife Beth DeCarbo, 43.

In this interview, Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews Oksana Pasakas of Ukrainian History & Education Center of New Jersey to discuss the traditional folk customs of the Ukraine, and the importance of continued education in the traditional folk arts of...

One Small Step conversation partners Ron Marlett (72) and Chris Powell (49) both knew each other before being paired together. In their conversation they talk about their upbringings and about the political changes taking place in Oklahoma's legislature over the...

Mary 's memories of her childhood.

Distance makes the heart grow fonder. On April 27th 2021, Desiree Marcil in Yorba Linda, California interviews mother, Maureen Martinson, in Brea, California. Maureen Martinson reflects on her life with a hospitalized parent, a liberal daughter, and the effects of...

Tamara Huff (39) interviews her mother, Lula Lunsford Huff (72), about growing up in segregated Columbus, Georgia in a close family with nine siblings with loving parents that taught them the value of education, business and a strong work ethic.

On Thanksgiving Day 2020, Alexa Scanlon (13) interviewed her maternal grandmother, Frances Piscatelli (66) about growing up in a large Italian family in Boston, MA. In the interview, Alexa also asks her grandmother about their family traditions and how she'd...

Ted Lane (67) tells his son David Lane (47) about taking care of his siblings when he was young and making toys from things he found in the trash. He talks about meeting his wife and lying to his parents...

Russell “Russ” Flowers (60) talks with his friend and colleague, Fred Weber (61), about their respective companies in food testing and laboratory equipment, Silliker Laboratories, Weber Scientific, and the International Association for Food Protection.

Leora Ferguson Ciccone, 96, talks to her daughter Luann Ferguson Ciccone, 56, about her life and careers in the military and nursing.

LeLand and Leah Holstine talk with their son Eric about meeting, their respective careers, raising Eric and about Eric’s children Topher and Anna.

Darlene Lodge, 80, talks with her daughter, Lynn Payne, 56, about growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa during the Depression and about her marriages to Lynn’s father and to Donald Lodge.

Margaret Sturgill interviews her friend and coworker Dennis Horton (60) about his childhood diagnosis of polio and how it changed his life.

Jonquil Roach is a sophomore in high school he plays for the Football since Freshman year , He’s 16 and loves to play video games

Edwah O’Neill (~63) describes being swept a quarter mile through an underground culvert during a torrential rainstorm in 1971, when he was 14 years old. George Lonsdorf (69) met Edwah when Ed commented on George’s Friends of Narberth History Facebook...

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

Khanh Nguyen interviews his cousin, Jenna Le (24) about her experiences growing up as a Vietnamese immigrant in the US.

One Small Step conversation partners Mistie Hitt (39) and Harold Breedan (66) discuss experiences growing up, family, college, major influences in their lives, and political points of view.

I talked about how my life is going so far

Paige Ann Ingalls (PA) interviews her friends James Albetta (JA) and Bob Hoffman (BH). They share their memories of the time they spent at Ingalside Farm as teenagers.

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...

Stephen Ristau, 57, tells colleague Jamie Smeland, 26, about the importance of libraries in his life, he and his wife’s decision to move to Portland in 2007, and his work in non-profit consulting.

One Small Step conversation partners Nicholas "Nick" Zoller (40) and Karen McBee (66) talk about their upbringing in Maryland and Texas and what inspired them to become teachers in higher education. They also discuss their differences in faith and what...

Sisters Natalie and Lindsay Campbell speak with Parchment Community Library Ambassador Karen Woodworth about their memories of the Kindleberger Summer Festival of the Performing Arts.

Spouses, Michael Kelly (73) and Peggy Kelly (75), talk about Michael's military service in the Military Police, his upbringing, and their time in Grafenwöhr, Germany.