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Mariama Loos-Diallo learned to knit in first grade, and since then, handwork has been a constant and beloved interest for her. After graduating from the pioneering class of the Portland Waldorf High School, Mariama continued her education at Whitman College,...

Jenny Rask: 2020-08-25 Jenny Rask (49), Interviews father Gene Rask (88), about the births of his brothers and their relationship with their father growing up in Butte, Montana. Gene talks about his father's advice to his children, his parenting style...

Catherine "Cathy" Tsaur (37) speaks with her friend Liberty Peralta (36) about her experience with the military living in Hawaii and her experience dating service members.

Mary Rechner and her son Dan Sims talk about a memorable person met while he had a summer job at Youth Corps.

Jenny Rask: 2020-08-30 20:10:01 Jenny Rask (49) talks with father Gene Rask (88) about his own father's political views and how they developed. His father's personality and education. Advice his father gave him. His father's ambitions and work in Butte,...

One Small Step conversation partners Veronica (36) and Jenni (42) have a conversation about their backgrounds growing up and living in different places, their experiences living abroad in Italy, and their views on having diverse communities and perspectives in their...

Vicki Brackens (68) and her One Small Step partner Anne Wimberly (52) discuss political differences amongst US demographics, their personal relationships, and racial discrimination.

Darrin Donithorne (57) tells his conversation partner and new friend Naomi Love (26) about finding joy in striking up conversations with strangers.

Andy Paulson (51), Leeah Schilling (31) and Sebastian Ostrovsky (31), nursing colleagues on the Cardiovascular Intermediate Care Unit at OHSU, reflect on nursing, and what they appreciate most about working together.

At first glance, my grandfather Larry Gaston looks like a guy you don't want to mess with. Grizzled grey hair, an ever-present 5 o'clock shadow, war-torn scars on every inch of skin. But underneath the hard exterior lies a man...

Kay Leppold (58) sat down with friend and fellow nurse, Oliver Pelayo (49) to discuss Kay's nursing career and other adventures.

Christi Lossner: 2020-05-27 22:52:18 Christi Lossner talks with her mom via computer during the 2019-2020 COVID19 pandemic.

Curtis Krofft (63) talks with StoryCorps facilitator Courtney Gilbert (28) about the period of his childhood that he spent in Joshua Tree and the annual turtle races that went on there, and later the politics and current events that led...

Keith Hardin (69) interviews his friend Dave Scott (74) about his career fighting wildfires for the U.S. Forest Service and about how the wildfires he fought inspired his book, "The Fury of the Beast."

Jana Dickman tells some of her essential story after returning to The United States from Indonesia in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Our conversation includes her experience teaching abroad when COVID-19 began, being evacuated from Southeast Asia in Spring...

Spouses Bo Bartlett (65) and Betsy Eby (54) sit down for a conversation about how their respective childhood homes have influenced who they are today, the inspiration behind each of their artistic styles, and the role that the Bo Bartlett...

Denise Keegan (71) and her friend Duane Nycz (62) share a conversation about their bartending and restaurant careers, their families, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Soap Lake, WA, the city that they both call home.

Friends Earl "Bud" Clark (97) and Breanna Mjelde (19) talks about Bud's career in the U.S. Navy.

Susanne Vest (84) talks with [No Name Given] [no age given] about the many places she has lived throughout her childhood, memories from World War II, and her life since settling in Utah.

Beverly Little Thunder (75) tells her everlasting friend Monique "Muffie" Mousseau (54) about her involvement in the American Indian Movement (AIM) and about her experiences of sexism within the movement and ceremony. She recalls the heartbreak of being told she...

Mother Cindy Wilson (64) and son Will Hussman (38) discuss the changes to their family structure, and what it has taught them.

Rita Upton runs an online etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BroomsticksDragonfly geared towards spiritual practices; Mainly Wicca and Witchcraft. Items are "made by hand and will have natural variations. This is normal, and will slightly change the appearance due to wood grain,...

Colleagues and friends Desza Dominguez [no age given] and Joshua Beebe [no age given] reflect on their efforts with the COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

One Small Step conversation partners Christen Brouillette (24) and Gretchen Moirtensen (67) have a conversation about family acceptance of coming out, abortion, civil rights issues, and government assistance.

Jenny Rask: 2020-08-24 00:40:22 Jenny Rask Interview 2 with father Gene Rask. Gene remembers growing up in Butte, Montana. He looks back at Butte, Montana as a mining town. How his family resided there and moved to Portland, Oregon for...