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On the day before her summer vacation in 2004, Janet Gassett was diagnosed with melanoma. She was 47. In 2018, she described to her daughter Alison the months when she waited to learn if her cancer could be resolved with...

Friends Olivia Langby (26) and María Terrés (68) share a conversation about their starts in music, the music community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, memorable gigs, and how their music journeys have evolved.

Marie-Anna Das (17) talks with her mother about her life now and in the past. She is an immigrant from the Czech Republic and her name is Marketa Rosecka (48) and has lived here since 2003.

Normal Swenson (86) and her friend and colleague Paula Doress-Worters (79) speak about what it was like to found "Our Bodies, Ourselves," their memories of the Women's Movement of the 1960s and 70s, and their earliest memories of being aware...

Joy Polefrone (42) and her One Small Step partner, Chris Hitzelberger [no age given], exchange anecdotes of moving moments in their lives and the issue of abortion rights.

In this I interview Javoy Griffiths about his journey and immigration to America from Jamaica.

My grandpa told me a little bit about his life on Thanksgiving day 2016 while we were all together.

Jinny Savolainen: 2020-05-07 15:34:43 Jinny and Betsy, residents of Leverett Mass talk about the pandemic and our lives during these times.

One Small Step partners Gerald Reid (68) and Chip Michaud (55) talk about their careers, political views, and childhoods in Massachusetts.

One Small Step conversation partners Allan Rikkola (82) and Tim ONeill (71) discuss their grandchildren, democracy and election work, the role of government, and navigating political conversations in social groups.

Spouses Candie Delnore (78) and Vic Delnore (80) talk about how they met, their favorite travel memories together, and hopes for their future.

Kathrine Wilkinson (25) discusses her job as a reporter and the coverage of events such as the rise in the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19, and the 2020 presidential election.

Teriyana Morton (28) interviews new friend and StoryCorps conversation partner Katrina "Katt" Jeanne (40) about her experience discovering that the man who raised her was not her biological father, learning about her genetic and ethnic makeup, and getting to know...

Sara McCusker, 15 years old, interviewed her grandfather Joseph McCusker, 88, at his home in Manchester, Vermont. Sara wanted to know about his childhood, youth, and adulthood, including what he remembers about raising her father.

Alessandra Woo ('25), an eighth grader at The Boston Latin School, talks with Rachel Skerritt ('95), the head of school, about what it is like to be leading the oldest public school in the nation through 2020.

Spouses, Leslie Van Stavern Millar (72) and Farley Max Gilliam (78), share a conversation about their experiences moving to Montana, how they met one another, and the Missoula, Montana community.

Husband and wife, Paul Moses (69) and Maureen Moses (69), reflect on their life together. They discuss how they first met, Maureen's work as a nurse, and the challenges and triumphs they experienced in having children.

Naomi Mumbi Kiarie (28) is interviewed by Gillian [no last name given] (no age given) about her experiences growing up and her career as a nurse.

Julie Peck 72 and Bill Lynch 75 discussed the development of Bill's social justice philosophy from a Quaker high school, through law school at U of Chicago, becoming a conscientious objector after ROTC, teaching in a changing school system.

Brooke Colangelo (17) talks with her mother, Marie Colangelo (53) about her childhood, life lessons she has learned and the way both of these factors play a role in her current life and hopefully her future.

Hilly Haber (33) speaks with Sherry King (70) about their lives and experiences at Central Synagogue. They talk about Hilly's role as a rabbi and how they've each incorporated social justice into volunteer work.

Liya Liang speaks with Nina Kleinberg about her experiences attending a preparatory boarding school and leaving all she knew behind. The two discuss the effects that it had on her life reflecting on the aspects of race, class, and socioeconomic...

Patricia Barbee [no age given] tells her conversation partner Justin Cummins (32) about her childhood and how she met her husband, Sgt. John Wesley Barbee. They remember Sgt. Barbee, their relationship, his time at war, and his passing while fighting...

Karishma Babani (17) talks with her mother, Manju Babani (44) about her life before changing her life and how it how it is different from her current one. This included lessons she has learned and the way both of these...

Shawn Carlson (54) has a conversation with his friend and coworker Jill Fuller (33) about growing up, going to college and graduate school, and what their interests are outside of work.