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Sometimes, a tamale is all you need to brighten your 50th day at home during a pandemic

This was a general interview with my uncle mostly talking about family and a few other topics.

Spouses Richard Ohava (81) and Janet Hsieh [no age given] discuss their respective backgrounds, upbringings and their relationship.

In this recording, I have interviewed my mother on the reasons why she decided to move to the United States and struggles that came with moving to a new country. My mother, my father and I are undocumented. In this,...

Tom Hill discusses his childhood, his experience with addiction and recovery, and what gives him hope.

Laura shares stories of her grandparents and her hopes for her grandchildren

One Small Step conversation partners Queena Stone (49) and Matt Watkins (55) talk about how travelling has changed their political and cultural perspectives, whether there is a binary "other side" and how Joe Biden is doing a good job because...

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (38) about her mother's letters to her father while he was away working for the Civilian Conservation Corps and on other military assignments beginning around the time of the...

My grandma talks about what she lived through. She also talks about some events that happened throughout the decade.

Sarah Stockstad, 39, talks about her life and what it has been like for her.

Sandra Pitcairn talked about how she felt when she had cancer. She talked about the person who affected her life the most. She talked about her brother being murdered. She tells us about what her parents were like.

Interviewing my nana for the thanksgiving listen

In this interview I had the pleasure to speak to a really strong woman who sees so much positivity in life even though having faced a lot of struggles.

Della Kostelnik Juarez (61) tells her daughter Julia Juarez-Kostelnik (22) about her experiences participating in a voluntary bussing/racial transfer program as an elementary school student in Seattle. Della describes how being the only white kid in a predominantly Black school...

Kristopher's childhood, time in the military, family, accomplishments

From September 1968 to September 2018, stories of courtship, love, travel and advice. Neil and Kathleen Pope Hughes, long-time Washingtonians married for 50 years.

We talked about his upbringing and then about my life in it’s early years.

Aoi Kondo (13) talk with her grandfather, Takahiko Kondo (76) about memories of his life, and things he appreciates and is thankful for.

Greg shares with Shane, his physical therapist, the events that led up to him getting an artificial heart and what life is like for him as he waits for a donor heart. Greg is one of only 28 people living...

Questions about life and those in it. Interviewer: Justine Casey Interviewee: Sally Lundberg

Friends and partners-in-crime Carrie Alexander (45) and Nicole Frazier (44) come together to talk about their experiences and memories at McKay Healthcare and Rehab Center. They also talk about their friendship, navigating COVID, and creating activities for residents.

One Small Step conversation partners Valerie Kling (61) and Regina Weldert (71) discuss the transformative moments in their lives, their shared love of connecting with others, creative expression, love as an ethic, and gender identity.

As we go through this interview we get to learn about Scolastica (Rinah’s mom) her morals, life lessons and hopes for the future.

In the interview, conducted in February 2022 in Alexandria, Louisiana, Halle Davenport(16) Interviews her aunt Amy Mercer(41) about her Quilting Hobby. Amy Mercer shared her stories about how she first got started quilting. She mentions she makes her own patterns...

Sandy Macfarlane and Trish Morse discuss being firsts (female shellfish biologist in Massachusetts and female Ph.D. from Woods Hole, respectively) and meeting for the first time through the New England Estuarine Research Society.