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Resons or choosing the California End of Life Option Act, and other life memories.

Award-winning financial journalist Diana B. Henriques discusses her life, significant stories and events in her career, her books, and conditions in journalism over the years. As a staff writer for The New York Times from 1989 to 2012 and as...

Seto You, age 92/93 or 97/98, is interviewed by his son, Ed You, age 26, about his early days in the USA. He arrived from China in 1916, worked as a cook in this country well into his 80's. He...

1949-1956 College, Williams & Harvard, being in the army in Europe.

Edward Bloch (87) talks with his cousin Meredith Skeath (71) about his father helping Jewish families escape from Europe before WWII, his courtship of Carol, how they started a family, and the importance of finding work you love and realizing...

where my mother was when she heard about the tragedy and how she felt

In this interview, I am heard discussing what growing up was like before social media and the Internet was as popular as it is today. Not only do we discuss what life was like growing up without the Internet, we...

Robert Carey (age 99), aka Pops, talks about his life growing up in New York City, his time in the service, and his family.

While spending time at home on Thanksgiving break, I had the opportunity to interview my uncle about his fire department experiences focusing on the tragedies that occurred on September 11th, 2001. He shared his experience in the fire department and...

this interview is about my mom Yolanda Lugo and her life immigrating from Puerto Rico to the big city of New York

An interview of someone’s perspective and take away from the effects of 9/11

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Jeffrey Roberson about his career as drag queen Varla Jean Merman, and in particular his time and work in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Aaron Novy (27) talks with his grandfather-in-law, Frank Pomposelli Sr. (87) about his childhood, family and upbringing in the Bronx as an Italian-American. June 22, 2012

This is an interview about September 11th with my mom who was two blocks away from the World Trade Center.

I interviewed Miguel Veras on his immigration story from the Dominican Republic to the United States.

My dad's name is Edgar Perez. Today's date is November 24, 2018. I wanted to ask him about his work at New York City Transit. I wanted to learn more about how it's impacted his and our families life.

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.

Emil talks about his life as a kid in Poland during communism and explains what it was like moving to America

I talked to my older sister about her experience in 9/11 and what she remembers

Marc Adajar recounts his frontline experience St Vincent’s hospital at NYC on 9/11

Alexa A (15) and Cristal V (15) talk about the cons about body shaming and how society has became judgemental throughout time. As Cristal stated " Bodyshaming isn't the correct thing to do mostly towards younger generations".

Interviewing Tina Railsback about family, career, her past and more.

John Friedrich (56) interviews his friend Bob Alpern (93)about early influences in his lie, including seeing unemployed people along Riverside Drive in New York City, living in shanties. Bob shares that FDR's programs like the CCC and the WPA appealed...

Imelda Camarena (47) talks with her daughter, Monserratt Castillo (14) about her childhood and her reaction to 9/11.

Steve Desroches (47) and Tony Baptista (47) talk about their friendship that began when they were 10 years old and the "sliding door" occurrences that reunited them when they were 25.