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Daughter of a WWI veteran, Helen remembers the rationing of WWII & the service of relatives then and in Korea. After getting her nursing degree she felt drawn to the AirForce reserve. Her 21 years as a reservist are central...

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Aruna Patil (68) talks with her son Akshay (39) about moving to the US in 1979, finding a job as an anesthesiologist, learning to cook, and the various foods she enjoys and grew up eating.

Gloria Johnson (72) speaks with her friend Corianna Moffatt (33) about several experiences that led to her becoming a social worker in Boston, MA. Despite the odds of growing up in segregated Camden, AR, and overcoming a terrible experience of...

In this interview on November 29th, 2020 in Tijeras, New Mexico, Julianna McDonald (17) interviews her grandma, Elaine West (74) as she reflects about her childhood and breaking through her own barriers later in her life through her inspiring interracial...

My step father talks about how the life changing journey from living in Boston, MA to sunny California altered his existence. and allowed him to learn new things about himself that he didn’t know before

Anne discusses her early life during WWII as a child of a US Navy submariner, growing up as a Navy “brat”, her belief in the basic goodness of people, her adventurous spirit, and much more.

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Michelle (46) and Carol (66) discuss lesbian visibility.

a discussion between Rebecca Conant and her Mother Roberta. reflecting on Roberta's life and her diagnosis of terminal cancer.

I was always curious about my sister’s life when she was my age but never really found the opportunity to ask her about it. I wanted to know how life was like and how she was able to get through...

Zizi Bohannon (61), interviewed by her niece (16), reflects on her life and some of the lessons she’s learned around parenthood, career, death, and what success really means.

This interview helped me see into how my mom views her life right now and how it came to be like it is. She is full great stories of me and my dad that I enjoyed listening to.

An interview with my mom about her life

Daughter of a WWI veteran, Helen remembers the rationing of WWII & the service of relatives then and in Korea. After getting her nursing degree she felt drawn to the AirForce reserve. Her 21 years as a reservist are central...

This is an interview I did for my history class about the events of 9/11. I interviewed my mom on it because she had family and people she knew that were closely involved.

I am interviewing Sigal wax, a true agent of change in Occupational Therapy profession and an inspiring person

We discussed how our lives have been impacted by this global pandemic.

We discussed Mark's upbringing during the Depression & WWII, his wife & family, his engineering career, & his love of Bridge and basketball!

Paul Keefe's experience in the US Navy including service in the Mediterranean on the USS Lake Champlain helped him get his degree in aeronautical engineering & led to a career in electrical engineering at companies including D.E.C.

Sharon Sorrentino would sing the opening song, Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour,'' to her daughter, Sierra Sorrentino, constantly when she was a baby. Perhaps it was her choir background that gave her the chops to adapt the great Wonder’s lyrics...

I was interviewing my grandma and asked her 4 questions. First question I said was “Tell me about your parents” she told me their names which I actually didn’t know until then. She told me that her dad was shot...

Nick Yaffe,(67), Principal of the Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst, MA talks with his wife, Wendy Yaffe, (68), about what advice he would give to his childhood self

The thanksgiving listen project and some backstory on me and my aunt

Jennifer Beard talks with her colleague, Professor Rich Feeley, about his global health career. They taught together in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health for 14 years. Rich devoted his career to working...