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Joe Beda shares with Julia and Amanda about his multigenerational family history with computers, his changing experience with open source since submitting the first commit to Kubernetes, and how the future of open source contains both 'danger and opportunity'.

Steve K Desroches (47) talks to his father Steve R Desroches (74) about significant hurricanes and storms to hit during their lifetimes in coastal Massachusetts.

In this December 4 2022 interview, Ava Carlson (16) and her uncle Jim Barton (62) talk about his childhood in small town Vermont, family, and practicing instruments.

"Life in the priesthood is one of humility," says Michael Hennessy in this interview recorded shortly before his May 2018 ordination as a priest. Hennessy is a New Englander who started thinking about being a priest when he was teaching...

Friends and colleagues Lynne Boone (59) and Hilary Howarth (69) share stories about their families, childhoods, and travels.

Interview of my dad. He talks about both of our childhoods, his in the 70’s and mine in the early 2000’s. He talks about the lessons he’s learned throughout his life and what had led him to where he is.

In this December 4 2022 interview, Ava Carlson (16) and her uncle Jim Barton (62) talk about his childhood in small town Vermont, family, and practicing instruments.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to his husband Peter Donnelly (62) about Christmases past, present and future on Christmas morning 2022.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to musician Jon Richardson (35) about his work in Provincetown, Massachusetts and in particular his role as a piano man in a town with a long tradition of piano bars.

Mindy (70) talks with her co-worker Zoe about her 48 year career as a nurse.

Kenney Tran is a Vietnamese American RPCV who served in Colombia, telling stories of exploring his past, learning from history, and analyzing the political movements of today in order to sculpt a better world through policy and legislation. Kenney currently...

Steve Desroches (47) and Jane Martin (69) talk about their deep affection for their shared alma mater Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, Desroches a member of the Class of 1996 and Martin Class of 1974.

Edward talks about his experience as a camp councillor.

Fletcher Crowe (69) shares with Anita Spring his work to trace 1000 years of his genealogy.

Recorded on March 28, 2001 by HB Smith @76 yrs old, exactly 10 yrs to the day before his passing.

Comments on youth, emotion, environment, acting, physical trauma, and the like

Michael Gillette (52) and Jodi Gillette (52) talk about Michael's career as a medical ethicist and as the first Jewish mayor of Lynchburg, VA. They remember stories about raising their daughters, Rachel and Rebecca. Michael says "intellectual sparring" is a...

Steve Desroches (49) talks to Matty Laurenza (38) about his work as a drag performer named Liza Lott.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Christopher Sousa (54) about his love of the Grateful Dead and his life as a Dead Head.

Experiences that shaped my grandma's life and ways that she shaped her own life.

Samson talks with Amanda about his lifelong journey in open source, why growing a culture of sharing is so important, and how his early experiences influenced where and how he has directed his energy into re-centering the nexus of open...

A grandson recounting memories with his grandmother, from childhood, to high school, to happy moments.

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.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Ross Kizik (36) who performs in Provincetown, Massachusetts and beyond as drag queen Abby Cummings.

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...