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Mary Sloper (78) talks to Shawn Sorbom (28) about going to boarding school at age 5 in Imperial Valley, Californiia, her Croatian mother, and her career as a nurse.

Bryce Fisher (30) discusses his experiences with vascular cancer and finding out his diagnosis on his mother's birthday.

Uma Vempati, 45, interviews her mother Sudha Vempati, 70, about growing up in India, her childhood, her marriage, the death of her husband, and the success of having raised three successful girls.

Philip Azar (52) interviews his mother Gabrielle Azar-Levin (73) about her family and her life, particularly her younger years in Tehran, Iran.

Shanta Nunn-Baro (43) and Staci Croom-Raley (42) have a conversation about their friendship, who they were when they were teenagers, and who they have become now.

Sisters, Seni King (19) and Breonnie King (20), speak about their childhood, their close bond as sisters, and how meaningful it is to see one another grow older.

Salvatore Consalvi (52) is interviewed by a collaborator of his David Tepper (52) on the documentary project Salvatore is working on about a Lakota Medicine Man.

Alexandra "Alex" Thomas (34) talks with friend and fellow Pinay Veronica Salcedo (40) about Filipino American identity, history, and education.

Louise Williams (73) and her friend and colleague Lisa Polito (52) talk about growing up on farms, how that shaped their religious beliefs, and their work as deaconesses.

Richard Phillips (47) interviews his father, Don Phillips (47) about Don's time in the Army, his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the effect it had on their family.

Sister Theresa Teshima (92) talks with her nieces Carolyn Teshima (65) and Nancy Teshima (62) about growing up, her family's internment during World War II and her calling to be a Sister of the Sacred Heart Order.

Roxanne [No Name Given] (62) interviews her father Rodolpho de Guzman (94) about his life on the eve of his 95th birthday.

Daughter and mother Rev. Dr. Ronné Wingate Sims (51) and Hazel Wingate (78) talk about their family background, their experiences as women in the Black Church, and their relationships to God. They reflect on some of the watershed moments of...

Audrey T. Williams (42) talks with Rochelle Spencer (39) about being women of color sci-fi and surrealist writers. Rochelle and Audrey describe what draws them to sci-fi as a genre and about why they are fascinated by writing toward the...

Rev. John "Jack" Farry (73) and his niece Kathryn "Kathy" Gaucher (34) talk about Jack's life as a priest in Chicago, his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, his childhood and what Jack means to their family.

Pamela Vickers (66) interviews her parents Theresa Scott Davis (84) and Benjamin Scott (85) about their marriage and family.

Hugo "Rick" Duhn (79) is interviewed by his spouse, Kathleen Saunders (70), about his involvement in blessing President John F. Kennedy's body after his assassination.

Barbara Simon (68) talks to her son James "Jay" Simon (32) about her family and memories of growing up in North Lawndale.

Husband and wife Nathan Ferrell (50) and Erin McGee Ferrell (50) talk about Nathan's role as a U.S. Navy Chaplain. They reflect on Nathan's deployment to Bahrain and their experiences as a military couple.

Phyllicia Daria McGowan (59) is interviewed by her friend, Susan Kocen (50), about her life as a queer person, who for so long did not fit into the queer community.

Wendy Fiering (53) interviews her brother in law, David Kieschnick (61) about his activism in the LGBTQ Lutheran Community in the 1970s.

Harry Wittenberg (56) talks with his wife Mary Ann Wittenberg (57) about the immigration sagas of their parents. Life in the US had its challenges for both families as the two grew up. Harry's mother wanted a Jewish daughter-in-law but...

Mehmet McMillan, 44, interviews his life partner, Xavier “Chico” Garza, about his life journey to recover his Mexican artist father’s artwork and honor his legacy.

Rebecca McHenry (60) talks to her daughter, Sharon Standridge (30), about her late father, Ed Holland, a man of faith who set the marble in the Georgia State Capitol building.

Pearl (93) tells her grandson Hyim (36) about growing up Jewish in Culver City, then publishing a series of cookbooks based on her family's cooking.