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This is a interview with my mother. I feel as if I know a little bit more about her than I did before we started the interview.

I am interviewing my mom. The questions I created are... Where did you live when you were growing up? Did you ever run away from home when you were young? What pets did you have as a kid? What was...

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

On November 21st, Alicia Osborn (15) and her mom Jeanine Coursen (51) talk about funny memories from Jeanine’s childhood. Jeanine talks about many of the jobs that she’s had and what was her most/least favorite. Jeanine talks about funny stories...

Carolyn Tuttle had a kind sister named Patty who died when she was young, leaving two children. Carolyn really liked school, except for Algebra. She went to a Beauty college until she realized didn’t like standing up all the time...

Disscussion of family history with a focus on agriculture and Thanksgiving, leading into a discussion of current traditions and my family's relationship to agriculture.

History of the Detroit riots. What was it like living though it.

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I talk with my dad about his childhood, his regrets and what he’s greatful for, his relationship with my mom, and his grandparents.

This was longer than expected, but funny and sentimental. It was interrupted a few times by outsiders but overall love was the main feeling.