Comm 245 Project

This is an interview with my neighbor, Elena, who has impacted my life immensely.

Karen Fine discusses growing up in Brooklyn and how she got to Highland Park

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2017 in Deerfield, Illinois, Zach Fine (16) interviews his mother Karen Fine (48) about her childhood in Brooklyn. Karen shares experiences from her time in Brooklyn as well as her life in college....

Erin Wells Interview 2020

Interview with Dr. Erin Wells. Hardest working and most dedicated woman I know ;)

James A. Kennedy- Husband, Father and Police Officer

I talked with my dad about his career as a police officer and the experiences he’s had over the years.

What were you like as a child?

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 over the phone, Caleb Santiago interviews his grandmother Carmen A. Santiago about her life. Mrs. Santiago shares stories about her family and how they were a blessing to her. She also talks about...

Meet Traditional Barnegat Bay Decoy Carver & Folk Artist, J.P. Hand!

Tuckerton Seaport Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews J.P. Hand of Goshen, New Jersey. JP has been carving traditional Barnegat Bay decoys for the past 50+ years. In this interview, he discusses how decoy carving became a part of his life,...

Mom

A variety of topics, including community, socialization, influential relationships, and family history.

Beth Moeller and Dr. Frank DeStefano for the 2020 Griswold Home Care Resilience Project

2020-08-25 17:54:08 Beth Moeller and Dr. DeStefano sat down to discus insights gleaned from a lifetime rooted in Catholicism, a 57 year strong marriage and family of 6 children and 17 grandchildren, art during the period of the Renaissance and...

One Small Step: Brett's family

One Small Step questions recorded at the IRIS Run for Refugees on 2/3/19.

Ann Brown 11.15.18 Childhood

We talked about childhood memories, mostly about outdoor play.

Griswold Project On Resilience: Giving Makes Life Worth Living

Sandra Ann Nolfo, president of the Friends of the Bigelow Senior Center in Fairfield, shares her battles with two timely topics we are now wrestling with as a nation: prejudice and the coronavirus. Listen for tips on how to build...

A Conversation With My Dad About My Sister and I

Fitz Dettmer (18) has a personal talk with his dad, Matthew Dettmer (50) about raising him and his sister Graelyn (22), both of whom are queer and neurodivergent. Discussions of when differences were noticed, why, the different atmospheres they were...

Daniel Wolf and his grandma Sheila Goldfarb discuss Sheila’s interesting and eventful life

This interview took place on November 24, 2017 in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The interviewer is Daniel Wolf, who is interviewing his grandma, Sheila Goldfarb. The interview talks about Sheila's childhood, teen years, adult life, having children, and her eventual...

Christopher’s birth

I’ll be telling the story of Christopher’s birth.

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Maxine Rockoff and Robin Sparkman

Maxine Rockoff (82) talks with her friend and StoryCorps CEO, Robin Sparkman (51), about her life and career. She recalls getting her PhD, working in biomedical computing, becoming a mother, and her accomplishment of wiring settlement houses in New York...