growing up and learning with the natural world

Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...

Life is Good

My grandfather Peter Murphy, age 64, was born in Long island. He was the UCONN lacrosse captain of 1980 and graduated with a degree in Civil engineering. He founded his own software company that has billions of users globally using...

interviewing my dad
November 30, 2022 App Interview

me (Julie friedman) interviews my dad Micheal Friedman about his spouse, his childhood and the holidays. this interview takes place in our living room.

Interview with Michael Leitke about Family

I interviewed my father and talked about family, when he met my mother and raising me and my sister.

The Move

I interviewed my grandparents about their move from Philadelphia to Lindenhurst NY. They talked about their life in Philly, how the move was to Long Island. Talked about hope and money and how family is the most important thing.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Throughout this interview we talked about family, how life was back then, and memories.

"I’m more of a painter in music than a musician" – Alan Semerdjian

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews Alan Semerdjian (Long Island) who makes meaning of his life through art. They discuss family influence, Armenian heritage, dialectic thinking, writing, music, and the art of educating.

Great Thanksgiving Listen Part 2

During this part of the interview, we talked about my pop-pop’s experience being a husband and father, and what it was like to raise his four kids and eventually grand children.