Loretta and Teresa – 4/19/24

Family friends Teresa (18) and Loretta (83) discuss growing up in New York City and her relationship with her husband, Rueben.

My interview with mom!

My mother and I discuss the great impacts throughout our lives. In addition, we go into how our family has branched off from surrounding ourselves in New York City and where we are now.

Interview with mom on dad’s 81st Birthday

We get together every year to celebrate my dads birthday in heaven. This year I wanted to interview my mom about my dad.

"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.

A warm afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa Mauser

A grandson interviews his two loving grandparents about everything from growing up in New York in the 1940s to Jewish cuisine and everything in between.

Inaugural New Year’s Day Chat

We gave a little background on us and talked about events in the past year (2018) and thoughts about the year to come.

Edward Bloch and Meredith Skeath 2

Meredith Skeath: 2020-09-14 00:15:09. Edward Bloch (87) and his cousin Meredith Skeath (71) discuss Edward's meeting and marrying his wife Carol, raising their daughters Elizabeth and Suzy, and how his career in public relations developed.

Molly Peacock and Michael Groden

Poet Molly Peacock (73) talks with her husband, Michael Groden (73), a James Joyce scholar, about their sixty-year love story that was interrupted for twenty years. They talk about ongoing love, Mike's melanoma, the novel Ulysses, and the parallel lives...

Maynard "Dick" Dixon

"There wasn't nothin' goin' on around there anyway:" A grandfather's stories from Rainelle, WV to Hopewell, VA. Maynard "Dick" Dixon tells stories from his childhood and brief career in coal mining in Rainelle, WV, a stint in Arlington, VA, and...

Lizzie Hessek and Veronica Fischmann Talk About Stability and Drama During a Pandemic.

Lizzie Hessek (31) and Veronica Fischmann (32) - best friends since ages 11 and 12 - talk about their current lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Veronica is back living in her childhood home, Lizzie is living alone for the first...