Meet New Jersey's Decoy Carver of the Year, Nancee Jo Luciani!

Join Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck as she interviews Nancee Jo Luciani, the New Jersey Decoy Collector & Carver Association's Carver of the Year for 2023, and the first female carver in the history of the organization! Nancee Jo has not...

Meet Decoy Carver, Collector, & Tradition-bearer: Gene Marshall

Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews Gene Marshall, of Forked River, New Jersey. He discusses his passion for decoy collection, his techniques of carving, his craftsmanship of the working decoy, and his mentor in the field, his father, George Marshall. Photographs...

Em Gathers Interviews Her Sibling, Iggy Gathers, About Growing Up as a LGBTQ Foster Youth

For the Great Thanksgiving Listen in November 2021, Em Gathers (17) interviews her sibling, Iggy Gathers (21), at her dorm in New Jersey. They talk about their childhood and high school memories. They share their struggles and experiences as lgbtq...

Nash and her sister Onyx discuss her childhood and adolescence as first generation Bengali-Americans.

Nash Alamgir (16) and Onyx Alamgir (21) and discuss her childhood and adolescence. She touches on subjects of mental health and how it was negatively affected with the American education system. Through classic stories of her teenage years, Onyx discusses...

The Great Thanksgiving 2020

Today, 11/27/20, I decided to interview my sister Leah. This is the interview that took place.

How being a father changed you

16 year old Kira Kolmetsky interviews her father, Kevin Kolmetsky in Pine Hill, New jersey. He is a carpenter in the Union and never really had a plan growing up. When he found out he was having a daughter, he...

A Discussion About Rutgers With My Mother, a Rutgers Alumna

In this interview I spoke with my mother, Jennifer Tarantino, about her experience as a Rutgers student in the early 1990s and how the university has changed and improved over time.

Life Outside of College

This interview revolves around Dara Jackson, an 18 year old woman that has decided to take a gap year from college, and how this has affected her.

Kimberly Tran

Interview between the President of the newly revived Vietnamese Student Association and one of her Interns

Sucheth Parigi and his mom, Srilatha Arumalla, talk about religion, school, and politics.

In this interview, conducted in December 2017 in Marlboro, New Jersey, Sucheth Parigi interviews his mother, Srilatha Arumalla. She describes her life growing up, her political beliefs, and how religion has played a part in her life. She also shares...

A special Thanksgiving conversation

During Thanksgiving dinner this year, I interviewed an elderly from my church. We talked about her current life, immigration experiences and happy memories.