Kip Strauss, HNTB discusses being a transportation planner to urban planning student Neda Torabi of the University of Kansas

Kip Strauss, HNTB (53) transportation planner of 25 plus years talks to Nada Torabi (41) a first year Iranian urban planning student working on her Masters degree from the University of Kansas. Kip talked about what its like to practice...

My Experience as An “Essential Worker”

I interview my mom on her experience at SEPTA as an essential, and what she thinks of Covid-19 as a whole.

Michelle pryzybylo modern day transcendentalist

Michelle discusses her life that veers away from societal norms, the journeys that she’s been through, and how she is who she is today.

Teary Eyed Nana Recalls her Lifespan

In this interview, conducted on March 14, 2020 in Rockland, Massachusetts, Jessica LaRosa (18) interviews her grandmother Janet LaRosa (71) about her lifespan and experience in the workforce. Mrs. LaRosa shares some of the roughest moments of her life, along...

Good Old Days

Learning how transportation, heating and cooling systems, packaging, and food industries have changed over time.

Good Old Days

Civilization was different back in the day, technology wasn’t in the picture, and life was a lot more difficult.

Working and Living in Lisbon, Portugal 1992

Jennifer and her father Steve discuss his six months working and living in Lisbon, Portugal in 1992. He shares tales about what it was to live and work in a culture that had just joined the European Union after many...

Family Is Everything

“I don’t care what people think, I will do anything and everything for my children.” On December 21, 2018, Daisy Salinas talked about her experience of leaving her home in El Salvador to come to the United States. She explains...

Chatting with Mom

We talked about many things that were important to my mom growing up and some ways of how she grew up.

Interview for English class

We talked about how different and how he came to America. Also that the laungages are different and hard to learn.

The Life and Wisdom of Shawn Stover

Shawn Stover is the much-admired and respected Reentry Coordinator at Ohio Means Jobs of Athens County. He tells his life story, discusses his work with people leaving prison, and shares words of wisdom.

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....