Larry Pahl’s Chicago Marathons

Training for the 2024 Ventura Marathon marathon made me more curious about my Dad’s stories about running the very 1st Chicago marathon back in 1977 wearing construction boots! This interview is about what he remembers from those early marathons!

Harper Schaberg talks with Norma Schaberg(Grandma) about her youth

Harper Schaberg(16) talks with Norma Schaberg(92) about her parents and how she was raised. She talks about what she wish she did different, how unsupervised life was, and growing up in the West side of Chicago.

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Sandis Wright and Alex Wu

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Sandis Wright was born in a rural Swedish community in northern Maine, where he always dreamed of living in the big city. After moving to both Chicago and Atlanta, and getting married, he decided to...

"I thought I was going to die". Ben Sachs-Cobbe talks to Toni Schultz about her life.

Ben Sachs-Cobbe talks with his Aunt Toni about her childhood in a crowded apartment in Chicago's west side, her getting an education, falling in love, and surviving cancer.

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Joni Garcia and Beverly Rowls

Joni Garcia (67)and Beverly Rowls (72) share stories from their lives as educators and business owners. The two discuss a wide range of topics including individual political transformations.

Patricia Mukherjee – The Life and Times

Patricia Mukherjee (90) talks about her childhood and her life as well as her relationship with her husband.

Living Histroy project

I got to interview my grandpa about the 1960’s. it was Avery informative and cool to learn more about his experiences during that time.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

My uncle, Ehren, and I, Isabella, have a short but informative conversation on his life. We discussed my father and his upcoming and goals in his life and more.

Grandmother Dolores and grandchild Melissa

Interview with Dolores Sheehy regarding her family and life growing up in Chicago.

Mary Suzanne Chladek Gehardt

Mary Suzanne Chladek Gehardt (77) discusses about where she grew up and what was it was like to live in Southside, Chicago. She also discusses about her work life starting at hospice to real estate to becoming the first woman...

Gloria: "I was still invisible"

Gloria sits down with a member of EZRA's Social Action Team to discuss Chicago's South Side and Uptown neighborhoods, being white passing, and systemic racism.

John: "This is my neighborhood."

John Ford, a long-time client of EZRA's, sits down with a member of EZRA's Social Action team to discuss his experiences growing up as a Black man in Chicago, working with EZRA, and gentrification in Uptown, Chicago.

International Rattlesnake Museum's Mission to Save the Snakes

Graduate Student Chris Cutter interviews Bob Meyers, Curator of the International Rattlesnake Museum, about their role in saving snakes and their mission to educate the public about the ecological importance of snakes.

Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release of Minnesota

JP Strate talks with Gretchen Strate about her role as a Rescue Team Coordinator and Secretary of the Board for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release based in Minnesota. This organization focuses on the rescue and rehabilitation of injured wildlife predominately in...

Stuart Reichler: Waller Creek

Stuart discusses working in Urban conservation in Austin Texas, and how humanity is connected to the environment even in developed cities.

Urban Conservation on the Front Range

Scott Rashid, Director of the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI) talks about creating habitat for kestrels and barn owls.

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Sura Alhilali and Mustafa Aljanabi

Wife and husband, Sura Alhilali (25) and Mustafa Aljanabi (31) discuss their journeys to the United States, how they met, and the cultural differences between the United States and the Middle East.