Robert Smalley Sr. shares stories with grandson, Nick Flionis, of what it was like to be a jobber in central New England

In this storycorps recording, Robert Smalley Sr. recounts his life experience as a blue collar jobber in central New England. Coming from a poor family, Bob has endured great physical and financial risk in order to secure a sound future...

Interview with Dad

An interview with my father about what he thinks of me, his wife, and his own life story.

Determination Runs in Our Family

Allie Chester performs an interview with her Aunt, Peg Chester, at her family Thanksgiving dinner. Allie asks her Aunt about her life, her favorite memories, her experiences, and their family. Their family runs on determination and are extremely important to...

The Unbreakble bond between a father and daughter

During this interview I had the privilege to sit down and get to know my father way more than I already do. I enjoyed this very much as it was some one on one time that showed me more in...

The Story of Never Giving Up

The story of my Uncle Richard Pallay’s fight with being paralyzed, and an insight on the life of living being paralyzed.

Two Years to Live

He was told he had two years to live, due to being morbidly obese. 6 years after he has a successful career and now lives a healthy lifestyle. Now he works with many people to improve their lifestyle, and help...

My Uncle and I

My uncle and I conversing about differences in our generations, politics, and the workforce

Forest “Will” Roberts

The people involved in the interview are William McFarland (13) and Forest “Will” Roberts (89), Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandson. In the interview, we covered Will’s early life, what it was like growing up, meeting the love of his life, having children,...

Betty Mims

My grandma, Betty Mims, told me about her life growing up in Florida. Her family a constant and her love for servicing her community were both staples in her life.

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Junior Correa and Orlando Clemons

Junior Correa (33) talks to his friend Orlando Clemons (42) about his childhood, and his determination to overcome obstacles to pursue his goals. He talks about starting a candy business as a kid, and the positives and negatives of that...

Uncle Ken

An interview with my Uncle Ken. We talked about his life growing up in the 70s. We also talked about his work life and what he’s learned through working.

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Amy Howell and Luca Coletāo

Amy Howell (46) shares a conversation with her husband, Luca Coletāo [no age given], about how they first met, their time in Paris together, their decision to move to North Carolina, their son, and their hopes for the future.

Ursula Furi-Perry and Alex Wu

Andover Stories of American Identity: Ursula retells a poignant story of her life of “grit and grace”. She emigrated to America from Budapest, Hungary as a gifted teenager. With classic American opportunities, Ursula became an accomplished published author, lawyer, professor,...

Dreaming

Growing up and not giving up

Interview With my Dad

This is an interview with my amazing dad, and a bit of his life story!

Life of my Grandfather

This is and interview for my history class understanding the life of my grandfather.

Love, pain, and Hope

During the 8 minutes in which I sat down with my mother to speak about the impact that I’ve had in her life, she told me about some of the most notable moments in her life since she birth me.