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Daughter interviews mother about her adoption, raising children, and mother’s life and career as teacher

Judy interviews her mother-in-law Sally about her family history

Michael Diaz-Rivera (23) interviews his mother, Linda Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland (46) about her life, focusing on her experience as a mother.

Kathrina is interviewed by her daughters Breanna and Alexandra about her childhood and motherhood.

Michael Brant DeMaria (48) and his father Francesco DeMaria (81) talk about fathers, sons, art and life.

Kathryn Neaverth interviews her father John Loder about her childhood, their friendship and challenges and their hope for each other and their familiy’s future.

Marcia Drummond (50) and her One Small Step partner Timothy Huntington (60) discuss parenting and parenthood, political ideologies, class, and how their youth influenced their views on the meaning of life.

Carlos, 29, interviews his mother, Natalina, 55, about her life, work, motherhood and their relationship. Natalina speaks about life in Portugal and her life in the US, how it’s different and the different work she’s had in the US.

A woman is interviewed by her son about her family history, including stories of the American frontier and horseback riding, and her relationship with a Turkish man who became his father.

Ruth Enders talks with her granddaughter, Erin Chrusciel, about how she raised nine children and what life as a military wife is like.

Yvette J. Benjamin (62) tells her friend, Dr. Linda Degutis (55), of her career path in medicine and describes her life in semi-retirement.

Melody Priest speaks with her husband, Karl about his upbringing, family, and religion.

[Recorded on October 26, 2021] Cristina Amador ('24) and Olivia Paschal (PhD '26) share their experiences growing up in open-minded Christian households, the decisions that led them both to the University of Virginia, and their disapproval of partisan labels.

Susan Mather (58) and her son Nicholas Mather (35) share a conversation about their family, their careers, their Faith, and their hopes for the future.

Shelley and her daugher, Jessica had a conversation about Shelley’s life growing up in Coney Island in an extended family and close neighborhood.

Cynthia Tainsh (50) talks with her husband, Robert Tainsh (49), about moving to Florida from New England and their experiences having twins and then triplets.

Benjamin Carr, 34, talks with his mother Jo Anne Patterson, 61, about his having cerebral palsy, how she and her ex husband managed to raise him so well, and the challenges they both face with disabilities

Kathryn interviews her grandmother, Clarice, about moving to Butte, Montana, having ten children, and her husband, George, who had Alzheimer’s.

Sauleiha manages the Just Birth program for Swedish in Tacoma. She spoke with her sister, Safia about the importance for this work and how it benefits the Black, Indigenous and Asian Pacific populations of her community. She also talked about...

Margo Frank (63) tells her daughter Lily Caravello (33) about finding out that she had an older sister.

Lyndsey Adamson (16) interviews her grandmother Judy Hultquist (65) about raising children and her memories of Lyndsey’s childhood.

Woman interviews her mother about moving to the U.S. from India and being pregnant for the first time.

Lynne Murray, 57, in conversation with her good friend Kathrina Proscia, 48.

Shayne Thomas and her dad John Thomas share their joint birthday in the booth. They talk about their family.

Erin Good age 21 interviews her roommate Amanda Simpson age 21 as well. we talk about her religion and what she believes in.