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This interview was taken by 11 year old Naurez Nizar on Nov 26, 2023. She interviews Nizar Mankulangara (her dad) who is age 40. In this interview, Nizar M talks about his education and lifestyle as a kid and now.

In the interview I talked with my grandparents from Florida. I did a zoom meeting because they are in a high-risk category and I will not be seeing them for the holidays.

Kathy Cashman, professor at the University of Bristol, worked on the 1980 eruption at Mount St. Helen’s in Washington, one of the first monitored volcanic eruptions in the world (“it was a ‘who’s who’ of volcanology and geology”). Thanks to...

I interviewed my Grandmother Margaret Crowley for advice she would give young people to live a joyful and fulfilling life.

I conducted an interview with my compassionate father, Corey. He discusses how he felt when I was born and shares his advice on maturing and becoming an adult. We hit a few of the major parental questions provided by StoryCorps,...

In this interview, conducted on November 24, 2020 in New Hampshire, Grace Keenan interviews her grandmother Kathleen Keenan about some of her childhood experiences. Kathleen (Kathy) talks about what is was like losing a brother in the Korean War in...

I️ am talking to my mother about her experiences in life. Talking about her childhood, career, her children, and what she is proud of and knowledgeable in life for.

Talked about what life was like for my mom and went over what she has been through. Also touched on her own advice towards teenagers in our present day society.

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Patrick Strain (40) has built a career for himself from the ground up. Growing up in upstate New York then moving to Connecticut was a challenging task for his family. He managed to find the drive to create a succesful...

Advice for Zakariya’s life

A granddaughter and daughter ask about marriage, love, and family from a couple who have been married nearly 62 years.

Nearing the end of her career, Anne Douglass, at NASA Godard Space Flight Center, has provided the scientific community with a better understanding of the ozone layer that protects us all from ultraviolet radiation. Anne describes the energy that it...

Brad Doorn’s, Water Resources and Agriculture Applied Science Program NASA, work includes forecasting the global food supply, including warnings and predictions about possible problems that might arise due to water supply shortages which can inform global market prices. While the...

I ask my older brother personal questions about growing up, advice, and his personality

Tokeya Graham (48) shares a conversation with her daughter, Keilani Graham (23), about the way the pandemic has shifted their relationship, as well as their understanding of personal creativity. They also discuss living authentically while centering autonomy.

Bethany Everts (19) interviews her friend’s father Scott Deckert (52). They discuss the path to finding your career, future goals and advice for college students.

Alex Young has a great finger on the weather. But the Associate Director for Science in the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center’s attention is focused far higher than any storm cloud. He studies space weather and...

David Shiffman is a shark guy first, marine conservation biologist second. Sharks are in his Twitter handle, he’s writing a book about them, and he was wearing a shark shirt the day we interviewed him. We talked with David about...

This interview was conducted in Roslyn, NY on 11/26/2017. Nicole Park (16) interviews her cousin Grace Cho (24). They talk about Grace Cho’s childhood and how she grew up. Grace Cho shares her experience with her mother’s death and how...

Steve Montzka has been at NOAA for 28 years, working on atmospheric science, atmosphere chemistry, and trace gases in the atmosphere. He started there as a post-doc, drawn by the work he saw NOAA scientists doing on the hole in...

A tribute to my grandmothers history. She tells us a tail out her upbringing

In this interview I learned more about my mom’s past. She also talked about the good and bad memories she’s had in her life.

Just life in general and reflecting about the past as well as the future

Justin Kasper is a Professor of Space Sciences at the University of Michigan, where he designs sensors for spacecraft that explore extreme environments in space. In this interview Dr. Kasper talks about what sparked his interest in space, the rewards...