What was the world like when you were a teenager?

What was the world like back then, was it safer, was it easier, was it better.

Transitioning from Duke University to the NFL 1972 – 1973

Ernest Jackson played defense back and running back as a senior for Duke University in 1971. He is the is the only player to win ACC offense player of the week and ACC defense player of the week in the...

An immigration from Africa to America

Kennedy interviews her dad, Nick Roxborough, on January 5,2020 in Los Angeles California. “You couldn’t imagine two more different places than San Francisco and a little town called Arusha.”-Nick Roxborough. Nick Roxborough spent the first two years of his life...

From nothing to something

"I didn't have a skill so I figured if I went to the military they would teach me a skill which they did." On November 21,2019,in Cerritos,California, 15 year old Isaiah Brewington sat down with his 78 year old grandfather...

My Thanksgiving Interview

My grandma talking about how her life was. She talks about women injustice.

Interview With my Dad on the Paradox of Progress

My dad and I have a discussion on the progress of the world that quickly details into a discussion on the progress of design and cars.

A father who teach a great lesson

When Helen (my mom) was young, she horned in a poor village, there are 7 members in her family, so it is hard For them to support their life. Her father was a farmer, one time he used a winter...

The Thanksgiving listen

I conducted an interview w/ my uncle Avi about his teenage years and his experiences while relating them to mine as well.

The great thanksgiving interview

Me and my dad had a nice interview about his life and how he grew up. Also a bunch of different stuff I never knew about him

What It Takes to be a Parent

Being nineteen and working as an assistant for Steven Spielberg as your first job isn’t something most teenagers get the opportunity to experience. On January 6th, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, Zoey Rukavina, age 15, sat down in her room...

Family over everything

Madisyn learned a lot about Her grandfather, Mike

Crossing the Sea: An Interview with Abel Friedman

I never how much my grandfather’s identity as an immigrant affected his whole life. On December 27th 2019 in Sanibel Island, Florida, my grandpa Abel Friedman (83) and I discussed his childhood immigrating from Poland to the US. Abel talked...

The Cold War

We talked about the Cold War and how it changed his life and how the times were during that time

Extra Credit: The Great Listen

Me and my mom talked about her life and how her adulthood was way different than expected. Also, she talked about what she wishes for me.

Kurt Hebeisen – Switzerland to USA (everything is better with an accent)

Swiss merchant marine finding love in Cleveland, OH, getting married and settling in a new country. Becoming a US citizen. Raising a family with English as a second language

Brandy Cassidy and her Grandmother Emmy Cassidy discuss life, parenting, and relationships

In this interview, conducted on May 24th 2022 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Brandy Cassidy interviews her grandmother Emmy Cassidy about her life growing up in the 50s, her relationship with her family, and raising her children. At the end, Emmy...

The 60s and 70s Through A Child’s Eyes

We talked about what it was like growing up in the 60s/70s and what it was like witnessing the moon landing, Vietnam war and watergate scandal