“I was drafted into the US army at age 20”

“My tank was severely broken and instead of giving up, I became the cooking sergeant.” On January 6th, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, Caroline Rehder sat down with her grandfather, Greg Palmer, to hear his experiences from being drafted into...

Great Thanksgiving Listen with my Grandparents

The life and the time of Melvyn and Sheila Steinberg. In this interview, we talk about love, jobs, and the city of New York that they call home. Included is their happiest childhood memories, as well as many lessons that...

My Mama Iris

I got to interview my great-aunt Iris this Thanksgiving, and she shared stories with me about her having a buisness at a young age.

Thanksgiving Listen

This is a short interview of Vernice Lacy, 73, from Washington DC. It was conducted by Madison Harris for The Great Thanksgiving Listen. This interview was focused on life and growing up.

From the Soviet Union to America – a story of hard work and a good amount of luck

In this interview, I discuss with my father his immigration experience from the Soviet Union to the United States. As a jew living in the Soviet Union, he saw limited opportunities and knew he needed to get out. He describes...

Interview with Tom

For my interview on story corps, I chose my dad, Tom Westgate. Growing up I have always been close with my parents. I know a lot about my mom, but I don't know much about my dads childhood. So, thanks...

The Cold War

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

Anna Lelashvili interviewing Larisa Lelashvili about life in the Soviet Union

Within this interview I asked Larisa Lelashvili about her experience living in Georgia during the Soviet Union. She talked about the benefits of living under the Soviet Union and how life changed after Georgia and many other countries received their...

All about Me

Gashema’s plan, activities and awards includes personal questions.

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.

Kyle Yett Great American Listen Project Interview on Thomas Yett

This is an interview I did on my Father asking him various questions relating to his childhood to his political beliefs at this very moment in time

Life Lessons

This interview was about life lessons and fulfilling your dreams and goals. In this interview was Jaden Williams and Linda Williams. She is my grandmother, I am 14 years old and this interview is located in Inglewood, California. The best...

Escaping from the Nazis

“My grandmother didn’t want to leave, and my mother, very bravely at age 24 went back to Prague and got her mother and her younger sister Mimi out of Prague with great difficulty… on the last train before Hitler marched...

The Struggles of The Last Child

“He couldn’t speak, read, or write, a single word.” On November 28, 2019, a 14 year old student named Mason Foxman interviewed his grandpa Leonard Foxman, all about Mason’s great great grandpa named Giuseppe Trulli. This interview was done in...

Alok's Interview with his Aunt, Ranjana Sinha on 12/5/2017 – Part I

Born as Ranjana Saxena in May 1950 in Delhi and raised in a conservative joint household in Lucknow, UP, India - she was the youngest of four children of Ram Shanker and Prakash Saxena. She immigrated to the United States...

A Soldiers Voice

“He was a Soldier in the Irish Civil War” On January 2, 2019 David O’Mara (14) sat down with his father Jason O’Mara (42) to talk about his childhood in liberated Ireland and his grandmother’s stories about the history of...

The American Dream

At the age of seven, Jesse Marino and his family came to America to seek asylum from communism in Cuba. On December 22nd in Toluca Lake, Mia Phillips sat down with her family friend, Jesse Marino(58 years old), to learn...

A Lebanese Childhood

I, Jack Marounian interviewed my dad, Arthur Marounian. I interviewed my dad a my house in Los Angeles, California. I am 15 years old and my dad is 47 years old. A 1770’s childhood in Lebanon was was way different...

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

In this interview, my grandmother and I spoke about her life when she was younger, memories of her life, and how she would like me to be.