StoryCorp Blog 5

A conversation and interview with someone close in my life to get insight into deeper questions we may not typically discuss. Filled with life lessons and wide advice, this interview was really a wholesome experience.

Television Role Models

I talk with my mom about her female role models from TV growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s

Interview With Fay Bunnell

Growing up with strong female role models, and keeping people close to the heart.

Woods, Kaylee

Kaylee woods, 14 interviews Yusra, 15 about role models and goals.

Kennedy Miller and Scott Miller talk about his army experience and his career life.

Kennedy Miller(15) and her father Scott Miller(40) talked about Scott's past and what he used to do. We started off talking about his army life and how he was an army truck driver outside of high school. He traveled to...

Striving to be a Good Person

Simon Yeldo, a sophomore electrical engineering student interviews Michael Barry, a 61 year old English professor at the University of Detroit Mercy.

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Tamara Fields and Andrew Vo

Friends and colleagues Tamara Fields (48) and Andrew Vo (48) discuss their shared experiences as current colleagues and alumni of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Constance Dyson and Andre Johnson

Rev. Dr. Andre E. Johnson (54) interviewed by National Civil Rights Museum employee Constance Dyson (54) about growing up in North Memphis, participating in the Boy's Club as a kid, his social justice work in the Memphis community, his call...

Bridget and her children talk about fostering a sense of empathy and responsibility in their family and community

Alison and Bridget talk with her children about making the family decision to welcome a newborn into their family. Cash has changed their family for the better and helped their children gain a new perspective on life!

You’re going to try some things and mess up. You have to learn from your mistakes

I talk to my mom about some things I’ve wanted to know her opinion on and wanted to get a clear view of what she’s thinking of for the future. Also a way to get to know my mom just...

Kate Guagnini and Elaine Guagnini

Kate Guagnini (18) talks with her mother Elaine Guagnini (53) about her role models, memories, and regrets experienced throughout her life.

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Ola Sylvia Lamar Sheffield and Valeria Lynn

Friends and "sisters in Christ," Dr. Ola Sylvia Lamar Sheffield [no age given] and Valeria Lynn [no age given], describe their spiritual journeys, discuss the role faith plays in their lives, and give advice to those struggling.

Diane tells Hettie about her experiences and lessons she has learned throughout her life.

Hettie Brazier interviews her mom, Diane Brazier, on December 5, 2018. They talk about the influences in her mom's life along with Diane's favorite memories from childhood.

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Henry Gordon and Leslie Gordon

Leslie Gordon (57) interviews her father, Henry "Jack" Gordon (84) about his upbringing in a military family and his service in the United States Army.

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Susan Means and Phillip Means

Spouses Susan Means (63) and Phillip Means (63) remember their early life and Phillip's enlistment and deployments, and they reflect together on the joys and challenges of their military connection as individuals and as a couple.

History Project Interview pt. 2

He said what advice he would give his teenage self. We then talked about some of his best childhood memories.

Finian McNulty

Chatted about general life experiences and shared experiences.

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Michael Burke and Ravi Nayak

Michael Burke (53) speaks with his friend and doctor Ravi Nayak (58) about their shared journey with Michael’s cystic fibrosis. The two emphasize the importance of a trusting physician-patient relationship.

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Tiffany Matthews-Lay and Donna Curtis

Tiffany Matthews-Lay (46) shares a conversation with her aunt Donna Curtis (69) about Tiffany’s son and the role that Tiffany’s mother, Donna’s sister, played in helping to raise him.