Interview with my Mother who’s also my best friend

This recording took place on April 20th, 2020 in Orange, CA. Miranda Velasquez (21) interviews her mother, Tonia Velasquez(51). Tonia shares stories about her childhood and how she grew up in Oregon and moved around a lot. Also, she talks...

Grandpa’s rise to riches through his business, sports, and family!

In this interview, I interviewed my grandfather. In this interview I asked questions about my mother, his business, his life, myself, and his mentors. We had a nice interview with follow up questions and great conversations getting out great info...

My mom Denise Ybarra

In this interview conducted December 2017 in Palmdale, California Aariana Ybarra (17) interviews mother Denise Ybarra about her childhood, growing up in a big family. She also talks about meeting my father, about the time they got married, and had...

Millennial Marriage – Chip & Shannon

We talked about why we married in our early 20s, how we’ve changed and grown together, and what marriage is like in a time when most of our friends aren’t married.

My Mom

My mother and I were talking about her how she came to America. Also, about how she feels as a parent.

Bob and Patsy’s story

Patsy talks about her fiancé who just returned from being drafted into the Vietnam war. He canceled their wedding a few days before it took place, and this is how they went forward.

Dylan Caine (16) Asks His Mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), About Her Detroit Youth, Jewish Ancestry, and Worldview

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

The Secret To Being Happy is Your Own

In this interview recorded on April 2020 in Orange, California Karina Ochoa (25) interviews Beverly Weatherill (92) and discuss her stories about her career. Mrs. Beverly talks about how she created the curriculum for the Fullerton District for Health and...

Laughter and Love

In this interview, conducted April 21, 2018 in Orange, CA. I, Vanessa Cortes try my best to interview my parents in my broken Spanish about their endless love and laughters they share daily as a happily married couple. They also...

Sherry Savarino on accomplishments, overcoming obstacles, and learning in her job

Alaina Roberts interviewed her grandma, Sherry Savarino for the Great Thanksgiving Listen, and learned about how her grandparents met, what her mom was like when she was little, and about how Sherry has and will keep overcoming change.

Generation Next

The eighties, a time of bright colors, classic movies,Michael Jackson, and a decade of fun for all. Colbe Thomas interviews his father Brandon Thomas, a man from New Orleans about his struggles in the 80s (5:25-6:32) and how he met...

Love, Riots, and Violence, at USC

Ann Garrett, from Clovis, California, in her junior year of USC, 1992, was put into the middle of the Rodney King riots. It is a firsthand story of someone stuck in a violent protest. Interviewed by Luke Garrett, 14, her...

The interview

Pops lived in low poverty in his home country with many traumatic experiences in his early childhood. He took care of his siblings and mother by working in his teen years, and never finished school. He longed waited to have...