Growing up, the farm, family and more

Paul and Linda Engebretson talk about life in small-town Minnesota, college, Medical school and building a family.

I interviewed my Grandma Judy, in Minneapolis, MN on Thanksgiving 2017. During this interview, I asked my Grandma what some of her most important lessons she's learned are, what she's accomplished that makes her the proudest, what she thinks palliative...

This interview was recorded at Friendship Village in Kalamazoo

Kathryn Wooten interviews Dolores Henson, her grandmother, about growing up with a working class family in Glouster, Ohio, where most of her family and ancestry worked in the coal mines. Dolores remembers the two most important people in her life:...

This interview was recorded at Friendship Village in Kalamazoo

On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by police near Saint Paul, Minnesota after being misidentified as a robbery suspect. He was then shot and killed by an officer during the traffic stop. To most of the world,...

Bernie Tackett is an Air Force Nurse veteran in 1968, she decided to go into the Air Force because her parents could not afford for college. She grew up on a dairy farm in Malmo, Minnesota. Also, she volunteered to...

Grandpa Downs speaks on his values and his family life.

Interview with my Grandma Judy, in Minneapolis, MN on Thanksgiving 2017. My Grandma continued speaking about the death of her husband, and how she knew he was about to die (his fingers/feet began to get blue). Once again, the interview...

This interview was recorded at Friendship Village in Kalamazoo

Interview was taken in Oxford Mississippi on November 21st of 2018. Randy and Suzanne Irby (my grandparents) are a married couple with lots of stories about them. Even before they were married! The explain things such as when/where they were...

Interview with my Grandma Judy, in Minneapolis, MN on Thanksgiving 2017. My Grandma continued speaking about the death of her husband, how his breathing began declining, how the doctor said he would be leaving soon, and her husbands last words...

Nancy lives in San Francisco for her everyday life because of the beauty, diversity, and accessibility, but her soul belongs to the cabin in MN that's been in her family for decades. She shares stories on family, values, and planning...

Ahmed reflects on his experiences moving to Rochester and accepting his new identity as a religious and racial minority.

Jennifer Wondrasek talks about growing up and working.

This interview was recorded at friendship village in Kalamazoo

Katie Kringstad talks about her journey with God and finding her purpose in life.

Ken shared interesting stories about everything from his childhood to experience in the military.

Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers, 75, by his daughter, Marla Ehlers, 42, about his parents that came over through great hardship from the Netherlands and then how he became involved in politics.

Getting to know Sam

Adena Anderson (100) tells granddaughter Erica Anderson (20) of her life during the Great Depression, describes her favorite memories of her siblings and late husband, and shares her secret to living to age 100.

87 years in northern Minnesota

Ben Porter (43) talks to his father, William "Bill" Porter (68), about growing up in rural Iowa, his love of fishing, and his career as a professor of wildlife sciences.

I interview my 93 year old mother on Thanksgiving Day 2017.