Interviewing My Grandma

I interviewed my grandma, Hilda Fowler on her life, but especially her childhood. My grandma grew up in North Carolina just outside of Raleigh. Her whole life she lived in the south. She was born on March 7, 1936 and...

From Barn to Beach- Matthew Knight and his daughter Shannon Knight talk about what it was like growing up poor.

Matthew Knight (57) and his daughter Shannon Knight (14) talk about what it was like for Matthew to grow up on a small farm 7 miles from the closest town (300 people), to pushing through and going to an Ivy...

A Conversation with My Uncle

Uncle Keith enjoyed the chance to talk about the positive and painful memories in his life, what it has been like growing up with learning and developmental disabilities, poor, and with an abusive father. He reflected on becoming a proud...

Sylvia Orozco Llamas childhood memories

Sylvia Orozco Llamas talks about her childhood in the 50's and 60's in the small mining town of Morenci, AZ

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Walter Davis and Bill Fields

Life Partners Walter Davis (64) and Bill Fields (55) talk about the one room school houses, the Peace Corps, their Unitarian Universalist Church, and other places where they’ve found a sense of community and what the word means to them.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Grandma Eulalia lived in a poor household where she wanted to be a teacher. In this interview she talks about her regrets and her life as a young child living in a poor community. We get insight on the daily...

Interview with my dad

Asked some questions with my dad

The Cold War

Me and Ed talk about what it was like to grow up during the Cold War. We talk about how it affected us in long term. Also about what it was like in Russia at the time.

Gratitude

The hardship people had to go through just to survive.

My Mother’s Unique Life

This about my mother's unique life based on her childhood and the things she did how she was able to make it best of her life even though she had a rough childhood. But with the things she learnes from...

Belonging in the Past

A glimpse into the life of an all America man who, loved, lived, never let the past weigh him down.

Grandma Kaminski talks about her childhood

I am Connor Kaminski, one of the youngest grandchildren of my grandmother Alice Kaminski. She is the oldest living member of my entire extended family and the last of my grandparents. Turning 87 in 2018, she is an inspiration because...

Living Before Modern Technology

People grow up in the modern world with all sorts of new and fancy technology, but how was it like for someone like my father Kevin Morgan who was in his teenager in the 70s and grew up before this...

Barbara & Jakob Simons
November 13, 2017 App Interview

Barbara Simons' family history and experiences with Jakob Simons interviewing.

The Yi Family Story

The Yi family discusses the history of socialism and their personal experience with it,

A discussion with my great-grandmother

I asked five questions to my great-grandmother who told me some of her thoughts on moving to the united states from Cuba. She talked about her happy yet poor childhood and why she had to come to the United States...

Brother Lieder

This is about when my brother was young and how it was compared to now.

Blast from the past with Uncle Birdie

I call my uncle and ask him some quest about his childhood which happened more than 65 years ago.