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“I don’t know what just happened,'' Jimmy Kimmel exclaimed after walking off stage after the conclusion of the 2017 Academy Awards. On January 5th, 2020, I, Tanner Mahon, age 15, interviewed my mother, Elizabeth Leonard, in Los Angeles, California. My...

Sylvia Korson: 2021-01-08 21:15:23 Sylvia Korson talks with her friend and old teacher about media, fandom, and feminism.

Recording April 24, 2018 – In a day before television, reading was important to best friends Leslie Empey Johnson and Cynthia Cox Shepherd. They reminisced about dropping by the Thomas Judd’s Store for candy and heading across the street to...

My grandfather grew up in the 1940s and lived through the evolution of media including print, television, computers, and the internet. He saw television evolve from black and white to color and the invention of the computer. We discussed how...

Jalen interviews his father, Rob, to discuss his life growing up with television. They talk about his first years of television watching, the impact of HBO, and what he misses about cable TV.

Grandpa Jerry (78) and grandson AJ (17) talk about how Jerry lived during the 1960s and what he did for his normal life and how major things during this time affected him.

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Julia Concepcion (21) talks with her cousin, Christie Gee (42) about the different experiences they've had with television in their lives, diverse on-screen representation, and thoughts on television's future.

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

Jenny Rask Interviews dad Gene Rask about his family and growing up in the 1950's. Growing up with radio and then later on a few channels of Television. Gene remembers the shows he and his family listened to and eventually...

I’m a mass communications major at Virginia Commonwealth University. I sat down with my mom to discuss how television has changed since she was growing up in the 1970s.

Deborah jones talks about helping people around the world tell stories to resolve conflicts.

Phil talks about his start at Merrill Lynch and running a television show.

Sasha Hoover and her father Curt Hoover talk about television and movies in the 70s and early 80s.

Lauren Rider talks about how she came to Knoxville, her growing connection to the area, and how it became home.

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Oceanside, New York, Lucas Galvez (11) interviews his great-grandmother Diane Zukaitis (88) about the past, the future, and morals. Ms. Zukaitis shares stories about her daughter, her husband, and her parents. She...

Kassidy Hudson (19) speaks with her grandfather, Bruce Kirsch (64) about how media and mass communications has changed in historic ways throughout his upbringing.

My father and I talk about how television and it’s surrounding media has changed over the course of our lifetimes.

Life before and after technology such as computers were available to the general public.

Two high school juniors converse about the implications of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Spring of 2020.

my name is annie moyer and i interviewed my dad, peter moyer. this interview took place at my house, in valley village. i am fifteen years old. my dad’s boss paid for a conference trip to los angeles that changed...

Charli Westerfield(16) talks with her grandmother (71) about her experience and life during Vietnam and the 1960s.

John Buchanan had a traditional religious childhood life, but his parents got diverced when he was very young. He lievd with his dad mot of the time, until he was 15 and moved to California to live with his mom....

Lezli (70) describes her life living in the 1960’s

Reagan Manwaring (16) talks with her Nana, Kaye Love (74) about her experience during the 1960s. She accounts for changing political dynamics, threats of nuclear destruction during the Cold War, the advancement of technology, teenage culture, and women's advancement in...