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“My grandmother didn’t want to leave, and my mother, very bravely at age 24 went back to Prague and got her mother and her younger sister Mimi out of Prague with great difficulty… on the last train before Hitler marched...

Friends and colleagues in activism, Janet McKeithan (64) and Robbie Jones (62) talk about Janet's journey to ministry and activism and the impact of organization they work for in the community.

Chad Madrid (police officer and police explorer advisor) talks with his police explorer Aidan Freire, about his life experiences about what got him to become a police officer. From there Madrid talks about his law enforcement career from the police...

In this interview, conducted on December 11, 2022 in Santa Monica, California, Gabriel Krieger (15) interviews his Dad Jeremiah Krieger (47) about humor, and the various applications of it in life. Jeremiah tells a story about how humor helped him...

In this interview, conducted in December 2018 in Santa Monica, California, Shana Duval (15) interviews her Dad David Duval (63) about the prejudice he experienced when he was trying to buy a house earlier in his life. He shares his...

In November of 2018, 14 year old Isabella Orlando interviewed her mom, Mandana Orlando in Sherman Oaks, California. The stories all take place in Santa Monica in the 1990’s. Isabella asks about everything, from how she met and fell in...

Moved from Tucson to Santa Monica to Salem to Oregon City to Bend to Salem.

This is the story of a twin birth in 2015.

Westside Waldorf founder Patti Herrmann talks about the origins of the school

I weave my life into the greater story of 1934 to the present, the Great Depression, rural America, the child games we played, while man I would marry fire bombed Tokyo,the second world war, repression of the 1950s,west coast jitters...

“I was really excited to move to another country and experience new things like skateboarding.” 4:31-5:59 On January 9, 2020, in Los Angeles California, Lela Haro talked to her dad, Jorge Haro, about what it was like to immigrate from...

In this interview, I hear my dad's journey of learning to assimilate into the American culture and school system. From struggling with language to racism from peers, my dad explores his version of the American Lifestyle.

Gabriela Puszkar (15) talks with her friend, Yaretzi Pereza (15) about her childhood experiences.

Community members and friends Carolyne Edwards (79) and Robbie Jones (62) share memories of growing up in Virginia Avenue Park community.

Friends and Santa Monica community members LaVerne Ross (78) and Robbie Jones (62) talk about LaVerne's rich history in Santa Monica as a community activist, prominent and trusted master-cosmetologist, and a spearhead of the Juneteenth celebration in Santa Monica.

What would you want to do if you could choose to do whatever you wanted in the world without having to worry about money.

Benjamin(15) and Martha (49), son and mother discuss the influence from family relationships

talking with my mom abt life ;)

Tamara Wadsworth interviewed her father Kyle Wadsworth in their living room in Santa Monica, CA on November 26, 2017. They discussed topics like family, heritage, childhood memories, and more. Kyle Wadsworth grew up in California with his brother, pets, and...

We talked about our relationship as brothers.

Tatiana shares with Mike her story about becoming a nurse and how COVID-19 touched her family. Being an ICU nurse at St. Johns in Santa Monica where her mother was an ICU patient.

Interviewing my mother about her childhood.

Moving to Oregon. Having kids.

this is my English spa

StoryCorps facilitator Courtney Gilbert (28) talks with Bruria Finkel (87) about her career as an artist, her family and how she opened doors for women in the arts.