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This was an interview by Eleanor “Ellie” Kleinman (age 53) with her mother, Dr. Carol Cole Kleinman (age 78). We spoke about important life decisions, decisions about her career (first as a lawyer and then as a psychiatrist), going to...

Lakshmi Calleri (11) interviewed her Aachchi (grandmother), Indumathie Hewawasam (70) about her childhood in Sri Lanka, about moving to Washington DC in 1984, and about her career. They talked about fond childhood memories of boats and chocolate cake and about...

Alex Young has a great finger on the weather. But the Associate Director for Science in the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center’s attention is focused far higher than any storm cloud. He studies space weather and...

I talk to my pastor about life and life lessons for a history assignment.

Wakes, age 7, interviews his Grandpa Paul, a Freedom Rider.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Mike Albo (53) about his life as a writer and performer.

Ken talks about his younger days as a boy in Washington, DC during WWII. He had various jobs before entering university then taking time off to travel the country.

Sabrina Savage builds instrumentation for solar physics and studies solar flares at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The technology she helps create delivers the most high-resolution pictures of the sun anyone has ever seen. In a society more dependent upon...

Nathan Kollar (born in 1938) discusses growing up outside of Pittsburgh, PA and his adventures and family over almost 100 years of life.

What starts as a conversation about arctic change is actually an all-encompassing discussion about career growth, patience, and personal growth. Walt Meier, National Snow, and Ice Data center, introduces us to Jackie Richter-Menge, US Arctic Research Commission, who has spent...

Kristin Pratscher might have only recently received her Bachelor’s degree but she already has plenty of experience in her field of geology. From a field camp in Turkey to being part of the Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE) program...

This is a short interview of Vernice Lacy, 73, from Washington DC. It was conducted by Madison Harris for The Great Thanksgiving Listen. This interview was focused on life and growing up.

Talked about relationships with friends and lovers as a teenager and in early adulthood as well as his relationship with his grandfather, “Beep”.

We interviewed our Grandmother, Constance McLindon. She worked at the National Science Foundation and was the only woman in such a high position. Constance worked closely with Bob Con and Vint Surf and was very successful in everything she did.

I interviewed my grandmother. She is my dad’s mother. In the interview we talked about my dad, my grandmother’s childhood, and her parents.

In this discussion between a mother and daughter, Christina and Elizabeth Perez discuss the facets of Elizabeth’s life that have shaped her into who she is today. Beginning with her multiple moves as a child and her various exposure to...

Paul Stackhouse is a sun chaser, but in his case it means measuring the surface radiation budget. This means figuring out how much sunlight gets to the surface of the planet, and takes a deep understanding of factors like cloud...

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How a mother got in touch with Rossalyn Carter to get her son, who had gone blind, disability and social security. Her son was then able to get a PHD and became a college professor.

One Small Step conversation participants, Tom Hanlon (76) and Jennifer Trotter (32), talk about being raised Catholic, what they are passionate about, and health care.

The realization that a purple sunset in Wisconsin traced back to the 1991 volcanic eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines fueled Chip Trepte’s interest in the movement of volcanic aerosols in the upper atmosphere. “It was a stunning revelation...

Life of Roy Nelson. Father, Navy Vet, football player and telephone man.

Sanjoy Som, Director of the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, believes in the importance of space science as a common goal of humanity, regardless of country – the founding inspiration of his institute. He talks about his passion for...

Erin Romness interviews her father about television over his lifetime. She goes into detail about cable and the history of ads and televsion.