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In this interview, we talk about her life growing up and our lives now.

In this interview, my great aunt and I had a discussion about her life growing up compared to the life she lives today.

Interviewing my mom about her childhood.

My mom and I talk about the role that her mother’s food played in her childhood.

An interview with Greg and Sandy Smith about their history and thoughts.

With God's help my mother was able to make a way for our family

Darrell Cobbins (46) talks with his friend Angela Copeland (40) about his childhood and life in Memphis, his family's roots and influences in the community, his own work in community based youth leadership, and his commitment to the future of...

A conversation between mother and daughter

Danielle Fleming interviews her "Pappy," Christopher about his childhood, parents, and fatherhood.

This is an interview between my mother and my grandmother.

Charles Couvillion is an 18 year old creative based out of Memphis, TN. We talk about music, videography, and squeaky car doors.

In this interview, conducted in February 2019 in Memphis, Tennessee, Kyler Hamilton interviews his god-father, Philip Morris, about the Vietnam War. This interview captures Morris' history with his family, friends, and service.

This is part of class project for my Spanish class. María is from Morelia, Mexico, but she now live in Knoxville, Tennessee. She sat down with me and gave me insight into her life.

While on the way to visit her husband in the hospital on Thanksgiving, Barbara Rayburn agreed to talk about religion and family in East Tennessee. Barbara's husband passed later the next year, and she followed in the summer of 2018.

In this interview, made in November 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee, Sasha Thompson (12) interviews her grandmother Shirley Hamilton (80) about some of her childhood in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Shirley shares her most important people in her life and the worst thing...

Kaitlyn and Melvin discuss generational differences.

Everything. Anti-blackness, racism, BLM, compassion, empathy. Being raised a black woman in a wealthy, white, Southern community. A lot more.

My History class was assigned to interview a relative for the Great Thanksgiving Listen, so I decided to ask my grandparents some questions about their lives.

Judith "Judy" Bentley (63) and One Small Step partner Laura Mayo (68) relate over their frustrations with US institutions and the polarization of US politics.

In this interview, conducted at the end of November 2019, in White House, Tennessee, Maggie Weems (18) interviews her father Dwayne Weems (54) about his childhood. Mr. Weems discusses how politics has shapes him as a man and how his...

The life and times of Donn Stroud.

A summary of this interview is that college isn’t for everyone you can go make a living and become an entrepreneur and many more occupations if you have the right mindset without a college degree. Although you shouldn’t have any...

My grandmother, Jeanette Williams, talks about growing up in the depression, school, and life lessons.

We discussed Dr. Steve Cloyd’s child life, about his parents, school, etc. We also discussed historical events that have happened in his lifetime.

What my grandmother did during in school. What sports my grandmother did for sports. What my grandmother did for fun with her friends. And what my grandmother's family was like.