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I asked my sister about her previous experience of living in California

Iysa Iqbal (16) and her dad, Dr. Iqbal Ahamed (53) speak about her dad’s experiences with immigrating to America and onward.

Thanksgiving Day life, family, tradition, self

Jennie (38) interviews her mother, Merry (74), about her childhood, family, and motherhood.

During the decade of the '60s, Dave Miller graduated high school in Kenosha, then moved to Milwaukee to complete his college career at Marquette and UWM. He describes the two schools and talks about the politics and geography of Milwaukee...

I talked about the journey from Mexico to USA and as to why my mom moved. She described how it was better to live her then in Mexico and California.

An interview with my grandpa, Niel Keopsel.

We talked about his life and how he thinks about other things and you know all around stuff

Longtime Lake Geneva resident Helen M. Brandt (80) talks to friend Sonja Akright (52) about her journey from Wabeno to Lake Geneva as well as her jobs at the Lake Geneva Public Library and Geneva Lake Museum.

Childhood in Sweden, adult life in US, family, friends, important influences on her life.

Colleagues in journalism John Halverson (76) and Chris Schultz (68) share stories from their respective careers in the newspaper business.

Christmas time interview with grandma about her life, and life in general just before her ninetieth birthday.

This interview was made on November 28th in Sandy Springs, (USA), by Ansley Gossett. The interview is with her loving grandmother Linda Brem, as we like to call her Mim! Mim explains how she met her current spouse Barry AKA...

Interview with my mom. She is kinda neat.

Carol Gallagher (66) interviews her husband, Patrick "Pat" Gallagher (84), about his life, family, jobs, childhood memories, and being a grandparent. 

Former colleagues and friends Kathy Klager (65) and Adele Loria (36) discuss their paths to librarianship and what they love about living and working in the Midwest.

In this interview my grandmother reflects about the challenges and struggles in her life.

9/11

In this Remembrance story, Duanne Lafrenz [no age given] and Erika Fountain (48) reminisce about Jon Carlson with whom they studied and worked, and his influence on the clinic Erika bought from him.

Chris Brookes (74) interviews friend Stephanie Klett (56) about family, childhood, pageantry, adulthood, and life.

Danae Davis (64) discusses with her colleague, Parvathi Santhosh-Kumar (30), her career trajectory and her hopes for the city of Milwaukee.

Jennie interviews her friend Gertrud (83) about her experiences as a refugee from Bohemia, first to Germany and then to the United States, as well as her time as a Wisconsin Master Gardener where she established the first butterfly garden...

My father, Tony Spolar, talked about his experience owning a business during the 2008 recession.

Joshua Liston (33) interviews his wife, Symphony Swan (34), about her life and her use of art and activism as means to archive Black culture and memories through the Black Family Archive Project and Cr8tv House.

Friends John Notz (92) and Grace Hanny (77) discuss their involvement with Black Point Estate and Gardens, from the family's decision to preserve the estate to their decision to donate the property to the Wisconsin Historical Society.