Javed Chaudhary

I sat down with my uncle Javed Chaudhary to learn a little bit about his life and our family history.

Grandma Helen Gettemy

A pre-thanksgiving conversation about life’s poignant moments

What really matters? Pt. 2

My mom went more into depth about the roots of her childhood and what it was like growing up.

Naja and her grandmother, Beverly Davis, talk about her experience immigrating to this country, their family, and her childhood.

In this interview, conducted on December 5, 2018 Beverly Davis shares, with her granddaughter Naja, some experiences of overcoming challenges when she first came to this country when she was 27. For example, she describes how it was a lot...

Stories Of A Mother

Anna Ross recounts moments from her childhood in the United States and Ireland, and how they shaped her view of the world. Interviewed by her daughter, Ita Berg, she also explains how being a mother in America has changed her...

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Mike Alewitz and Guido Garaycochea

Friends Mike Alewitz (70) and Guido Garaycochea (59) discuss Mike’s position as a censored artist, what it has been like to paint murals around the world and see them destroyed, all while conveying the message of workers' struggles.

Grandpa Elmer

We talked about my Grandpa’s life and family.

A Conversation with Grammy

This is my Grammy: Henni Fried Stolzman. We talked about all the important things in life: best memories, worst memories, important people, regrets, and more.

Joan Frenette

My career as a real estate agent and owner of my own business.

What really matters?

We talked about things that have influenced her to be who she is and where she is to date.

Christopher’s birth

I’ll be telling the story of Christopher’s birth.

Daniel Wolf and his grandma Sheila Goldfarb discuss Sheila’s interesting and eventful life

This interview took place on November 24, 2017 in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The interviewer is Daniel Wolf, who is interviewing his grandma, Sheila Goldfarb. The interview talks about Sheila's childhood, teen years, adult life, having children, and her eventual...

Griswold Project On Resilience: Giving Makes Life Worth Living

Sandra Ann Nolfo, president of the Friends of the Bigelow Senior Center in Fairfield, shares her battles with two timely topics we are now wrestling with as a nation: prejudice and the coronavirus. Listen for tips on how to build...

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Maxine Rockoff and Robin Sparkman

Maxine Rockoff (82) talks with her friend and StoryCorps CEO, Robin Sparkman (51), about her life and career. She recalls getting her PhD, working in biomedical computing, becoming a mother, and her accomplishment of wiring settlement houses in New York...

A Conversation With My Dad About My Sister and I

Fitz Dettmer (18) has a personal talk with his dad, Matthew Dettmer (50) about raising him and his sister Graelyn (22), both of whom are queer and neurodivergent. Discussions of when differences were noticed, why, the different atmospheres they were...