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Judge Harriet M. Murphy [no age given] tells her friend, Anita E. Dabney [no age given], about her education and path to Judgeship on the Municipal Court in Austin, TX. Judge Murphy discusses her work with the NACP and the...

Lousie Melling (54) interviews her friend and colleague, Vicki Saporta (63) about her work with the National Abortion Federation and the cases they worked on together.

Friends Mimi Lee [no age given] and Julius “JD” Jackson (55) share a conversation about their childhoods, their involvement in community organizations, their careers, and how they each ended up in Rochester, New York.

Bart Conner (62) and colleague Kathy Johnson Clarke (61) talk about their overlapping Olympic gymnastics careers and their current work together as broadcast partners.

Matt Iorio (26) and his friend, Amy Gruttadauria (24), talk about what they've learned so far about life from their relationships. They give advice to their younger selves, and respond to other prompts from the StoryCorps deck of questions. They...

William "Bill" Gripp (75) speaks with his friend Christine Tigue (41) about growing up gay and becoming involved in gay politics at the Atlanta Gay Center

Carla McGhee (52) talks with longtime friend and teammate Ruthie Bolton [no age given] about their experience winning gold in the 1996 Olympics.

Jeremy (34) and Charlotte (33) Williamson interview their father/father-in-law about his life growing up, his interests in physics, music and sports.

Conor McGlade (27) speaks with his fiance Sarah Clark (28) about how they met during a study abroad program in New Zealand, started dating and eventually became engaged in Ireland.

Kathi Martin (55) and her friend Billie Ross (62) talk about how Kathi's relationship with her father influenced her going into ministry and what happened on the day that Kathi was ousted from her own church that she built.

Friends Jerome Hughes (42) and Dwain Bridges (30) talk about how they and their families have struggled with their homosexuality and their HIV statuses.

Sanda Gordy interviews form mayor of Atlanta, Sam Casell (85), about his most notable moments in politics and civil service.

Colleagues Staci Catron (49) and Kate Daly (29) ask each other questions about their life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beryll Taylor (73) speaks to her wife, Tessie Field Rogers (69), about how they first met. The two reflect on their childhoods growing up in Georgia and retiring to the Gulfport, FL area. They got married a few years ago...

Edward Austin Hall (59) asks his friend Raina Saunders [no age given] about her life and relationships.

Friends Diana Paolo Vela Martinez (19) and Samuel Aguilar (23) speak about the experience of being undocumented citizens.

Mardon Walker (76) talks with conversation partner Naomi Graver (22) about her experience as an exchange student at Spelman College in the fall of 1963.

Life partners Martha Shen (50) and Carrie Shen (58) talk about how they met and how they wound up adopting their two sons.

Anne Riggsby (60) interviews her father, Korean War veteran, Clyde Waldron (83) about his experiences growing up in South Georgia, becoming a paratrooper, a Union Auto plant representative, a Builder, father and husband.

Sarah Fritchey (37) interviews her friend, colleague, and co-conspirator Kwadwo Adae (43) about his work as a muralist. They discuss his childhood and the inspiration he received from his parents, how he realized the importance of collaboration, and the murals...

Dr. Susana Alfonso (47) shares her insights about her profession and memories of a few patient stories.

Kemiko Lawrence () interviews her aunt, Frances Baylor (), about growing up on a farm in rural Mississippi and her favorite memories playing with her 13 siblings.

Jeffrey Robinson (53) speaks with his colleague Garfield Peart (44) about his father Joseph Robinson, Sr. an architect in Atlanta who overcame racism of the time to succeed

Colleagues Dr. Rich Besser (61) and Dr. Ian Pray (33) share stories of the early experiences in the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). Together they share their pride in being able to contain E. coli outbreaks or the H1N1 virus....

Anthony Stripling (50) has an honest conversation with his daughter, Gabriella Stripling (13), about his family, his childhood, his regrets, and his motivations for enrolling her in private school.