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Radhakrishnan Gopalan (48) talks to his son Shrey (12) about his experiences growing up in India, coming to the US, and his career as a professor.

I talked to my band director a little bit about his life and his career.

Friends and fellow retired educators Barbara Dinan (82) and Nina Ruskey (70) talk about their friendship, families, careers, and legacies.

Lucas Campbell speaks about the Kindleberger Summer Festival of the Performing Arts with Parchment Community Library Ambassador Karen Woodworth.

In this interview, conducted on November 26th, 2023 in Walloon Lake, MI. Nevaeh Leonard interviewed her grandma, Crystal Smith (57.) They talked about love, life, and family. Crystal got emotional and you could hear the breaking in her voice. At...

The paradox of lack of access to local food in rural, farming communities.

I interviewed my grade 10 history teacher about growing up during the Cold War

My father explains his transition from high school to college

Best friend interview

Mother and daughter Stephenie Klingler (66) and Mackenzie Hatfield (38) talk about their fathers and loss, trading memories about Mackenzie’s late father Carter Hatfield and Stephenie’s father Robert Tebo.

Lourdes Salazar Bautista was deported from Ann Arbor, Michigan after living in the United States for 20 years. Her husband was deported 10 years prior. Bautista's two younger children (now 14 and 16) accompanied her to Mexico, reuniting with her...

I asked my mom about things she has learned and some interesting stories from her past.

Sister Lucianne and I met at the West Michigan Environmental Action Council's Climate March in fall 2015, where we realized we both participated in the Universal Human Rights Conference recognizing the 500th Anniversary of Montesinos in Washington DC in 2011....

Thomas Higginbotham (52) and Michelle Higginbotham (48) interview Thomas’s mother Irja Liisa Higginbotham (79) about her earliest memories, life in California, and immigrating from Finland to the United States.

I call and interview 17 year old Nalani about her culture in Hawaii and how it differed from the culture she faced in Michigan.

Life of my older cousin

We talked about the importance of local foods and gardening

In this interview conducted on Nov. 26 in Manhattan Beach, California, Maddie Komatinsky interviews her grandmother, Anne, about her childhood and growing up. Anne shares thoughts, stories and memories of growing up in Wales, moving to he US, meeting friends...

Todd Dockerty (47) has a conversation with his mother Mary Dockerty (76) that reflects on his coming-out story in a Christian conservative family.

Adventure along a random Michigan lake.

Interviewing with my Grandma for the great thanksgiving listen:

Nana talks about growing up in Malta, meeting Grandpa and moving to the US.

Jane Ann Pippenger (81) talks to her granddaughter, Dagne Pippenger (16) about her time as a volunteer for a school in Michigan as a young woman.

We talked about the experiences my mother went through as growing up in a white community as an African American and how it has molded her into who she is today. Around 22:50, I asked my mother out of her...

today I have a conversation with my mom. we talk about her life experiences her hopes for me and about what matters most.