Grandfather

John Paul McDonough was born in 1937; he talks with his grandsons Jamie and Brogan 78 years later.

My mom, lasagna, and our family history

The story of how my mother's garnishes came to America, how her parents met, her life growing up in Mt. Lebanon, at Penn State and marrying my dad.

Walter Zurasky, November 2015

Walter R. Zurasky, born and raised in Pennsylvania, talks about his life from childhood, living on a farm, to meeting his loving wife at Clarion College.

Barbara Drizin, educator, traveler, mother of 4, bubbie to 13

Day after thanksgiving 2015. Conversation with Barbara Drizin, age 78, about growing up as a woman in the 1950s, marrying at age 21, finding true love, raising kids in the burbs, and having 13 grandchildren.

Thanksgiving with Grandma Flora

This is an interview with my grandmother, on my mom's side of the family. Flora Cruz is a mother of seven children, now all grown with their own families. Every year the whole family tries to get together on special...

Farouk Said Barbari

Farouk reflects on his life in Gaza, Libya, and Iraq, where he served as Secretary of the Libyan Petroleum Committee headed by Palestinian national and scholar Anis al-Qasem.