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Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: John Hess shares his story growing up in West Virginia, where his family valued traveling and spending time with relatives. After going to graduate school at Cornell, he moved to Andover with his family. He...

[Recorded: December 14, 2022] Kat Roth (72) and Wandae Johnson (40) sit down to record a One Small Step Conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Wandae comes from a background in social justice work within the Charlottesville community, and Kat is retired...

Life in a nutshell

Augusta Askari: 2022-01-27 01:10:14. Augusta Askari, 93, talks with her daughter, Emilia Askari, 62, about Augusta's childhood during the Great Depression. It was difficult being part of Cincinnati's German American community as World War II approached.

A conversation between a grandpa and granddaughter

This is a story of Beady Marcus and her mother, escaping New York summer heat and going to stay at a farm in upstate New York.

Nell Schneider (6/18/1930-) talks with her grandson, Matthew Harrison, and her daughter (Matthew's mother), Sue Harrison, at her Glendale Wisconsin home. During this interview, Nell discusses World War II; the attack on Pearl Harbor; food and recipes; changes in technology...

Hear how a little girl gets her Aha Moment by helping others.

This interview took place on November 29, 2020 in Salem, MA. I, Raya Young, interviewed my friend Rebecca Ingals who is in her sixties. She talks about growing up on Martha’s Vineyard, meeting her second husband John, and how Covid...

Angela Campigotto-Harrison(42) chats with her grandfather Jimmy Campigotto (93) about some of the big stories that have defined his life including growing up in a coal mining family in the same hollers as Loretta Lynn in KY, his time working...

This interview is about my mother’s favorite hobby. Throughout the audio recording she goes on to explain about her butterfly garden.

2020-08-27 19:18:27 Bob Ballas, Commander of the New Fairfield CT Veterans Association and Beth Moeller of Griswold Home Care Fairfield County, sat down to discuss characteristics that foster resiliency in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn how a focus...

A general conversation touching on COVID-19, growing up, and the future.

Janet Hogue Thompson (77) talks with her daughter Michelle Thompson (51) about the life of her mother Mary Maxine McAninch Hogue (1920-1993) in rural Casey County, Kentucky.

My sisters civic-19 experience

More about the botanical gardens, trips and wandering.

We discussed how it was for a boy to grow up in the 1920s and his work life at a young age. He told about how he did not get much education and how he did not have much growing...

I interviewed my grandpa Pete about food and farming.

Today I talked with Nancy about the ins and outs of gardening and all things earthy

Tim Paulitz talks about the Koppel Farm Community Gardens in Pullman, Washington and the ways community gardens build relationships, improve food access, and connect people to place.

Edith discusses her 101 year life, highlighting music, including her time spent at Juilliard School and Columbia University. She also discusses her family; both while growing up and the family she started with her husband John. She also mentions how...

An interview with my mom about our thanksgiving traditions and history with agriculture.

I interviewed my grandparents Hicks and Kathryn Pollard. We discussed farming and gardening in the years my grandparents were growing up, and how it has changed over time. We also discussed what practices/techniques my grandparents still use, and how agriculture...

A brief interview with my dad discussing agriculture in our family. We talk about agriculture in his childhood and how it compares to today, beekeeping in the past and present, gardening in our family, and his time as head grower...

Grandaddy talks about gardening, Thanksgiving, and wonders around different topics.