Carter Sams and his twin Cohen Sams talk about growing up.

In this interview, conducted on November 2022 in McKinney, Texas, Carter Sams (16) interviews his twin brother Cohen Sams (16) about growing up in rural Louisiana. They also talk about Cohens connection with Enernest Hemmingway and how religion played a...

Kenedy Wood and her grandfather Vicente Aguilar talk about growing up in Alice, Texas, the National Guard, and the 1960s

In this interview, conducted May 2022 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Kenedy Wood (15) interviews her grandfather Vicente Aguilar (75) about his childhood in Alice, Texas. Aguilar shares stories about the effect of the Korean War on his family and his...

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Linda Vaughn and Alphonso Vaughn

Spouses Linda Vaughn (68) and Alphonso Vaughn (69) center their conversation about the changes they've witnessed in Amarillo throughout the years, starting with desegregation, and leading to Alphonso being president of the local NAACP chapter for a decade. The pair...

Valerie Olalde Seeks Nature in a Hammock

Sarah Coles (37) speaks to Valerie Olalde (29) about her experiences with nature during COVID-19. Valerie is a front line worker, employed at a local grocery store and working on her Masters in Social Work specializing on working with the...

The Great Thanksgiving Listen with Bettie Martin and Nikolas Parker

In this interview, which occurred on November 24, 2018 in Dallas, Texas, Nikolas Parker (14) interviews his great-grandma Bettie Martin aka ”Bigmamma” (87) about her life. Topics include how she was one of the first African Americans to buy a...

Thanksgiving Listen w/Papa Don

Don Nolan, 74, talked about his early childhood and his lifelong career. He also revealed one of his "cowboy" stories.

Interview with John Beckett on Druidry, Paganism, Unitarian Universalism, and religion throughout his life.

John Beckett is a pagan priest and writer who lives in Dallas, Texas. He is Druid graduate of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, and a member of Ár nDraíocht Féin. He was the Coordinating Officer at the Denton...

Alex Garcia Culture and Mental Illness

Recent UNT graduate discusses the culture he was raised in on Texas by his Hispanic parents. He also shares about the prevalence of mental illness in American society.

Jackie Walker Discusses Historical Politics from an African American Woman’s Perspective

In this interview, Jacqueline Walker, an English professor in Denton, Texas, discusses her upbringings in rural Georgia and her political activism from an early age. As an African American woman, she offers a very unique historical perspective on several presidencies...

Gregory Ejikeme tells of his youth and other influential factors that have shaped him into the man he is today.
November 29, 2017 App Interview

Within this interview, conducted in November of 2017 in Wylie, Texas, my father, Gregory Ejikeme, tells of his life growing up in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ejikeme shares of his past and the elders he's grateful for, as well as the effect...

Blake Hensley, mother Jennifer Hensley, and grandmother Susan Reynolds talk about life as a teenager.

Blake talks to his grandmother, asking about historical events that affected her, how living in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was like, and how writing fulfills the desires of the writer.

Garrett Bradford and his grandpa Randy DeMauro talk about some of the most important pieces of Randy’s life

In this interview, conducted in November, 2017, Garrett Bradford(14) interviews his grandpa and mentor Randy DeMauro(70) about the most important people and events of his life. Randy shares stories of how he grew up and what he remembers about his...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Anonymous 9

Anonymous 9 tells us about her happiest and scariest moment in her life, about growing up in a Colonia, about who she aspires to get her PHD, and how her and her husband fell in love.