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Gloria Mattson and Sandy Martin

One Small Step conversation partners Gloria Mattson (69) and Sandy Martin (78) discuss gender and sexual identity, gun control, access to mental health services, racism, illegal immigration, sources of media and news, Donald Trump and the January 6th Insurrection, and...

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Harriet Weber and Sally Patton

Harriet Weber (65) interviews her friend Sally Patton (76) about her childhood, her career, her family, and the quilt that has been passed down to her from the early 1820s.

Interview with Esmilsa Alford-Christian

Esmilsa and I talked about how she came to Knoxville from Nicaragua while a teenager and how she has come to see East Tennessee and Appalachia as her home. She also spoke about the differences and similarities between East Tennessee...

Interview with Ken Wise

Ken and I talked about his time living in East Tennessee from hiking in the Smokies as a young boy to moving from Georgia to go to school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville to working as a librarian...

Interview with Dr. Steve Dunkin

Dr. Steve Dunkin talks about growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee, his genealogical research, his time in the military, and his return to East Tennessee. He also talks about his work with the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club and his connection with...

Interview with Annie Le

Annie and I talked about her experience of moving to Knoxville and the similarities and differences she has noticed between Knoxville and Minnesota, where she most recently lived, and where she grew up in Vietnam.

Interview with Alexus Tate

Alexus and I talked about her experience of moving to Knoxville from Crossville, Tennessee and living in East Tennessee. We also talked about Appalachian stereotypes and her experience of them as well as some of the reasons that she loves...

Interview with Lisa Fondren

Lisa and I talked about her move from Detroit to Knoxville when she was five, and her family in Sevierville on her father's side and her mother's family in Pennsylvania. We also talked about Appalachian stereotypes and not wanting to...

Interview with Darlene Waters

Darlene and I talked about the culture shock she felt after leaving Lonsdale projects in East Tennessee and going to Farragut in West Knoxville as well as her culture shock when she moved to Chicago. We also talked about Appalachian...

Interview with Elise Acuff: It’s Appalachian to not know you’re Appalachian

Elise and I talked about her favorite places in Appalachia, her feelings of disconnection from Appalachian, her distant cousin Roy Acuff, making cornbread, and being the keeper of family history.

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The proper pronunciation of Appalachia...and more.

Mary Ellen Spencer: What it Means to be From East Tennessee

Pellissippi State Libraries librarian Allison McKittrick talks with Dean of the PSCC Libraries Mary Ellen Spencer about her favorite places and favorite artist in Appalachia as well as what it means to be from East Tennessee.

Cuban Odyssey

My abuela, Carmen Ramos, talks about her experiences after leaving Cuba one fateful day. She traveled up and down the East Coast of the U.S. growing up, and I found that it mirrored how I grew up moving around too.

Storycorps Interview
November 27, 2021 App Interview

I ask my grandmother, Ellen Chavous, questions about her life and things she’s learned.

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Allie Goolrick and Chester Goolrick

Allie Goolrick (38) interviews her father, Chester Goolrick (74), about his life, focusing on his time serving as a Communications Specialist for the Army during the Vietnam War and his career as a journalist.

Carol Waggoner-Angleton and Travis Holloway

Travis Holloway (54) talks to his friend Carol Waggoner-Angleton (57) about the African-American history of Augusta GA and the production of his upcoming book