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Daughter, Mary Phelan, chats about family history and funny stories with her incredible parents.

The early years through college.

General life question asked by Laurie Ristig to her father Sean Nicolai.

Interview for anth class

My life as a child growing up in Brooklyn. Life was pretty simple. School fun the beach at coney island and Brighton Beach. Then of to college And the army. Then moving to Dallas and getting married

Kyel, Avery, and Hiramari interview the principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle, Antoinette Emden. Learn the story behind their influential principle.

Growing up

Mac Marlow, 94, talks to his viola student Katey Wilks, 35, about his childhood, his musical career, and his love for teaching.

Luke Carney interviews James Carney about growing up in NYC in the 1980's. We discuss how life has changed since then along with how he was raised

My grandmother told me about her life growing up.

Hello my name is Wesley Feldman, I am fourteen years old, and I’m interviewing my mom, Dawn olmstead, on January 6, 2020, in Los angeles. As a hard working woman, my mom has earned everything she has achieved, and she...

We talked about growing up in Brooklyn during the 1940's and how he met his wife.

Today I interviewed my Grandma and we talked about her life growing up in Brooklyn, moving to Long Island, family and marriage.

I interviewed my grandma on growing up and her fondest memories of her childhood

A brother and sister share the story of finding his friend’s stolen French Horn in a pawn shop in Brooklyn, and the story of how he got to the Israel Philharmonic

Dad’s history, questions by Ben

Connie Evans (48) interviews coworker Dr. Paul Nussbaum (62) about his parents’ immigration from Poland, growing up Orthodox Jewish in Brooklyn, becoming a doctor, and raising a family.

Interview to the owner of a small business in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

I've had an interesting life

Joan Ruskin reads a poetic piece she recently wrote that describes her life’s path. Afterwards, her daughter asks a few questions about her childhood growing up with divorced parents in an era that parents did not divorce.

Sunny Wong (40) and Justin (32) discuss their backgrounds, families, jobs, and living situations. Sunny recently moved from Hong Kong to New York, where he works in archives, while Justin lives in Atlanta with his wife, daughter, and foster dogs.

Stories of 74 2nd Place in Brooklyn

Great interview

We love you Maw Maw

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2017 in Middletown, New Jersey, Sophie Dalfonzo (14) interviews her grandmother Pearl Siegel (70) about her life story. Ms. Siegel talks about how her family traveled from Poland to Germany to America and...