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Robert (Rob) Wallace (45) talks with his girlfriend, Lindsay Smythe (30) about his life expereinces living in Italy and California, his service in Kuwait and Somalia, and working as a police officer in Yuma.

Mental illness is a serious topic and most people have mixed emotions and perspectives towards it. Getting insights from others exposes more viewpoints on the topic.

The person I am interviewing has not experienced a mental illness.

History project

I talked with my friend who had a grandparent who had Alzheimer’s

Life growing up and the influences around you

In this interview Edwin Rumbaugh talks about his childhood in South Charleston, his grandparents, his happiest memory, different jobs, and his time in WWII.

What her early life was like, and how she would like to be remembered

Melissa Ruleman (52) speaks to their spouse Kurt Ruleman (61) about a lifelong love for and career in music.

We dive into living life with a chronic illness and how much more there is to it than what you can see.

Asking my dad questions about the music industry and his fun touring stories

This interview expresses the importance of adoption and the rewarding experience as it relays to Adoption Awareness for November.

My grandma mother and I talked about what she knows and what she didn’t know about mental illness.

Just a simple interview with my uncle

In this July 2021 conversation, Katherine Chon in Washington, DC interviews her colleague Cynthia Cabot in Guam, "where America's day begins." Cynthia recollects early family influences of accompanying her parents in their education, public safety, and other community service and...

In this short interview, we discussed the knowledge and stigma around mental illness.

Interviewing a former student of McNally Smith College before it closed abruptly. The impact of college and influence of music are discussed as well as the connections and relationships related to college/music life.

Bailey Collier (18) and her mother, Dana Collier (58), open up about their feelings towards the process of adoption within their family. They share struggles, milestones, and hopes for the future as Bailey prepares for college and Dana continues to...

Friends Dana Farmer (68) and Rob Nixon (70) talk about their friendship, the AIDS epidemic, and their advocacy work for the LGBTQ community.

Band Life

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Toledo, Ohio, Sofia Sferra interviews her cousin Anthony. They talk about Anthony’s experiences at school. Anthony shares about how he was in the high school band. Anthony says that his school experiences...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Linda Love Mesler, whose family has roots in rural Iowa for hundreds of years, talks about her global childhood, from New York to Cambodia. After becoming a technology lawyer, she settled in Andover and is...

Josselin is joing a high school marching band. Entering, she meets a wonderful guy but meets conflict when she becomes a shoulder to cry on for his ex-girlfriend. She doesn't let herself to fall for the guy she met but...

interview with Mr. Gates

This interview is based upon how the interviewee believes and views mental illness.