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I interviewed my Dad about his thoughts on the 2008 Recession.

interview with Denise Sneide

Steven Rauscher (33) and Michael Nunes (34) - friends and former coworkers - discuss the personal and professional impact of the Covid-19 pandemic with an eye to the future.

My dad had a hard life trying to take care of family while pursuing his own dreams. Even without the support of close ones, he pushed through and made it to the U.S., achieving his goals and setting new ones...

Steven Rauscher (33) speaks with his friend and former coworker Eric Myszkowski (28) about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on employment in general and the service industry in Philadelphia specifically.

Yomari shares her story about employment, housing, and food insecurity. She reminisces how vacations back home in Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic are temporary escapes from the hardships of poverty. Through her work with La Casa Norte she has...

John Dolan on growing up in Detroit. His detailed stories of life before World War Two. As well as the Great Depressions impact on him. As well as his personal story of enlistment in the war.

Jayne Kaylor newly retired, 66 years old talks with her son, Joel Davidson age 40. Jayne reflects on her nearly 47 years of working at the bank, what she learned, challenges, successes and the legacy she leaves with her work.

Teaching

Dr. Imani Woody (68) relates her life history to Maria Santiago (34). She describes growing up in segregated Washington, D.C.; living through the civil rights movement; her mother's early and preventable death; and reflects on the American race riots of...

We talked about his hobbies as a kid and an adult, who he found most interesting in the family, and who had impacted his life the most.

Grandfather shares his love of cars.

Steven Rauscher (33) and Alex Valletta (30) - friends and former coworkers - discuss concerns for the present and future health of Philadelphia's service and hospitality industry amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

Interview with Mashaeyla of KinderCare.

My mom and I discuss the human right to housing and the thoughts that we have regarding the different environments that we have experienced throughout our lifetimes.

Teagan Johnson talks with Eileen Johnson about her time as a child and adventures throuought life. Including time in Japan and majoring in German literature. Some stories include working in an optical shop for 50 years and meeting her now...

Memory and employment

Leigh Shaffer (21) talks to her mother Sandra Shaffer (58) about her experience as a working class woman in the 80s, working in real estate, sales, and other fields.

Kelly Rouba (30) talks to her friend Karen Palazzini (30) about learning to become an advocate for other people with juvenile diabetes, and what it’s like to live a normal life with a disability.

Ivan’s story of being an urban survivalist in Atlanta, GA and his work to help people get healthy food with Concrete Jungle.

Steven Rauscher (33) and Harry Jamison (29) discuss the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on employment, opportunity, and happiness in the City of Brotherly Love. Recording issues dogged the first half (and even a bit of the second half) of...

A discussion about the Latino experience in Dallas, TX, small business owners and the threat of housing displacement in Oak Cliff neighborhoods with Jennifer Rangel, urban planner and author of "A Geographical Examination of Urban Planning - Oak Cliff as...

[Recorded: Thursday, October 19, 2023] Lori Mohr Pederson (63) and Stephen Betts (35) have a One Small Step conversation at the VPM office in Charlottesville, Virginia. Their conversation was recorded during Democracy360, the Karsh Institute of Democracy’s three-day biennial conference....

Lori Morimoto and Sue Marguerite Dootson have a One Small Step conversation. Lori is a professor at the University of Virginia, and Sue is a children's book author. They talk about their shared experience of spending much of their life...

I speak with an El Paso native about their experience working with two companies during the unprecedented pandemic that is COVID-19.