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Martin Everall and Mike Hughes talk about coming to America from the UK 35 years ago, and how the two countries are similar and different.
A conversation between a student and Victoria, an immigrant from England. They discuss differences between schools in the United States and England. As well as the struggles that come with immigrating to a whole new country at a young age.
Joan Mickle was born in Liverpool, England, before WWII and lived there through the war. Later, she moved to the US and now lives in Ross, CA. She has 3 children and 7 grandchildren.
He grew up surrounded by the ocean being the oldest of three. Joshua Slocum enjoys Christmas and the summer. He remembers playing baseball and being called “Squashua” and “JJ”. His favorite childhood vacation was going to Disney World with his...
In this interview, Tania interviews Leeanne about growing up between England and the United States, and eventually moving to Norway, as well as the obstacles in moving. Leeanne talks a little about long-distance realtionships. They also discuss how what you...
The life and career of Jane Newman, the founder of the discipline of account planning in America and founding partner in ad agency, Merkley Newman Herty in NYC. Jane also founded the Thorntree Project in Kenya which successfully educates Nomadic...
We talked mainly about what life was like for my dad when he was a child and how things shaped him as an adult.
Alex Brown talked with Mateo Scoggins about their early water experiences.
British engineer Stuart Greenhalgh lives in the U.S. with his wife and daughter. In this interview, Stuart and his daughter discuss his experiences traveling around the world. Stuart also talks about many world issues that are important to him and...
Gemma McLaughlin (18), has a conversation with her mother, Eileen McLaughlin (57) (with the addition of some comments from her father, Bennett McLaughlin [60]). Listen while they discuss Eileen's life story from her childhood growing up in England and Ireland...

Anna Nowak-Banrey (AB) and Jason Banrey (JB) discuss how they met, their relationship and their experiences together in New York.
In this interview, we talked about his life growing up in post-WWII England, his years in his engineering job, and his life in America compared with his life in England.
I chose to interview my cousin Ela. Ela is a British citizen who is originally from the Philippines. In the interview, she expands on the key differences between the Philippines and England. We also talk about the topic of code-switching.
Tamara Wadsworth interviewed her father Kyle Wadsworth in their living room in Santa Monica, CA on November 26, 2017. They discussed topics like family, heritage, childhood memories, and more. Kyle Wadsworth grew up in California with his brother, pets, and...

Mary Beth Holman and Shawn Mullin returned to the Storycorps booth to talk about the influence of their maternal grandmothers on their lives. They both said that their maternal grandmothers loved them unconditionally. They agreed that each of their relationships...
[Recorded Thursday, December 14, 2021] Priya (50s) and Allan (60) recorded a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. They talked about their experiences living in various countries around the world, immigration, family, and their shared love of cooking.
“After every air raid we would have to count heads to make sure everyone was okay”. On January 1, 2019, 14 year-old Taylor Huie interviewed her grandmother, Sylvia Huie, about her experience escaping the Japanese-Chinese War in the 1930s when...
Anna talks about life as an immigrant, musician, mother, and wife.
Interviewing my mom about her time living in England growing up.