The Great Thanksgiving Listen with Bettie Martin and Nikolas Parker

In this interview, which occurred on November 24, 2018 in Dallas, Texas, Nikolas Parker (14) interviews his great-grandma Bettie Martin aka ”Bigmamma” (87) about her life. Topics include how she was one of the first African Americans to buy a...

Ray Wise – Mastery At Its Finest

An overlooked tree. Ceaseless drive. Sean Connery. What do these three unrelated things have in common? They tell the extraordinary story of Ray Wise, who was interviewed by Forrest Wheeler in Los Angeles in 2018. Since youth in Akron, Ohio,...

Great Holiday Listen with my Mamaw

A small chat with my grandma about her life. We talked about my dad (her son), my grandpa and how they met, and other topics.

Jordy Basabe and his mother Yolanda Silva talk about experiences in Mexico as a child and experiences now in the U.S.

In this interview, conducted June 6th, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois, Jordy Basabe (17) interviews his mother Yolanda Silva (41) about her childhood in Mexico and her experiences here in the U.S. in Spanish. Ms. Silva shares stories about the experiences...

A Master of Music

Jim Cunningham, Born 1933 is a man of many professions. When Lucas Grey joined by his Uncle Jim Cunningham sat down at a piano for an interview. Jim Cunningham grew up in the small town of Belpre Ohio, and was...

Home Away From Home

14 year old Chris Durant interviewed his aunt, Dinora Durant on her early years in Honduras and then some of her life in Brooklyn, New York. When I asked Dinora what she did in her summers she told Chris about...

Test audio

This is a test interview by Laren Barrett on November 14, 2018; in preparation for the Great Listen.

Carter and Ashlyn messing around with Chick-fil-A kid’s meal questions.

Us just messing around, Carter (age 6) asking Ashlyn (age 18) questions that he got from a Chick-fil-A in our room 2018

Mi padre Felipe Interian.

After a long talk about the past and the furture. And also about the good and bad in his life. The interview starts with a Maritza Interian(14) interviews her dad Felipe Interian(41). They talk about his life before his daughter...

Luke Osterkamp and his mom, Ashley Osterkamp, talk about life stories.

In this interview, Luke Osterkamp interviews his mom, Ashley Osterkamp, on her life. The interview was conducted on November 25, 2018 in their home in Manhattan Beach, California. Ashley shares stories about her life and what she has learned throughout...

American Government Interview Project

Sorry It's in Spanish the only people I know here are two friends at school who speak Spanish and my church members who only speak Spanish and the people who could speak both English and Spanish went to visit their...

Zakaria and her God-Grandfather Jim talk about his childhood, moving to a new state and life now.

In this interview, conducted in Flint, Michigan during November 2018, Zakaria Brame interviews her God-Grandfather, Jim Jackson, about his teenage years in Greenwood, Mississippi. He shares memories of playing music and being in a band throughout high school and college...

My Father Rode a Motorcycle to School and My Grandfather Didn’t Know.

In this interview, conducted over Skype over thanksgiving break 2018, Shane Rosenberg interviews his Grandfather Larry Rosenberg about his life experiences. Larry shares stories about his childhood and growing up through out the changes of technology on his life. He...

Memories

My mom, Julie Boden, is talking about her time with her grandparents.