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On Small Step partners Dennis Darnoi (54) and James Thomas (56) discuss how to handle friends and neighbors with extreme views, their thoughts on bringing grandchildren into a complicated world, and why they think they "had it better" when they...

This interview was conducted by Julia Sweeny (16). She talks with her nana (grandmother) and her sister (grand aunt) they discussed many components to personal childhood, parenthood, and now life. This interview includes many stories from childhood of growing up...

My dad is definitely one of the few people that I connect with interpersonally and have deep philosophical conversations with. I wanted him to share part of his story with me and the rest of humanity.

One Small Step conversation partners Scott Mathis (78) and Laura [No Name Given] (45) talk about the meaning of conservative and liberal, and explore life histories.

Parseena Ishak (14) and she interviewed her mom, Nesreen Ishak (40) about different stages in her life and important lessons that she learned throughout her life. She talks about growing up and the important people in her life. Nesreen also...

Kevin Gluck (49) talks with his mother, Anne Perdue (74) about her life

For the Great Thanksgiving Listen, Timothy Chancey, an Egg Harbor Township High school student, interviews Angelina Gorobchenko, his sister, about her life growing up and the life she is living now. She expresses her feelings of traveling from Russia to...

In this interview, Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews Oksana Pasakas of Ukrainian History & Education Center of New Jersey to discuss the traditional folk customs of the Ukraine, and the importance of continued education in the traditional folk arts of...

Spouses, Michael Kelly (73) and Peggy Kelly (75), talk about Michael's military service in the Military Police, his upbringing, and their time in Grafenwöhr, Germany.

Francesca (15) interviews her Aunt Susie (52) on December 5, 2022 about their childhoods and how their lives have changed as the years go by. They discuss the difference in how they both grew up and their wishes for the...

The Penza Family, Evelyn & Tony discuss their family history, their immigrant experience in South Jersey, and the dynamic way their Italian-American immigrant-family legacy was created using the foodways of Southern New Jersey.

In this interview, orchestrated at Egg Harbor Township High School in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Jaila Cruz talks to and interviews her former World Cultures teacher Kevin Hackney about the wonders and the adventures of life and college.

Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews Olga Kobryn of the National Ukrainian Women's League Branch 98 of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Olga is a part of the arts and culture committee that produces exhibits and conducts workshops among many other projects....

Meet Valerie Vaughn! Learn about her career as a singer, musician and songwriter from Tuckerton, NJ who specializes in teaching through music, local history, folklore of South Jersey.

Chloe Jennings(15) listens to her mom, Alex Jennings(49) as she tells a childhood memory of her first pet that was a disaster. (Image featured: Chloe at a young age with her mom, Alex)

Robert Reisler (18) talks with his grandmother Reina Reisler (79) about superstitions, the good old days, Klondike bars for 45 minutes.

dmaltese: 2021-07-18 21:09:45 Elaine Zickler talks to her daughter-in-law Denise Maltese about her childhood in Philadelphia and how it influenced her adult life; her psychoanalytic practice, her PhD in English, for example, developed through her keen interest in family stories...

Eric Robinson talks about how difficult it has been to watch his son, a senior in high school in March 2020, grappled with the disappointments of the Covid-19 shutdowns. Because of the nationwide stay-at-home orders all three of his sons...

In this interview conducted in November 2021 in Egg Harbor Township New Jersey, Nicole Zimmerman (16) interviews her mom Theresa Zimmerman (44) about her childhood, how she met her husband, and some of the most influential people in her life....

Whether it be in New Jersey or New York, Tammie Vivlamore's life experience has been crazy from the start. In this interview, Tammie opens up about her less-than-stellar childhood, where she ended up in her 20's, and how becoming a...

Family, faith, marriage, and life lessons

Kimberly Kelling (63) sits down with her father, Lloyd S. "Bud" Kelling (90), to ask him about his childhood memories at Camp Crockett (also known as Kamp Karney), to learn more about what it was like for him to discover...

Anjali Patel (18) interviews her mother Mona Patel (41). Anjali asked Mona about her childhood in India and differences between her life then and her life when she came to the United States. They also discussed Mona's college years, happy...

Stephanie Lam (61) talks with her daughter, Sophie Brown (18) about her childhood in Toisan, China in the 1960s and what it was like to move to America at 18. She discusses her life in a small village, her experiences...

Margaret "Marge" McKee (74) and Joyce Welsh (61) interview their mother, Letitia "Doris" Welsh (96). Doris reflects on her life growing up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, working at various places, raising six children and traveling.