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Stephanie tells stories of her big and dramatic family.

If you tell Jerry Anderson a secret, he will never reveal it, but he’s happy to tell you even the most embarrassing things about himself. Brianna and Anderson 14, interviews her grandpa Jerry Anderson. The interview took place on November...

Tommy L. Bullard, DVM, Texas A&M College Class of 1964, recounts his early inspirations for a career in equine medicine, and one of his notable success stories as a young equine surgeon in Texas.

On Friday, February 22, 2019, Dr. Lilien Vogl, Chair of the Optometric Historical Society, sat down with Dr. Donald E. Jarnagin, past-president of the American Optometric Association (1995-1996) to talk about his life, his work and developments in the profession...

Erica Hymen (29) and her husband Adam Arenstein (28) talk about their relationship, how they met and what the future holds.

Linda Dean Goolsbee tells StoryCorps facilitator Rose Gorman of her parents, Jack and Francis Dean.

Claudia Crowley interviews her parents Claude and Carolyn Crowley about their careers and personal interests.

Joseph Engler (65) talks to his daughter Kerry Slattery (36) about his life as a San Francisco Police officer

97-year-old grandfather reminisces about the early 20th century.

Angie Apodaca (74) talks with her daughter Cynthia Apodaca (47) about losing her son Eric to HIV/AIDS.

Susan, 35, interviews her mother Caroline, 64, about growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, her work as a principal, and her family.

Etelvina Hernandez (81) is interviewed by her daughters, Monica García (47) and Maribel Barrera (45) about her childhood in México, her life in the U.S. and her job with Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Jane Lowey interviews her friend, Dolores, about growing up in Dover, DE during segregation, her mother and father, the poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and her husband.

Fred Gonzalez, Jr., 27, and Alex Leguillow, 63, remember Alex’s nephew and Fred’s brother Nestor A. Cintron III, a Cantor Fitzgerald broker who was killed on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attacks.

Violet Hittle, 97, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Doreen Myers,50.

Roz interviews her parents for their 50th wedding anniversary and tells them things the family has said about them.

Mother and son Irene Hurwitz (78) and John Hurwitz (36) share a conversation about Irene's life and the myriad of business ventures she took on with her late husband, also named John.

Maya Elena Scott-Chung (45) and Susie Hoblet (47), parents at Kaiser Elementary School, discuss the myth of the Ozzie and Harriet “traditional family” and Suzy’s experience growing up in Italy, France and traveling worldwide; the struggles of the sandwich generation,...

Lev Raphael tells his friend Melissa Ingells about growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors and becoming a scholar and author on the subject

Serena Stickney interviews Russell Dale, reunited after twenty years. They talk about who they were in the third grade, who they are now, and what they want to be in the future.

Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

Caroline Denham (25) and her mother Judith Blake (65) have a conversation about Caroline’s childhood and Judith’s parenting choices.

Sophie Broche, 80, talks with her cousin Karen Quest, 54, about the family that they have in common and about their own lives.

Gabriela Baeza VEntura (39) talks with sister Georgina Baeza (27) about her academic success.