Pilar Munoz talks about her mother, Fumiko, to her daughter Xochitl Munoz. As a young child living near Hiroshima, Japan, Fumiko was six years old when the atomic bomb was dropped. Pilar and Xochitl discuss Fumiko's childhood and life after...

Staci and her stepmom Joann honor her father, Douglas Iwamoto, who recently passed away

Danielle interviews her father, Ted, about his time in the Dutch army in WWII, stationed in New Guinea

World War II in the Philippines and immigration to America

Pilar Munoz talks about her mother, Fumiko, to her daughter Xochitl Munoz. As a young child living near Hiroshima, Japan, Fumiko was six years old when the atomic bomb was dropped. Pilar and Xochitl discuss Fumiko's childhood and life after...

Yuto Yamada(20) interviewed by Maya Bolling (20) about growing up in Japan, and how his personality changed after experiencing foreign culture, and how he is handling being abroad during the pandemic. The two met when Yuto returned from America while...

Colin Tanji tells the story of getting to know his great grandma

Alyssa talks about the importance of embracing your cultural identity and learning a second language.

Jack Smith’s best friend was kidnapped by the government, and he never saw him again. On January 5, 2020, Ayden Lord interviewed her grandpa, Jack Smith, in Studio City about his best friend Yoshi who was taken to a Japanese...

Yuto Yamada(20) interviewed by Maya Bolling (20) about growing up in Japan, and how his personality changed after experiencing foreign culture, and how he is handling being abroad during the pandemic. The two met when Yuto returned from America while...

While visiting Oahu, Lindy and Rory Anderson sat down with Nobue Asaeda and asked her a series of questions on April 16th 2018. Rex, Nobue’s great grandson, was also at the table playing LEGO (hence the background noise).

Aoi Kondo (13) talk with her grandfather, Takahiko Kondo (76) about memories of his life, and things he appreciates and is thankful for.

David McVey speaks with his grandson Addison Bauer about his experience hearing the news of John F. Kennedy's death whilst stationed in Japan. He talks about the reactions of himself, his friends, the Japanese and what he saw globally.

Deborah Ranniger (58) talks to SC Facilitator Virginia Lora (26) about her dad Leonard Cornell who passed away 5 years ago of Alzheimers. She tells the story her dad would tell over and over again about going to the 1929...

Takeru and Esther are young Asian-American high school teachers in the south coast of Massachusetts. They teach next to each other in a community whose diverse population is not reflective of their racial or ethnic background. As they end their...

My dad and I discuss his childhood experiences of family life and academics in China, and how they differed from mine in America. We reflect on his career pursuits as a police officer, tour guide, and sushi chef due to...

I ask my mother about my grandmother and her experiences living in other countries.

[JP]ENCOURAGEインタビュー – 犬の美容師さんで日系カナダ人MARIに、「家族」「仕事」「人生」というトピックで、インタビュー。ご両親が日本人で、生まれと育ちはカナダの彼女は、どういった環境で育ってきて、何を学んできたのか。彼女のいろんな側面を聴いています。

In this recording, Alexis Finch at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nevada records an audio file for the 2018 Great Thanksgiving Listen. Alexis Finch is in 11th grade in English 11 Honors.

Stanley talks about his time in the navy during World War II.

Hailey Yoshida (16) talks with her great-grandmother, Marye Kimoto (97) about her experience in Japanese internment camps and her life afterward. Marye also talks about what it was like to live during World War II.

Julie, a Japanese-American woman, talks about her first time facing discrimination as a kindergartner and the effects it had on her life.

Keigo Matsumura talks about this most proud memory which was earning his certification for certified public accountant. Keigo also talks about him as a child wanting to be a professional baseball player. He was in a non professional baseball team...

Kibo interviews his parent, Hiroyuki and Maria, about having the same birthday, their first date, and being a multiracial couple.

Originally a celebration of Black History Month, February 2018, Middlebury College's Davis Family Library has initiated a series of oral interviews, "In Your Own Words." In them, Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace...