growing up and learning with the natural world

Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...

Mother and Daughter Talk About Life During a Pandemic

Carina (13) interviews her mother mainly about what she is feeling during the Covid-19 pandemic. Both talk about what life has been like during this time and moment in this country as well as her mother's childhood memories.

Life is Good

My grandfather Peter Murphy, age 64, was born in Long island. He was the UCONN lacrosse captain of 1980 and graduated with a degree in Civil engineering. He founded his own software company that has billions of users globally using...

51 Years of Love

My Nana and Popop have been married for 51 years, in this interview they talk about their childhood, experiences in these years, and family.

TheGreatListen2018

In this interview Alyssa Norton and Mary Matthews talked about Mary’s past and some of her greatest memories. Mary shared her stories of when she was a child and how she met her first love.

JFK Oral History // Oral History Project

My father and I sit down to talk about President John F. Kennedy, his assassination, legacy, and how he saw my grandfather save a guys life.

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Kaitlyn McMurtry and Richard Kirkpatrick

One Small Step conversation partners Kaitlyn "Katie" McMurtry (30) and Richard "Rick" Kirkpatrick (63) talk about their traumatic experiences. They share thoughts about religion and the roles of the government.

Alexa Scanlon Interview with Her Maternal Grandmother

On Thanksgiving Day 2020, Alexa Scanlon (13) interviewed her maternal grandmother, Frances Piscatelli (66) about growing up in a large Italian family in Boston, MA. In the interview, Alexa also asks her grandmother about their family traditions and how she'd...

Interviewing My Friend's Dad

Nicholas Jakoulov is an immigrant from Russia who came to America for adventure and ended up staying.

So Wrong, but So Right

Long before texts, emails, and snapchat, if you wanted to talk to someone you either had to write a letter, or use the phone, and not a cell phone. Jake Freedman interviewed his grandfather Saul Freedman about his mid-high school...

Kyle Alves and Kerri Mclaughlin great thanksgiving listen

My mother loves her family very much. It is one of the most important things in the world to her.

A heartwarming interview with my Vovo

I interviewed my grandmother from my mother's side. I asked her some questions about her life, why she immigrated to the United States in 1988, and what she was thankful for Thanksgiving.

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Tim Young and Paul Lewis

Tim Young (61) and One Small Step partner, Paul Lewis (71), exchange personal experiences, religious beliefs, and political concerns.

"I’m more of a painter in music than a musician" – Alan Semerdjian

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews Alan Semerdjian (Long Island) who makes meaning of his life through art. They discuss family influence, Armenian heritage, dialectic thinking, writing, music, and the art of educating.

Faith and Dave Butcher

Faith finds out how Dave really feels about his childhood, his work and their life together.

Mother's Day chat with Eileen Clark.

We discussed Eileen's early life in Queens, New York, her marriage to Henry Clark, and how they moved to Long Island to raise a family.