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Jack Middleton (16) interviews his mother, Kimberly Pearish (50) about her childhood and growing up around rural Missouri and how she lived when most areas around her were cut off, and her transition to the city life in Joplin. She...

In this interview, conducted in Converse, Louisiana on November 25, 2017, Jacob Barnhill and his grandmother, Betty Sistrunk talk about her childhood and life. Betty shares many stories about her childhood.

Part 2 of 2. "Pretty city committee." Sandra talks to Angela about her time as a teacher, disrupting violence with art, and coming together to make the city we want to live in.

In this interview, conducted in June 2021 in Rockville, Maryland, Shrutha (17) interviews her mom, Ms. Pai, about growing up in India after the period of British colonialism. Ms. Pai describes what India looked like before the British arrived, painting...

Spouses, Linda Mccorkendale (71) and David M. Mccorkendale (76), share a conversation about the Ozarks, Missouri, where they have made a home.

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

Xander and Carmen discuss climate crisis and suggest ways to cope.

As Zigrid explains, a life story is a collection of events formed by experience that mold our thoughts and impressions. Her father shares his experience as a young boy running free on a farm in Latvia, escaping Latvia by ship,...

For an interview assignment in my Journalism course, I decided to question my dad on some aspects of his life.

On a snowy day in Denver, I sat down with Parks and Recreation’s Executive Director, Allegra “Happy” Haynes to talk about our shared favorite place in the city to gather and play and connect with nature, City Park.

Wendy (15) asks her older sister, Leslie (23) about her life after graduating university, now that she no longer lives at home with the family in Dallas, Tx and lives in Boston, Ma.

Mary (78) talks with Martha (47) about her experiences during and after Superstorm Sandy.

In the summer of 2015, Bob Conover led a team of 12 volunteers to restore a 50-year-old Ranger spacecraft at the California Science Center. Bob is a retired JPL engineer who originally worked on the Ranger at JPL in its...

Friends and colleagues Bob Estrin [no age given], James Jackson [no age given], and Estella Dieci [no age given] discuss how they met, their work with the School of Constructive Arts, and their hopes for the school for the future.

1950s Interview about Janet Lesak and her time from the changes of the city life to suburban life.

Mary Ann Olding (78) is interviewed by her niece Ann Acheson (59) about her growing up in rural Ohio, what lead her to historical preservation as a career and the ways in which her Catholic farm family shaped her independent...

Friends Marvina Hooper (65) and C V (43) talk about their faith and the nonprofit organization Marvina started called Casa David. They talk about the work they are doing to support people in need in Honduras and Guatemala.

Learn the story of the mystery of the Doll passed 4 generations in the matrilineal line.

An interview of my successful stepdad

LuAnn Crist Laich (65) interviews her parents, Joseph "Joe" Hauser (92) and Helen Hauser (88), about their childhood, life, careers, and family memories.

My mom explains how her and my dad, restored an old abandoned house into a restaurant and winery.

Georgeanne is a pillar of community in Tacony and her family while raising the 5th generation of Italian American Tacony residents. Georgeanne shares neighborhood and family stories.

Victoria and I take a shallow dive into the climate crisis and what can be done to stay healthy and positive during these changing times.

Friends and colleagues Mike Moroz (61) and Cathy LaPointe (75) reflect on the early days of the Underground Railroad Society of Cass County (URSCC) and how far the organization has come since.

Michel Pitts was an Athens Academy Art teacher. He knew lots of history about RocketHall