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This interview is between a mother and a daughter. It contains valuable information and details from the participant’s life and aspects on the world.

I interviewed my mom and how her life was growing up in the 20th century.

Part I: A multigenerational conversation about the events in history that we witnessed and how they affected us. We talk about culture, war, television, media, historical influences, points of view and legacy. Part II: Uploaded separately as Teacher Talk -...

An interview between a student and a principal. Several questions about things that happen in school were explained so that students can get answers.

Friends, Doreen Richardson (52) and Sandra Taitt-Eaddy (58), discuss their Barbadian identity and the differences in their experience as migrant women.

What changes when the projects you maintain are cornerstones of security? Filippo Valsorda elaborates on his experience as a cryptographer, his work in Go, and how his approach to maintainership might be a bit different from the average maintainer.

David Dodson tells the story of the time he spent with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as one of about twenty college students who got to listen to, and ask questions of, Dr. King on August 23, 1963. David remembers...

In this interview, conducted in November 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, Ivan Cervantes (16) interviews his dad, Ramiro Cervantes (41), about the progress of his career as a current Senior Field Service Engineer. Mr. Cervantes first discusses his current...

Brian is the Security Team lead at my church and I’m an Intern there. I decided to interview Brian and he tells the story of how in his youth he grew up in Alaska and moved around, finding his interests...

Wife and husband Gail Yost [no age given] and Roger Yost (71) speak about their careers, their children, and their retirement.

Andrew Himes, my grandpa was a 16 year sophomore at McDonough highschool when president John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Chris Ballentine, University of Oxford, discusses his work as "helium hunter," seeking global reserves of Helium, significant as a natural resource-limited in its scope. Chris discusses geopolitics and the need for the market to drive the search for helium which...

One Small Step partners, Stephen “Steve” Thomas (70) and Amy Lanterman (69), discuss their different upbringings, retirement, and the issues that are important to each of them, such as border security and climate change.

This interview is about what my grandmother remembers about Kennedy’s assassination.

Andrea Bordeau (37) and Arik Ohnstad (47), colleagues at Vanderbilt University, reflect on how the COVID-19 crisis impacted their work in global education.

A discussion about 9/11 and it’s aftermath with my father Keith Kalinger who grew up in New Jersey and was born in New York.

Asked questions to my grandma

Nancy describes her emotions after the attack happened. She was only a kid, so at the time she wasn't impacted too much. Now that she looks back, she understands the significance of the attack and how this was the spark...

This is my father speaking about somethings he remembers in regards to JFK being shot and other idealogies stemmed off of him.

The Principal of Thomasville Heights Elementary School, Jovan Miles (37), shares his life story, as well as, reflections on the strengths and challenges facing kids in the neighborhood with the Executive Director of Global Dialogues, Daniel Enger (56).

Talking to my grandad about his time on a military base in Germany.

Husband and wife Arnaldo "13" Salinas (62) and Liz Velez-Salinas (48) talk about their marriage, their upbringings, and the values that they have instilled in their children. Together, they reflect on how Liz's terminal cancer diagnosis has impacted their approach...

My father talks about his journey of illegally crossing the US border in 2003 from Mexico. The stuggles and changes he went through to get a better life for his family. The misconceptions that Mexicans have on life in the...

Oscar Sanchez, my uncle from Mexico travelled 1-3 times a month to the United States (including New York) in 2001. He discusses his experience in airports before and after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. (Interview recorded through a call)

Today we talked about the JFK assanation and my grandmas, Judy Leach’s, feelings about it, her memories, and how it affected her.