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A 13 year old’s life during the covid 19 pandemic of 2020

Kane Sweeney is a 30 year-old board member for the town of Waterbury, Vermont and is involved in the recovery efforts following the historic flooding that occurred in Vermont in July 2023. He speaks about his experiences during and after...

Kevin Witt (49) talks with his son, Nathan Witt about his experience of the flood of Clinton, Arkansas in 1982.

In this interview, conducted in June 2, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois, Emmanuel Adebanjo (18) interviews his father Isaac Adebanjo (59) about his journey and lessons learned from Nigeria to America. My dad shares his stories about his childhood, inspirations and...

Patrick and Alison McHugh are a married couple, are both 43 years-old, and are both lifelong residents of Vermont. They discuss their experience surviving two historic floods - the first being hurricane Irene in 2011, and the second being the...

Andrew Burdick and Dave West in their seventh StoryCorps Connect interview where Dave recounts experiences he got while working in forestry efforts in Oregon during the 1970s

Savaneh Lamin, who goes by Lamin, talks about his arduous journey from the Ivory Coast to Libya and then crossing the sea to be rescued by a Ship. Once rescued by a ship he was brought to Italy and then...

Grandpa told us about tuck knight

I, Amelie interviewed my mother, the founder of Grandparents As Parents and came to find out the inspiration for starting her non-profit organization. This organization has helped thousands of grandparents reunite with their grandchildren and has shown them how to...

I wisely selected this interviewee because I wanted someone who I know has experience in the selected topic I chose. I believe it was only the smart decision to go with the candidate who would answer questions honestly, wisely, and...

During this interview, we talked about what Ebony does outside of being a DA. She runs a business that helps people in need of a space to express themselves or who just need help in general because they are in...

This section is a brief introduction to John and his life. We discussed his career and how it affected his life. He talks about how he changed a young man's life and the school he built from scratch. John also...

This is a story about Brooklyn Hadley’s life between the ages of 7 and 8.

My dad and I basically talked about his grandparents and how he was influenced by other people and also about some tough times.

how oppression effects people

I ask some kid some questions.

I interviewed my grandma about her life. We enjoyed a good conversation, I got to learn new things about her, and we enjoyed some quality time together.

We discussed Donsheri's journey in her life. From the early difficulties she faced with her biological family to the time she found her spiritual family, her real family. The time she lost her brother to the jail system and the...

J D Hall was a 9-yr old boy in 1937 when flood waters rising from the Ohio River forced his family to leave their 14th Street home. He remembers being evacuated by boat from a second story window and his...

I interviewed my grandma about her experiences of the flood of Vanport. She told me about her life around that time.

I ask my cousin a question about her daily life

Paul Flowers from Life Health & Legal talks about decoding your Insurance policy and giving you the tools to understand what you are looking at in the future.

I interview my brother

Matt Commo (55) and Ann Commo (53) live in Waterbury, Vermont which on July 10th-11th experienced historic flooding. They share the flood’s impacts on them, their story of rebuilding, and their perspectives on the future living in a floodplain.

''The winds were so strong, my parents had to hold onto something or else they would be blown away.'' Shelbi describes the events and her experience with hurricane Katrina from when she was at 12 years old, from preparation to...