My dad, Vail Horton, talking about his childhood and his career path as a disabled man

Vail Horton was born without legs, and with deformed arms. He was put up for adoption at birth, and adopted by a couple from california. His childhood was difficult at times, but with perseverance, he gained strength and the will...

Across Cultures

This is an interview with my grandmother, Akemi Hata, and she explains what it was like growing up in Japan as someone who is Japanese-Chinese. She also explains some parts of her story moving from Japan to America and what...

Yomari's Community (en Español)

Yomari shares her story about employment, housing, and food insecurity. She reminisces how vacations back home in Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic are temporary escapes from the hardships of poverty. Through her work with La Casa Norte she has...

Julia Duong interviews Quoc Duong for the Great Thanksgiving Listen, 2019

In this recording between my father and I, we talked about his childhood and his experiences of coming to the United States. He talked about his difficultly of living in United States with an American family. Later on, he talked...

Raj Patel and his grandfather Prabhudas Patel discuss about the importance of family and the sacrifices one must take.

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in South Barrington, Illinois, Raj Patel (16) interviews his grandfather Prabhudas Patel (70) about his childhood from living in a poor village in Western India and to discuss how he immigrated to America....

Lindsey and her mom talk about Disney vacation memories and the importance of family.

In this interview, conducted on December 1st, 2019, Lindsey (18) and her mother, Cathy (43), talk about their favorite memories from family vacations to Disney World. Cathy shares about going to Typhoon Lagoon after dark, and the importance of family...

Dad Hospital

David Ronald Kingham, 77 years old just received his cancer diagnosis and a poor prognosis. His children Noah Kingham, 43 years old, and Catherine MacConmara 45 are both visiting him in the hospital. we discussed his feeling about being our...

jesuitnolapublicspeakingfall2017 Payton Hedrick interview with grandmother

I, Payton Hedrick (17) interviewed my grandmother,Jeanette Vitrano (63). My grandmother and I talked about her life growing up. We also talked about my family. We talked about her recent battle with breast cancer and how her recovery is going....

Great listen

This interview was with my mom, Kimberly. She is a pediatric psychiatric nurse and I am asking her some questions to reflect on her career.

How My Dad Overcame His Life Challenges

This interview was done on December 1st, 2019 in my family's living room. In this interview, my dad, Nitin Panchal mentioned that he had to overcome many obstacles in his life. These barriers made it more difficult for him to...

Interview of my mom

Interviewed my mom and we talked about things from her past

Making history with story corps.

During the interview, we spoke a lot about past experiences and how they shaped the interviewee to be who he is today. We spoke a lot about his childhood, and the differences between the times then and now. We also...

IWC Interview

I interviewed my mom as if I didn't know her, but knew parts of her story.

Life Story interview with Austin Phillips, his mother, Beth Phillips and his grandmother, Pat Phillips.

A writing contest was held for the 5th grade class at All Saints Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Out of 17 students, Austin won the contest and received $500 towards his elementary tuition by the contest sponsor, Heritage Life Story...

Talking About Loved One’s

Talking with my Grandmother about our family, specifically her children and husband. Reflecting on the family she’s built today, and words for future generations.

My mom and her experience with blood cancer
December 2, 2021 App Interview

I asked my mom five questions that she answered about her experience with childhood cancer

Mom for Erin
November 3, 2015 App Interview

Last interview with mom dying of cancer