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This interview is about Jackie’s life growing up. She talks about the people who influenced her life and affected the person she became today.

I interviewed my grandfather who was a Methodist preacher in the 1970s and 80s.

Mary Jane Anderson discusses her childhood in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, her work at the Santa Fe Railroad, and her religious and family life.

In my interview with Joseph Wilcox (my father) we discuss many different topics from many different points in my life. We talk about things from what parks he used to play at, to how our family was almost not even...

In this interview, recorded in November 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia, Mose Murray (12) interviews his grandfather James "Jim" McCutchen (73) about her childhood with divorced and remarried parents. Then they talk about Jim's wife, Jeanie McCutchen. Jim also tells about...

Spouses, Roman Wilcox (42) and Adriana Wilcox (40), come together to talk about the timeline of their love story, personal growth, connection to service, and their restaurant, One Grub Community Diner.

Old Town School teachers Barb Silverman and Jess McIntosh talk about teaching at the school, experiences as women in a male-dominated music community, and reflections on their friendship over the years. Barb is a clogger and multi-instrumentalist who performs in...

An overview of major events my grandmother remembers while living in Chicago in 1968. She was twenty years old and witnessed many of the terrible and iconic events on the news.

We talked about her past and her tragic story. We talked about why she came to the U.S. We discussed her happiest and saddest moments in life. She shared some of her best advice about why one should obey parents,...

Friends Hillary Cummings (Col '78) and Melinda Tabler-Stone (Col '78) sit down for a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. The two remember their time at UVA as Zeta sorority sisters and share their career journeys, liberal outlooks, and...

A father and daughter’s conversation about childhood memories and spirituality.

My name is Gabi Timms and I interviewed my dad Kelley Timms about his testimony and how he has seen God move in his life.

Chicago public employee give her insights.

A conversation between friends, bluegrass musicians and fellow Old Town School coworkers Colby Maddox and John Huber. Colby has been managing the Resource Center and teaching mandolin at the school since 1999. John has been working at the school since...

Amy Wink, Daviss King, Caroline Jones, Kathy Tullos discuss Taylor Fuerst’s April 8 2018 sermon, Do I have to believe what other Christians believe.

Just a good ole sit down with my buddy Sam.

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This summary was made by Landon Rose(18) interviewing a friend, Anderson Odell(18). Asked questions about his life.

This interview was a summary of lenelle Sasse's life.

Maggie McAteer (age 14) interviews her pastor, Reverend Brittany Hanlin on her childhood and life journey.

Scarlett Payne (12) interviews her grandmother, Amy Cox (67), on November 25, 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee. Scarlett and her grandmother begin the interview with childhood memories and family reminiscences. Then, they discuss how her grandmother met her husband, and the...

Lynn shares with Sarah her experience of going to the 1965 Presidential Inauguration, of attending Northwestern in Chicago in 1965-1969 during the campus uprisings, and recognizing the importance of living in diverse places with water roots.

CALVIN Shawler is a 17 year old genius and we discussed being gay, religious, and an artist.

Well we talked about Thanksgiving and we compare this state with my other country Guatemala. In my country we celebrate Thanksgiving in a different ways.

“My childhood was actually great!” In November of 2018, ninth grade student, Olivia Foxman interviewed her grandmother, Shelly Foxman. Olivia learns about Shelly’s admirable  childhood post World War ll. Shelly’s story starts in 1951 in Chicago, but her family's story originates...