Storycorps interview
November 25, 2018 App Interview

All the things about me when I was young, and all the things about my dad and my mom.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen With My Granny

I talked with my grandmother about some of her experiences growing up. We talked about her family life and some things she found to be very important when navigating life

Coronavirus interview

I talk about my personal experience with the 2020 quarantine period and my outlook on everything at the time. I talk about how it has affected me and my family, my health, sanity, and how it has also improved me...

From nothing to something

"I didn't have a skill so I figured if I went to the military they would teach me a skill which they did." On November 21,2019,in Cerritos,California, 15 year old Isaiah Brewington sat down with his 78 year old grandfather...

The Life And Lessons Of Shelly Enyeart

Shelly talks about the differences in the world today and about her childhood, along with the struggles of divorce and raising 3 children on her own.

A Twist on a Proposal

In November of 2018, 14 year old Isabella Orlando interviewed her mom, Mandana Orlando in Sherman Oaks, California. The stories all take place in Santa Monica in the 1990’s. Isabella asks about everything, from how she met and fell in...

A move to California

Our family moved out to California

English Project

I got to know my mom a little better, by asking her questions of her childhood and what it was like.

Mom Who Experienced Hollywood in it’s Prime Shares Her View On the American Dream

Paula Fontenot shares how her view of the American Dream has changed over her lifetime. Growing up in Austin, Texas she was exposed to a certain American Dream and set of values. Moving to Los Angeles after College, she was...

My Grandma’s Life: Barb Jilek

I interviewed my grandma at her house in Chicago, Illinois on December 2,2017. My grandma was raised in normal household where she lived with her 2 brothers, mom and dad, and her grandmother. Barb Jilek lost her husband when he...

The Day After The People’s Park Riots (1969)

Juanita lived in Berkeley, CA at the time. Surveying the scene the next morning, her son in his stroller touched a leaf, inadvertently teargassing himself by rubbing his eye.

Yo y mi abuela

Iker Romero interviews his grandma about how her life was coming from Mexico tijuana

Shay McLean

This interview is of my 46 year old mother Shay McLean. She originally grew up in Glendora, California, but has lived here in Henderson, Nevada for the last 10 years or so. She is a special education teacher for CCSD....