Search Interviews

Mary Isaacson (46) and Julie Summers (46) discuss their time spent with the CampFire organization. They have been involved in some capacity since high school and are both current Board Members

Michael and Joseph talk about their father/son relationship and their sexuality.

Akiba Shabazz talks with her daughters Naja and Zuri about her life growing up with her parents in Memphis, her marriages and travels.

David Kuhl and Abby Wheeler talk about their family get-togethers and how everyone seems to truly enjoy themselves.

Joyce Hayes, 64, talks with her friend Tanene, 28, about growing up in Chicago and her involvement with social work, education and politics.

One Small Step partners Leslie Shimer (67) and Merle "Louise" Lee (76) discuss their observations from living in Virginia and exchange anecdotes from their past.

Debbie Withers (48) interviews her mother-in-law, Sarah Wjthers (78) about her life as a educator and a minister’s wife and her family.

Tammy Gomez interviews her mother Margie Gomez young life and her life now.

Carlissia, 21, interviews Sylverna, 57, about growing up in Virginia and Baltimore during the Civil Rights Movement, her interest in libraries, becoming Dean of Libraries at the University of Memphis, and the problems facing African Americans today.

Mitzi (84) and Elliott Faye (83) talk to their granddaughter Poppy Gordon (29) about their family background. They then tell stories about their times living in Europe.

Robert N. Morris, 82, is interviewed by his son, Robert “Myke” Morris, 54.

Steve interviews his son Dov about his experience with cancer.

Alice Rapallo talks about living in Boston, raising kids, and being married to an alcoholic.

Friends Yvonne Rodriguez (47) and Jesús Pando (54) talk about going to college in their 30s, majoring in Physics, their ethnic backgrounds and their family.

Audrey, 51, interviews her mother, Maria, about growing up in Shanghai, immigrating to the United States, and her family.

Shelly Mariposa (52) and Jessica Zaffarano (33) talk about living on a commune during Jessica’s childhood.

One Small Step conversation partners Gurminder Sangha (49) and Sandra Celedon (37) talk about their career trajectories; the role of their families, teachers, and mentors in their development; and their hopes for the city of Fresno.

Cynthia Tainsh (50) talks with her husband, Robert Tainsh (49), about moving to Florida from New England and their experiences having twins and then triplets.

Kathy Picard shares her story of sexual abuse and advocacy for the victims of sexual abuse with StoryCorps’ Whitney Henry-Lester.

One Small Step conversation partners Mina Estrada (47) and Thad Bartley (52) discuss their beliefs, especially around faith and influences.

Julia Bergman, 64, talks with her research partner Will Maynez, 63, about their work and research in the Diego Rivera Mural Project.

Joseph Brown, 29, talks to his mother Sybil Brown, 67, about her life growing up in rural Georgia, her education in Athens, GA., and her move to and life in Atlanta, GA.

Kay Guske Thomas and her daughter in law Maggie Thomas come in to discuss Kay’s role as caretaker to her late uncle Frank Burgess.

Zand Bakhtiari (18) and his mother, Rosemary Bakhtiari (50), remember Rosemary’s father, Frank Firek, by recounting their favorite stories from his life.

Doug Raper (72) shares a conversation with his daughter Kristin Jackson (41) about his work in radio, the nonprofit he founded, his children and grandchildren, and how he would like to be remembered.