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Marion Kaslon talks to her daughters, Karen Schlam and Terri Gilbert, about her family history in Brooklyn, her father’s business savvy and meeting and marrying their father.

George interviews his mother-in-law about her growing up in Lake Butler, FL, and her experiences during the depression and WWII.

Rick Lazes was interviewed by his sons Noah Lazes and Scott Lazes to talks about memories of former time, hobbies and special times with the family

Leslie Burger (58) talks with her husband Alan (Buddy) Burger (59) about their forty year friendship, their childhood antics, and surviving both of their cancer diagnoses.

Nancy Bentley (63) interviews her husband, John Atkinson (67) about his life, focusing on his health issues with eczema and asthma, his work in the Peace Corps, and his favorite family memories.

Melvin interviews his wife Allyson about growing up in Washington D.C. and their life together.

Jose Garcia (74) talks to son Karl Garcia (46) about his life and how he became a physicist.

Bonnie Arends, Stephen Arends and Randal Arends talks about the car accident that killed Stephen’s twin brother, Greg, and left Stephen with a traumatic brain injury after being in a coma for 6 months.

Jeff Manassero, 24, interviews his father, John Michael Manassero, 63, about his life.

Marguerite Pfaff (58) interviews her mother, Kathy Swain (91), about Kathy's school years, her work life, raising children, and traveling.

Laurent Adler, 42, is interviewed by his wife Deblina Datta, 41, about his mother and their estranged relationship. The relationship became estranged when he, raised as a somewhat orthodox Jew, married Deblina, an Indian woman from Calcutta. The story is...

Ira tells her granddaughter Tracy about growing up poor in rural Tennessee.

Lorenzo Zuniga, Jr. (63) talks with daughter Sabina Zuniga Varela (31) about his family’s farm, his love of fishing, and meeting his wife.

Liz, 28, interviews Barb, 42, about her archaeological work at the Presidio.

Sisters Deborah Harkrader (64) and Elva Harkrader (66) share a conversation about their childhood, their parents, their family, and their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nancy interviews her father, John, about growing up on a ranch as a child, being a farmer/rancher, and the flooding of the family ranch.

Ruth Levenson (87) talks to her son David Taussig (60) and daughter-in-law Cecily Burke (61) about her life as a Holocaust refugee and eventually immigrating to the United States.

Sisters Emily Whiteside (66) and Beth Saba (64) share a conversation about growing up in Columbus, Georgia, their earliest and favorite memories, their friends, their school, and their parents.

Claire interviews Emma Lou about growing up in Chestnut, Alabama. Emma Lou remembers from childhood about her mother, great-grandmother and her brother, Jim.

Saul talks about growing up in Detroit, his childhood memories, and working in the junkyard business.

Charlotte Kellar (92) talks to her friend, Ann Reinhard (48) about growing up in the Bronx, and getting interested in acting and writing later in her life. Charlotte and Ann also talk about how they met through DOROT’s Friendly Visiting...

Connie Evans (48) interviews coworker Dr. Paul Nussbaum (62) about his parents’ immigration from Poland, growing up Orthodox Jewish in Brooklyn, becoming a doctor, and raising a family.

Lisa, 44, and Dave, 52, interview Virginia, 80, about growing up on a farm in Illinois and meeting her husband, Dick.