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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

Edward Guczek, 87, is interviewed by his granddaughter, Jennifer Sawyer, 21, about his life.

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.

Kathleen Wright, 41, interviews her father Kenneth Lynch, 67, about his childhood.

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

Judith Andrews, 61, was interviewed by her daughter, Sarah Aucoin, 39, about Judith’s grandparents, parents and her relationship and connection to them.

I learned that Ms. Mendoza got here inspiration to go into the educational field because she started off as a Sunday School teacher and that’s when she found her passion for wanting to help others. I learned that she first...

first day of school interview

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Covering topics from family to teaching at a CPS school.

On January 14, 2018 I interview my mother Sarah Moorman about her experiences and her childhood. She talks about the influential characters in her life and how they shaped her as a person. Later in the interview, she talks about...

Talked about funny stories from childhood and thoughts now

I speak to Mrs. De La Garza on being a teacher

Patrick Donohew, 43, talks with facilitator R. Lena Richardson, 33, about his friend, Jane Bresnick, who recently passed away. Patrick and Jane were lovers of StoryCorps and had planned to come for an interview together before her death.

Rosann Sinti is interview by Rosamund Looney about growing up in Soho as a child, her family’s ethnic. background, work, and her son and daughter.

Interview with my maternal grandmother

Self-described “best friends forever” Mikey Riley, 23, and Jared Busch, 23, talk about their friendship and Mikey’s battle with drugs and multiple sclerosis.

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

Garnet Pennington has played tennis in rural Kentucky since the depression, when she had to play on a dirt court. Once dubbed by Tennis Magazine, one of the World’s Greatest Tennis Nuts, she has passed this passion to her son,...

Richard Brian, 63, by his daughter, Andrea Brinn Wolfe, 33, about being an artist and a father.

We mostly talked about life choices and how her decisions affected her life.

In this interview, I asked my father about his family, his childhood, starting his career, and raising me and my siblings.

Nathaniel Wang and Mr.Yang conducted an interview. Mr. Yang has an interview with Mr. Wang. The two exchanged views on appearance, social interaction and author.