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An interview with my 92 year old mother.

Donna Lancaster, 78, is interviewed by friend Mindy Reed, 54. Dorothy was born without knee or hip joints and speaks about how her parents raised her to make her own choices and how she overcame the challenges she face in...

An interview with a working-class Nashville Native. You can hear about family history, civic engagement in Nashville, and passions of my grandfather.

Brief family history of Elaine Huggins’ parents and grandparents, interviewed by her granddaughter Camille King.

Bill HInes, 66, interviews his mother-in-law Charlee Kambert, 87, about her life, writing and the plays she wrote and performed around the country.

I asked my Grandma a few questions about her early life.

Friend interviews Charley about being the piano player at a favorite hangout in Flagstaff, and about his childhood growing up in a town near the Navajo reservation, called Ganado, in Arizona.

Hiroshi Hamada tells about his adventures as a young boy throughout his families’ struggles during World War II and his experiences as an adult.

Daniel Golden (38) interviews his grandmother Eve Heyman (92) about her memories as a German-Jew immigrant in the U.S. during WWII.

Josephine Cole (15) interviews her computer scientist father (Billy Cole, 50) on growing up in West Virginia, the events of September 11, 2001, religion and family. While he plays video games in the background, and her sister yells advise.

My grandmother, Eve Anders, tells me about growing up during World War II and how she and her family was involved in helping and leading the Polish army. She also talks about lessons that she has learned from the strong...

Me and my friend Henry have a discussion about his life growing up. The interview is school related and how his illness affected his life.

We talked about how it was to grow up “back then” and how it effected them in that time. It was obvious that it was a whole different time period back in the mid 1900’s. We learned about school and...

We discussed some of our family history.

My 100-year-old grandfather’s reflections on his education and career in chemical engineering—before and after WWII.

Charles tells his daughter, Melissa, and grandson, Kyle, about growing up in Virginia, the many cars he owned, and his experience in the Air Corps

Maria Meza-Ayala (89) habla con su hija Maribel Meza (25) de su vida en Mexico. [Maria Meza-Ayala (89) talks with her daughter Maribel Meza (25) about her life in Mexico.]

We discussed life in Germany before WWII, coming to America as a Jewish immigrant, and experiences as a Jew in Germany and America.

A mother and daughter talk about family history.

Jenna Genzel interviewed Archie Fagan on November 30, 2019 in New Jersey, USA. Archie Fagan, a 93 year old World War ll veteran, proudly served the United States during World War ll. He explains how he experienced multiple significant events...

I interviewed my dad who was in the Navy during World War II. He enlisted when he was 17 years old. We talked about why he joined, what his duties were,where he was stationed & life after the military.

Elizabeth "Liz" Z. Allan (63) and Eileen Neulinger (61) talk about their lifelong interest in libraries and books, their family history, and their plans after retirement.

My Dad, a WWII veteran, talks about his experience in the Army Air Corps.

Life story

David Tilson, a 92-year old World War 2 veteran, reminisces about his 43 months of service in England, and in the Philippines on a tugboat four days before the first atomic blast.