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Grandson interviews Grandmother about life in Philippines, emigrating to US, Japanese occupation of Phillipines during WWII

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.

Joe sits down with Fred & Phyllis Herschelman. Fred served our country in the U.S. airforce for various wars. Phyllis is the loving matriarch of a loving family in Central, Illinois.

Robert E. Gillespie (72) interviews his father, Richard T. Gillespie (99), about his upbringing peddling milk, as well as his experience in the Civilian Pilot Training Program and being a B-17 pilot during World War II.

This interview is part of Rocklin Flash's 25th Anniversary series. Mr. Spiess is a teacher who has taught at RHS for nine years; he currently directs four choral ensembles and teaches piano lab and technical theater. With choir student Anne...

My brother Shaan and I discuss life, goals, technology, and how times have changed from my generation to his. We touch on similarities and differences between our hobbies, school life, and reliance on technology. At only seven years old, Shaan...

Chris Klein, an Andover native and author, discusses his German and Irish roots. He recounts his life growing up amidst classism in the 1980s. Inspired by AP US History class, he discovered his passion for research-based writing, determined to preserve...

Mitzi Miyoshi (48) interviews her uncle, Sam Terasaki (83) about his WWII experience in the Japanese-American and Hawaiian 442nd Infantry Regiment.

Allison Leigh Cleveland (61) tells her colleague Angela Meyers (42) about her experiences in the army during the Cold War doing military intelligence and guard duty in Germany. She also describes witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall on her...

Lily Horio (81) talks with her friend Shari Tamashiro (38) about her family and growing up in Hawaii during WWII.

Meet Cathleen Engelsen! A historical artist from Surf City, NJ. Cathleen shares her stories and experiences as an artist on the Jersey Shore. Enjoy this women's history month special!

William (Bill) Mayweather (71) and his granddaughter Lauren Jefferson (15) are interviewed by their daughter/mother, Tonya Groomes (45) about a member of their family being part of the Pulitzer Prize winning book “Slavery By Another Name.”

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

It's our first interview, for me and my Mom, and we get to talking all about growing up in South Philadelphia in a row home on 11th and Porter. My Mom shares how her father was killed in World War...

My grandfather talks about the changes he experienced and how difficult life was growing up in New York with nothing. He discusses his relationship with his brother and some stories from schooling in Cuba. How he managed to overcome immense...

Sophia Starr, 17, and her 43-year-old mother, Tina recall days of missed school since 2014. Long before Covid-19, Sophia missed school for hurricanes and lava flows.

Matthew "Matt" O’Neill (31) shares a conversation with his grandfather, John O’Neill (96), who Matt calls "Pop," about John’s experience in the Army during World War II.

Sisters, Linda Watley Norris (73) and Pearl Watley Mitchell (78), describe what it was like growing up in Columbus, GA, reminisce about the fun times they had as children, and remember family members who have passed away.

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.

Rodney Madsen (60) is interviewed by his son Nathan Rogers-Madsen (31) about his parents, Theodore and Elvira Madsen.

Esther Kim (38) talks with her stepfather, Charles Kelly (84) about his childhood during World War II, the influence of art, and his unlikely merging with a Korean family -- which has helped him experience the "School of Love".

On Thanksgiving day, I (Emily) and Joenna participated in an interview where we talked about the similarities in our lives and how being an Asian American influences it!

Gerald (Jerry) Rudnick (68) interviews his uncle Alfred Klinger (87) about his European bicycling adventures taken after the death of his wife, Kit. Alfred went to Germany in part to visit Jerry, who was there visiting his son, and to...

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.