“I just wanted to be happy and have a family of my own”

Emma Lynch(16) interviews her mom, Ella(57) about her childhood and current life. This interview was recorded on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2020 in Ella’s bedroom in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. They talk about religion, moving from the city to the...

Ava Vu and Kim Nguyen Interview between daughter and mother.
January 25, 2021 App Interview

Ava Vu: 2021-01-25 01:47:26. Kim Nguyen (48) talks with her daughter, Ava Vu (14) about her childhood in Vietnam and experiences from immigrating to America and growing up.

Sadie Bolan interviews Joe (father) about his life leading up to this point.

In this interview, conducted in November 2023 in Valparaiso, Indiana, Sadie Bolan (16) interviews her father Joseph (62) about his life— beginning at his high school career— and leading up to his life in the present. With school, he talks...

Diana Coronado and Lidia Coronado

Lidia Coronado is a woman who has encountered many difficult problems throughout her life. Growing up she never had a mother to share her life with. However in the year 2007, she got to meet her mother for the first...

Granville Hutton Jr. interview his father Granville Hutton Sr. in 1962.

Granville Sr. describes from his early memory of leaving Kansas as a boy and settling in Eastern Colorado. His family, farming as a boy and family man, the old home place, death of his two younger brothers, hauling grain to...

Childhood Adventures with Jack Herther

Jack (88) tells some tales of his youth. He discussing moving around the country as a child, growing-up in the family business, participating in youth sports, and a broken arm that was set by a chiropractor.

Susan Dakorson Addresses The Sad Fact of What It's Like For A Young African American Girl Dealing With The Ideal Hair Standard In America.

I interviewed 21-year-old Susan Dakorson who also goes by Susie, a close friend of mine, of what it was like growing up in America dealing with and breaking the ideal Hair standard in American society for African American women. Susie...

Failure leading to Success -Lori and Ella Eason

Lori Eason faces difficulty in her childhood but these failures lead her to become and better and more motivated person in the end.

"My mother urging me to be self sufficient left me craving attention."

A mother goes through her life reflecting on how her childhood (or the lack thereof) shaped her mindset on life. There were a lot of amazing memories and damaging mistakes made, but how we learn and grow from those should...

“It was like a big family getting back together…like a family reunion!”

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...

Seth Vallentine

Seth Vallentine: 2021-01-20 02:07:30 Me and my friend my friend Miles talked about memories of our early years

Grandpa talks about his past and childhood in Mexico.

Grandpa talks about his past and childhood in Mexico. How he met his wife, and pastimes when he was younger. Shows a life experience that many growing up in America did not have.

Calvin and Danda Thrasher

Calvin (15) Is the son of Dana (42) and are talking about Dana's life experiences.

Jose Sandoval and Jose Manuel Casco

Jose Sandoval: 2021-11-30 03:44:13 Jose Manuel Casco, age 33, talks to his nephew Jose Sandoval, age 15, about his early and hard life growing up. Jose Sandoval prepares questions to ask to Jose Manuel Casco.

Esther Terni Heffernan – First Memories

Esther recalls her first memories of living in Millerton, NY and then in Enfield, CT.

An interview with Rick Lee, a 62 year old with some telecommunications knowledge and military experience.

Me, Dylan lee (20) and my dad, Rick Lee (62), and he speaks on how different communication was then, and also touches on how different it from being a civilian to being in the military in the 80s and 90s.

"When you have 12 kids they can't leave the yard"

Kyla Watkins (14) talks with her great grandmother, Jane LaChance (77) about growing up with 11 siblings in the 1940's.

The Proof is in the Pandemic (Part 1)

Honest vulnerability made Shyla and I fast friends when we met in Southeast Asia, far from our Southern roots. I also became a fan of her writing (under the pseudonym S.M. Holland) and took this opportunity to discuss "Get In...