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Interview with my stepfather Mendibel

We talked about my grandfather’s life

Maire Breathnach talks with her cousin Mary Newell DePalma about her life—beginning in a small Village in Ireland and through her open-hearted journey into the wider world.

Katherine "Kat" Liao (42) talks with her colleague and mentor, Ronald "Ron" Anderson (83), about his extensive career in the medical profession. Topics include Ron's path to rheumatology and remembering his wife of 56 years, Barbie.

I ask my Grandmother about her life and inquire after her thoughts on the future.

Jean Marino (66) and Michelle Axelson (46) from Provincetown, MA discuss being a lesbian, a woman, a woman in the trades in Provincetown.

Lloyd Torgove - 96 years old, Michael (Misha) Clasby - 36 years old. Yiddish, Russian Jewish Immigrant family experience, WW2, St. Louis, Nahant MA, Boston Hotel, YoYo in the 1930’s US, Life Wisdom

I was interviewing my grandma and asked her 4 questions. First question I said was “Tell me about your parents” she told me their names which I actually didn’t know until then. She told me that her dad was shot...

Nick Yaffe,(67), Principal of the Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst, MA talks with his wife, Wendy Yaffe, (68), about what advice he would give to his childhood self

We discussed how our lives have been impacted by this global pandemic.

Daughter of a WWI veteran, Helen remembers the rationing of WWII & the service of relatives then and in Korea. After getting her nursing degree she felt drawn to the AirForce reserve. Her 21 years as a reservist are central...

This is an interview I did for my history class about the events of 9/11. I interviewed my mom on it because she had family and people she knew that were closely involved.

Paul Keefe's experience in the US Navy including service in the Mediterranean on the USS Lake Champlain helped him get his degree in aeronautical engineering & led to a career in electrical engineering at companies including D.E.C.

I am interviewing Sigal wax, a true agent of change in Occupational Therapy profession and an inspiring person

Zizi Bohannon (61), interviewed by her niece (16), reflects on her life and some of the lessons she’s learned around parenthood, career, death, and what success really means.

This interview helped me see into how my mom views her life right now and how it came to be like it is. She is full great stories of me and my dad that I enjoyed listening to.

We discussed Mark's upbringing during the Depression & WWII, his wife & family, his engineering career, & his love of Bridge and basketball!

In this interview on November 29th, 2020 in Tijeras, New Mexico, Julianna McDonald (17) interviews her grandma, Elaine West (74) as she reflects about her childhood and breaking through her own barriers later in her life through her inspiring interracial...

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Gloria Johnson (72) speaks with her friend Corianna Moffatt (33) about several experiences that led to her becoming a social worker in Boston, MA. Despite the odds of growing up in segregated Camden, AR, and overcoming a terrible experience of...

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My step father talks about how the life changing journey from living in Boston, MA to sunny California altered his existence. and allowed him to learn new things about himself that he didn’t know before

Daughter of a WWI veteran, Helen remembers the rationing of WWII & the service of relatives then and in Korea. After getting her nursing degree she felt drawn to the AirForce reserve. Her 21 years as a reservist are central...

I was always curious about my sister’s life when she was my age but never really found the opportunity to ask her about it. I wanted to know how life was like and how she was able to get through...

Anne discusses her early life during WWII as a child of a US Navy submariner, growing up as a Navy “brat”, her belief in the basic goodness of people, her adventurous spirit, and much more.