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Theodore Lipkowski (93) talks to his friend Mike Griffin (72) about being a member of the chorus of the Lyric Opera of Chicago when it first began in 1954.

Brenda spoke about her time living in Germany for three years as a young girl.

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.

My Granny and I talked about her life and mine and stories about how we grew up.

One Small Step conversation partners Will Daugherty (27) and Patricia Baker (31) talk about growing up in Oklahoma, their time in the Air Force and where it took them abroad. They also discuss their views on masking and public health...

One Small Step conversation partners Alex Mozes (43) and Rosie Campagna (45) consider political parties, changing views and the bubbles we find ourselves in, questioning as a means of understanding and coming to one's views, distrust and conspiracy theories, the...

One Small Step conversation partners, Anne Eastwood (71) and Colin Smith (31), discuss issues of politics and faith across a generational divide.

Corinna Currier (51) talks to her friend, coworker, and former Girl Scout member, Olivia Garcia (19), about what it was like growing up in East Germany, her memories from the day the Berlin Wall came down, and how she came...

Jean talked about his service, and how to go on with life after service.

Ronnie and Liz are sisters who talked about Ronnie’s career as a flight attendant, that spanned from 1967 to 1969 and then from 1995 to 2016.

We talked about love, family, and adventures :)

Allison Arwady (44) tells her friend and colleague Isaac Ghinai (32) about her career with the CDC and her current role as the Public Health Commissioner for the City of Chicago.

All About My Mother

Bob Burke talks about privilege, politics, and pathos.

Dorothy "Dot" Everett Waldrip (79) tells six short stories related to small-world coincidences.

Jarret Knox (30) talks with Jeremy Harvey (33) about growing up in foster care in Illinois. He talks about moving around a lot and losing control of himself when he went to college. He talks about working for a legal...

In this interview, done on January 13, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, is about Laura Sneddon who is cousins with Julianna Boyden. It tells Laura's life story from living in Germany and being adopted into a new family. About...

This was just me, Joan Lecus, I'm 62 years old and I just answered the interview questions in order.

In this interview, conducted on November 2018 in East Fairview, Paul Hardy (15) interviews his Grandma Linda Hardy (76). We talk about how her family left Latvia during WWII. She does tell a story she never has before about and...

my name is Roxaime Salgado the person who I interviewed is my mother, Jenny Mena. My mother is 35 years old and I am 17 years old. We discussed about my Mother’s childhood memories. About her religion , the things...

Frederic Bien (56) interviews his friend and neighbor Ekkehart Rausch (74) about Ekkehart's father's life, fighting as a non-supportive German in the Nazi army in World War II, and his eventual emigration to the United States in 1958, where he...

Marisol who is my mom talks about her life growing up in Chicago. She talks about her family and how it has made her into the person she is today.

Interview about Jean’s military service in the early 1950s, her family, and her time be able to continue to serve the military as a civil servant.

Julie Katsnelson (22) and her mother Ruth Moss-Katsnelson (65) talk about their genealogy and how their family came to Chicago. They also give advice to future generations of their family.

Husband and wife Robert "Bob" Sherrill (70) and Jannis "Jann" Schilling Sherrill (68) talk about their experience as a military couple and reflect on the many places that they have lived over the years.