“Life is about going forward into the future, not looking back into the past.”

Beyanka Vong, born in Vietnam, talks about the struggles she had faced throughout her childhood and her many different experiences. She constantly traveled around at a young age due to her parents' divorce and eventually led to her journey with...

Grace and her mother talk about her mother’s upbringing
November 26, 2017 App Interview

In this interview, Grace and her mother explore what it was like growing up in the mid-1990s China and how her difficulties and parental influences impacted her outlook on life and her relationships with those around her.

A brief and warm review of our upbringing: An interview between Olivia and Leo

Olivia Xu(19)talks with her friend, Leo Xiang(20) about their warm childhood memories and the most impressive lessons learning from their upbringing.

Great Thanksgiving Listen

My mom and I talked about her past and how it has changed her.

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Alfred Groos and Laura Kirby

Alfred Groos (88) recounts military service with daughter, Laura King (56). He shares about his roles in China and North Korea, his overall feeling towards basic training, conflict, and how his path has been an influence to his approach to...

My mother's twenties: valuable memories of mother's youth

The interview mainly records my mother's memories of her youth. In this interview, my mother talked about her youth, from studying tailoring to getting married and having children. When studying tailoring, my mother was always very motivated and diligent in...

The Story of Mrs. Kong’s Life

In the interview, Mrs. King shared with us about the years when she was a young adult in China in the 60s. Later, she also reflected on her experience of accommodating to a new life as she move from China...

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Erin Martin and Keith Martin

Erin Martin (34) talks to her husband Keith Martin (36) about her experience adopting their two daughters, Annika and Eliana. She explains going to Kazakhstan to meet Annika through a blind adoption as compared to the process of adopting Eliana...

Interviewing my great grandma

My great grandma talks about how she used grit and perseverance through her life as a refugee from the Chinese civil war and her life when she was a child

Daughter and Mother Great Thanksgiving Listen
November 21, 2018 App Interview

The great thanksgiving listen, my mom reflects on her childhood. Thegreatlisten2018.

A Tale of a Beloved Great-Grandmother

In this interview, I(13) am interviewing Esther Ang(77), my grandma on November 23, 2018. We are talking about her mother, and her accomplishments in her life before she died at the age of 101. Esther shares stories of how her...

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Clyde Waldron and Anne Riggsby

Anne Riggsby (60) interviews her father, Korean War veteran, Clyde Waldron (83) about his experiences growing up in South Georgia, becoming a paratrooper, a Union Auto plant representative, a Builder, father and husband.

Interview with dad

Talked about dads life in China and how he eventually made his way over to America.

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Theresa Taken and Emily Taken-Vertz

Theresa Taken (72) talks with her daughter Emily Taken-Vertz (28) about growing up in rural Iowa, being adventurous, going to college, traveling the world, and becoming a lawyer after being a social worker in the South Bronx.

Taiwan 2019

Josh Chen spent a month in Taiwan as a volunteer to help teach children the English Language.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

In this interview we focused on my dads childhood and what influenced him to be who he is today.

The Air Force During Vietnam: My Grandpa’s Perspective

This interview is about my Grandfather’s experience in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He goes in depth on what some of his experiences were and how it affected him.

Caroline Wetz and her Grandmother Gitti Wetz talk about immigrating to the US and moving with the Air Force.

In this interview, conducted May 2022 virtually in Corpus Christi Texas and Lowell Ohio, Caroline Wetz (15) interviews her grandmother Gitti Wetz (77) about her experiences immigrating to the US from Germany and living in different places with her husband...

Maddy Shearer interviews Beatrice Peterson about International Traveling and Living during the Cold War

Beatrice Peterson recalls her experiences traveling with the American military during the midst of the Cold War to locations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany, and Romania while being interviewed by her granddaughter, Maddy Shearer on May 14th, 2022. She details how...