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I️ Interviewed my grandma mostly about her childhood and upbringing

I asked my mom about her life lessons and her childhood.

My Mormor which is Swedish for grandma tells me about her favorite thanksgiving traditions. Including picking up her relatives from Detroit central station when it was still in business and how she loved watching the train come in.

Leandra Wilder (20) has a conversation with her mother, Dr. Beatrice Wilder (58), about growing up in Germany, studying medicine, and how she balances marriage, career and family.

a brief rap up with Michael knight about the beauty of hip hop.

Seto You, age 92/93 or 97/98, is interviewed by his son, Ed You, age 26, about his early days in the USA. He arrived from China in 1916, worked as a cook in this country well into his 80's. He...

Hazel Gomez (36) interviews her husband, Mark Crain (33), about his racial identity, his work with Dream of Detroit, and his hopes for his children.

Jessica a native from the Town of Love (Loveland, Colorado) is a Fourth year biology student. She's been my hall neighbor in Jacobsen Hall for the last 8 months. In this interview we talked about her house mates, field of...

Gloria and Beryl discuss Gloria's early life in Detroit, Michigan

Allan "AJ" Anderson (31) shares a conversation with his grandfather John Waters (80) about fishing, Chicago, aging, and death.

This is a story from my grandmother who speaks about the suicide and life of her second child and eldest son Jesse Junior Gardner lll

Interview with my grandmother on how she emigrated from Canada to the United States

I am talking with my Great-uncle who is 80. We talked about his life, with some advice for future generations too!

Pappou Demetri talks about his trip to Canada and the lifelong friends he made on the way.

Buck Scott and his history of Detroit

Talking to my dad about his various travel experiences through his work as a professor at UT and his own personal travels throughout his 75 year life

Sophie Cheung (16) talks with her best friend, Miffia (16) about their long-distance friendship since Sophie left Vancouver, Canada 6 years ago.

Rosiland (56 y.o.) discusses the evolution of personal growth related to empathy, compassion, and care of the dying as a hospice nurse. She also talks about searching for meaningful/non-superficial relationships.

History of the Detroit riots. What was it like living though it.

Me and my grandma takes about the Detroit Riots of 1967

Childhood was talked about

Saberah Azizuddin (68) interviews her husband, Farooq Azizuddin (69), about his life. Farooq talks about his family, his time in the Black Panther party, his conversion to Islam, and more.

Katja (43) talks about growing up in Germany, moving to the United States, and her experience stranded in Canada during 9/11.

Sarah "Sally" Butzin (76) interviews her husband, Peter Butzin (77), about his involvement in the draft resistance movement during the Vietnam War.

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...