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Barbara Abbott is 82 years old and is 14 year-old Mary Coleman’s grandmother. Although she now lives in Mill Valley, Abbott grew up in San Francisco with her eight siblings, mother, and father. Eventually, her family moved to Tiburon, but...

Brian Cairns works for the NASA Goddard Institute for space studies in New York, where he focuses on developing instruments that will make better measurements of small particles in space. In this interview Dr. Cairns discusses his start in engineering,...

My uncles life story of how he became a doctor and played waterpolo

A 15-year-old girl named Lauren interviewed her 46-year-old mom Amanda about a specific memory that shows what it was like to raise Lauren as a young child.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Zoe Lewis (57) about her life as a musician and traveling the world.

I, Emiliano Jimenez Minor, interviewed my dad, Jose Alberto Jimenez Ramirez, who's 50 years old about his experience growing up in Mexico City, el DF with my grandma, my uncles, my aunts, my dad's cousins. We talked about how my...

Talked about early life, how he met my grandma, and life lessons.

Interview with Beth Shoemaker

Nathalie Ingram (52) and former Olympic teammate Suzannah Bianco (47) describe the early days as athletes and their Olympic careers as "artistic swimmers," which was formerly known as Synchronized Swimming.

A grandchild ponders life with his Grammy (Dad's mother)

Harrison Watkins (33) reminisces with his grandmother Roselyne Swig [no age given] on her vast knowledge and experiences as a businesswoman, mother, and grandmother.

Gertie and Anna talk candidly about cancer during Covid19 and finding safe spaces to live and heal. They cover topics around misogyny, mountain life, compassion, doll making and women’s health and empowerment.

Talking to mommy about life!

Conor McGlade (27) speaks with his fiance Sarah Clark (28) about how they met during a study abroad program in New Zealand, started dating and eventually became engaged in Ireland.

Meet Xubin Zeng, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Arizona. Dr. Zeng was amazed by the power of mathematics at a young age and found his calling in physics. Listen to Dr. Zeng discuss what inspires him,...

oral interview

Teresa retired from Hospice in Petaluma on December 7, 2020. She and Kristen discuss her career as a nurse, what brought her to nursing, to hospice and what advice she would give new nurses

Wives Victoria "Vickie" Berdanis-Dukart (57) and Rosanne Berdanis-Dukart (49) tell the story of their relationship, from how they initially met, to a 5 1/2 year period of not seeing each other, to their eventual marriage and life together.

Mentor and mentee Fr. Donal Godfrey (64) and Leandro Gonzalez (38) talk about their experiences as openly gay men in the Catholic Church. They reflect on their faith journeys, their lives in San Francisco, and their friendship.

A brief overview of his life, his opinions, and his greatest moments

Gary’s experience coming into his gay identity in his hippie days in San Francisco.

In this interview that I took with my mom, she talks about what it was like to visit her mom and dad’s side of the family and how they differed. It was interesting to hear about this because it’s the...

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My grandma,Rita, came to American with my mom a very long time ago . I was the first generation in my family to be born in America. My grandma is now retired, and lives with me and my brothers. She’s...

Velma discussed how she became involved in civil rights and told stories of her experience in Mississippi in 1965.