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Phares O'Daffer (87) talks to his daughter, Sara Marberry (61), about growing up on a farm in Illinois, his teaching and writing career, caring for his late wife, and why the phrase, "Boots full of fish" describes him so well.

Jennifer Gerstorff (28) asks her grandmother Helen Marjadeen Houlton (88) about her life growing up and about her husband Louis, who passed away from cancer.

Kathleen McConahay (61) recounts to her husband, Mark McConahay (62) what she found after entering her long deceased Grandpa Bob's house and how the artifacts she discovered allowed her to get to know aspects of her mother she had never...

Rosalie Dance (73) speaks to her friend, Marilyn Clark (70), about growing up in the small town of Jersey Mills, PA. As a college student, Rosalie became involved in a Quaker group. She later became a professor of mathematics, which...

Carolyn Ewing (65) reminisces with her husband, Abdul Salaam Ewing (64), on their varying influences in their path to Islam.

Sisters Alexis Roberts McMillan [no age given] and Enid Roberts MD [no age given] talk about how growing up alongside Florida A&M University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, as well as with their family’s pharmacy, Economy Drug Store, impacted...

Andrea (58) Rebecca (18) and Jan (49) remember family member John, who died in a mass shooting attack on the Capital Gazette headquarters in 2018.

Nicholas Denysenko (46) interviews his church member Michael Gruszyk (55) about how he started coming to the Eastern Orthodox Church as a teenager, his education at Valparaiso University, and how the death of family members influenced his faith.

Joyce Chase (60) interviews her father, James “Jim” Chase (88), about his time in the United States Army and Air Force.

Lisa Greenhouse (59) shares a conversation with her neighbor, Scott Ancarrow (41), about how he became a pastor in Baltimore, his current church and congregation, and how his church adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alexia Dukes (25) and her mentor, Maria Rivera (47), talk about their work as high school teachers, how the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted their work and their students' lives, and their hopes for the next school year.

Allison Schuette (45) interviews Dave Overholt (73) about the life he made in Kouts, Indiana after he decided to move there in the 1960s with his wife. He describes how farming and other industries have changed as the area's residents...

Friends Ameeran Ali [age unknown], Attrice Stamps [age unknown], and Wanda Ellington [age unknown] discuss religious faith, their church community, and life with a large, mixed family.

Cecil County Public Library Director Denise Davis (64) speaks with retired librarians Lee O'Brien (67) and Carol Starzmann (69) about their outreach work with the CCPL and the changes that occurred during their tenure.

Aaron Newell (42) talks with his daughter, Amberly Newell (13), about the way his faith influences his decisions, his experience adopting Amberly, and their work in the community.

Tiffany Matthews-Lay (46) shares a conversation with her aunt Donna Curtis (69) about Tiffany’s son and the role that Tiffany’s mother, Donna’s sister, played in helping to raise him.

Grace O’Neill (65), Stuart Rienhoff (62), and William "Bill" Rienhoff IV (69) share a conversation with their father, William "Bill" Rienhoff III (95), about his experiences growing up in Baltimore, his family, and his medical practice.

Erma Lusier (78) tells her granddaughter, Kimberly Uhuru (42) about her childhood and favorite memories growing up in Detroit, MI.

Deborah “Spice” Kleinmann (58) shares a conversation with her friend and colleague, Nancy Goldring (57), about Nancy’s childhood, her experience growing up in Towson, Maryland, the history and legacy of slavery in Towson, and the implications of the proposed Red...

Carlotta Young (57) interviews her Bookmobile patron Bessie Goldman (96) about Bessie’s love of reading, her childhood in Baltimore, her experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the advice she would like to share with others.

Sisters Rebekah Sager (55) and Julie Varee (63) talk about their deep bond despite growing up in separate households.

Sorority sisters Toni Black (43) and Valerie Thomas (64) share a conversation about the Alpha Alpha Sigma Chapter of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. They talk about the chapter’s history, some of its notable members, its community service programming,...