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Conversation with my dad on January 4, 2018. Discussed his 69 years of life.

Mia Quezada (14) talks with her mom, Guadalupe Elizalde (45), about them living in Mexico and the way she felt before and after the event. Mia asks about family life, childhood life, and life away from Mexico; where Guadalupe found...

My interview summary: I interview my grandma about living in the 50's and 60's. She talks about her childhood, and what it was like in high school during a time of racial tension. She talks about taking a group of...

life review: childhood, young adulthood, loss of hearing, marriage & raising children

Story of mother/grandmother/wife and husband who grew up during depression - and later had family of 11.

Charles Coons lived in New York and worked in the financial district during the 9/11 terror attacks. He recounts his life prior and during his experienc during this event.

Maggie and Erin Salko talk about what it was like growing up as twins. They share their hopes for one another and their plans for the future.

The immigration story of an immigrant from Honduras.

During my interview we talked about a lot of things including his childhood, school, his wife, his parents and etc. He told me a lot of things that I didn’t know about him and it was very interesting.

We talked about Christina's life and her accomplishments. To learn more read our memoir, The Story of Christina and I https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B091CL5MML/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1616991723&sr=1-1

I interviewed my dad,Angel, he is 44 and I am Camila and I am 15. We talked about his life outside of Puerto Rico after high school and how hard that was for him. We also talked about his childhood...

West African oral tradition often used proverbs to teach people different lessons. “Proverbs use images from everyday life to express ideas or give advice and reveal a great deal about the wisdom and values of West Africans.” Here is a...

A reflection of 9/11 as a flight attendant

I talk to my father about the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th, 2001.

Alice Lorraine Palmer Mathews (daughter) interviews her mother Alice Beatrice Carlos Palmer (mother) in 1985. Note that Alice Beatrice gets confused at times thinking the interviewer (her daughter) is her grand-daughter. Note also that Cheryl Mathews is the StoryCorps account...

Steve Desroches (48) talks to former New York Times reporter David Dunlap (70) about his massive documentation projects of the built environments of New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

talked about childhood and family

My aunt Janeth Lopez shares her memory of the events of 9/11.

Lilia Gonzales Chavez (69) and Niall "Nicki" Stallard (63) talk about their political views, the Bill of Rights, and the ways their childhoods formed their current beliefs.

Virachart Pokpoonpipat (74) shares a conversation with his friend, Wichiit Kanchanawong (78), about the origins of the Little Thailand community. They talk about the history of Virachart's former restaurant, Jaiya-Thai, as well as of the local temples. They also discuss...

I asked my mom's 1st cousin about her early life, growing up on a farm in western Ireland and later studying, working as a nurse and raising a family in England, and how she came to be living in the...

When Brooklyn and NYC were closing down and in quarantine tough decisions for the family needed to be made. Beth and family uprooted and thought about what was best for their children.

Williams Craft [no age given] interviews his spouse Kathy Burnell (54) about her life, her relationship with her parents, childhood memories, and her education and career trajectory.

We talked about Martin’s school days in Brooklyn NY from 1935 to 1948.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Scott Coffey about how he came to Provincetown, Massachusetts and opened his men's clothing store Coffey Men, selling his own designs.