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Colleagues Blair Bates (66) and Nelson Nave (75) talk about their work in historic preservation, Blair working as a restoration contractor and Nelson as an architect, to maintain the Ladies’ Library Association building in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

I interviewed my mom about her childhood and what she was like back then up to the time when she had me and how that changed her life.

Life Interview of Derry

We talked about the importance of life and important people in Suzanne’s life.

As the world transitions away from cheap energy much of the physical and social infrastructure that is relied on will no longer exist, just by the fact that the resources to maintain a system this complex won't exist. This being...

In part 1 of this interview, my grandma and I talk about how it was growing up in the great depression and how she had to adjust. We also talk about how it was parenting 6 different kids in many...

My grandmother and I talked about her life and how she got to where she is today and reflected back on it.

Hao interviewed Colleen about the climate crisis and resource descent experienced in recent years and ways of coping that can be used to deal with those issues.

She talked about her life and her accomplishments.

A Skype call with my father about life and the past.

Stories from Jennifer Abramczyk’s work family at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

My cousin Sandi shared part of her life and wisdom

Rodney Farmer (75) speaks with his stepdaughter Pam Bessey (56) about his time serving in the Vietnam War. Rodney discusses Agent Orange, his travels around Southeast Asia, and memories from his time served that have inspired his poetry.

Betty Perritt relates her unique experience of serving as Ombudsman for the USS Downes

Kiplyn Primus (62) talks with her friend Curtis Mack (81) about his life and his education.

In this Interview taken by Aunvi on May 7th 2018 we learn about how her father lived as a child. We hear about what he did in his childhood. We also learn about how he came to the US, and...

We’re talking about connection, curiosity and life lessons from someone who knows how to create a life well-lived. Julie (Miller, Brown) Kohlhaas, originally from Blissfield, Michigan is interviewed by her niece Audra Labert in May of 2021.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Todd Alsup (44) about his work as a musician, specifically as a piano man in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Julia LeRoy (41) interviews her mother, Michelle Lawrence (69), about her family's history and her life growing up in Detroit in the 1960s.

When interviewing my grandparents (Ama, 80, and Agong 85), I asked them about their childhood, jobs, and experience moving to America from Taiwan. We discussed the contrasts between their lives, and the contrasts of an American life versus a Taiwanese...

My dad discusses his life immigrating to the United States in the 70s, his time as a marine and meeting my mother and having me.

Today I interview the most important person in my life, Rapheal, aka my dad. Throughout the interview he tells me about how he became the wise, hard-working dad he is today and where he gets all his information. We also...

In this interview, recorded in November 2018 in Flint, Michigan, A’miya Betts (15) interviewing her grandpa Kimmie Montgomery (59). She asked her grandpa many questions about his life and what his values were. He shares many stories about his childhood...

This interview is of my dad; Patrick Freeney and my mom; Amy Freeney. In Flint, Michigan on November 27th. This interview shows the hardships my parents had to face while growing up. My dad had to work a lot of...

On Nov. 30th, 2017 in Flint MI, Jamie (53) answers questions from Tessa (15) about her past and how it affects her now. Jamie is the mother of Tessa, who listens and learns about the things she did growing up...