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Memories and lessons learned from U.S. history and life experiences.

I interviewed my Grandma, Sylvia Brandow about her experiences during the Cold War and when the president was assassinated.

Kashton White, a 16 year old from Illinois, interviews Matt Berning, a 53 year old who is his mom’s boyfriend, about his life experiences and his time in the Navy.

He talked about his life and how it led to now

A retired teacher discusses growing up in New York City, coming of Age during the protests of the 60's and the 70's as a gay man in post-Stonewall New York, teaching, traveling, history and the movies.

Maria Blanca Inman was born on May 31, 1938, in Rocha, Uruguay. She is currently 85 years old. In this interview, she has a heart-to-heart conversation with her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sara Smith, about her childhood in Uruguay and her future...

Odelia Krasner Friedman interviewed Kati Steiner about her bat mitzvah and growing up Jewish

This interview is about my dad's life as he explain his relationships to people, his outlook on life, and views in society.

Caroline Miller is a hardworking woman who delicated her life to her children and making sure eveybody was well taken care of and happy.

Selma Rockett (68) talks with her niece Erika Seid (43) about the different chapters in her life: her childhood and family, her career and being a mother.

Have you ever wondered what you would do in the event of a fire? What if you were four years old? In November of 2017 in Los Angeles California, Delia Rivera interviewed her grandmother, Karen Meyers to learn about one...

Life in the Army Cavalry for a captain’s family. This was in the late 1930’s before WWII and the mechanization of the Army

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

He told about mom's love. And how important it is, how mom's love effect him. He respect to his mom. Also what he do to express his love without words.

Jean (n/a) and Wendy (61) talk about climate change and the role of design and global citizens in navigating it.

A shortened version of my Dad’s early childhood, Military life, and professional career.

Marjorie Bair (83) is interviewed by her friend Vidya Frazier (76) about life and spirituality.

Kathy Breault is my boyfriend’s stepmom. She answers questions about her childhood, her family, her experience coming to America, and more!

Jane Bauer (78) has a conversation with her friend Lois Bergmann (86) about her childhood, school days, family life, spending her days keeping busy, and giving back to the community.

We discussed how Tianyi's professional development is impacted by resource decent and how this change impacts his family back home in China. We also discussed how his family and home community promote mental health.

In this interview, I, Kiara Mejia, ask my grandmother, Gladys Paniagua, what her life was like in the Dominican Republic. From there, we talk about her transition to the United States and what she still hopes for in her life.

A grandmother’s childhood in the war and before air conditioning. As well as the story of how she met her husband.

Ann is someone my family has been extremely close with and a great friend for the past 15 years. Growing up my grandparents all passed away by the time I finished elementary school. I consider Ann my third grandmother as...

Luke & Jordan enact a thought experiment of what a sustainable future will look like and how we got there. Specifically imagining being in the year 2030 having achieved carbon neutrality, Luke answers questions about how his community came together...

Ella and Ozzy Pelican interview their grandparents about their lives and lessons learned.