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James Butler has studied atmospheric chemistry, ozone depletion for over thirty years. Now, as the Director of NOAA’s global monitoring, he helps direct research into the hole in the ozone layer and climate change. He knows firsthand that we have...

Recent historical events and jobs/experiences my father has encountered through his lifetime so far

Glenn Orton is so deep in Jupiter mission information that he gets envious when he’s not involved in a space project studying the gas giant. The senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory studies the composition and structure...

Richard Johnson is an AGU member who has been coming to Fall Meeting for years. He discusses some of the keynotes he’s attended in recent years, like those by Jerry Brown, Elon Musk, and Dan Rather. A sci-fi enthusiast, Richard...

Sharon Horton, my mother, is the last participant. She will speak about the house we have been living in for the past ten years. Growing up in an area where poverty and crime rates dominate social media narratives lessens the...

Woody Turner, the program scientist for biological diversity and manager for ecological forecasting programs at NASA, and one of the few people in the world who directly harness the power of space to solve a whale of a problem –...

How did Biogeoscience become a recognized field of study, with its own journal and sections at AGU? What obstacles did its organizers have to overcome in order to make it a viable field and a welcome presence at AGU? In...

Blake talks to his grandmother, asking about historical events that affected her, how living in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was like, and how writing fulfills the desires of the writer.

Spoke with my mother about her job as the deputy director of the children’s museum of manhattan, and how she got to go to the White House and speak about her work initiative with sam kass, who at the time...

Jamie and Brian talk about their love story.

While Patrick Taylor spends a huge chunk of his time in the clouds, his work has nothing to do with daydreaming. The Research scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center is working on understanding more about the role of clouds in...

Ross Stein is CEO and Co-Founder of Temblor, Inc., Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, a scientist at the Unites States Geological Survey, creator of films about earthquake science, and president of the AGU’s tectonic physics section. In this interview, Margarete...

Madeline Thompson discusses utilizing healthy boundaries when pursuing a passion for wine and hospitality.

Interview with grandma

Skyline hs student interviews teacher

Jonas Boughter (18) talks to his grandmother Joanne Gigliotti (75) about her career as an artist.

We discuss Alice Jones’ life, from graduating from high school during World War II to charming stories about her husband and children.

Laura Tribble was 5 years old at the time of the assassination, but the event is still very vivid in her mind. In this interview she discusses her recollection of the assassination and how it affected her life.

Interviewing my grandfather, I ask him about his childhood, his relationship with my grandmother and my mom, and he ends with a word of advice to his great grandchildren.

In this interview, i asked my dad several questions regarding his schooling and work/career life. We discussed both what he does now and what led to his current work life.

I interviewed a significant person who is great at business

My hometown of South Dallas serves as the basis for my work as an artist. Every location I chose to depict "what it's like to live in the hood" is connected to a friend or family member I questioned about...

Just a nice conversation between a girl and her mother. Hopefully makes you laugh.

Amada Leaños starts with how she grew up in Dallas right next to a quaint church. She spent her childhood with her parents, many siblings, family friends, and the priest next door living very humbly and religiously. Growing up she...

I interviewed my mother and asked her some questions about her past and present. I learned things about her that I didn’t know before.