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My grandmother, Philomena, told me about life growing up in Ireland, her experiences as an immigrant, her career as a nurse, and her thoughts on generation Z.

Pappou Demetri talks about his trip to Canada and the lifelong friends he made on the way.

In this interview conducted in November 2017 in York, Pennsylvania. I interview my mom Ayesha Yahya (35) about her childhood and family traditions. She shares her memories traveling to Saudi Arabia and India. She talks about her favorite hobbies and...

Interview with my grandmother on how she emigrated from Canada to the United States

My grandmother and I talked about the ancestors she knew, her childhood and bring up, how things have changed in America, and how she would like to be remembered and the influence she hopes to leave on people.

Marian’s life story

Pam Eldridge immigrated to the United States in 2002 with her husband and two (soon to be 3) children. They moved here for her husband's job, but had other personal motives as well. This is her perspective on the immigration...

In this interview, made on November 23, 2017, Matthew Cullen (13) interviews his dad's dad name Bernie Cullen (81) about his childhood, his marriage, his children, his grandchildren, and other aspects of his life. Bernie revealed many things to Matthew...

Trinidadian

Reflections on the changing pace of contemporary work - this is one of several interviews recorded as part of Patternmaker, an interactive exhibition at the Workers' Arts & Heritage Center in Hamilton, ON, Canada in 2016 (https://www.careyjernigan.com/play.html).

Shihru Martin (55) talks with her daughter, Noelle Martin (19) about her experiences moving from Taiwan to the United States and the challenges she faced with discrimination and the simple tasks having to do with language barriers and culture shock.

Reflections on the changing pace of contemporary work - this is one of several interviews recorded as part of Patternmaker, an interactive exhibition at the Workers' Arts & Heritage Center in Hamilton, ON, Canada in 2016 (https://www.careyjernigan.com/play.html).

This was longer than expected, but funny and sentimental. It was interrupted a few times by outsiders but overall love was the main feeling.

I️ Interviewed my grandma mostly about her childhood and upbringing

Lyrical (18) talks about her fight with depression and the fight to follow God’s word for her redemption.

Jessica a native from the Town of Love (Loveland, Colorado) is a Fourth year biology student. She's been my hall neighbor in Jacobsen Hall for the last 8 months. In this interview we talked about her house mates, field of...

This interview is about Victor and his wife’s journey to America

Interview of my grandfathers background and life through this childhood to his adult life.

My babcia (grandma) is 91 years old. While preparing stuffing for Thanksgiving the next day my mom asked Babcia about her experience first coming from Holland. My grandparents met there after being displaced from Poland during WWII. Babcia talks about...

Interviewing with my Grandma for the great thanksgiving listen:

My talk with Vern about his life

Steve Desroches (47) and Rod Vaughan (50) talk about Vaughan's background in opera performance and blue grass music, particularly as a banjo player, and how that morphed into the unusual band the Electric Milk Machine in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Talking to my dad about his various travel experiences through his work as a professor at UT and his own personal travels throughout his 75 year life

I am talking with my Great-uncle who is 80. We talked about his life, with some advice for future generations too!

This is about the history of my family and how we eventually arrived in the US.