The Great Thanksgiving Listen

About my moms life and what she reflected on

Learning about Zabrina’s background

I asked my mother questions about her parents, childhood, and current lifestyle.

2021.4.4 Easter lunch

Memories through the years. Cassel, Harman- Oklahoma

StoryCorps Assignment

interview by Lauren Alicea 18 years old interviewee Levi DeSpain 19 years old about how he views today’s world and how he thinks of others.

Growing Up with Adrienne

In this interview between my mother (Adrienne, 44) and myself (Zhanna, 21) we dive into my mother, Adrienne Riesen’s, childhood and her interests growing up. We also touch on parenting and raising kids. She give me advice and words of...

My grandpa/Jose Plascencia story

In this interview my grandpa talks about his life as a child and his family. He will be speaking in English and Spanish.

Gavin and Bennett

The interviewee is Bennett, a family friend, and he is 42 years old. We discussed his military service, how serving impacted him, and his life after the military.

Chia Thao; first generation immigrant

Today I interviewed my sister, Chia Thao. Married at a young age, I interviewed her on her childhood and how that shaped who she is today.

Late life career change

My name is Airyn Hardy, I’m 34 years old, and I am interviewing Paul Hardy, 66, about his late life career change.

Liza Vammen interviews Fritzie Turner about her life.

Fritzie Turner tells me about her childhood in Fort Smith, her marriage, WWII, her divorce and going back to school to get a degree.

My older sister

we talked about her life experiences living in Long Beach California and life experiences she has been through.

being a foster parent

we talk about what it takes to be a foster parent and the experiences you will encounter.

Dropping out

I was speaking to my mom about her experience dropping out. We talked about how it affected her life. We also talked about what she could have done better.

Session 1 – My Mom Cheryl – Memories and Influences.

Interview from daughter of mother about her own childhood and influences. I learned a lot about my mom that I never knew.

Interviewing my dad

I asked my dad questions about growing up and different things in life

StoryCorp Interview with Jaida Marler
November 29, 2022 App Interview

Jaida Marler (15) talks about her experiences in the Tulsa Community College EDGE Program (Earn a Degree, Graduate Early)

Kelly Interview

I interviewed my mom for a finals project. She told about her month of struggle between several things.

Grandma Cathy’s Interview

We talked about how she feels about politics and her first time voting, what my dad was like, and her childhood memories.

Tue Nguyen & Joseph Dao

Tue and Joseph, both Vietnamese and raised Catholic in the U.S. talk about the role of Catholicism in their life. Buddhism is very prevalent in the Vietnamese culture also plays a role in their spiritual lives.

Conception and Pregnancy

We spoke about Shelly’s pregnancy and how it’s effecting her life.