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Michael Stalzer (76) talks to his daughter, Kathy Kubik (46), about growing up on the South Side of Chicago, serving with the 330th Radio Research Company in the Army during the War in Viet Nam, working for ComEd for 38...

Club mates Dustin Wyatt (16), Laszlo Kadona (16), Vanessa Muñoz (29) and Matt Render (48) have a conversation about their likes, their memories and their ideas on what makes us human.

Kevin Mitchell (41) and his mother Brenda Mitchell (64) talk about Kevin's brother and Brenda's oldest son, Kenneth, who was killed in 2005, and how his death has impacted each of them personally and as a family.

Charlie Wilson (69) talks to his new acquaintance, Brandi Washington (18), about growing up in Mississippi, moving to the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago in the 1970s, his family, his work, and his advice to young people on making a...

Haley Fitzsimons (30) talks to her husband Kevin Fitzsimons (27) about being set up by a friend in Ireland, communicating overseas, meeting each other for the first time (for their first date) in Iceland, the moments each of them fell...

Katie O'Connell (22) interviews her grandmother Mary Kennedy (73) about her life and becoming a mother and grandmother.

Annette Nance-Holt [no age given] talks to her friend, Pamela Bosley [no age given], about their son's lives, and the impact their deaths have had on their families. They also talk about their organization, "Purpose Over Pain" and the work...

Cleo Francine Wilson (77) speaks to her partner Bob Roth (74) about her first experience at a camp traveling outside of her Chicago West Side neighborhood, and feeling a "fish out of the water" after her trip.

Mary Kelly (?) speaks to her father, Joe Pecoraro about his work as a life guard.

Freddie Flowers (81) talks to her niece Yaa Simpson (44) about the maternal line of the family which came from various parts of the United States south. Freddie talks about her life and Yaa shares the results from a DNA...

Roman Zabicki (64) tells his daughter Gwendolyn Zabicki (31) about his experiences in a Catholic Seminary High School outside of Chicago and how his love of music has shaped his life.

Jeff Stewart (40) and his sister Carrie Stewart (43) have a conversation with their father George Stewart (72) about the memory of their grandmother Dorothy forty years after she died.

Jennie Oh Brown (52) and her colleague, Howard Reich (67), discuss music criticism, the stories behind their careers, Chicago's classical music scene, and how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected musicians' lives.

Makinde Adedapo (37) and his brother Mosi Ifatunji (43) discuss growing up and how family dynamics have changed and shifted.

Makinde Adedapo (37) talks to his sister Naima Adedapo (35) about her experience growing up in Maywood, IL and experience as a contestant on American Idol.

Yvonne Orr-El (48) talks to her friend Kimberley Rudd (51) about the impact that her revolutionary parents have had on her life. She shares how she found the truth under layers of family secrets, how her activism looks, and the...

Bret Hoekema (39) and his wife, Aura Brickler (37) talk about the chronology of Bret's illness, which began six months after their wedding, when he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. He talks about the various treatments he has undergone, the...

Ruby Bradford (35) talks about the highlights of 2019 and the previous decade, and what is going on in her life so far in 2020.

Kim Hunt (57) and her friend, Ken Mejia-Beals [no age given], talk about their lives and work, particularly related to intersectionality within activist movements and communities.

Zainab Kahn (32) speaks to Michael Stark (29) about his childhood and his work as a social entrepreneur.

Former Chicago Public Schools teacher Gwenyth talks to current DePaul University student Joe, about her time teaching.

Charles Kuner (77) talks about being a white anti-racist educator in a Chicago high school during the civil rights movement.

Tiffany Baker (48) and her former mentor, Terri Treiman (66), talk about their previous StoryCorps interview, Terri’s career in social work, and Tiffany’s career helping youth in the foster system.

Jan Flapan (age not given) and Mary Schaafsma (age not given) speak about their experience at the League of Women Voters.

Dan Coyne (61) and his friend, Karen Kring (57) reflect on the last ten years of Dan's life experiences and his perceived takeaways. He talks about donating a kidney to a woman who works at his local Evanston grocery store,...