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Dara Schmidt (35) talks with her friend and coworker, Stacie Ledden (31), about her former job as a librarian in Los Angeles County Library District, and their experiences working for Rangeview Library District and the Anythink library branches.
Mother, Amelia Gowdy (56) and her daughter, Jamila Gowdy (16) talk about Sgt. John Gowdy's 30 year military career with the Marines.
Connie Cooper tells her son Jeff about growing up in Louisville, KY Dayton, OH and about meeting her husband.
Jeffrey Angles (44) and husband, David Feaster (54), talk about coming out, getting married in Kalamazoo, and what it is like to be legally recognized as a married couple.
Thawn Harris (38) and wife Eleanor Dove Harris (37) talk about their love story from childhood to now. They discuss the evolution of their friendship and traumatic obstacles throughout.
Andrew Morrison (40) and Christian Bollinger (40) discuss employment opportunities for military veterans in private technological and financial sectors, and how to effectively prepare to tap networks that open doors to professional success.
Tracey (40) interviews Pam (56) about her experience as an African-American student at Wellesley College 35 years ago.
Friends, Seth Wispelwey (37) and Don Gathers (58) speak about their experience of the alt-right Unite the Right rally that took place in Charlottesville, VA on August 11th/12th, 2017. They offer some historical context for the emergence of the rally...
Bill (72) talks to Katy (29) about being volunteer coordinators at First United Methodist Church the day of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in the summer of 2017.
Tricia Regan talks to her friend, Nina Porzucki (33), about growing up in Canarsie, Brooklyn, becoming interested in photography and film, and making her first feature film, A Leap of Faith, about a group of parents creating an integrated school...
Vivian (19) and Timothy (22) talk about their involvement with after school programs at MOCA-- first as students and later as educators.
Friends and colleagues Melanie Wisner (55) and Mike Rush (36) discuss their work.
Paula Becker (50) speaks with JoAnne "Jodee" Fenton (64) about her relationship to libraries as a kid, her friend with Jodee, and her love of Seattle history.
Lisa (53) talks to Beatrice (45) about her career in the Air Force, being stationed in Italy and Greece and how she was able to have a creative career in it.
Mary Beth Hollenbach (59) talks with friend and Rebecca Ray (47) about her unexpected, but incredibly fulfilling job as librarian. She recalls some of the most memorable moments she's had as a librarian and explains why she loves her job.
Chantara Nop (65) interviews his friend, Bryant Ben (61) about his life. They discuss Bryant's early years in Cambodia, the outbreak of war in Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge genocide, and Bryant's own move away, first to Thailand, then to Canada,...
Dabney Dwyer (64) talks with her friend Jana Jackson (60) about their respective childhoods and what it was like for them to go through school desegregation in the 1960’s: Dabney was in high school in Roanoke, VA and Jana was...
Amy Low (48) and her children Connor Low (16) and Lucy Low (14) reflect on their lives and relationships—they discuss Amy’s college days, the backstories of Connor and Lucy’s names, and changes in Connor and Lucy as they’ve grown older....
Tennie L. McCarty (75) speaks with One Small Step participant Kristy Compton (54). The pair talk about what they share in common politically, their frustration with the labels assigned to political parties in the media, and the preoccupations they had...
Sue Manlove, 61, and her coworker and friend Lorriane Scurti, 52, talk about their experiences as secretaries at Northern Illinois University and about dealing with the aftermath of the February 14th shooting.
Winifred W. O'Neill (97) and her daughter, Peggy O'Neill (62) remember Captain James Patrick O'Neill, Jr., Winifred's husband and Peggy's father. The women discuss his service in World War II, and Winifred tells her daughter of the various jobs she...
Marc Schiller (49) talks with Brian Storm (43) about their careers in photography and documentary film.
Rick Kowalski (66) talks to his husband Jerry Preston (65) about how the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center got started and continued to evolve.
Colleagues Kristine Olsen (39) and Dara Schmidt (41) talk about their work at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, what their experiences of the library were like as young people, and the fulfillment they feel in their work as librarians.
Mary Graybill (63) and her daughter Amber Mussman (39) talk about Mary's relationship to her own mother, and her work with young people overcoming difficult circumstances. They also talk about Mary's parenting, and their gratitude for their mutual support and...