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Joe Lamb tells Emilie Bouvier about volunteering at International Center after struggling with depression. A psychologist recommended volunteering and Joe Lamb maintains it was the best advice he ever took.

Vanessa Peters talks to her friend Audrey Swannenberg about her life growing up on the Bad River Reservation, her Native American heritage and her dad’s struggles with drugs and alcohol.

This interview is part was done by Boy Scouts from Troop 386, Edmond as part of the Eagle Scout Project of Alexander Fryer. The purpose of this project was to help seniors record stories of their life. One goal of...

Tuckerton Seaport Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews J.P. Hand of Goshen, New Jersey. JP has been carving traditional Barnegat Bay decoys for the past 50+ years. In this interview, he discusses how decoy carving became a part of his life,...

Laurent Adler, 42, is interviewed by his wife Deblina Datta, 41, about his mother and their estranged relationship. The relationship became estranged when he, raised as a somewhat orthodox Jew, married Deblina, an Indian woman from Calcutta. The story is...

William (Bill) Mayweather (71) and his granddaughter Lauren Jefferson (15) are interviewed by their daughter/mother, Tonya Groomes (45) about a member of their family being part of the Pulitzer Prize winning book “Slavery By Another Name.”

Paul Tatter (67) by Randy Pedro (38) about working at Explora, starting up in education, and life in Native American villages in New Mexico. Paul tells an excellent story about being taught a traditional tribal dance.

daughter interviews her mom about race relations in cincinnati, and a wonderful memory of sitting on a plane beside an african american man who remembered her dad from 40 years ago.

Nicole, 29 and her husband Eric, 30, interview Teresa, 66 Nicole’s mom about leaving her home and family and coming to America when she was a teen to attend college. Teresa also speaks about having to return to her home...

Peter, 82, talks with his wife Samuela, 62, about his parents and their lengthy journey from Armenia to the United States.

My father, James, talks about the loss of his mother at a young age and how it affected him and his life.

Susan Gamson, 66, is interviewed by her son, Michael Gamson, 41.

Bernice (19) talks with her friend, Nevaeh (19) about their childhood, memories of friendships, prospects for the future, views of their boyfriends...

Best friends Imogene Brooks (63) and Shirley Tarver (70) reminisce about the good times they have had together throughout their long friendship, describe what it was like growing up on the border of Columbus, GA and Phenix City, AL as...

Joel Raney (55) interviews his wife Kristen Taney (53) about her childhood, career trajectory to becoming President of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, parenthood, and leadership.

Alex Humphreys (47) shares a conversation with his father, Hugh Humphreys (78), about Hugh’s childhood growing up on a farm, his service in the US Air Force, the wisdom he has learned in his life, and his family.

Carolyn Hugley (63) shares a conversation with her friend and “second mother,” Juanita Booker (91), about when they first met, Juanita’s childhood, and the people who had the biggest influence on Juanita’s life.

Jamaal D. Fisher (30) talks with StoryCorps Facilitator Marquita James (24) about his life.

Sisters Emily Whiteside (66) and Beth Saba (64) share a conversation about growing up in Columbus, Georgia, their earliest and favorite memories, their friends, their school, and their parents.

Caleigh, a college student at the University Massachusetts Amherst, is matched with a community volunteer, Candace, to participate in a semester long storytelling project together for Caleigh's class entitled "The Epidemic of Loneliness. After establishing a new intergenerational relationship, they...

Alexander locked his phone in a rental car after moving into his new apartment in Chicago for College. After going store to store asking for help, a man helped him call a tow truck. After waiting alone for an hour,...

We talked about my grandmother's childhood and experience in foster care. We also talked about how she deals with living through COVID and her relationship with me. After the interview, she contacted me and said "One thing I would change...

Christina Laufer (27) talks with her brother Ryan Nebeker (30) about their grandparents.

Today I am talking with my dad about him moving and giving the pros and cons about moving a lot as a child. We talked about his favorite places that he has lived, and especially the hard times and thoughts...

I talk baseball and college with Mikey Edelman