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motherhood, medicine, and perfectionism

My father and I decided to talk about his personal experiences with alcoholism and drugs, a story which has been important and informative to me for as long as I’ve known it, and that I wanted to share with other...

Her childhood, memories of her parents and grandparents, and impactful experiences in her life

Poet Molly Peacock (73) talks with her husband, Michael Groden (73), a James Joyce scholar, about their sixty-year love story that was interrupted for twenty years. They talk about ongoing love, Mike's melanoma, the novel Ulysses, and the parallel lives...

We had talked about the childhood of my grandmother for the most part

Just me asking my grandfather a few questions about his life.

My aunt tells me of family history, and the women in my family who went to college during the Great Depression.

A professor and her former student recall the events that led them to address homelessness.

Please join me as I soak up the sweet voice and faithful words of my precious Aunt and brilliant friend, Bobbi Kennedy.

Ashley talking about her mom having cancer

Son of a holocaust survivor shares his life story

Last interview of dying mom

In this interview, Mayson Weingart and her dad Rich Weingart discuss the shocking news that he received at only 21 years old. His story of stage 3 melanoma and the impact it had with his connection to religion is an...

I’m this interview we discussed life growing up with an alcoholic parent, and what that can do. We also discussed how Morgan has set goals and how she has had success even with her childhood.

My second hour English class practiced developing questions for their family narratives by practicing with me.

Grandfather talks about life with grandson

The legacy of two people as shared by their children and grandchildren.

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her relationship with her father during her teenage years and living in Japan during the U.S. occupation following World War II.

This is the story about a mother and a daughterer who have been through rough times together. A mother of two, breast cancer survivor, and one of the best mothers in the world, Ann Peart talks to her daughter about...

After Cherlya Tonge was diagnosed with cervical cancer, she found support from other cancer patients and survivors both in an online community and at the Hope Lodge, a housing facility of the American Cancer Society. This community rallied around her...

Alan and I talked about stuff and things

My brave mother describes what it was like going through cancer at a young age

Kawanza Billy had never heard of HPV or dysplasia before her diagnosis, and was surprised at the stigma surrounding HPV and cervical cancer. Her education and advocacy work now focused on destigmatizing the disease and fun ways of promoting prevention.