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Family history, military experiences, and gratitude.

Mark and Kyle discuss how they got to and started families in Richmond, Va, how their political views have changed over the years, and how the educational choices they made for their kids reflect their desires for the welfare of...

Arturo Seijas discusses his experiences in Venezuelan school systems. While sharing his past experiences he also discusses the differences between his home countries and the United States school system

If Sharmila Bhattacharya wasn't Program Scientist for Space Biology at NASA Headquarters, perhaps she would've been a theater actress. And while her contributions on stage would likely be legendary, we're happy to have her at NASA learning about how space...

How does one go from being a B+ student who got dressed down by her 8th grade softball coach to the Division Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA? While this might sound like the plot of an inspirational...

Melissa Scruggs is currently working towards earning her PhD in Volcanology at UC Santa Barbara, and there's nothing else in the world she would rather be doing. But she didn't always know this- after dropping out of high school to...

During this interview, we will discuss racism in America and how it makes black people feel. We will also discuss in this interview some personal experiences from racism/ racial issues in America.

Holden Shumate (myself), a student from the University of Akron, and Dr. Khosropour, a professor at Austin Community College in Texas, Director of the Center of Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and much, much more discuss her life in Iran...

Abraham Williamson (29) talks with his mother Angela Williamson [no age given] talk and friend Guy Adam [no age given] about how Guy came from the Darfur region in Sudan to eventually arrive in the United States.

This is my mom’s personal life as an immigrant.

This is an interview with Tegan Miner, an early childhood educator and curriculum specialist.

Michael Johansson (71) interviews his friend Ken Yon Greer Sr. (36) about his experience growing up in the Mississippi Delta and the road that led him to college, and eventually, to becoming president of the historically black fraternity, Phi Beta...

Childhood stories

What is school like for a 6th grade student during the pandemic? This brief interview gives a glimpse of what a school is like for a kid before and after a pandemic.

Siblings Cassandria Hansbrough (65), Russell Baxter (72), and Barbara White (63) discuss their upbringing and the abundance in which they lived with their family, never lacking, and unaware of what they didn’t have.

Sarah Campbell (46) interviews her mother, Natalie May (73), about the family history of migration from Western Europe to the United States.

The Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS) Executive Director, Eric Denny, and Staffing Director Sarah Chesnutt talk about how they began to work at HIOBS, the value of this type of education in our world, and their excitement for courses...

In this Interview we talked about my brother’s school experience as well as about the type of work that he has been performing since he was 16 years old.

One Small Step conversation partners Elizabeth "Lani" Duke (74) and T. "Davina" McClain (56) share their political beliefs, memories and the ways they view change in the community.

I basically talked about my and education.

An excerpt from a recently rediscovered recording from December 25, 2008, where Mrs. Rosa T. Beard (1919-2010) shared in her own words, how she ended up pursuing her Master’s degree at Columbia University.

Seven Pope: 2021-02-06 18:52:58

Friends and colleagues Courtneay Small (61) and Richard Harris (58) talk about their upbringings, experiences as mentors, and the importance of their work with Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts.

Jacob Sconyers (41) interviews his mother, Judith "Judy" Sconyers (76), about her adventures and the reasons why she decided to take him traveling instead of having him join school sports.

Jonathan Chu (75) shares a conversation with Carol Berkin (78) about the ways in which academia led to a form of self fulfillment.