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In this interview, Dr. Nuran Nabi chats with his grandniece about the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 and his involvement in it. He speaks about his participation in a group called the “Freedom Fighters”, a social activist group that fought...

Remembering life in wartime England, children who were evacuated, and what brought Jews from Germany to England during WWII

Laarni and Crystal from Providence Alaska Medical Center work with Brigit from Catholic Social Services on a program to help new immigrants and refugees get assimilated into their new lives in the US. These programs helps provide housing, job training,...

In 1981 an influx of Cambodian and Laotian refugee children landed in Dallas speaking no English. John Gallagher, a teacher at Fannin Elementary School in Dallas, decided he would do what he could to help the students and their families....

[Recorded Friday, April 8, 2022] Aziza (23) and Dave (62) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Aziza is a graduate student at UVA studying urban planning, and Dave is a farmer from Albemarle County. The two bond...

Interviewing a first generation Nigerian immigrant about his experiences in America.

Sarim and her family are Cambodia refugees who came to the US in 1975. She talks with her daughter-in-law, Angela about the barriers she faces with her doctors because her English is not great. How not fully understanding the language...

Naysan interviewing his dad about his very long journey from Iran to the United States via Pakistan, Finland, Sweden, England and Israel.

In this, I interview Micheal Molla on what it was like to grow up as an American in Africa and what it’s like to see how media has changed since the 1970s

Bunthay Cheam (40) interviews his mother Chho Sok [no age given] on her experience as a Khmer refugee.

EDF fellow Meron has a conversation with her daily taxi driver in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.

A psychiatrist takes the unfamiliar role of the one being interviewed. His reflection on being a refugee, father, husband and mental health specialist. Life lessons on doing your best, compassion, and hopes for the future are interwoven in this interview.

Daniel Malakowsky (36) speaks to his close friend and colleague, Hanna Zack Miley (88). Hanna survived the holocaust by escaping to England at the age of 7-years-old. She shares her experience and path to forgiveness in the autobiography, A Garland...

I interviewed my father about what life was like in Vietnam and how and why he escaped.

She talked about how hard life was for them and how they were struggling in life and how they were very sad about their family separating

My Dad talks about the Zimbabwe ruins and some family camping trips.

Nancy Bentley (63) interviews her husband, John Atkinson (67) about his life, focusing on his health issues with eczema and asthma, his work in the Peace Corps, and his favorite family memories.

A conversation with two fourth-year medical students from St. Paul's Hospital Millenium Medical College (SPHMMC). St. Paul's is a leading public hospital and medical college in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.

Walking along a lake geneva trail with my aunt. Talking about her trip to africa.

Oulimata Sylla, Djibril Cisse, and Patricia Carlin, talk about Ouli’s recent arrival from Senegal to finally be reunited with her husband.

Andy To details memorable moments from his experience as a boat person as he flees his country in the midst of the Vietnam War. His journey encompassed not only the challenges that came with the harsh living conditions in camps,...

I am interviewing my mom who was born in Africa and moved to America to have a better life

Friends Mahdi Akal (25) and Issa Spartrisano (34) talk about how they met and how they have both come to be Alaskans.

We talked about our wonderful experience in Africa in 1992.

A wife turns the tables on her journalist husband, interviewing him about his earliest impulses to write, how he decided to relocate at age 18 from the East Coast to the Pacific Northwest and how their intertwined lives evolved into...