Alok's Interview with his Mom, Shashi Bina – Part II

Born as Bina Saxena in August 1943 in Lucknow and raised in a conservative joint household in Delhi and Lucknow, UP, India - she was the 2nd of four children of Ram Shanker and Prakash Saxena. She graduated high school...

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Grandmother opens up to her 16 year old granddaughter about her abusive childhood and how it affected/affects her.

thanksgiving listen

We talked about the events and memories my mom had while she was growing up

Getting to know more about you

I asked a couple of question to my mother about her life before coming to the United States. As we go further into the conversation we we talk about more serious topics like mistreatments and difficult situations that my mother...

Resilience, music, and religious faith during a time of Grief and Loss

In this interview, Jackie Koepchen describes her relationship with her sister and how it changed during childhood, adulthood, and eventually when her sister passed away. When discussing her sister‘s passing, Jackie explained how she was able to cope and gain...

My interview with my grandmother.

This interview was between me and my grandmother. The interview was done in Spanish, because my grandmother only speaks Spanish. I had my cousin there to help my translations of the questions. (that is why there was a sound of...

Interviewing my mom

I will be asking my mom stuff about her childhood and her memories

Great Thanksgiving Listening Project with Melissa Herr

In this story we talked about her childhood and some lessons she had learned

Audio Recording of Significant Interview

this is about my mom and her childhood and how it effected her life as an adult.

Interviewing My Mom about her childhood and current life.

This was just a short interview of my mom about the things currently happening in her life and how her childhood was.

School project

Conversation between father and daughter for a school project.

Mom’s story

We spoke about my mother’s childhood and what it was like growing up in a different country.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Discussing what it was like for my mom growing up in Jamaica and later Chicago

Interview with my Dad

An interview with my dad for Uiowa Creativity for a Lifetime

A Chat with My Mama

A short interview with my mama about childhood memories and mine and my twin sister’s weird childhood illnesses. Enjoy!