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Annie Thoms interviewed her father, John Thoms about growing up with parents who were deaf and his experiences as a child who had polio and is still has some physical issues as a result.

Kevin interviews his girlfriend, Anne, about her childhood and how her parents influenced her career and sociopolitical beliefs.

Glen Waggoner (61) talks with his friend Daniel Okrent (61) about the death of his father, their love of baseball, and growing up in a small town.

A mother tells her son about growing up during the Depression and her experience as young adult.

Sisters Paula Bendel and Rhonda Pupella remember their grandparents, Clyde and Mabel Nancarrow (paternal) and Herbert and Sarah Phelps (maternal), and share stories of their time on the family farms.

Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.

Ray (77) and Jan (74) talked about their childhood, dating, marriage, parenting and faith.

Spouses Nancy Sills, (67) and Jim Sills (67), sit down to preserve some memories for their children and their grandchildren. They describe the strong communities they each grew up in, share their favorite stories about various family members, and reflect...

Kathy from Colorado (my mom) goes to Oregon to visit her brother and meets Tony "McNally" at the contract dance. Love at first sight for one, a bit of caution from the other. A strong and growing love ensued and...

Robert (Rob) Wallace (45) talks with his girlfriend, Lindsay Smythe (30) about his life expereinces living in Italy and California, his service in Kuwait and Somalia, and working as a police officer in Yuma.

Chloe Echevarria and her conversation partner for a college course, Debbie Rindge, discuss art history, towns, and the Covid-19 virus.

Kay Wetherwax (77) talks to her grandchild Isabella Kavanaugh (15) about growing up in Piqua Ohio and having divorced parents, going to college as a women and how COVID-19 has affected her.

i spoke to my grandma about her life past and present.

Jill Shah (18) speaks with her older sister (25) about her childhood and young adult experience as a first-generation Indian-American woman. Zina discusses her experience with growing up in a large family, the standards that she had to live up...

Frank Smaka tells his daughter Beth about leaving Poland to come to America as a kid, about his family’s history, adjusting to life in America, and how he met Beth’s mother.

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Susan Liebeskind and Laurie Foley interview each other about going into comuter science in graduate school and the change in environment. They compare technology from their student days to that of the present and discuss being a woman in the...

Anna Wasden (58) sits down with her mother, Joan Hunter Christensen (86), to ask about her family's turf accounting business, what it was like growing up in Distington, England during World War II, and the family traditions that differ from...

Dr. Orsini Gonzáles (60) tells his daughter, Ysabel Y. González (29) how his parents met in Puerto Rico, about growing up in the South Bronx in the ‘60s, and how he met his wife, Ysabel’s mother.

Lisa (37) and Amy (51) interview their mother Alma (79) about her childhood in Youngstown, OH, meeting and falling in love with her husband, and their extended family.

One Small Step partners Rene Howard (19) and Brandon Newell (22) discuss their political beliefs, their life goals, and the people who have impacted their lives the most.

Andrea Bordeau (37) and Arik Ohnstad (47), colleagues at Vanderbilt University, reflect on how the COVID-19 crisis impacted their work in global education.

Noreen Haubrock (75) talks with her son Chip Haubrock (51) about Chips grandfather and father.