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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.
Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.
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.
Maria L. Leyba (60) talks with her daughter Angélica Turrieta (33) about her childhood life in a prison, growing up in New Mexico and the death of her brother Ramón.
Alyson Giardini, 41, and her spouse Jackie Stanfill, 51, talk about their relationship, Proposition 8 in California, and their children.
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.
Lois Lenzi talks with her daughter Sonya about meeting her husband, giving birth to Soyna and what it was like to raise Soyna and her other two daughters.
Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.
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...
Larry Wolfson, 55, is interviewed by his partner of 22 years, Dave Fong, 42, about his experience coming out as gay in San Francisco during the late 70’s.
Alan and Emily came to the booth to remember their mother, Janice Sawyer Green, who passed away 14 years ago.
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.
Michelle Brenard, 62, tells facilitator Sarah Geis, 28, about the lesbian group she founded for women over 40 and her family.
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.
Austin Laufersweiler, 18, talks with school counselor, Maru Gonzalez, 26, about Austin’s advocacy work for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning and queer youth in his high school. Austin was named the student advocate of the year for his work to...
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.
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.