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Arlene Swartz (61) talks to her friend and coworker Kathrina Proscia (50) about her childhood in the Bronx and Queens, her family and her career in philanthropy and fundraising.
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.
Karen De Shazer (53) interviews George Kraft (62) about his work at the Davis Dam, moving to Bullhead City, AZ to work in the dam, and his memories of the area.
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.
Devon Berkshite(DB), 33, interviews her mother Linda Argo(LA), 63. They discuss Linda’s unusual childhod, her development as a person and their relationship with each other.
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.
Robert (Bob) Larsen talks with his son Robert Larsen II and daughter Karen Larsen about growing up in Rawlins, his first wife Georgia and his second wife Patricia, and his mother, who lived to be 103 years old.
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...
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.
Brad Johnson (53) interviews his brother-in-law Paul Hillmer (62) about Paul's family and life.
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...
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.
Cary James by Jesse L. Woodard. Cary (21) and Jesse (25) remember their grandmother, Mary Alice James a.k.a Nam Ma. Cary and Jesse remember visiting their grandmother and the delicious food she made for them.
Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.
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.
Rudolf Schmerl tells his daughter, Sonia, about fleeing Germany during the Holocaust and vowing never to be a coward and never to be silent.
Davin Holen (45) speaks with his colleague, Tina Buxbaum (38), about his life journey, his work as a resilience and adaptation faculty member and his observations on building community and preserving natural resources.
Katina tells her daughter about growing up in Crete during and after WWII, and later moving to the USA.
Donna Lancaster, 78, is interviewed by friend Mindy Reed, 54. Dorothy was born without knee or hip joints and speaks about how her parents raised her to make her own choices and how she overcame the challenges she face in...
William ‘Bill’ Creasy (82) and his daughter Susan Creasy (51) talk about his childhood in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.