Search Interviews

What college was like for my mom and how it has influenced her life now.

I, the interviewer, am Brooklyn Elizabeth Adams and I am interviewing my 63 year old grandmother named Sandra Gallagher. We talked mostly about her time in Anchorage, Alaska.

In this interview, conducted on June 2, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois, Suprajira Morakotjantachote (16) interviews her mom, Doungpon Morakotjantachote (47) about her family and culture compared to how she, Suprajira, was raised in America. Her mom talks about how large...

We talked about her life in college. We also talked about what she likes to do for fun.

I walked up to the dinner table and asked, “Can I start recording?” I got a few looks (Ha) but in the end we recorded a conversation, one that flowed as if there was no microphone showing.

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...

Jack Powell was a poor kid from literally the wrong side of the tracks who went to college on an athletic scholarship and became a rare-earth chemist who purified uranium for the Manhattan scholarship. He says, “losing my football scholarship...

Betty Standfill (65) and her daughter Tiffany Laposi (40) have a conversation about BS’s children, her mother, her husband Clyde, and the place she grew up, Amboy, WA.

Cherilyn Evans (63) tells facilitator Daniel Littlewood (32) about how she moved from Los Angeles to Ukiah, California.

Kristin Ingersoll interviews her husband Joel Krause about his childhood moving from New Jersey to Indiana and back, art school, his first marriage, and his children and grandchildren.

Paul talks to his friend about the love of his life and his career.

Rodriga Cortez (68) tells her son Daniel Cortez (44) about her move to the United States, about learning English, and earning her bachelor’s degree.

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

Bill HInes, 66, interviews his mother-in-law Charlee Kambert, 87, about her life, writing and the plays she wrote and performed around the country.

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

Alexa Harrington (18) talks with Dilziba Kizghin (22) about the highs and lows of college, as well as a group she is involved in: ASFA (Afghan Student Association) at UNL.

Helene tells Karen about growing up in Miami during the Depression and learning about generosity from her father.

solar is a junior student major in law. As Zoe want to change her major when she graduate, she ask suggestion about how to study law. they also talk about how law is meaningful in our real life. as they...

My father Jesus Rojero, participated in an insightful and honest interview on his battle with Covid-19 in June, 2020.

Adam (15) talks to Safiyah (17) about what it's like being a graduating senior in this stressful time in our lives.

I talked about childhood memories, college, friends, sports, and growing up in DC with my grandpa Micheal Stewart. This interview took place in Hyattsville MD, on November 25, 2018

From after the war to college and first job

Stephen and Barbara interview Stephen’s father, Andy, about returning to America from Hungary, his first jobs, and his wife, Mary.

Deborah Ranniger (58) talks to SC Facilitator Virginia Lora (26) about her dad Leonard Cornell who passed away 5 years ago of Alzheimers. She tells the story her dad would tell over and over again about going to the 1929...

Kim asks her dad and her aunt to tell her about her grandparents (their parents) with a special slant on their mother’s mental illness.