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Tyler Payne interviews grandparent Jack Kudray and his adventure through life in Pittsburgh and moving to California in the 70’s.

Best friends Imogene Brooks (63) and Shirley Tarver (70) reminisce about the good times they have had together throughout their long friendship, describe what it was like growing up on the border of Columbus, GA and Phenix City, AL as...

Adriana Fernandez-Silva (95) talks with her grandson Patricio Uribasterra (35) about her family and life in Cuba, her experience as an exile, and moving to New York.

Leslie Burger (58) talks with her husband Alan (Buddy) Burger (59) about their forty year friendship, their childhood antics, and surviving both of their cancer diagnoses.

Liam McCormick talks with his Grandmother Janet Russell about the differences in their school lives.

Rachel Liu (19) speaks with her best friend Becky Zuo (19) about a variety of interesting stories Becky has experienced in her life so far, as well as her expectations and plans of the glorious future. Knowing that Becky just...

Ira tells her granddaughter Tracy about growing up poor in rural Tennessee.

Tricia Nelson interviews her parents, Horace and Carol Nelson about their decision to marry and immigrate to the United States at a very young age.

(Updated 1/6/21: Edited to improve sound and decrease overlap caused by delay.) In an overdue reunion, Robin Wilson graced me with an hour of her Sunday to share her story. She passed down a major portion of my teaching-for-justice toolbox...

John Becker (65) interviews restauranteur, John W. Williams (64).

Amelia Alice Vara (87) talks with daughter Mary Hernandez (65) and granddaughter Dawn Leal (37) about her service to her community.

Sisters Deborah Harkrader (64) and Elva Harkrader (66) share a conversation about their childhood, their parents, their family, and their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rodney Madsen (60) is interviewed by his son Nathan Rogers-Madsen (31) about his parents, Theodore and Elvira Madsen.

Luis tells his daughter Lucy about growing up in San Antonio, his high school years, and his experience in college

Sue Manlove, 61, and her coworker and friend Lorriane Scurti, 52, talk about their experiences as secretaries at Northern Illinois University and about dealing with the aftermath of the February 14th shooting.

Ian interviews his wife, Martha, about growing up, going to college, moving to Boston, and meeting him.

Lenore Fox Monti talks with her aunt, Sr. Carol Fox about her childhood growing up in Chicago and her life as an educator.

Robin Sunbeam (62) tells facilitator Daniel Littlewood (32) about traveling, her daughter, Sudharma Kumari’s life and death.

Laurent Adler, 42, is interviewed by his wife Deblina Datta, 41, about his mother and their estranged relationship. The relationship became estranged when he, raised as a somewhat orthodox Jew, married Deblina, an Indian woman from Calcutta. The story is...

Carol Chadwick (78) talks to her daughters Patty Jones (44) and Cathy Chadwick (49) about growing up on an Indian Reservation and meeting her late husband.

Woman interviews her mother about growing up, her children, husbands, and political activism, and living through hardship.

Renaud Megard talks about his life as a child, his experiences moving around from France to different places in the United States, and some other stories from his life.

In this interview conducted via Zoom, Jane (Brodie) Pellegrino, class of 1968, remembers her time at Salve Regina, including the leadership of the Sisters of Mercy who taught, served "in loco parentis" and enforced (or overlooked) rules regarding dress and...

Michael Brant DeMaria (48) and his father Francesco DeMaria (81) talk about fathers, sons, art and life.

Nicole, 29 and her husband Eric, 30, interview Teresa, 66 Nicole’s mom about leaving her home and family and coming to America when she was a teen to attend college. Teresa also speaks about having to return to her home...