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Hazel Wilson (96) tells her son Michael Wilson (65) about her life, her religion and her affinity for cooking.

Tracy Jackson, 17, and Octavia Fugerson, 19, talk about Tracy’s senior year of high school and look forward to how Tracy’s life will likely change once he attends college in the fall.

Vice Chancellors Eric Kopstain (52) and Steven "Steve" Ertel (44) discuss how COVID-19 impacted the Vanderbilt community and the university's decision to offer in-person learning during the 2020 school year.

Mary Wilkinson-Greenberg (83) speaks with her son, Tim Scott (53) about her life as a teacher, adventureor, and mother.

Lee Littlewood talks to Ann Littlewood about his mother, with their son Daniel facilitating the interview.

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

Friend interviews Charley about being the piano player at a favorite hangout in Flagstaff, and about his childhood growing up in a town near the Navajo reservation, called Ganado, in Arizona.

Judith interiviews her lover/soulmate about his life and philosphy.

Cole Johnston (26) and his "bestie" Owen MacDonnell (25) talk about the origins of their friendship at Cornell University, their participation in the Intergroup Dialogue Project, and how their similar communication styles have made their friendship so strong.

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.

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

Ellen (49) interviews her husband, Arthur (60), about his family history in Brooklyn and his career as an artist, musician, and curator.

Kurdish artist talks about leaving his homeland, Syria, and coming to United States.

Rosa Montes is interviewed by her children, Natalia Fidelholtz and Estanislao Fidelholtz about their births, being a mom, her family in Argentina and maintaining family closeness.

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...

John Lauer, Jr. interviews his father John “Jack” Lauer, Sr. about growing up in a coal town in PA and about how he met his mother.

Rudolf Schmerl tells his daughter, Sonia, about fleeing Germany during the Holocaust and vowing never to be a coward and never to be silent.

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...

Milena Muzquiz (31) is interviewed by her friend, Stephanie Taylor (37) about growing up and her move to the U.S. from Tijuana when she was in elementary school.

Andrea Bichan (21) interviews her former English teacher, Dan Ferat (39), about his career as a teacher.

Jamie Kekaualua [no age given] shares a conversation with her grandmother, Evangeline Kekaualua (87) about Evangeline’s upbringing in Hawaii, how she came to Columbus, Georgia, the advice she would like to pass on to others, and about her family.

Patrick Groulx (69) talks to StoryCorps Facilitator Helen Rubinstein (28) about his theory of “The Human Thermostat,” about overcoming his dyslexia, being an athlete at the Humana National Senior Games, 2011.