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Jessica Nutik Zitter (48) interviews her father, Stephen Nutik (74), about his career as a neurosurgeon. Jessica asks him about what he's enjoyed most about his career, his experiences with interacting with patients, how he handles delivering bad news, and...

MLin (23) talks to Kenji Oshima (54), Steve Lew (57), and Prescott Chow (age not given) about their community organizing experiences with the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Community HIV Project (GCHP).

Gus Newport (82) talks with his long time friend Jason Webb (38) about how they first met and why they are so passionate about community organizing. Gus shares about his work at the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Jason describes...

Reneé Ramcharitar talk with her friend and the sister of her boyfriend Aisha Scott about her experiences with depression and healing through love and spirituality, and her career change from teaching to seeking work as a counselor, and Aisha talks...

Maya Elena Scott-Chung (45) and Susie Hoblet (47), parents at Kaiser Elementary School, discuss the myth of the Ozzie and Harriet “traditional family” and Suzy’s experience growing up in Italy, France and traveling worldwide; the struggles of the sandwich generation,...

Van Martini (53) talks with her cousin Phil Nguyen (45) about how their family escaped Vietnam, their first experiences in the refugee camp, arriving in Connecticut and later California, and what being Vietnamese and American means to them.

Ross Smith (52) and his partner, Aaron Knight (50), talk about becoming foster parents. They also discuss some of the challenges and highlights they have faced through the fostering and adoption experience.

Paul Donner (62) talks with his wife Susan Donner (62) about their experience of the Tubbs fire. Susan and Paul describe the night of the fire and the experience of evacuating. Both describe the impact of losing their home, familial...

General Robert L. Menist (70) and his friend Rudolph "Rudy" C. Shokal (65) talk about Robert's family history at the Presidio in San Francisco, CA, their experiences while serving in the Vietnam War, their experiences while serving at the Presidio,...

Mary Wardell (50) interviews Tracy Benning (53) about her career as a African-American woman in science. Mary and Tracy discuss how more women and people of color can break into STEM.

Liz, 28, interviews Barb, 42, about her archaeological work at the Presidio.

Anna Escobedo (25) talks with Alexis Terrazas (28) about how she came to the Mission District of SF and the impact of gentrification.