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I interviewed my mom on her life experiences and what she has learned from them. She shares her reflections on the past and offers her perspectives and hopes for the future.

This interview was conducted on November 27, 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Steven Chavez 2nd interviews his father Steve Chavez about his childhood and talks about growing up on a small farm just outside of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. They...

I wanted to get my grandpa's thoughts about life and give him the chance to have a spoken account of how he felt.

Words of wisdom on the recent election, a successful career, higher education, sole proprietorship, recovery & sobriety, 40 years of marriage and spirituality.

This interview has been recorded on December 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. In this recording, Monica opens up about her past. She reveals her life's details about struggling in school, teenage life, and her love for her family. Throughout the...

This is an interview of my grandmother and her life,feelings, and thoughts. My mother (Dawn Moss) puts in her side notes and listens in the corner. (Best moments: 9:50-11:12; 17:10-20:10)

Loren (age 94) and Veneta (age 90) have been married over 70 years. They are sharing stories from each year of their lives together. This interview covers the year 1957, their fifth year of marriage.

We talked a little about their childhood, then how they met and when they go married. We also talked about my Grandpa being in the military, my mom and aunts growing up.

There were many subjects that were talked about, but some of the main themes including life in Texas, significance of friends and family, never stop learning.

From being a baby in a Creech Coal Company coal camp in Kentucky to the delivery of her first daughter and first son. Memories of family ghost stories. A trip from Kentucky that ended in a Texas marriage

My grandma talks about her childhood and becoming a parent. She also talked about my father and his life growing up with a younger brother.

Rachel Schmidt (41) sits down with her father, Fred Jones (79), to ask him about his young adult years. Fred shares stories from his time studying at the Georgia Institute of Technology and from his time serving in the U.S....

In this interview, my mother, Maria Paredes, continues to tell stories about her hometown, her rebellious childhood, happiest memories, and biggest regrets as well as what it was like coming to the United States as an immigrant.

I interviewed my aunt Jen. She is 42 years old and has been teaching for 20 years. We talked about her career experiences.

Thomas Wagner, NASA's Program Scientist for the cryosphere, discusses how his life has developed to study the Arctic and Antarctic. Even though as a student he initially found himself bored by studying glaciology, he soon discovered a passion for polar...

Loren (age 94) and Veneta (age 90) Lesher have been married over 71 years. They married in 1953. They are sharing stories from each year of their lives together. This interview covers 1980.

My Great-Grandmother tells about her life as she grew up through the Great Depression and her life during the 1900s. She is 87 and she shares her experiences from her life.

Sofia Feliciano (76) cuenta a su hija, Jocelyn Feliciano (43) sobre su niñez y su vida en la República Dominicana y Nueva York. [Sofia Feliciano (76) tells her daughter Jocelyn (43) about her childhood, her family and her life in...

I interviewed my grandpa - Patrick Pantoliano - who is 77 years old and resides in Hoboken, NJ. I was able to learn more about his upbringing and up to where is his life is now - a retired husband,...

This interview was conducted on February 11, 2019 in Cordova, Tennessee. I am Madison Craig and I interviewed Robbie Phillips (62). I asked her about her childhood, marriage, political views, how she’d like to be remembered and several other things....

This is the life of my dad who has lived 76 years in Vermont and lived a humble, hardworking life!

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Indira Garcia was born in Chile during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, which had a significant effect on her childhood. She was raised in Mexico with a strong focus on intellectualism and family bonds. She...

Interview on my grandmother’s aspects of life from 1940s through early 2000s, as a young, African-American female.

Laura Volk and Joe Roscoe delighted Fearrington StoryCorps Listener, Susie Eckblad with remarkable stories of their forty-five marriage - filled with “many blessings” and “no complaints.” After just 10 weeks of marriage, Joe’s diagnosis of Hodgkins lymphoma tested their courage...