Great Thanksgiving Listen: Interview with Muhammad Sharif Cheema

Aroosa Cheema, 16, interviews her great uncle, Muhammad Sharif Cheema, about his childhood in rural Pakistan. The interview was conducted in New Orleans, LA on November 27, 2015 as part of the Great Thanksgiving Listen.

Maritza and Ashley

This interview has Ashley Reynoso and Maritza Reynoso. I am Ashley Reynoso, interviewing my mother. I asked her about her life from childhood to now. Most of the questions were based off being her life and being a mother. She...

Eileen talks to her father Bill about his childhood, service during WWII, career and family

I interviewed my 91 year old father about growing up in Queens when the streets were still dirt, his achievement designing the electronics for a fighter plane when everybody else was on vacation, and catching double pneumonia in basic training...

Mayor Ward to Many, But Just Pops to Me

Skylar interviews Mayor William Ward, also known as my grandfather aka "Pops," about his decision to run for office and what it was like to live in the public eye as Chesapeake, Virginia's longest serving, first and only Black mayor.

Lynda’s life

In this interview Zoe Hayes talks with Lynda Sanderson about her walk through life with and without Jesus. On November 28, 2015 Zoe grows closer with her grandmother as she asks her personal questions to better understand Lynda's life before...

Growing up in Disputanta

This interview is about 92 year old Burnice Burton's childhood life in Virginia Disputanta in the 1920s and 30s.

Mackenzie Kingerski Interviews Grandpa John O'Donnell About His Life

This interview was between Mackenzie Kingerski (14) and her grandpa, John O'Donnell (84) on November 29, 2015 in Penn Hills, PA. In the interview he shares stories and information about his childhood, as well as important events when he was...

Eileen talks with her mother Joan about her childhood, marriage and family during a Thanksgiving visit

Interview with my 85 year old Mom who lost her father when she was 7, grew up in Jersey City with the support of extended family and Catholic nuns, raised 5 children and has been married 64 years.

Walter Zurasky, November 2015

Walter R. Zurasky, born and raised in Pennsylvania, talks about his life from childhood, living on a farm, to meeting his loving wife at Clarion College.

Dylan Caine (16) Asks His Mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), About Her Detroit Youth, Jewish Ancestry, and Worldview

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

John Campanelli (Grandpa)

Interview with my maternal Grandfather. We talked about his childhood for a good portion of the interview.

Interview with John DeLury, my dad, about Vietnam
November 21, 2015 App Interview

My dad's name is John DeLury Jr. He flew two tours in Vietnam. Recently I had the chance to sit down and interview him about his experience and his decision back in the 1960's to enlist (he wasn't drafted; he...

Our Grandpa
November 17, 2015 App Interview

An interesting conversation about childhood, marriage, religion, etc. He wanted to change "lucky" to "blessed".

Law student Juavita Pereira Faria talks about her childhood in Occupied East Timor and her hopes for the county's future.

Juavita talks about her lost childhood during the Indonesian occupation, her years at an orphanage, the people who have inspired her and her desire to lead her people as a judge.

Legacki’s Childhood: Dave & Ken

Dave and Ken Legacki discuss their childhood and family when growing up at 6600 Glenloch Street