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Jessica Lindsey (43) speaks with mother Denise Pringle (69) on their similarities, their mother-daughter relationship, and recall the memories and members of their family.

Victoria "Vicky" Swerdloff (54) shares a conversation with her daughter Alex Swerdloff (22) about life after college, memories of growing up, experiences in Boise, Idaho, perspectives, and their relationship.

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

Kelly Anderson (55) talks with her father George Anderson (88) about his childhood and their life together.

Daughters Kimberly Chang [no age given] and Allison Chang (48) discuss with their mother Jocelyn Chang (75) the topic of human trafficking and how their family history as Asian/Native Hawaiians overlap with this issue.

Colleagues Alan Pally (60) and Christine Karatnytsky (48) talk about their work at Lincoln Center. They reminisce about their firs jobs

A man interviews his mother in law about her religious parents and her five children.

Kanwal Prakash (aka KP) (68) tells his friend Richard Hamilton (80) about surviving the violent partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, and later coming to American to become an architect.

Jenny Rask Interviews father Gene Rask about growing up in Butte, Montana and his family's move to Portland, Oregon to find new opportunity for their families. First impressions on their arrival to Portland, Oregon during WWII from Butte, Montana which...

One Small Step conversation partners Whitney Buchman (41) and Donald Paxton (70) discuss careers, major life influences, politics and beer.

Daughter interviews her father about beoming an actor, relationship with family and being a father.

Anthony Dozier (53) tells his friend, Carol Mayes McKnight (53) about being among the first African American kids to be bused in Wichita, KS and about witnessing the 1971 race riot at South High School in Wichita.

Elizabeth Jonkel [no age given] interviews her friend and colleague Honore Bray (69) about her life, legacy, and contribution to the Missoula Public Library.

Traveling while black means researching more than ticket prices and exchange rates. There's a savviness to surviving racism in the United States and abroad as colorism, cultural appropriation, and xenophobia abound. Robin's faced it all as a black woman teaching...

We talked about my grandmother's childhood and experience in foster care. We also talked about how she deals with living through COVID and her relationship with me. After the interview, she contacted me and said "One thing I would change...

Karen Oakley [no age given] shares memories and tells the story of a beautiful death concerning her father, Ted Repplier.

Gail Triplitt Newman (70) interviews her mother, Isabel Andrews Triplitt (98), about growing up during the Great Depression in Columbus, GA and how Isabel's life changed as she married, had children, and moved to new cities.

My Dad, Sui Phan talks about some memories he has about growing up in a village at Sibu, Malaysia to his time in the U.S. While during the last 5 minutes, my mom makes a guest appearance to talk about...

Chris Jacobson Brookes (73) and Joe Leppert (49) talk about their friendship and link to the former Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

My hometown of South Dallas serves as the basis for my work as an artist. Every location I chose to depict "what it's like to live in the hood" is connected to a friend or family member I questioned about local...

Tuckerton Seaport Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews J.P. Hand of Goshen, New Jersey. JP has been carving traditional Barnegat Bay decoys for the past 50+ years. In this interview, he discusses how decoy carving became a part of his life,...

Jennifer Fallon (51) speaks with spouse Robert Conk (61) on how they met, their relationship, and the memories of their lives.

Janet interviews her mother Martha about her life growing up, getting married, having a child and her friendships.