“My mother would tell me, 'If you don’t straighten yourself out, you’re going to end up going to Springer.'”

Larry Hoover tells his granddaughter Anastacia Garcia about his time at The New Mexico Boys' School in Springer, New Mexico.

Recorded in partnership with KRZA in Taos, NM

“When I first met Antonio he was 270 pounds...”

Cactus Car Wash owner Frank Lynch (L) talks with his employee and friend, Antonio Douglas (R), about helping him get in shape.

Recorded in partnership with WABE in Atlanta, GA Array

“The door slid aside and there she stood -- the prettiest girl I had ever seen.”

93-year-old Paul Wilson tells his daughter Marty Smith about meeting her mother at the building where he worked in the early 1940s.

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Recorded in partnership with Wichita Public Radio in Wichita, KS

“My maternal grandfather, Rocco Galasso, was a superintendent in an apartment building...”

Nicholas Petron remembers his grandfather, who came to the U.S. from Italy as a young man.

Recorded in partnership with Adelphi University in New York, NY

“People will make fun of her in school...”

Debbie Watterson talks with her 10-year-old son, Mitchel, about being an older brother to his sister, Bridget, who is deaf.

Recorded in partnership with the San Luis Obispo County SELPA (Special Education Local Plan Area) in Atascadero, CA

“I knew the top ten on the radio and I could do my nails, but I didn't even know how to cook.”

Lucille Mascareñas tells her son, Victor, about what happened when she moved from the city to work on her husband's family farm.

Recorded in partnership with KRZA in Taos, New Mexico

“There's a Little League baseball field called Brian Calvin Korbon Field.”

Gregg Korbon and his wife, Kathryn, talk about how a baseball field came to be named after their son, Brian.

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Recorded in partnership with WMRA and WVTF in Charlottesville, VA

“I got married on the day of my 22nd birthday.”

Mala Fernando tells her daughter Ashanthi Gajaweera about the early days of her marriage in Sri Lanka.

Recorded in partnership with WXXI in Rochester, NY

“I just know this is what I was destined to do.”

Sam Reed, a mortician and the caretaker of Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery, talks about how his interest in the funeral business started at a young age.

Recorded in partnership with WABE in Atlanta, GA

“He had no sense of humor especially about himself.”

Judge Joe Pigott tells his wife, Lorraine, about his step-grandfather's reaction to a famous radio broadcast in 1938.

Recorded in partnership with Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson, MS