“I just felt I was not living an honest life.”

Tony Perri tells his grandson, Jeffrey about coming out as a gay man.

Recorded in partnership with Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley and WXXI in Rochester, NY

“Both of the boys would call me when they were working.”

Retired New York City firefighter John Vigiano Sr. remembers his sons, John Jr., a firefighter, and Joe, a policeman, who both died at the World Trade Center.
To see a photo of the Vigiano brothers, click here.

Recorded in partnership with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the Families of September 11 and 9/11 Forward, in Baldwin, NY Click here for more 9/11 stories

“Some call us the Guardians of the Gate.”

Ironworkers Kerry Davis (L) and Ken Hopper (R), who have been working together for 25 years, talk about rescuing suicide jumpers on the Golden Gate Bridge.

For more photos, click here.

Recorded in in partnership with the Contemporary Jewish Museum and KALW in San Francisco, CA

“Letting go, for my mother, was scary.”

Fanni Green (L) tells her daughter, Danyealah (R), about moving her mother, Pauline, into an assisted living facility after her health began to fail.

Recorded in partnership with WMNF Community Radio in Tampa, FL

“I was making my way across the state of Arkansas...”

Mildred Bond Roxborough, who has worked for the NAACP for more than 50 years, tells her colleague Maxim Thorne about an incident from her early days on the road.

Recorded in partnership with the NAACP in New York, NY

“In 1966 I enlisted in the army for service in Vietnam. At that same time, Don was battling his diabetes.”

Jim Sargent (L) and his brother, Don (R), who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 17, interview each other.

Recorded in partnership with KCPW Public Radio in Salt Lake City, UT.

“How's it feel...telling someone they're going to die?”

Sarafina Viviano asks her mother, Dana, about her work as a cancer nurse.

Recorded in partnership with the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis, MO

“The usher goes down to the dugout, comes back with the Babe...”

89-year-old Bob Panara, who became deaf when he was ten, tells his friend Greg Livadas about meeting some of baseball's greatest players.

Click here to read a transcript of Bob's story.

Recorded in partnership with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, NY

“I've been in and around barber shops all of my life.”

Lawrence Anthony (L), who has been cutting hair for over 60 years, and fellow barber David Shirley (R), talk about their work. For more photos, click here.

Recorded in Drexel, NC

“He was a human being; I knew we had that much in common.”

Mamie Todd (R) tells her daughter, Ann Todd Jealous (L), and grandson, Benjamin Todd Jealous, about demanding supplies from the white school superintendent while teaching at an all-black school in the 1930s. Benjamin Todd Jealous is President and CEO of the NAACP.

Recorded in partnership with the NAACP in Pacific Grove, CA