Category: Discovery

“In prison I started painting and drawing...”

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Darryl Downes remembers discovering his talent while serving time in Sing Sing Prison.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“I can't even begin to tell you the misery of rain.”

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George Hill remembers being homeless. Hill has been off the streets for 10 years.

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Recorded in Santa Monica, CA.

“I have close to a million objects in my apartment.”

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Harley Spiller, who holds the record for the largest private collection of menus in the world, talks about collecting.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“My brother came home wearing an afro.”

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Judith Wilson tells her husband, Donald Kaufman, about a conversation that changed her life.

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Recorded in Oakland, CA.

“The pilot told us over the PA, 'It's going to be the roughest landing you've ever experienced.'”

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Martha Conant (L) tells her daughter-in-law, Brittany, about surviving the crash of United Airlines Flight 232.

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Recorded in Greeley, CO.

“I felt alone and tried to hide it...”

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Taro Alexander talks about growing up with a stutter.

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Recorded in New York, NY, in partnership with Our Time Theater Company..

“I got bussed to a high school in my sophomore year...”

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Ricardo Pitts-Wiley tells his son Jonathan about a year that shaped his life.

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Recorded in Providence, RI.

“I said, 'Is this going to actually be me?'”

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Nzingha Masani tells her friend, Noah Hairston, about receiving her name at an African naming ceremony.

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Recorded in Detroit, MI.

“There were three questions I wanted to ask him...”

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Nick Shepard (L) tells his friend Hugh Ryan the story of meeting his biological father for the first time.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“And right then it dawned on me -- that's not family, those aren't friends.”

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Omar Leech (R) tells his friend Lenear Pryor about life as a gang member.

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Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

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