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“Before they would see a doctor, the families in the community would come to see her.”

Graciela Kavulla tells her husband, Timothy, about her grandmother, who was a midwife.

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Recorded in partnership with KUHF in Houston, TX

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“The biggest struggle was to take messages.”

Claritza Abreu, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, tells her friend Gerardo Villacres about one of her first jobs in the United States.

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Recorded in partnership with the Latino Professional Network in Cambridge, MA

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“I was sick; I had no job; I was lonely—and then Felix called me.”

Rob Sanchez (R) and his friend Felix Aponte (L), who both served time at Sing Sing Penitentiary, talk about Rob's diagnosis with an aggressive form of kidney disease.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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“I didn't have any idea as to what to expect...”

Colbert Williams (R) talks with Ralph Catania (L), his fifth grade math teacher who later became his legal guardian, about going to live with Ralph at the age of 15.

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Recorded in Ann Arbor, MI with help from WUOM

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“What were you thinking when I was born?”

Nathan Williams, 15, interviews his father, Colbert, 30, about being a single parent.

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Recorded in partnership with WGVU in Grand Rapids, MI

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“I was in the ICU and there was a man dying of tuberculosis...”

Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer talks to his wife, Janus, about how he started working with Miami's homeless.

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Recorded in partnership with WDNA in Miami, FL

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“There was this hole that I had all of my life.”

MJ Seide talks to her granddaughter Genna Alperin about falling in love with her partner, Genna's biological grandmother.

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Recorded in partnership with WHRO Norfolk, VA

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“It's hard to believe that our troop's lasted that long.”

54-year-old Boy Scout Derek Connell (C) talks with his Scoutmasters Richard (L) and Claudia Coleman (R) about Troop 409, a troop for scouts with special needs.

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Recorded in Pensacola, FL

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“I wasn't afraid. I thought, 'I'm going to be cool about it.'”

Jim Krawczyk remembers seeking out the late author and recluse J.D. Salinger in the 1960s.

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Recorded in partnership with WUWM in Milwaukee, WI

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“My mother was the glue to our family...”

Gwen Richards remembers her mother, Helen, who had Alzheimer's.

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Recorded in partnership with The Alzheimer’s Association - Heart of America Chapter in Prairie Village, KS

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