Category: Friendship

“There was nothing more that I wanted to do than to protect you.”

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Two stories about teachers who went beyond the classroom to help their kids. Read more…

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Recorded in Hampton, VA.

“I was looking at everyone else, going, 'Why aren't we like that?'”

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Lisa Combest and her ex-husband, James Hanson-Brown, talk about how their marriage ended. Read more…

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Recorded in Houston, TX.

“What is your legacy?”

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Frank Lilley interviews his stepfather, David Plant, about approaching the end of his life. Read more…

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Recorded in New London, NH.

“I've never seen you turn anybody away.”

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Paul Crowley (L) talks with his friend and fellow veteran Anthony Bravo Esparza (R), who calls himself "Dreamer," about the free haircuts he gives in a VA Hospital parking lot. Read more…

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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

“This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'”

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Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in the 1950s.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“My dad in Cuba said, 'When you go there you're going to ask for George.'”

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Jose "Pepe" Noriega , one of over 14,000 children who came to the U.S. as part of Operation Pedro Pan, speaks with Lynn Guarch Pardo about the role her father, Jorge "George" Guarch, played in the historic airlift.

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Recorded in Coral Gables, FL.

“Some guys couldn't handle it.”

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Vietnam veterans Gary Redlinski (L) and Glen Fruendt (R) remember working in Graves Registration at an Army mortuary near Saigon.

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Recorded in St. Louis, MO.

“I think I could have done another 31 years.”

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Retired New York City sanitation worker Angelo Bruno (L) speaks with his friend and former partner, Eddie Nieves (R), about working together on their daily route.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“I never have found another neighborhood like that one.”

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Alfred Zepeda (L) talks to his friend Albert Elias (R) about their childhood in Chavez Ravine, a Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles that was replaced by Dodger Stadium.

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Recorded in Montebello, CA.

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

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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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