“We'd go to our hangout, which was Dubrow's Cafeteria.”
Van Harris and his wife, Shirley, remember being young in Brooklyn during the 1940s. Read more…
Recorded in New York, NY.
Category: Growing Up
“Dennis will roll with the best of them.”
Theresa McLaughlin speaks about raising her son, Dennis, who was born with spina bifida, leaving him unable to use his legs. Read more…
Recorded in Portland, ME.
“When he was growing up, he was living in South Texas...”
Ricardo Isais Zavala remembers his grandfather, Vicente Domingo Villa, in an interview with his son, Ricardo Javier Zavala. Read more…
Recorded in Austin, TX.
“There was nothing more that I wanted to do than to protect you.”
Two stories about teachers who went beyond the classroom to help their kids. Read more…
Recorded in Hampton, VA.
“The school buses were already lined up to take the kids home.”
Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937. Read more…
Recorded in Knoxville, TN.
Frank Lilley interviews his stepfather, David Plant, about approaching the end of his life. Read more…
Recorded in New London, NH.
“What was it like becoming a parent to my sister and I overnight?”
Phil Donney talks with his aunt Abby Leibman about raising Phil and his sister, Laura, after their mother was murdered. Read more…
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.
“I always hoped that you didn't remember much.”
Jennifer Coursey speaks with her 12-year-old son, Grant, who was diagnosed with cancer as a toddler. Read more…
Recorded in Ukiah, CA.
“At my house, only one person got the mail, and that was my mother.”
Nathan Hoskins tells his friend Sally Evans how his family first learned that he was gay. Read more…
Recorded in Lexington, KY.
“If just one of them gets through, they may save us all.”
John Hunter talks with two former students about what they learned playing the World Peace Game, which he created. Read more…
Recorded in Charlottesville, VA.
