Category: Growing Up

“We'd go to our hangout, which was Dubrow's Cafeteria.”

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Van Harris and his wife, Shirley, remember being young in Brooklyn during the 1940s. Read more…

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“Dennis will roll with the best of them.”

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Theresa McLaughlin speaks about raising her son, Dennis, who was born with spina bifida, leaving him unable to use his legs. Read more…

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Recorded in Portland, ME.

“When he was growing up, he was living in South Texas...”

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Ricardo Isais Zavala remembers his grandfather, Vicente Domingo Villa, in an interview with his son, Ricardo Javier Zavala. Read more…

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Recorded in Austin, TX.

“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.

“The school buses were already lined up to take the kids home.”

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Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937. Read more…

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Recorded in Knoxville, TN.

“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.

“What was it like becoming a parent to my sister and I overnight?”

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Phil Donney talks with his aunt Abby Leibman about raising Phil and his sister, Laura, after their mother was murdered. Read more…

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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

“I always hoped that you didn't remember much.”

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Jennifer Coursey speaks with her 12-year-old son, Grant, who was diagnosed with cancer as a toddler. Read more…

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Recorded in Ukiah, CA.

“At my house, only one person got the mail, and that was my mother.”

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Nathan Hoskins tells his friend Sally Evans how his family first learned that he was gay. Read more…

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Recorded in Lexington, KY.

“If just one of them gets through, they may save us all.”

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John Hunter talks with two former students about what they learned playing the World Peace Game, which he created. Read more…

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Recorded in Charlottesville, VA.

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