Category: Growing Up

“Have me and Mom ever extremely disappointed you?”

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Minister Beau Harris talks to his daughter Kioni "Popcorn" Marshall about the changes their family has seen over the years.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“My dad would come home, he'd say, 'Well, got another divorce today'.”

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Patricia Klos remembers growing up in her parents' divorce motel.

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Recorded in Reno, NV.

“Mother would go to court with them and testify that they'd been a resident at the ranch.”

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Robbie McBride (L) and her sister Beth Ward (R) talk about life on their family-owned divorce ranch in Reno, Nevada.

Learn more about the ranch and the 1931 law that made Reno the divorce capital of the country here.

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Recorded in Reno, NV.

“How did it hit you when you found out that you were going to get sole custody?”

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Elton Colbert (R) asks his father, Jim (L), about life as a single parent.

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Recorded in partnership with KUNR in Reno, NV.

“They called it slums but it was never a slum to me.”

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Carol Jacques remembers growing up in Chavez Ravine, a Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles that was replaced by Dodger Stadium.

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Recorded in partnership with KPCC in East Los Angeles, CA..

“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.

“It was a hard, dirty job...”

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Gene Kendzior tells his daughter, Jennifer, about his father, who died working in a coal mine in 1967.

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Recorded in Morgantown, WV.

“I just thought I was going to go to a gym and get in the ring and fight.”

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17-year-old amateur boxing champion Seniesa Estrada talks to her father and coach, Joe Estrada, about how she got started in the sport.

Watch a video of one of Seniesa's fights here. Read more about the Estradas in this LA Times article.

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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

“He told me all these stories about the tooth fairy...”

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Lisa Ray remembers her father, Lenoir Ray.

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Recorded in partnership with WHRO in Norfolk, VA.

“My mother would tell me, 'If you don’t straighten yourself out, you’re going to end up going to Springer.'”

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Larry Hoover tells his granddaughter Anastacia Garcia about his time at The New Mexico Boys' School in Springer, New Mexico.

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Recorded in partnership with KRZA in Taos, NM.

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