Category: Growing Up

Sharon Holley, a retired librarian, tells her husband, Kenneth, about preparing for her career at an early age. Holley operated Harambee Books and Crafts, a community black bookstore, for 29 years in Buffalo, NY.

Recorded in partnership with WBFO in Buffalo, NY.

José Cruz tells his daughter, Grace, about living in Villa Juana, a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, while his mother was living in New York City.

Recorded in New York, NY. Click here for more Historias

Secretary of the Interior, Kenneth Salazar (R) and his brother, Congressman John Salazar (L), talk about growing up in a family of eight children.

Recorded in Washington, D.C.. Click here for more Historias

Jim Sargent (L) and his brother, Don (R), who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 17, interview each other.

Recorded in partnership with KCPW Public Radio in Salt Lake City, UT..

89-year-old Bob Panara, who became deaf when he was ten, tells his friend Greg Livadas about meeting some of baseball's greatest players.

Recorded in Rochester, NY.

Magician Ricky Boone, who has a rare bone disorder, tells his friend Patti Barber about learning magic.

Recorded in Asheville, NC.

Bob Heft remembers designing the 50 star U.S. flag as a high school student in 1958. At the time there were only 48 states in the Union.

Recorded in Saginaw, MI.

Dr. Robert Strozier (L) tells his former student, Roger Smith (R), about his older brother Frank.

Recorded in Savannah, GA.

Sue Adam (L) tells her daughter, Deborah Dimasi (R), about her decision to place Deborah for adoption as a baby.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Johnny Bradley tells his daughter Kathy about growing up in Georgia as the son of a sharecropper.

Recorded in Savannah, GA.