Category: Identity

John Brown (R) tells his brother Paul (L) about an encounter with a local radio station in West Virginia.

Recorded in Charleston, WV.

Hyman Bloom (L) tells fellow taxicab driver Andrew Vollo (R), about driving a cab for over 30 years. Hyman Bloom retired in 2007.

Recorded in New York, NY.   Click here for more taxicab driver stories.

Robert Madden (R) tells his friend Tom Kurthy (L) about coming out to his parents.

Recorded in Santa Monica, CA.

Ray Martinez remembers growing up in an orphanage during the 1950s.

Recorded in Fort Collins, CO. Click here for more from Historias.

Judith Wilson tells her husband, Donald Kaufman, about a conversation that changed her life.

Recorded in Oakland, CA.

Taro Alexander talks about growing up with a stutter.

Recorded in New York, NY, in partnership with Our Time Theater Company..

Clayton Hall Jr. tells his daughter, Breana, about his first day as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute.

Recorded in Richmond, VA.

Nzingha Masani tells her friend, Noah Hairston, about receiving her name at an African naming ceremony.

Recorded in Detroit, MI.

Roberta Keys Torn, a quadruplet, tells her daughter, Susan Young, about the night she and her sisters were born in 1915.

Recorded in Houston, TX.

Jesse McGleughlin to her mother, Sue Hyde.

Recorded in Boston, MA.