“Every brain is a little bit different...”

10-year-old Ida Cortez talks about her dyslexia with her mother, Kim Wargo.

Recorded in San Francisco, CA

“My dad was working 24/7 to make it.”

James Bost remembers his father, a salesman during the Great Depression, in an interview with his son Doug.

Recorded in New York, NY

“They wanted me to stop seeing Daddy...”

Willa and Brad Guidi tell their daughter Tasha about meeting at college in 1970.

Recorded in Peoria, IL

“I broke a hundred and sixty-four bones.”

Barbara Esrig remembers the car accident that nearly took her life.

Recorded in Gainesville, FL, in partnership with Shand's Art and Medicine.

“It's a premature aging disorder...”

Barbara Cooper (L) tells her mother, Jody Houston (R), about living with a form of the rare genetic condition, Progeria.

Recorded in Abilene, TX

“The announcer was saying all these untrue things about gay and lesbian people...”

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

Recorded in Charleston, WV

“We sold what household things we had...”

Lillian Howell, 89, tells her son Thomas about moving from Ohio to Virginia during the Great Depression.

Recorded in Roanoke, VA

“You told us that we were 'castle people', and you were a 'street person.'”

Victoria Fraser talks to her grandson, Christopher, whom she raised, about the day he came to live with his grandparents.

Recorded in Burlington, VT

“We had a lot of seventh grade-style dates.”

Andrea St. John (R) remembers her fiance.

Recorded in Saranac Lake, NY

“The avenue was full of two things: bars and churches.”

Betty Esper talks to her friend Mark Fallon about life in Homestead, before the U.S. Steel mill closed in the 1980s.

Recorded in Homestead, PA