• “I wanted a picture of the person who had allowed me to live.”

    Rick Bounds and Dorothy Biernack talk about how they met. Read more...

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    Recorded in Baltimore, MD

  • “My mom was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's.”

    Rebecca Posamentier (R) reflects on an interview she recorded with her mother, Carol Kirsch (L). Read more...

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    Recorded in Lafayette, CA

  • “I went as macho as I could be to mask what I was underneath. ”

    Alexis Martinez (L) tells her daughter, Lesley Etherly Martinez (R), about being a transgender woman. Read more...

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL

  • “When I was growing up, the emphasis was on being able to get a job.”

    Herman Blake and his brother Sidney remember their childhood during the 1940s. Read more...

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I had a pretty severe accident at work...”

    Jack Richmond tells his daughter, Reagan, about being an amputee. Read more...

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    Recorded in Knoxville, TN

  • “At three years of age, you just started playing...”

    Staff Sergeant Daniel Hodd and his mother, Evelyn, talk about Daniel's decision to put aside a promising career as a pianist in order to join the Marine Corps. Read more...

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “What are some of your dreams?”

    John Curtis talks to his son John Wikiera, who he adopted as a baby from Vietnam. Read more...

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    Recorded in Rochester, NY

  • “I grew up when that happened.”

    Ruben Aguilar tells his friend Bill Luna about his family's deportation as part of the Mexican Repatriation Program in 1933. Read more...

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL

  • “It's not just a tattoo.”

    Dawn Maestas, who removes tattoos for survivors of domestic violence, talks to a client about her work. Read more...

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    Recorded in Albuquerque, NM

  • “It was the first case of plague in New York City in over a hundred years.”

    Lucinda Marker and her husband, John Tull, talk about being diagnosed with bubonic plague in 2002. Read more...

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    Recorded in Santa Fe, NM