• “She reaches around the wall with this little yellow bunny rabbit puppet...”

    Showaye Selassie (L) tells her friend Susan Greenfield (R) about an early memory of her mother.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “We had some strange things happen.”

    90-year-old Sid Radner talks about the annual Halloween seance he holds to try to contact Harry Houdini.

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    Recorded in Holyoke, MA

  • “When I was younger I didn't like you much.”

    Bryan Echols (R) and his father, Lindberg (L), talk about how their relationship has changed over time.

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL

  • “EMTs arrived within minutes...”

    David Wilson, a plaintiff in the 2004 court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, remembers the death of his first partner.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I asked my mother, 'Why does everybody treat Mr. Walsh that way?'”

    Judge John Kane talks with his daughter Sally about how his interest in law began.

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    Recorded in Paonia, CO

  • “He was such a nice guy. But the only thing was, he wore his hair in sort of a ducktail.”

    Patricia Bates tells her daughter, Kay Lewis, about meeting Kay's father.

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    Recorded in Dayton, OH

  • “A Staff Sergeant went through my cell phone and saw some of the text messages that I had to my boyfriend.”

    Kendall Bailey (R) talks to his friend Don Davis (L) about his dismissal from the U.S. Marines under the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. Read more...

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    Recorded in Norfolk, VA

  • “She was everything to me.”

    Gladys and Carolina de la Torre remember their older sister Azucena who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in Orlando, FL

  • “I found myself in the principal's office a lot.”

    Judge Berryl Anderson (L) and her mother, Virginia (R), remember what Berryl was like as a child.

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    Recorded in Atlanta, GA

  • “I think I could have done another 31 years.”

    Retired New York City sanitation worker Angelo Bruno (L) speaks with his friend and former partner, Eddie Nieves (R), about working together on their daily route.

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    Recorded in New York, NY