Racquel Kelley talks about working at the Pentagon on the morning of September 11, 2001. At the time, Kelley was the mother of an 8-month-old son.

Recorded in Washington D.C.

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

Lawrence Anthony (L), who has been cutting hair for over 60 years, and fellow barber David Shirley (R), talk about their work. Read more...

Recorded in Drexel, NC

Mamie Todd (R) tells her daughter, Ann Todd Jealous (L), and grandson, Benjamin Todd Jealous, about demanding supplies from the white school superintendent while teaching at an all-black school in the 1930s. Benjamin Todd Jealous is President and CEO of the NAACP.

Recorded in Pacific Grove, CA

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

Alexis Buss talks with Roy Wilbur (L), her father Larry Buss' (R) partner, about being a grandparent.

Recorded in Philadelphia, PA

Brian Miller talks to his son, Johnathan Emerson, about adopting him as a single dad nearly ten years ago.

Recorded in Atascadero, CA

Dottie Copeland tells her daughter Tina Nelson about being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Recorded in St. Louis, MO

John Yates was working at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. His office sustained a near-direct hit from American Airlines Flight 77, and Yates suffered burns on almost 40 percent of his body.

Recorded in Washington, D.C