“The worst part about the whole day was knowing I had to tell my family.”

Kim Emerson tells her friend Gladys Chen about the day Kim's sister, Kendra Webdale, was killed.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“We would go to the window and listen for my mom out in the field.”

Barb Fuller-Curry tells her son, Craig, about growing up on a farm.

Recorded in Chicago, IL.

“He said, 'Someone told me you might feed my family.'”

81-year-old Virginia Fairbrother tells her daughter, Laurel Kaae, a story from the Depression.

Recorded in Bismark, ND.

“Do you have any advice for me on being a father?”

David Heins to his father, John.

Recorded in Charlottesville, VA.

“Her eyes sparkled to me. One day they were blue; the next day they were green.”

Richard Pecorella remembers his fiancee, Karen Juday, who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Recorded in New York, NY.   Click here for more 9/11 stories

“It's part of our culture that my dad would tell me a bedtime story.”

Shuja Sohrewardy to his friend Lauren Macioce.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“What are the most important lessons that you've learned thus far in life? Granted, I know you're only twelve.”

Melva Hightower and her nephew, Tyler, interview each other.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“Tell me about Mom.”

Gregory and Lloyd Porter remember their mother.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“I never knew how people were going to respond when I said Tom died of AIDS.”

Mary Caplan tells her friend Emily Collazo about her brother's death from AIDS in the early 1980s.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“One day some guy showed up to him and said, 'We're going to make some movie. Can you write a script?'”

Chin-Ju Li tells his daughter, Julia, about his father, the filmmaker Pingqian Li.

Recorded in New York, NY.