“The whole night I was in labor there was music being piped in…”

Roni Cohen tells her brother, Adam, about giving birth to her son.

Recorded in New York, NY

“This little white boy said, ‘Come, let me see your hands.’”

Claudette Colvin remembers her childhood in Alabama.

Recorded in New York, NY

“I went into Uncle Jake’s room and opened up the dictionary, and in the middle was hidden a magazine…”

84-year-old Miriam Kerpen to her daughter, Lisa Shufro.

Recorded in New York, NY

“I got a great, big rock, about as big as a bowling ball, out of somebody’s garden and heaved it through the back window of his car.”

Judy Allen tells a story about her ex-husband to her daughter, Kelley Edwards.

Recorded in New York, NY

“We were having breakfast at Friendly’s and this young couple came in with an autistic child.”

Patricia Attoe to her friend Diana David.

Recorded in New York, NY

“Then I said, ‘Don’t you have brothers and sisters and your father?’ He says, ‘I have no father; I have no mother. So, I have to do this.’”

Beula Gabriel, who founded a school for underprivileged children in India, tells her daughter, Bix, about one of her students.

Recorded in New York, NY

“Everybody’s got something in their life they’re good at. This is what I do good. I eat.”

Competitive eater Don “Moses” Lerman remembers winning his first contest.

Recorded in New York, NY

“I have a 16-year-old heart, a 33-year-old mind, and a 73-year-old body.”

Richard Hunt to his daughter, Leslie Hunt.

Recorded in New York, NY

“And I asked him everything that I ever wanted to ask. I asked him to tell me the real story.”

Debbie Fisher remembers her father, an Auschwitz survivor.

Recorded in New York, NY

“One Christmas, I got this ice-skating outfit for Barbie. It was made out of deep purple velvet trimmed in fake fur.”

Cathy Slumber to her daughter, Kelly.

Recorded in New York, NY