Stories in the 'Growing Up' category

"When you think about your kids, what makes you happy, what makes you sad?"
Bob Chase, Jr. interviews his father, Bob Sr.
Recorded in Cleveland, OH

"I think I had the greatest mom in the world."
Wanda Zoeller (L) remembers her mother with her partner, Susan Herndon.
Recorded in Louisville, KY

"It sounds like you were the black sheep."
Carly Dreher interviews her grandfather Lyle Link, who is 90, about growing up on his family’s farm.
Recorded in Milwaukee, WI

"Why are you not still married?"
10-year-old Rahsheed McKenstry interviews his mother, Rhonetta.
Recorded in Memphis, TN

"If somebody was coming down the road, they were either coming to see us or they were lost."
Lucky Osborne tells his wife, Debi, about growing up with his grandparents in rural Mississippi.
Recorded in Jackson, MS

"Were you really serious before you got pregnant?"
Lauren Vincelli interviews her parents, Mary and Peter, about being high school sweethearts.
Recorded in New York, NY

"I never particularly liked you.”
Melissa Wilbur (R) and her sister Janaki Symon remember growing up together.
Recorded in Santa Monica, CA

"I said, ‘I couldn’t go to school and not have anything…’"
Cynthia Rahn remembers trying to complete a kindergarten class project.
Recorded in Durham, NC

"He said, ‘Man, that’s how we start friends on this block."
Celedonia "Cal" Jones (L) tells his friend Robert Harris about moving to a new block in Harlem during the Depression.
Recorded in New York, NY

"Recess came and the boys had a football…"
Mweupe Mfalme Nguni remembers his first day at an integrated elementary school in 1965.
Recorded in Oakland, CA



