“Everyone would have ice cream for dessert, but I was given a half a grapefruit”

Judith Seixas, 80, interviewed by her friend Louisa Stephens.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“My grandmother was very buoyant in the water. She was a big woman, and she was a good swimmer.”

Myra Schegloff remembers going to the Coney Island schvitz baths with her grandmother.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“He looked up at me and said, 'Hamzah,' and then grabbed hold of me and gave me this tight hug and wouldn't let me go.”

Homeless New Yorker Larry Chamberlain tells his friend Tobias about his many names.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“Poppy used to say, 'Don't ever let me find out that you took one rubber band from the five-and-dime.”

Rita Giordano tells her daughter, Teresa, how she would like to be remembered.

Recorded in New York, NY.