Search Interviews

One Small Step conversation partners Elizabeth Long (78) and Charles "Charly" Minkler (66) discuss politics of rural areas, their differences on abortion, and blended families.

Curtis Krofft (63) talks with StoryCorps facilitator Courtney Gilbert (28) about the period of his childhood that he spent in Joshua Tree and the annual turtle races that went on there, and later the politics and current events that led...

Etelvina Hernandez (81) is interviewed by her daughters, Monica García (47) and Maribel Barrera (45) about her childhood in México, her life in the U.S. and her job with Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Lynden L. Kidd (59) talks to her daughter, Sophia L. Marcinowski (16), about her summer duties at the family ranch, their family history in Jackson, and the connection 6 family members have to one chapel.

Karen De Shazer (53) interviews local resident Mary Jane Erickson Terraza (82) about growing up in the Mohave area, her ranch and her animals.

First part of the talk with my Grandpa Skip, the microphone stopped working part way through

i talked to my grandmother about her life from when she was a child to when she got married and had children and how modern the world is today

Nancy McCourt (59) asks her mother, Helen McCourt (91), about her childhood and what it was like to grow up on a ranch in Montana.

Continued talking with Grandpa Skip after microphone stopped working

Bear Dan McKinney discusses the experiences of his New Mexican childhood and his eventual move to Montana. He credits his father with his formula for a happy life.

Second part of talking to Grandpa Skip after microphone cut out

Diana has a little chat with her mother, doesn’t say much but still interesting for her.

Robert (Bob) Larsen talks with his son Robert Larsen II and daughter Karen Larsen about growing up in Rawlins, his first wife Georgia and his second wife Patricia, and his mother, who lived to be 103 years old.

One Small Step partners Cheryl Lee (52) and Hannah Minkler (31) talk about being inspired by their fathers, their love of basketball, and ranch life.

Karen DeShazer (53) interviews her friend, Lewis Turner (78) about his ties to the Mohave Valley area. Lewis remembers the first time he visited Arizona and talks about his work developing agricultural land.

Colleen Mahoney (89) is interviewed by her daughter, Nancy Mahoney [no age given], about her parents, attending college during the 1940s and '50s, and her journey from a Republican ideology to a Liberal one.

Rebecca Clemento Wald (48) and her daughters, Alexandra (22) and Daniella Wald (20) remember their husband and father, Victor Wald. Employed by Avalon Partners, Victor died in the in the World Trade Center September, 11, 2001.

Jessie Wagnon (33) interviews her grandmother Agnes Dauncey (82) about growing up in White Bluffs, WA, a community that would later be displaced in order to build a secret government project called the Hanford projects.