"When I was 10, I told my parents I was going to marry a man."

Robert Madden (R) tells his friend Tom Kurthy about coming out to his parents.

Recorded in Santa Monica, CA

“My mother, of course, spoiled me…”

Tom Domingue, who had polio as a child, tells his wife Dotty, about coming home from the hospital.

Recorded in Georgetown, DE

“I wasn’t very nice…”

87-year-old Kay Wang tells her granddaughter, Chen, and her son, Cheng, about her childhood.

Kay Wang passed away shortly after this interview. Cheng and Chen recorded a second interview to remember her.

“It was a filthy job.”

Mark Sullivan remembers working summers on a tobacco farm in the late 1950s.

Recorded in Hartford, CT

“He made me his little helper…”

90-year-old James Lacy tells his daughter, Jamie Breed, about his father’s general store in Comanche County, Texas.

Recorded in Abilene, TX

“She bought me a bra that you blow up…”

94-year-old Betty Jenkins remembers a gift from her mother.

Recorded in Cincinnati, OH

“They would allow potential parents to check you out like a library book.”

Ray Martinez remembers growing up in an orphanage during the 1950s.

Recorded in Fort Collins, CO

“Jimmy, tell me how it all started.”

Tim Russert interviews fellow Buffalo-native, James T. Malloy, retired doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Recorded in Washington, DC

“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

“By the time I was in the second grade, everyone was calling me Raymond.”

Ramón “Chunky” Sánchez remembers how teachers changed the names of Mexican-American students during the 1950s.

Recorded in San Diego, CA