Caucasian Female, 19 years old.

Talks about leaving archaeology to work in an orphanage. Working with children changed how she felt about kids and about possibly adopting a child.

Liverpool, UK, England, orphanage, adoption, children, archaeology, Romania

An Alaskan tour guide and whaler in Barrow (Currently Utqiagvik) takes visitors on a tour of different areas and talks about the landscape, the weather, Air Force influences, whaling crews and housing costs and staying warm during the winter. 

Hypothermia, Eskimo Secret, Subsistence Leave, Hunting, Whale Day, School, Sun down for 62 days, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Air Force, Totem Poles, Top Piece significance, Whaling crew, Puffins, Cranes, Falcons, Insulation, Homes, Rent to Own.

A 90 year old Inupiaq woman talks about being born and raised in Barrow (which has since reverted to its original name of Utqiagvik) and how it has changed since she was a little girl. She also talks about adopting three children and how her son passed away from a hunting accident in the 1970s.

Barrow, Change, Lots of People and Houses, Alcohol, Bar, Navy, Dancing, Working, Adopted, Hunting Accident

A white 40 year old Scottish woman talks about her time playing the French Horn and conducting and how she got into conducting through her degree and some study in Russia as well. She next talks about some history of Scotland and the Battle of Culloden and how it affected the Scottish people and how the 45 Rebellion ened with this battle. (Her English friend can be heard in the background adding bits of information in regards to the history during a small portion of the recording.)

French Horn, Conducting, Sheffield, St. Petersburg, Battle of Culloden, Scots, English, Iverness, Slaughtered, History, 1746, 45 Rebellion, Bonnie Prince Charlie, King of Scotland and England, William of Orange, Stweart Kings, Catholics, Protestants, "Balls'd it all up," Highland Clearances, Sheep, Mass Emigrations  

A white Scottish 40 year old man, Dave, and a 40 year old Scottish woman, Gillian, talk about a variety of topics including pornographic movies, the pub they are currently in, Russians, Dave's time in college in Aberdeen and his Orcadian accent as well as poking fun at Eliza's name.

Orkney, Pub, Photo, Collage, Picture, Aberdeen, Porno, Movies, Russian Submarine, Untrusting, Wales, Drunk, College, Accent, Written, Jokes, Disbelief

Woman, 40-60, from Wallace, Idaho, born and raised in Kellogg, discusses the previous temper of her eight-year-old granddaughter.

woman, grandma, grandmother, mother, Wallace, Idaho, Kellogg, twelve miles, Montana, born and raised, granddaughter, temper, throw a fit, eight years old, middle child, only girl

Male, Police Chief in Wallace, Idaho, 34 years old, born and raised, describes gun accident which injured his arm.

Wallace, Idaho, Shoshone County, Montana border, San Diego, fishing, hunting, border patrol, black powder rifle, arm, accident, stitches

Joe is getting deli with a friend who is visiting. He talks about growing up in New York. He was born in Brooklyn, then moved to Manhattan and lived in Little Italy. He talks about going to City Hall Park and seeing mayor La Guardia.

Joe, Deli, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Little Italy, New York, NYC, growing up, City Hall Park, mayor, La Guardia

 

A 40 year old Tasmania man talks about getting a hose for a water line for the garden and lawn. It was rolled and on his back and when he set it up the hose sprayed water all over. Now he needs to roll it up and take it back.

Tasmania, Australia, hose, water, sprayed, garden, lawn, roll up

Immersive conversations. First with two Manchester seniors, a man and a woman, who talk about a variety of subjects. These include people they know, fossils and the common cold. Second conversation features some 19 year old women from Stockport and a woman from Ireland talking about meeting someone, college, where they are headed, the state of affairs in the world, where they work and projects they are working on. Third conversation features a woman in her 20s talking about traveling to Romania, taking time off college, archeology, working in an orphanage, adoption, school, Liverpool and John Lennon.

Manchester, seniors, fossils, dinosaurs, footprints, Joel, cold, Stockport, college, e-mail, affairs, world, war, work, land registry, voice, registry, lawyers, computer, Dragon Systems, dialects, understanding, travel, Dublin, Irleland, Cork, Romania, gap year, archeology, conservation, orphanage, children, adoption, language, school, Liverpool, concert, Birmingham, John Lennon, Strawberry Fields, tourists

 

Long Island man talks about maintaining health. Tells a story about Jim Fix, a marathon runner, who died from a heart attack despite receiving a clean bill of health from a doctor. He talks about how pain is good because it's a warning signal. He also talks about how taking medication can be bad.

Long Island, New York, health, Jim Fix, marathon, runner, heart attack, pain, warning, hot, drugs, medication, doctor

 

76 year old woman peaks in French for a bit with English sprinkled in, talks about insurance. She talks about when she was young and how they got their water from rainwater in a cistern, which she still uses. She talks about an alligator farm and about how people used to make a living off the wilderness. She also talks about lots of people being on welfare and disabled in the area.

New Orleans, Cajun, French, Lousiana, insurance, religion, welfare, disabled, cistern, rain, water, bayou, alligator, farm, wilderness

 

19 year old woman from Greenwood, South Carolina talks about the price of gas, faxing, the lack of racism in the area, racism in other areas, the rallly in Georgia about the confederate flag and how the confederate flag is part of Southern heritage. She also talks about how people still own and live in plantation houses, but don't use the land. She says there are haunted places in the area and a lot of ghost stories about the area.

Greenwood, South Carolina, gas, prices, fax, confederate, flag, Georgia, rally, racism, slavery, Southern, heritage, plantation, chains, ghosts, haunted, stories, spirits

Tasmanian woman talks about how she's never traveled alone and is nervous to do so and has to psyche herself up, but will be fine after she's done it once. She talks about how her and her partner don't stop each other from doing what they want to do, even if the other person isn't interested. For example, she finds other things to do when he's watching motor racing. She also talks about the view.

Tasmania, Australia, traveling, alone, pysche, confidence, partner, motor racing, view, Sheffield

 

Tasmanian woman talks about her cattle and how she spent days searching the bush for a missing calf, which she never found. She later found it it was stolen, and that other people had had calves stolen as well.

Tasmania, Australia, cattle, calf, calves, stolen, bush, search, missing

 

Man talks about making and playing music, being a retired commerical pilot, writing a rock opera about 9/11, and asking his kids for an electric guitar for father's day

Pretoria, South Africa, music, musician, retired, commerical pilot, rock opera, 9/11, electric guitar, father's day

South African woman in her 60s talks Afrikaans, about her childhood and growing up, having children, and having fun before having children.

South Africa, Afrikaans, childhood, growing up, children, sex, marriage, discouraging, photographs, mother, shame, decisions

50 year old Russian man talks about his life being good and being happy and how he became an actor

Russia, life, good, happy, actor, journalist, theater

 

40 year old Russian man talks about traveling through America by car, visiting 40 states.  He thinks his English is bad and is trying to improve. He says his students say they can understand him, but thinks they are just being kind.

Russian, travel, America, states, car,, English, improve, students, understand, kind

 

Two elderly women and one elderly man talk about telling stories and jokes and giving talks at functions

Sheffield, England, Elderly, Jokes, stories, functions, talks, trolley, birthday, breifcase, walking stick, funny, interesting, Lincoln, Beverley