17 year old, White Female from Sweetwater, Texas talks about local stories and superstitions.

Sweetwater, Texas, local stories, superstitions, white female, high school, young, 17 years old

45 year old, white male from Welton, East Yorkshire talks about traveling in America, spirituality of Native Americans, and people watching

UK, East Yorkshire, Welton, British, white male, 45 years old, middle aged, America, Native Americans, People watching

Russian St. Petersburg older Female talks generally about where she's lived and studied.

St. Petersburg, Russia, older female, white female, 50s

Montana, airport, pilot, testicle festival, testy festy

 

A man and woman ask Eliza questions and talk about a sheep farmer. He has a lot of unfinished projects that he’s like to finish. He says he’s seen too many changes and more for the bad than for the good. Tells how he stopped drinking and found a wife.  He used to dance for the fun of it. He talks about the museum he started from his collections. 

Ireland, Rural, Killarney Galway, museum, collection, sheep, dance

Talks about British soldiers burning houses, and shootings. Dad was a vigilante, and collected milk bottles for bombs. 

Ireland, Belfast, war, conflict

Ben, an employee of 2nd ave deli,  talks about the deli, the foods available and the stars that come and eat there. He’s an old time waiter who will take care of you like kings and queens. 

Deli, NYC, yiddish, celebrity

Young man talks about his book about travel, energy, and globalization. 

Darwin, Australia, writer, energy, travel, globalization

23 year old Welsh man talks about teaching Welsh, in a rock band, traveled to US at least once, went to college on west coast of Wales. Welsh was his first language.

Welsh, Wales, Swansea, young male, music, teacher, rock band, language

Plymouth, UK white female in her 20s talks about campaigning for free education, world problems, wealth distribution, problems in Britain, American politics, television, consumer culture, and politics. Another woman chimes periodicly.

UK, Plymouth, white female, 20s, monologue, British, free education, world problems, wealth distribution, problems in Britain, American politics, television, consumer culture, politics

74 year old Montana Woman talks about horses she's owned and trained, tourism in the area, her grown children and grandchildren, and animal trophies hung in the store.

Montana, White Woman, 74 years old, Older Woman, horses, tourism, children, grandchildren, animal trophie decorations

St. Lucia, Caribbean man talks about an American woman coming in a helicopter on a boat to snorkel and stay at a guest house. He warns that even though we need money and we chase money, money won't cherish us the same way.

St Lucia, Caribbean, older male, money, money problems, helicopter, hotel, boat

8 year old girl from Idaho talks about being teased by her younger brother.

girl, 8 years old, Idaho, annoying younger brother

Sisters (or friends?) tease each other and talk about their past. They were in the Terry street gang and beat up other kids. She would throw pinecones and ketchup out of her treehouse. They sledded on trash can lids. One of the girls hates coming home for the holidays. One of them scored so high on the placement test she got to skip two classes. They tease each other about their phone use. 

North Carolina, Southern, teenager, childhood, gang, sledding, treehouse, sisters, friends

Two men tell all about the world chicken festival in London, Kentucky. Then they talk about how chicken fights go down. 

Kentucky, Southern, fried chicken, festival, KFC, chicken fights

Black female talks about the inequities with the American prison system and the unfairness of black men being jailed for crimes they didn’t commit. 

Texas, female, justice, system, injustice, prison, imprisonment, racism

Mexican American Male talks about how he used to play sports and be on student council. In high school, he joined Distributive Education Clubs of America and worked to help his family. He bought his first car at 15. 

Texas, Mexican, youth, work, Chevy, student council, sports

 

White male in Texas talks about how they find places to party. They run Sweetwater and get in fights with other groups. The cops only try to bust kids drinking instead of deal with guns or drugs. They got thrown in jail for underage drinking and distributing to minors. 

Texas, party, Sweetwater, southern, party, fights

 

Maori, Middle aged male, 30s. They talk about how children today are spoiled and entitled. They have a chip on their shoulder and have nothing to aspire to.

New Zealand, Maouri, parenting, entitled