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

Montana, airport, pilot, testicle festival, testy festy

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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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

 

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

78 year old Alabama woman talks about business college, diffulty learning short-hand. She talks about taking the State of Alabama test and being offered a job with the State Health Department in Montgomery. She talks about going back to school and becoming a lab tech in the serology department, with the encouragement of her boss.

Alabama, school, lab, lab tech, serology, night class, Health Department, Montgomery, business college, short-hand