Josephine talks about her family, including her protective brother. Most of her family came from Italy. She works in her father's restaurant. She also tells the whole plot of Carlito's Way, a Robert DeNiro/Brian de Palma movie. 

Bronx, Italian, NYC, DeNiro, gangster, movie, Carlito's way, brother, family, restaurant, Italy, Naples, Brian de Palma, Arthur Avenue

 

Josephine is a teenager born and raised in the Bronx, or Little Italy.  She comes from a large Italian family whose parents where born in Italy.  She talks about her family structure and the storyline to the movie The Godfather.

Female Brooklyn Busdriver explains why you should never marry a busdriver, and talks to a male busdriver about his behavior towards female passengers.

Brooklyn, New York, busdriver, marry

White male in his 60’s in Brooklyn, NY talking about his family, recorded in 1993.

Brooklyn, 60, New York, NY, daughter, granddaughter, grandfather, family

A younger female from Brooklyn around the age of 20.  She talks her ex-boyfriend and what it's like living in the neighborhood.

White Female, in her 20s Brooklyn NY talking about abusive relationship, and jealous girls recorded in 1993

Brooklyn, New York, abuse, jealous, hitting, fat, family

Ida was born and bred on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She was a court clerk. When she was younger it was safer and lots of different types of people lived together in harmony. She used to swim at the beach. Ida tells how she met her husband. 

NY, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Court, clerk, diversity, harmony, swim, beach, husband

 

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

 

Ida was born and raised on the east side of New York.  All of her family is from there and is currently still living there as well.  She was 66 years old at the time of recording and is married.  She talks about what it was like growing up there and that she had a safe and fun childhood.

Ben is a native New Yorker that has lived on the east side for almost 20 years.  He is approximately 60 years of age or older. He works at a Jewish deli that is one of the best around and is visited by celebrities.  He talks about how he enjoys working there and how wonderful the food is.

White Jewish female. 26 years old from New Jersey. Lives in New York. Married just over 2 years to husband Drew. She's a graduate student studying clinical psychology, specializing in anorexia and body image distortion. Been in school for 2 years. 2 older brothers and 1 younger brother. Her childhood was very family oriented. She's an excellent wrestler and can protect herself. She relates better to men. Had a hard time relating to other women, especially when she went away to college and had roommates. Taught that she had to get an education. She couldn't understand the female point of view. No drugs of any kind in the house, all organic food. No red meat, no milk, no white sugar or flour. 

Jewish, female, graduate student, psychology, anorexia, body dismorphic disorder, family, college, education, women, communication, organic, chicken, red meat, milk, sugar, flour, whole grain, health, food, store, roommate, childhood, brother, school, married

 

Joe has lived in the Manhattan area of New York for most of his life. He is almost 60 years old and comes from a Jewish family.  He talks about growing up in New York and that his family was one of the only Jewish families in the neighborhood at the time.

White male from Long Island. 27 years old. Chiropractor. Says 'Long Island' is pronounced as one word. Growing up near the city on Long Island was crowded. Not many trees or birds, a lot of businesses. Didn't like growing up there, but had good parents. Began playing ice hockey when he was 10 or 11, which helped his confidence and made his adolescence bearable. He had asthma as a kid. A chiropractor cured him of his asthma. Had been looking for a house for a year, found a lot of bad houses. The one he bought, he and his wife walked in and just felt it was it. A patient of his was the bank manager where he got the home loan but discovered the house had a lien on it. His wife's name is Lisa. They do everything together. Says the AMA has had it out for chiropractors for a long time and gave them a bad reputation. They have the lowest malpractice insurance rates because so few people are ever hurt by a chiropractor.

Long Island, chiropractor, dialect, city, trees, birds, business, childhood, parents, hockey, confidence, asthma, married, loan, lien, AMA, malpractice, insurance, house, wink, bank, manager, Lisa, reputation

 

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

White male from Long Island, NY talks about growing up in Long Island, his parents and how ice hockey gave him confidence at a young age.

Biogprahy, childhood, growing up, ice hockey, Long Island, parents, confidence