“We were working for what they would let us have and that was not a lot.”

Johnny Bradley tells his daughter Kathy about growing up in Georgia as the son of a sharecropper.

Recorded in Savannah, GA

“We used to put out a hurricane section...”

Retired newspaperman Ed Pierce talks to his grandson, Scott, and his daughter, Rebecca, about working as managing editor of the Miami News.

Recorded in Gainesville, FL

“I'm always working 24 hours a day.”

90-year-old Bill Schifrin tells his son-in-law, Herman Rotenberg, about making his living as a wedding ring salesman.

Recorded in New York, NY

“My dad was working 24/7 to make it.”

James Bost remembers his father, a salesman during the Great Depression, in an interview with his son Doug.

Recorded in New York, NY

“I was going to get this little boy an adoptive home before Christmas.”

Sister Mary DeSalles Collins, who worked at New York Foundling for over 50 years, remembers one adoption just after World War II.

Recorded in Yonkers, NY, in partnership with the Convent of Mary the Queen

“We go around and we bless the hands of all the people who work in the hospital.”

Janet Lutz (R) tells her friend, Lori Armstrong (L), about working as a hospital chaplain.

Recorded in Atlanta, GA

“You followed my footsteps and I thought it was great.”

Ledo Lucietto and his daughter, Anne, talk about how their family's mechanical inclination has been passed down through the generations.

Recorded in Baltimore, MD

“She still thought I was in Iraq.”

Hector Vega and his wife, Leopoldina, remember the day Hector returned home from war.

Recorded in New York, NY

“If I'm going to get up over this big bum so I can shoot, I'm going to have to jump.”

Former NBA player Kenny Sailors, 87, tells his friend Anne Brande about pioneering the jump shot.

Recorded in Laramie, WY

“My nickname is the Human Computer.”

New York City cab driver Oleg Roitman (L) tells fellow cab driver Andrew Vollo (R) about entertaining passengers.

Recorded in New York, NY