Stories Close to Home: Holiday Conversations Posted on December 8, 2017February 3, 2025 by Media Milwaukee staff In StoryCorps style, journalism students recorded intimate interviews with friends and family over Thanksgiving weekend. Carrie Mahone talks with her mom, Nancy, about the journey leading them to getting their Yorkipoo, Blaze, and the fear of dogs her mom had to overcome. Audio: Carrie Mahone Justin Baier sat down with his mom late one night, and discussed the highs and lows of her life. Justin was surprised that both involved his father. Audio: Justin Baier UW-Milwaukee student Seth Dittmer talks with his mother, Marie, about homeschooling him and his three siblings. Audio: Seth Dittmer Razy Shapiro shares her 1946 love story with her granddaughter, Jaylyn. Razy and her husband have been married for 67 years. Audio: Jaylyn Fahey Kylie Zazula sits down with her step-father, Albert Vasquez, to talk about how his upbringing helped him become a good parent. Audio: Kylie Zazula Claudia Delgadillo asks her godfather, Bryan Lyday, about his impressions of the woman she’s become. Audio: Claudia Delgadillo MacKenzie Lillund and her mom talk about their life together. Audio: MacKenzie Lillund Jessica Lopez’s father, Eladio, left Mexico 30 years ago. He shares memories of his family, friends and childhood. Audio: Jessica Lopez ReAnna Oestreich has a talk with her father, Ricky “Tank” Oestreich, about what it’s really like to be a truck driver. Audio: ReAnna Oestreich Living in a big city can sometimes be lonely, but when Molly’s four-legged companion is around, there’s never a lonely moment! Audio: Morgan Langley Sydney Ewert talks with friends Nick D’Agostini and Alex Underbakke, members of a group called The Boys, about the boys. Audio: Sydney Ewert Lauren Keene interviews Lulu Sanchez about her coming of age as a woman of color in Milwaukee. Audio: Lauren Keene
Carrie Mahone talks with her mom, Nancy, about the journey leading them to getting their Yorkipoo, Blaze, and the fear of dogs her mom had to overcome. Audio: Carrie Mahone
Justin Baier sat down with his mom late one night, and discussed the highs and lows of her life. Justin was surprised that both involved his father. Audio: Justin Baier
UW-Milwaukee student Seth Dittmer talks with his mother, Marie, about homeschooling him and his three siblings. Audio: Seth Dittmer
Razy Shapiro shares her 1946 love story with her granddaughter, Jaylyn. Razy and her husband have been married for 67 years. Audio: Jaylyn Fahey
Kylie Zazula sits down with her step-father, Albert Vasquez, to talk about how his upbringing helped him become a good parent. Audio: Kylie Zazula
Claudia Delgadillo asks her godfather, Bryan Lyday, about his impressions of the woman she’s become. Audio: Claudia Delgadillo
Jessica Lopez’s father, Eladio, left Mexico 30 years ago. He shares memories of his family, friends and childhood. Audio: Jessica Lopez
ReAnna Oestreich has a talk with her father, Ricky “Tank” Oestreich, about what it’s really like to be a truck driver. Audio: ReAnna Oestreich
Living in a big city can sometimes be lonely, but when Molly’s four-legged companion is around, there’s never a lonely moment! Audio: Morgan Langley
Sydney Ewert talks with friends Nick D’Agostini and Alex Underbakke, members of a group called The Boys, about the boys. Audio: Sydney Ewert
Lauren Keene interviews Lulu Sanchez about her coming of age as a woman of color in Milwaukee. Audio: Lauren Keene