Episode 44: Recording your elders - Jessica Lamarre gets it done

Jessica Lamarre talks about how she recorded her 89 year old grandfather, Arthur Lamarre, in his home in Fall River, MA. She and her own dad triggered and focused his memory using photos from the time and asked meaningful questions to get a sense of the time when he was a young man.

Check out the process Jessica uses here.


Watch the youtube videos of Arthur Lamarre for the full effect!

Part 1: Conversations with Pa: The Wedding
Part 2: Conversations with Pa: The Early Years
Part 3: Conversations with Pa: Travels with Mary and Larry

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Episode 43: Jon Watts describes how ROTC training interfaces with the corporate world.

2007 Duxbury High School grad, Jon Watts, tells how signing up for the Air Force ROTC helped him get a top-notch education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute AND allowed him to bring military leadership skills into the world of industrial engineering.

Air Force ROTC

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Episode 42: Andrew Flowers on curating your interests as a career strategy

Andrew Flowers, 2008 UChicago graduate, talks about how he navigated his way from college into a fulfilling career as a quantitative editor at the fast-paced data-driven news agency, Fivethirtyeight.com.

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Episode 41: Bill McBain: Navigating his career decisions and landing at Razorfish

Bill McBain, 2003 Duxbury High School graduate, explains how he made his career decisions while steering his way through the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Where he works now: Razorfish

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Episode 40: Sara El-Amine: 2003 Duxbury Grad now Executive Director of Organizing for Action

Sara El-Amine talks about how she found her calling as an agent for progressive legislative change in multi-cultural America.

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Here's a video featuring Sara as she speaks about September 11th and the effect it had on her family.

Episode 39: Forty Thieves: A Fractured Fable from Iran

Ancient Isfahan, Iran, where this story originates

Simple Ahmed is nagged into becoming a royal diviner by his scheming wife, Jamell, only to find that a quick wit and some lucky misunderstanding can prove quite lucrative.

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Episode 38: Meaghan Thompson: 2005 Duxbury grad and new library director

Meaghan Thompson,
2005 Duxbury High School grad, assumes the role of new Library Director in the dynamic and eclectic town of Randolph, MA.

Meaghan  represents a new generation of library directors who are taking libraries into the 21 century.

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