{"id":39322,"date":"2023-09-20T16:31:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=39322"},"modified":"2023-09-20T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T20:31:22","slug":"first-person-oral-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=39322","title":{"rendered":"First Person Oral History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-39543\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/OHC_block-logo_rgb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/OHC_block-logo_rgb.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/OHC_block-logo_rgb-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is an ongoing project, and from time to time, we will add audio interviews to this list, but here are the first of the series with a short, one line bio on each but their full story is in these hour long sessions. 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