The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred Gluck. Gluck joined the Merchant Marines in mid-1941. He served as a Seaman aboard a liberty ship, the SS George L. Baker (1614). In May of 1943, they traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, transporting general supplies and merchandise for people on the island. He returned to San Francisco, and was assigned to the SS James Lick in July as Able Seaman, traveling to New Hebrides and New Caledonia, transporting military cargo. In 1944 through the end of the war, Gluck also served aboard the SS Mormacgull, traveling to New Guinea and Guadalcanal and the SS Louis Sullivan (2781). He continued his service after the war, and received his discharge in March of 1946.

This is an elicitation of Mankiyali nouns and pronouns based on English sentences used as prompts. The speakers are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male).

Recording of a wordlist of kinship terms in Mankiyali, translated from English. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman, a 38-year old male shop owner.

In this conversation with Atta-Ur Rehman, Muhammad Suleman recounts the personal experiences of his first ever journey to the Chitral district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he attended a workshop on orthography and conservation of regional languages of Pakistan organized by the Project Director, Dr. Sadaf Munshi, in collaboration with the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (Pakistan).

This poem is a prayer to god by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male).

This is a performance of a poem that warns about the brevity of life and the imminent arrival of the Judgement Day. Existence, including life, is ephemeral, so we would do better to prepare for the grave than pile up riches and seek pleasure in this life. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.

Recording of a performance of a poem about a religious missionary group who pray often and teach people about the benefits of religious practices. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.

This monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 36-year old male teacher) is about a story of a man who was visiting a village and saw people getting water from a tap in the wall. He returned to his own village and eagerly explained that he discovered a new way to get water that was much easier than their traditional way. He bought the supplies and installed the tap in the wall, but no water came out. One of his fellow villagers explained to him that, in order for the tap to work, one must install a pipe from a water source to the tap faucet in the wall.

Interview with Dhanada Kulkarni for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan interviews Dhanada Kulkarni of the Astanga Ayurved Center in Coppell, TX (astangaayurvedcenter.com/). Dhanada is an Ayurvedic Physician, Master Yoga Therapist, founder of SohamAyurYoga, Vedic Astrologer, and Vastu Consultant. Dhanada discusses her background and training, then breaks down the basic concepts of Ayurveda. Later in the conversation, she explains Vedic Astrology and the differences between Ayurvedic medicine and Western medicine. Dhanada also talks with Susan about her positive experiences teaching OLLI at UNT members.