Listen to Slim Collier tell Studs Terkel how it was in the depression (about six minutes long)

http://dlv1.matrix.msu.edu:8080/ramgen/terkel/a0/a0/terkel-a0a0m1-b.rm

Studs, pictured above, uses oral history, talking to people who were there during the depression, the second world war, or other times, places or events to find out what motivated them, and what kept them going. I find this stuff fascinating.