Christensen family oral history

Karen and Elizabeth sit down to tell stories about east coast family holidays, how Lizzie was intimidated by James and Aaron, and Karen talks to ghosts.

Kit covers his life long love of the outdoors, building a cabin with his brothers, and tells the story of Angela and Joel drawing on their walls in chapstick.

George comes back to set the story straight on how his dad's car ended up in the ditch, and to heap praise on his kids.

Roland recites the infamous "banister story", is not averse to cleaning poopy toilets, and discusses his "manager" and his fan page.

Milly tells us she wants to join the Air Force to be a pilot, and how she wants to be the first woman president.

Evelyn tells us how she got in trouble for cutting her own bangs, and is waiting until she's 47 to have kids.

Nicole Christensen reluctantly participates in a "podcast", and how she wants her first job to be at an ice cream store.

Gabe tell us his first job was playing Dungeon's and Dragons, and how he got lost on a mountain.

John talks about his activities in Search and Rescue and then walks us through his recent battle with Covid-19.

Julie explains her grand mother's daily routine that may have contributed to her longevity, working for Bob Packwood amidst the controversy, and explains how they "encouraged" Laura to move out at age 25.

Andrew explains how they used to eat Zuchinni in everything, tells the story of meeting his girlfriend while on leave during Covid, explains switching from Pilot training to Cyber Security, and how Alex scratched his eye ball which required him to wear an eye patch.

Laura tells us how she promised her dad she wouldn't go over the speed limit, helped form a computer club in the Peace Corps, that she and Louis broke up six times before deciding to get married, and explains how she would "wind up" Lizzie.

Bonus episode! Al explains his childhood as an "only" child, how he learned his "I can fix" it attitude and work ethic from his father, tells crazy stories about being an undercover IRS agent, and how he advised Lizzie on her court appearance.

Note: Aaron declined the interview and instead volunteered Dana to speak on his behalf. Dana does her best to answer hard hitting questions about her significant other.

Angela explains how she smuggled brandy in to elementary school, stalked her husband to get a date, and "failed" a bowling class in college.

Nick tells us how he "kills it" at Spikeball, his dad has a really complicated family tree, and how modern world history is a really boring class.

Liz explains how her dad pulled some strings to keep her out of legal trouble, she wanted to skip college and start a family, and explains her and Terrance's wild adoption journey. Warning: Audio isn't the best because the wind picked up a little.

Amy recounts Wren's rainbow extravaganza, how moving around forced her siblings to become closer, and how she was worried not having any sons would result in no one "toughening up" her daughters.

Karen's tell us how much anxiety she had about sneaking out of the house, how she managed two ice cream stores at age 15, discusses Austrailian sentiment towards Americans post 9/11, and how she used to sew "tiny bikinis".

Alex recounts how he spent five weeks in Europe as a sixth grader, how a relationship is not a "priority" right now, and how he tormented Andrew with a "bucket of water" on the swings.

Amanda is reluctant to tell the story about destroying John's new Jeep engine, how she took a trip to Washington DC for her grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary, gray sweat shorts and ripped off sleeves are the way to her heart, and how Angie was finally nice to her in High School.

Bonus episode! Sherry clarifies her and George's romantic origin story, how she dated her friends ex-husband, and explains that George used to drink beer with her mom.

Bonus episode! George explains Franca's pregnancy struggles after her first child, clarifies the classic italian romance between Art and Franca, elaborates on James' high school graduation, and explains his fascination with Atlas Shrugged.

Ryan tells us how he did everything, including starting a roller-blading club, the recurring theme of water retention ponds in his life, how he got to see an early version of Toy Story at CalArts, and how he's taken a hiatus from drawing and painting. Warning: Audio is a little sketchy because the wind picked up.

Sara regales us with her story of being a senate page in High School, how Mark was obsessed with her and pestered her boss, how she had to physically separate her weapon weilding sisters, and how Lizzie with low blood sugar is a "demon".

James tell us how he met Tanya at a "library", Aaron chased him around with a weed-whacker, the infamous Thanksgiving beer-can turkey, and how he hid under a bed for an hour to avoid the cops.

Bonus Episode! Nancy gives a unique "outsiders" perspective on the Christensen family

Mark tells us how he traumatized Julia with a vacuum, how he realized Andrew might have ADHD when he could not write a sentence, explains how he dated a "body snatcher", and wrote the infamous "Christmas Letter" from Franca.

Anne tells the story of getting lost on her bike at age six, how crying got her a once-in-a-lifetime horseback ride, and gives her theory on why George was the favorite.

John recounts all the times his friends got in trouble and he was "just there", the time Amanda ruined the engine in his Jeep, and how he almost got kicked out of the army.

Meryl tells us how Ryan snuck out to a comedy club, how she quit college after one term, and how she met Kit hiding behind a pillar.

Julie tells us how she used a great excuse to get out of trouble for skipping school, learned conversant italian from her grandmother, points out that Alex and Andrew are the last hope to carry on the Christensen name, and framed Meryl for breaking a window.

George reminds us he's never been convicted of a crime, built a boat as a six year old and almost drowned, and recounts the time he broke Mark's neck.