Mel Foster

Questions I Wish I’d Asked My Parents

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Every episode of Questions I Wish I’d Asked My Parents features a guest with several impressive accomplishments – and one nagging question. No matter the books published, the patients cured, or the corporate ladders climbed, once we have lost our parents we realize how many things we left unasked. Our host, Mel Foster, a veteran interviewer and owner of Your Video Memoir and his co-host, Dr. Jeffrey London, is a retired child psychiatrist. Together they probe the question each guest wishes he or she had asked. Aiming not necessarily for an answer, but instead for an acceptance of one’s self as...

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Mel Foster

Episodes

"What Gave You Joy?" 09.06.2026 33:55

In the sixth episode of Questions I Wish I'd Asked My Parents we meet Kathy O'Brien who has been a success at a range of roles from on-air reporter, to owner of a production company, to author. An overachiever, Kathy wanted to ask both of her parents the question about what made them happy.

"Tell Me More About the Uncle I Never Met" 04.05.2026 35:43

In episode 5 of Questions I Wish I'd Asked My Parents we meet Jack Billi, a retired physician and associate dean at the University of Michigan. Jack's father's older brother died in Italy at the end of World War II. He never spoke much about him to Jack. But Jack has a curiosity about many things in life. And, in pursuit of his uncle's story, he and his dad even traveled to a small town in Italy w...

"Dad, You Were So Talented." 09.04.2026 32:51

In Episode 4 of Questions I Wish I'd Asked My Parents we meet Mike Zadoorian, author of several novels including The Leisure Seeker , which was made into a motion picture featuring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. Mike, who is obviously talented, wonders why his dad, a talented photographer, gave up on his aspirations.

"I Would Love to Play 'What If" With My Mom" 19.03.2026 36:00

In Episode 3 of Questions I Wish I'd Asked My Parents we meet Natalie Pilcher, an actress, playwright and teacher. Her mother was an inspiration to her in many regards, but it was only later in life that she pursued one of her talents, sculpture. Natalie would love to ask her: "How did you see the trajectory of your life if you hadn't met dad?"

I Carried a Briefcase to Elementary School. Why? 20.02.2026 30:50

In Episode 2 of Questions I Wish I'd Asked My Parents, we meet Mark Kaminski, a doctor who patented a cure for a type of lymphoma. His parents came to the U.S. from Poland. And Polish was the only language spoken in their home. Then Mark entered kindergarten. With a briefcase. He might as well have had a sign on his back that read: "Kick me, I'm a nerd who doesn't speak English."

I Can’t Imagine What My Dad Went Through 06.02.2026 37:33

In Episode 1 of Questions I Wish I’d Asked My Parents, we meet Joe Borri, an artist and an author. His father was a Detroit policeman – though Joe insists he could have been a comedian. Joe’s older brother died when Joe was 10 years old. His father, a devout Catholic until then, stopped attending church. And Joe would love to ask him: How did you get through that and hold the family together?