StoryCorps

Series produced by StoryCorps

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Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones.

Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones.


Additional Files

422 Pieces

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StoryCorps: Cohen
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Time now for StoryCorps, As the end of year approaches, we’re taking time to remember those we’ve lost. This week, we honor the late Justice Ruth...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 02:54
StoryCorps: Fauci
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dr. Anthony Fauci tells his wife, Dr. Christine Grady, that while he's proud of their daughters' decision to not join them this Thanksgiving due to...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 05:38
StoryCorps: Macaulay
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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For the last 35 years, Scott Macaulay has hosted Thanksgiving dinner for people with nowhere else to go. At StoryCorps, he tells his friend Loretta...

Bought by KGNU Boulder, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Michelle Huston and Lauren Magaña
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In 2018, Michelle Huston came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Lauren Magaña, to talk about her life’s calling to take care of the dying, and how i...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
StoryCorps: Emma Pelosi and Debra Fisher
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Debra Fisher, an occupational therapist in the New York City Public School System, speaks with her friend Emma Pelosi, a special education teacher,...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:24
StoryCorps: Peter Bianco and Joe Bianco
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Joe Bianco speaks with his son Peter Bianco about working together and carrying on the family business of tool sharpening in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
StoryCorps Griot: Shirley Darkeh and Ayim Darkeh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dr. Ayim Darkeh speaks with his mother, Shirley, about his experiences being one of the few Black students at his predominantly white elementary sc...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Martha Escutia and Marina Jimenez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Martha Escutia and her cousin Marina Jimenez remember their grandfather, nicknamed Papu, who came to the U.S. as a Bracero worker in the 1940s.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Mike Rudulph and Neil Rafferty
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Former Marines Mike Rudulph and Neil Rafferty, who are now married, remember how their relationship began during the era of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: T. Chick McClure and Chas McClure
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: T. Chick McClure and Chas McClure in Los Angeles, California., Credit: T. Chick McClure.
T. Chick McClure speaks with their father, Chas McClure, about the hard times in their relationship, and the road trip that brought them together a...

Bought by WYAP and WERA-LP


  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and Antonia Castañeda
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Tomás Ybarra-Frausto at his StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, Texas on March 23, 2012., Credit: Anaid Reyes for StoryCorps.
In a conversation with his long-time friend, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto reminisces on his childhood in San Antonio and the lessons he learned about land,...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland in Marietta, GA on June 28, 2020., Credit: Michael Reese for StoryCorps.
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...

Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes after their StoryCorps interview in Arvada, Colorado in July 2020., Credit: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes for StoryCorps.
In the late 1950s, Kenneth Felts met the love of his life, Phillip. But he kept their relationship a secret for more than 60 years. It wasn’t until...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on January 28, 2017., Credit: Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps.
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green speaks with her cousin Tenika Floyd about being raised by her Auntie and Uncle, and how their separate battles with cancer...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Vivian Leonard, Marissa Ochs, and Vivian Leonard
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Vivian Garcia Leonard (left), Baby Liana, Marissa Ochs, and Vivian J Leonard. , Credit: Marissa Ochs.
Three generations of hospital pharmacists discuss staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and what carrying on their family legacy means to them.

Bought by WERA-LP and KVNF


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Joseph Kras and Sophie Kras
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Joseph Kras and his daughter, Sophie Kras, at their StoryCorps interview in Olivette, Missouri on June 13th, 2020. , Credit: The Kras family
Dr. Joseph Kras speaks with his immunocompromised daughter about the tough choices they’ve had to make as a family due to his regular exposure to C...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Cole Phillips and Rugenia Keefe
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rugenia Keefe, left, a paraprofessional who assisted Cole Phillips for most of high school after he lost his sight, spoke with the graduating senior for a remote conversation from Bentonville, Ark., Credit: Cole Phillips
Cole Phillips lost his vision just months before starting high school. As a freshman, he met paraprofessional Rugenia Keefe -- or Miss. Ru -- who a...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes (UPDATE)
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes in Jackson, Mississippi, 2020, Credit: Albert Sykes.
Albert Sykes returns to StoryCorps with his son Aidan--now 14-- to talk about how Aidan is feeling as a young Black man in 2020.

Bought by WERA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes at their StoryCorps interview in Jackson, Mississippi on February 20, 2015., Credit: Vanessa Gonzalez-Block for StoryCorps.
Albert Sykes speaks with his nine-year-old son, Aidan, about black fatherhood, and his hopes for the future.

Bought by WERA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2

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