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.


583 Pieces

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StoryCorps Griot: Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis and Ernest Jarvis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Charles Drew, pictured in a lab at Howard University in 1942, was known as the father of blood banking for pioneering the way we store and transport blood today., Credit: Dr. Charlene Jarvis
In the 1940s, Dr. Charles Drew was a surgeon and blood scientist, and today he is known as the “Father of Blood Banks.” His daughter, Dr. Charlene ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Historias: Tarah Acosta and Isaiah Acosta
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Series: StoryCorps
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Isaiah Acosta talks to his mom, Tarah Acosta, about being born with life-threatening health issues and how he’s done far more than beat the odds.

  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:21
StoryCorps Griot and American Pathways: Beau McCall and Julaina Glass
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Series: StoryCorps
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Julaina Glass and Beau McCall met as neighbors in a Harlem, NY brownstone. They came to StoryCorps nearly 35 years later to remember -- and laugh a...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Jade Rone and Stacia Parker
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Series: StoryCorps
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Jade Rone talks to her foster mother, Stacia Parker, about the early days of their relationship and the journey that brought them closer together.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps American Pathways and Griot: Rich Jean, Abigail Jean, and Hasina Islam
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Series: StoryCorps
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Abigail Jean and her father, Rich Jean, thank their local librarian, Hasina Islam, for encouraging Abigail’s love of reading.

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 03:12
StoryCorps Historias and American Pathways: Angel Villegas and Randy Villegas
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Series: StoryCorps
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Randy and his older brother, Angel Villegas, talk about Angel’s undocumented status and how it affected their relationship growing up.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
StoryCorps American Pathways: Najat Hamza
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Series: StoryCorps
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Najat Hamza reflects on her experience resettling in the US and her longing for the home she left behind.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Mills and Joyce Carter Mills
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Series: StoryCorps
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Mary Mills talks with her mother, Joyce Carter Mills, about growing up in the 1960s and why all the neighborhood kids wanted to be at their house.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Dorlie Fong
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Series: StoryCorps
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In the late 1930’s, dancer Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her partner Paul Wing. It capped years of hard work on the Vaudeville circuit and l...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Carmencristina Moreno and Rosemary Selzer
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Series: StoryCorps
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Carmencristina Moreno and her sister, Rosemary Selzer, remember their father, songwriter Luis M. Moreno, and the bittersweet legacy he left behind.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Angela Ju and George Ju
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Series: StoryCorps
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In 1971 George Ju was working as a chef and running a Miami restaurant. One fateful night he met Angela Rivas, and in less than two weeks they were...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps American Pathways: Magda Sakaan and Walid Sakaan
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Series: StoryCorps
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Ten years after the start of the Syrian civil war, father and daughter, Walid and Magda Sakaan, remember their lives in Syria.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps American Pathways and Griot: Tasreen Khamisa and Tony Hicks
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Series: StoryCorps
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In 1995, 14-year-old Tony Hicks shot and killed 20-year old Tariq Khamisa in a gang-related robbery. 20 years later, Tariq's older sister, Tasreen,...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps American Pathways and Griot: Tony Hicks and Azim Khamisa
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Series: StoryCorps
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In 1995, 14-year-old Tony Hicks shot and killed 20-year old Tariq Khamisa in a gang-related robbery. While Tariq’s father, Azim, was grieving his s...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps American Pathways: Namira Islam Anani and Omar Anani
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Series: StoryCorps
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Omar and Namira Islam Anani reflect on what it was like to navigate a COVID-19 diagnosis as newlyweds.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:52
StoryCorps Griot: Jada Salter and William Salter
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Series: StoryCorps
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84-year-old musician William Salter tells his granddaughter, Jada, how he first found his sound, and what their relationship means to him.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Jessica Valdivia and Jorge Valdivia
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Series: StoryCorps
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Jorge and Jessica Valdivia remember their brother, Mauricio, who passed away from COVID-19.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:40
StoryCorps: Ngoc Nguyen and Christopher Myers
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Series: StoryCorps
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Ngoc Nguyen came to StoryCorps with her GED instructor Chris Myers to talk about her childhood and the impact his teaching has had on her.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Clara Jean Ester
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Series: StoryCorps
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72-year-old Clara Jean Ester remembers bearing witness to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech in 1968, and rushing to his side the next day w...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Rosella Pearl Liscum and Marlene Watson
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Series: StoryCorps
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93-year-old Rosella Pearl Liscum tells her daughter, Marlene Watson, about some of the most important friendships in her life and the lessons she l...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:13

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