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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
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Knowing how to read and write well is fundamental to a good education. But what happens when schools in communities of color lack the resources for...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 04:09
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
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
Caption: Ella Murphy (2019), Credit: Danielle Barnum Photography
One musical theatre major reflects on the support of her family, and how things have changed for her since COVID-19.

  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 09:02
Caption: Nora Caselli wearing her Irish step dance shoes, Credit: Danielle Warner
Nora is a 5th grade student in Austin, Texas, and is continuing her grandmother's tradition of Irish step dancing.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
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"You gotta tell em', I'm smart. I'm educated. I'm committed. I'm passionate."

  • Added: Feb 03, 2020
  • Length: 14:38
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What's it like trying to hold a whole elementary school together?

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:56
Caption: Justin poses with the tattoo that you got for his twentieth birthday, representing the cross country bib that was taken away from him in 2010., Credit: (c) Janel Semonasky, 2017
Justin Bachman has spent his whole life being different. After being diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, Bachman chose to teach others about tolera...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAER Syracuse, NY, and WNYO


  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
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On this episode of Art Beat, Logan Erickson takes us to the Frozen River Film Festival to speak with filmmaker Cecilia Cornejo on her new documenta...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Claire Brown, Buddhism and Economics
Bringing Buddhism to Economics and Mindfulness to Education

  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
Caption: Caverly Morgan, Director Peace In Schools
Bring Buddhism to Economics and Mindfulness to Education.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Nathan Drillot and Jeff Petry talk spectrums, hugs, and rewriting a classic..

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 13:38
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Savannah Phelan, 8, talks with her mother, Kellie, about how she felt after learning that her mother was in jail on Rikers Island at the time of he...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
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On Today's show, we delve into the messy territory of family bonds—how they’re formed, challenged, and change over time. We’ll meet three families ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Nasser Fitwi is a refugee who left his home country of Eritrea to find a better life in America. He left his wife and children behind for about tw...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: Coach Roscoe Bryant and Eugene Corr, San Francisco, CA 10/2/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Coach Roscoe Bryant and filmmaker Eugene Corr talk baseball, family values, and the importance of play.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:01
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Most colleges require professors to hold office hours so students have the chance to ask for help. However, nowadays, students are less and less wi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:42
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Just a few years ago, 18-year-old Noah McQueen was struggling in school, had been arrested multiple times, and spent time in juvenile detention. Bu...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michelle Bandy on Making It Work Radio, Credit: Oddua Productions
Fun and cheap things to do is how social worker and mother of three, Michelle Bandy, enjoys herself here in the Bay. On this episode of Making It W...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 25:15
Caption: Happy Dodson (L) and Taz Roman (R)
Happy Dodson and Taz Roman, members of Bikers Against Child Abuse, talk about their work.

Bought by WEZU and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Jerris Marr interviews his 10-year-old daughter Faith about surviving bone cancer on her spine.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Adrian Hawkins (L) and Horace Atwater Jr. (R)
Adrian Hawkins talks to his foster father, Horace Atwater Jr.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Kate Musick (L) with her former student Harleé Patrick (R)
Two stories about teachers who went beyond the classroom to help their kids.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 4