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Caption: Lillie Cotlon and Burnell Cotlon in front of Burnell’s store, ‘Burnell’s Lower Ninth Ward Market’ in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 2015., Credit: By Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps.
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:09
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This episode features an in-depth exploration of women's storytelling, from talking about the roots of Julia's business, Herstry, to the reasons wh...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chloe E.W. Levine and Carl Levine at their StoryCorps interview in New York City on May 5, 2023., Credit: By Julia Kirschenbaum for StoryCorps
Carl Levine and his daughter, Chloe E.W. Levine, look back on what contra dance has meant to their family.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:25
Caption: Larry Itliong speaks to the United Farm Workers, undated photograph, Credit: courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
Johnny Itliong came to StoryCorps with his son Aleks to remember Larry Itliong, labor leader for the Delano Grape Strike of 1965.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Patrick Adkins by Andrea Carter, Credit: Andrea Canter
Pianist Patrick Adkins’ Quartet takes inspiration from Keith Jarrett’s American Quartet. That includes covers as well or original music that Patric...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Patrick Adkins by Andrea Carter, Credit: Andrea Carter
Pianist Patrick Adkins’ Quartet takes inspiration from Keith Jarrett’s American Quartet. That includes covers as well or original music that Patric...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Les Harris and Angie Presly at their StoryCorps interview in Springfield, MO on April 22, 2022., Credit: By Sarah Padgett for StoryCorps.
Les Harris and his daughter Angie Presley talk about how the accident that left him paralyzed changed their lives.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Nunnabove, Credit: Michele Pollard
Nunnabove is an all-sibling band that sings and plays songs they compose. When band members talked to Phil Nusbaum, Matti Nunn stressed the need to...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Nunnabove, Credit: Michele Pollard
Nunnabove is an all-sibling band that composes, sings and plays, and brings it to the Dakota in Minneapolis, Wednesday January 18 at 7PM. When band...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gen...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 18:29
Caption: Grete Bergman and Sarah Whalen-Lunn at their StoryCorps interview in Anchorage, Alaska on August 14, 2018. , Credit: Camila Kerwin
Grete Bergman came to StoryCorps with her friend, Sarah Whalen, to talk about their experiences giving and receiving traditional Native markings.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:06
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Martin Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, and only the third Black man ever to serve on the state's...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Pamela Sneed's poetic memoir "Funeral Diva" is described as a “coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s.”, Credit: Patricia Silva
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...

Bought by KALW and WORT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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
Caption: Craig Boddie and Evette Jourdain, both mail carriers in Palm Beach, Fla., spoke for a remote StoryCorps conversation last month about the job risks created by the coronavirus outbreak., Credit: Courtesy of Craig Boddie and Evette Jourdain for StoryCorps.
Palm Beach, Florida Mail Carriers Evette Jourdain and Craig Boddie talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their daily lives--at work, an...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we are joined in studio by Luke Hendrickson. Luke is a country musician from Rochester, MN. His first full length...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 51:41
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Growing up, Derrick Storms tormented his little brother, Raymond. Years later, they talked about how they transformed their relationship.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Promotional image for 2020 Cincinnati Women's March
Billie Mays is an administrative assistant and single mother from a Trump-supporting family in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2017, somewhat by accident, she...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Susan Ahn Cuddy (far right) at the US Naval Air Station in Florida in 1943., Credit: Courtesy of Flip Cuddy.
Flip and Christine Cuddy remember their mother, Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Navy gunnery officer who served in World War II.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
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23-year-old Tim Cronin is running for Town Councilor At-Large in Weymouth, Massachusetts and he has a secret he doesn't want anyone to find out.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hula Peppers, Credit: Elizabeth Rowan
The Hula Peppers plays an original blend of music styles from a mix of traditions predating 1939. Gary Powell is an original Hula Pepper, and he to...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sophia Shorai, Credit: Bernadette Pollard
Jazz singer Sophia Shorai is a great song interpreter, who enjoys singing in front of small instrumental groups. When Sophia got together with Int...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sophia Shorai, Credit: Bernadett Pollard
Jazz singer Sophia Shorai sings this New Year’s Eve in the Williamsburg Room of the Lexington Restaurant in Saint Paul. Sophia is fronting bassist ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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Students in Austin talk to Mr. Absher, a man with a devout love of fishing. We learn why people come from all over the world to catch the fish of c...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:20
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4th grade students in Austin interview their favorite math teacher.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:33