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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
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
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Small town boy heads to make it big in Nashville.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
Caption: Mr. Drego Little teaches a class at Rainier Scholars., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/FEVEN MEKONENN
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Tyler spent a good chunk of his childhood so sick he couldn't even walk around the block. He ended up at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, where he was...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:12
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As a researcher and teacher, Korina Jocson has observed and analyzed how students use poetry to make sense of their experiences. But how can educat...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 10:45
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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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More of a police presence and better police community relations are good ways to prevent violence, but a group of young men in Oakland are trying a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
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
Caption: Staten Island 2011
A lot of teenagers want to make it big as artists--whether acting in movies, singing ballads on American Idol, or making it in the hip hop world. T...

Bought by KSFR, Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 4
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
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This Story is free! A young girl tells the story of her life in the slums of Nairobi and the lives of other girls in her community

Bought by WMFO and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2007
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
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This story is free! Impressive Indian girls' stories go out on the road as films

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
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This Story is free! Five young people from around the world tell their stories to UNICEF. All five are activists against violence and participant...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:04
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This piece is free! Two fifteen year old girls discuss their differences and what they have in common, after their countries were at war all summer

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 1
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This Story Is Free! Kerril McKay tells the story of how HIV has affected her life

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KRCB 104.9, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 4
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This Story is Free! Raguwaran Kandhaswamy is a Young Man with a Mission: to end HIV transmission

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
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This Story is Free! Youth Activist Marleni and others work hard to end violence in Belize through the youth-led movement Xchange

Bought by KZYX, AIFM, and WYSO


  • Added: May 18, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 3