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Maia Kobabe's debut memoir, Gender Queer, was the most frequently banned book in 2021 and 2022. We talked with Maia about what it's like to be on t...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 17:55
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Kesha Powell and Amen Emile have been working at BPL for over 20 years in various roles, from public safety to circulation manager. Thanks to BPL's...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 13:48
Caption: Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Whipple, Credit: https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fap033
Archives tell an important story. The people in them—and the people left out—say a lot about our politics, culture, and consciousness. Today, resea...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 17:12

  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 50:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kaylee Hunt stands in front of Kamiah's City Hall.
The Kamiah (CAM-EE-EYE) City Council has been struggling for nearly a year to get a fourth City Council person. Now, they’ve successfully appointed...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 02:52
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Libraries weren't always located in their own stately buildings. Many of our branches used to operate out of pharmacies, laundry rooms, storefronts...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 26:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad talks to his wife, Saleemah Muhammad, about becoming the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. Armed Forces, ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Tracy Kampa recommends: Red, White, and Whole, by Rajani LaRocca While I Was Away, by Waka T. Brown Mel Fell, by Corey R. Tabor It Fell from the S...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2021
  • Length: 13:03
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Gina Olaya and Kellen Quinton remember their family member, Wilma Mankiller, and talk about how she made history when she became the first woman Ch...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Lieutenant Commander La’Shanda Holmes talks to her mentor, Commander Jeanine Menze, about being the first two Black female pilots in the United Sta...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:25
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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
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Topic 1: America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs; Topic 2: Legendary Photographer, Steve McCurry

Bought by KETR-FM, KSTK, WPCA-LP, Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 7
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Wyn Wiley thought they had to pass for straight, even in their beloved outdoors. But then a special pair of boots came into their life.

Bought by KRZA and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 13:33
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
In Great Britain, the milkman is returning to your door with glass milk bottles.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Toronto is turning food waste into fuel to power garbage trucks.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Change your focus, change your world.
Living concrete: This biological material has multiple layers that allow for the growth of plants on the outside of a building, without sacrificin...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Vending machines for the homeless.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Toronto Chef, Jagger Gordon, came up with the Feed It Forward concept after seeing so much food go to waste in his industry.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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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
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Winona State University professor of geoscience and astronomer Jennifer Anderson talks with us about the latest Mars rover recently launched.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 27:08
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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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A college professor explains how students in her positive psychology course learned how to focus on gratitude and show resilience, and how we can a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 1
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A collection of stories to help you reflect on the people who've been your heroes.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 55:57
  • Purchases: 1