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Rev. Harry Blake came to StoryCorps to speak with his daughter Monica Mickle about how his experiences growing up the son of a sharecropper in Loui...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:44
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Topic 1: NASA practices techniques for countering deadly asteroids. Topic 2: Exploring the tough decisions for end-of-life care involving dementia....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we’re going to eavesdrop on a conversation between two strangers... It’s part of a new StoryCorps initiative called One Small Step that brin...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
Caption: RadioActive producer Jad Vianu with his father Alec Vianu., Credit: Courtesy of Jad Vianu
Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:55
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In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: Sylvia Bullock and Marcus Bullock
In the mid-1990s, Reverend Sylvia Bullock was raising two kids on her own near Washington, D.C. while working and going to college full-time. Her ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Calvin Burns and his teenage daughter, Stepheni Bellamy, visit StoryCorps to have a difficult conversation about rac

Bought by WVBI-LP, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Julian Manzara, Credit: Jax Ravel
Julian Manzara loves the musical possibilities that define jazz. That jazz encourages exploring musical possibilities is what makes him comfortable...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: KBEM logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Sonny Knight and the Lakers. Sonny has roots in blues funk and r and b, and has been performing virtually his whole life. Today, focused on music a...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2016
  • Length: 07:40
Caption: Jewish students at Syracuse University celebrate the culture during a pre-orientation program , Credit: Alyssa Goldberg
24% of Syracuse University is Jewish. See how some students embrace the stereotypes of being Jewish, while also breaking away from celebrating Juda...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Jim Gallagher interviews author and biologist Sue Leaf on her new book, "Portage: A Family, a Canoe, and the Search for the Good Life."

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:27
Caption: Jeremy Walker, Credit: Andrea Canter Achilles
Jeremy Walker has found a home at Vieux Carré in downtown Saint Paul. He plays there frequently on Friday evenings, and it’s a mix of original musi...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
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Barbra Hendricks and her son, Brent, discuss what it's like to live with Cystic Fibrosis, and remember Brent's sister Tiffany, who died from the di...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:25
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"My sense has been that most men ultimately really do want children, and I think many of longer relationships -- that's been part of the end." -Bet...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mark Martin, Credit: Dawn Peterson-Cobb
One-man band Mark Martin tells us how his one man band got started and how he does it.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Courageous Endeavors, Credit: Bryan Belcher
It's the first Courageous Endeavors CD, and they're showcasing songs from the CD at the Ice House in Minneapolis, Friday night May 9 at 11 PM

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As whites fled Washington D.C. to live in the suburbs in the 1950s, Stronghold was born. This piece reveals how residents gave the neighborhood its...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2014
  • Length: 14:07
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In this piece, a middle school poet from Minneapolis tells of his background, including slavery and citizenship.

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
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nice images in this poem about going downtown

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Dylan's poems to to a young woman who has caught his eye.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Danielle, a Minneapolis Menlo Park Academy student tells us what she's all about.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 1
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A lot of mental work and skill the combine to help you win a running race. To this young Minneapolis poet, nothing is more fun.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
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The Cookie Cart is a north side Minneapolis business which gives many high school kids their first jobs, as is the case with this poet, Darrien.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Mohammed, a young participant in the Luxton after-school program, tells us about his favorite things.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00