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Constant Wonder - A Pediatric Neurosurgeon Shares Stories of Triumph and Resilience

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

This pediatric neurosurgeon has saved the lives of countless children–from fetuses in the womb to teenagers. Here are their stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Constant Wonder - Life As an Astronaut

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

An astronaut experiences a juxtaposition of the sublime and the mundane, sensing God while floating weightless, fixing cables outside his spacecraft.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida

Therapy for a Therapist

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

If you're a good listener, you'll probably be a damn good therapist

Bought by PRX Remix

The Mexican Chefs at Zorba's Greek Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

It's hard to come here as an immigrant. You leave everything behind.

Bought by PRX Remix

StoryCorps: Anthony "Tony Bees" Planakis

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Tony Bees shows off his bee-themed tattoos. The scroll reads in Latin: “Go to the honeybee, thy poet, consider her ways and be wise.”

When bee season in New York City begins in early spring, that means retired police detective (and unofficial NYPD beekeeper) Anthony “Tony Bees” Pl...

Bought by WEZU

Life of the Law #91: Death on a Dairy

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Caption: Arminio Órtiz Pérez, Credit: Eilís O’Neill

Working on a dairy--especially a small dairy--is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, more dangerous even than construction. Over the pas...

StoryCorps Griot: Willie Harris and Alex Brown

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Willie Harris and Alex Brown remember the prejudice they faced as African American stuntmen while breaking into the film industry in the 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU

StoryCorps: Len Berk and Joshua Gubitz

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Joshua Gubitz (L) and Len Berk (R)

Len Berk talks to his friend, Joshua Gubitz, about becoming a salmon slicer after retiring from a 40 year career in accounting.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

StoryCorps: Storm Reyes and Jeremy Hagquist

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Joshua Salazar, Bus Driver

From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life

In car-choked LA, riding the bus is a sign that you can’t afford your own wheels. But Joshua Salazar's overnight routes are often full of people be...

Teodoro Cuevas, Mariachi

From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life

Every day, Teodoro Cuevas dresses in his black flared pants with silver buttons down the side. He sits against a tree across from the bustling sub...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

StoryCorps: Boyd Applegate and Rhonda Dixon

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Big-rig driver Boyd Applegate tells his sister, Rhonda Dixon, about volunteering at the polls nearly every Election Day for 20 years.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WEZU

StoryCorps: Ken Rensink and Laurel Hill-Ward

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Special education teacher Ken Rensink tells his friend Laurel Hill-Ward how surviving a near-fatal car crash influenced his teaching.

Bought by WEZU

The Sharing Economy: Bilingual Bike Repair in Oakland

From: KALW

Caption: Entrance to the shop, with volunteer-painted sign. Inside: Kathleen Mills, Steven Hobdy and Morgan Kanninen, Credit: Jen Chien

Bike culture in the Bay Area runs the gamut, from high performance racing to hipster fixies. Keeping a bike can be an expensive hobby, and as with ...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WSLR, and New Hampshire Public Radio

The Sharing Economy: A bank where time is money

From: KALW

One Bay Area organization has created an economy based on trading services and skills. KALW's Jen Chien reports.

StoryCorps: Daniel Ross

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KUOW

A city runs on volunteer power

From: KALW

California’s budget crisis has meant huge cuts in cities across the Bay Area. Pinole, a city of 18,000 in Contra Costa County, is no exception. Sin...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio