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Episode 165: Going Deep with Linda Villarosa on Being Seen , 11/5/2023
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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seeing past our oldest biases

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
The Healing Place
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Cass Lake, 1908
In 2016, genealogist Mica L. Anders interviewed 7 families about their summer cabins in the north woods of Minnesota for the Minnesota Historical S...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 06:42
StoryCorps: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao at their StoryCorps in Decatur, Georgia on January 31, 2023, Credit: Kevin Alarcon
Folashade Alao remembers when she presented a Bill of Rights to her mother, Margaret Powell, and how it shaped their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Monica Mickle and Rev. Harry Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
StoryCorps Griot: Monica Jordan and LaTonya Walker
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Monica Jordan and LaTonya Walker at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on May 30th, 2021 for StoryCorps.
Cousins Monica Jordan and LaTonya Walker reflect on their strict upbringing and remember one afternoon when they decided to break the rules.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Johannah Owusu and Madzimoyo Owusu
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Johannah and Madzimoyo at their StoryCorps Recording on July 10th, 2010, in Fort Wayne, Indiana., Credit: Photo by Jorge Rios for StoryCorps.
Madzimoyo Owusu talks with her daughter, Johannah Owusu, about the memory of Madzimoyo’s grandmother.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - On the Outside
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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From time to time, we all feel as though we're "on the outside." In this episode of The Apple Seed, we share some tales about "outsiders." This col...

Bought by KKRN, KSJE, KCHW, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 54:57
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps Griot: Shirley Darkeh and Ayim Darkeh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dr. Ayim Darkeh speaks with his mother, Shirley, about his experiences being one of the few Black students at his predominantly white elementary sc...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
This "Bad Child" Became a Judge With a Passion for Justice, Poetry, and Decency
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 11:51
StoryCorps: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland in Marietta, GA on June 28, 2020., Credit: Michael Reese for StoryCorps.
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...

Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on January 28, 2017., Credit: Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps.
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green speaks with her cousin Tenika Floyd about being raised by her Auntie and Uncle, and how their separate battles with cancer...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes (UPDATE)
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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
StoryCorps: Lebronze and Arguster Davis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lebronze and Arguster Davis at their StoryCorps interview in Birmingham on October 3, 2019., Credit: By Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps.
Lebronze and Arguster Davis grew up on their family’s farm in Wetumpka, Alabama. As two of 17 siblings, they had little time for anything outside o...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 03:01
StoryCorps Griot: Jamal and Aden Batar
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jamal and Aden Batar at their StoryCorps interview in West Valley City, UT on March 17, 2017., Credit: Mia Warren for StoryCorps.
Aden Batar speaks with his son Jamal Batar about fleeing civil war and being among the first Somali refugee families to resettle in Utah.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 02:13
StoryCorps: Lisa Bouler Daniels and Benjamin Chambers
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lisa Bouler Daniels tells her biological brother Benjamin Chambers what it was like to learn about her birth mother after she passed away.

  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: 02:49
Finding Our Fathers
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Eboni (left) and Raven (right)
Raven and Eboni are friends who look like each other. And there are not a lot of people who like they do at their college in Missoula, Montana. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Percy White III and Terry Wright
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Perry White III and Terry Wright
Percy White III tells his friend Terry Wright about his family’s time as sharecroppers on a Virginia farm.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Leila Ramgren and Chad Eisen-Ramgren
From: StoryCorps
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10-year-old Leila Ramgren talks with her father, Chad Eisen-Ramgren, about Philando Castile, the cafeteria manager at her school who was killed by ...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: William Lynn Weaver
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dr. William Lynn Weaver remembers one Christmas when he was 18 years old in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WVBI-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Sylvia Bullock and Marcus Bullock
From: StoryCorps
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
StoryCorps: Calvin Burns and Stepheni Bellamy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
StoryCorps Griot: Carlos Walton and Jim Saint Germain
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carlos Walton (left) and Jim Saint Germain (right)
Jim Saint Germain and his former middle school dean discuss pivotal moments in their relationship and lessons Jim learned from his mentor.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Anthony Merkerson and Charles Jones
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Anthony Merkerson (left) and Charles Jones
Two fathers of children on the autistic spectrum talk about the concerns they have for their sons — two young black men growing up with autism.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
StoryCorps: Jamal Faison and Born Blackwell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jamal Faison (right) with his uncle, Born Blackwell (left)
Jamal Faison talks with his uncle, Born Blackwell, about his release from Rikers Island and the support he received through the challenges of re-en...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Public Radio for All, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3