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StoryCorps American Pathways: Sohaib Sultan and Arshe Ahmed
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Arshe Ahmed, Radiyya, and Sohaib Sultan at Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey on August 30, 2020, Credit: Courtesy of Arshe Ahmed
Imam Sohaib Sultan and his wife, Arshe Ahmed, came to StoryCorps to talk about becoming parents, and what it means to live “a blessed life.”

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Robert Robinson and John Fortunato
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Robert Robinson and Dr. John Fortunato at their StoryCorps interview in Chicago, Illinois on October 30, 2023, Credit: Jeb Backe for StoryCorps
After Dr. John Fortunato diagnosed Robert Robinson’s daughter, Angel, with a rare kind of cancer, the father and doctor forged a lasting bond.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:20
StoryCorps: Debora Brakarz and Mike Wolmetz
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Debora Brakarz and Mike Wolmetz
Nearly two decades after Mike Wolmetz proposed to Debora Brakarz at the StoryCorps booth in Grand Central, they returned to share an update about t...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: John Vigiano Sr. and Joseph Vigiano
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joseph Vigiano and John Vigiano Jr. with their father, John Vigiano Sr. circa 1994. Courtesy of Joseph Vigiano.
Retired firefighter John Vigiano, Sr. remembers both sons lost in the World Trade Center on 9/11 – John Vigiano, Jr,. also a firefighter, and Joe V...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 06:15
StoryCorps September 11th: Jan Vigiano and John Vigiano Sr.
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jan Vigiano and John Vigiano Sr.
Retired New York City firefighter John Vigiano Sr. remembers his sons, John Jr., a firefighter, and Joe, a policeman, who both died at the World Tr...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
StoryCorps: Jennifer Hensel and Jeremy Richman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Avielle Richman was one of the children killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. She was six years old. Her par...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:59
StoryCorps: Sylvia Grosvold and Josh Weiner
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sylvia Grosvold and her father Josh Weiner came back to StoryCorps to reflect on their relationship, just as Sylvia was about to leave for college.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:45
  • 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: Carla Saunders and Kyle Cook
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Kyle Cook (left) and Carla Saunders (right)
Kyle Cook and Carla Saunders are neonatal nurse practitioners at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville. They’ve spent decades caring for...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Paul Nilsen and Tom Graziano
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Paul Nilsen (L) and Tom Graziano (R)
Tom Graziano remembers how his son’s elementary school principal and the community responded when they learned that his son was HIV positive.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 7
StoryCorps OutLoud: Claudia Anton and Diana Keough
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Claudia Anton (L) and Diana Keough (R)
Sisters from Wisconsin recount what it was like to find out both of their parents had AIDS, and to lose them both to the disease in the early 1990s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Phuong Nguyen and Chris Nguyen
From: StoryCorps
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When the truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, there were 21 children in the building's day care. Six sur...

  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
Lady E: Two Times A Child, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Lady E, Credit: John MacLellan
Lady E lost just about everything that gave her life meaning and then she found something else inside her. Her voice.And now Lady E sings the blues...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 27:23
That Dragon, Cancer
From: Eric Molinsky
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When Amy and Ryan Green's son Joel was diagnosed with cancer, they decided build an inspirational video game based on this treatment. But Joel didn...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 17:42
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Bill Jones and Stu Maddux
From: StoryCorps
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Bill Jones, the first single man in California to successfully adopt a child, tells his friend Stu Maddux about his son, Aaron.

Bought by KRVS, WEZU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 3: Joan and Shirley's Story
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
"I didn't really want to have children. It's just that I got pregnant." -Shirley, 57, Nebraska

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
StoryCorps: Elisa and Bobby Seeger
From: StoryCorps
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Elisa Seeger and her husband, Bobby Seeger, Jr. remember their son, Aidan, who died in 2012 from a genetic disorder called adrenoleukodystrophy, or...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Jeff Lasater and Drew Cartright
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jeff Lasater (L) and Drew Cartwright
Jeff Lasater tells his friend Drew Cartwright about his son Jeremiah who, after being bullied at school, committed suicide at 14 years old.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KERA, and KMUD


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Debra and Lionel D'Luna and Adrienne D'Luna Directo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Adrienne D'Luna Directo interviews her parents, Debra and Lionel D'Luna, about her sister Alexis who died from complications of CHARGE syndrome in ...

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Alzheimer's: Slipping Away Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
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This journey begins in the deepest recesses of the human brain--the hippocampus, and ends in the memory support unit of a retirement community. It'...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 27:22
StoryCorps: John Cruitt and Cecile Doyle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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John Cruitt speaks with his former third grade teacher, Cecile Doyle, about how she helped him through his mother's death.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps MVI: Justin and Deanne Cliburn
From: StoryCorps
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Army National Guard Specialist Justin Cliburn tells his wife, Deanne, about Ali, the young Iraqi he befriended during his service in Iraq.

Bought by KOSU and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
My Plate Full, Yours Empty
From: Curie Youth Radio
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What one family makes for dinner when the cabinets are empty.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, Michigan Radio Economy Special, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 6
Displaced with her family in northern Iraq, a girl dreams of education
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! A young girl living in a displaced persons camp in Iraq, talks about how she has never been able to go to school, and how life ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2007
  • Length: 05:15