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StoryCorps: James Taylor and Darlene Lewis

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Darlene Lewis, who helps former inmates find employment, interviews James Taylor about his life after prison.

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

Added: Jan 09, 2015
Length: 02:14
Purchases: 5

Day Job 10: The Window Washer

From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)

Caption: Mike Notter of the Seattle bands Motopony and Hannalee cleans windows for a living, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job

Mike Notter (currently with the bands Motopony and Hannalee) used to be in a band with a bunch of other window washers (Shim). Back then, cleaning ...

Bought by KUOW

Added: Dec 05, 2014
Length: 16:10
Purchases: 1

Why do we wait so long? Jackie’s Journey to a home.

From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News

Caption: Jackie taking a break from building her house.

Dreams can be as simple as a home and a flower garden. Jackie walked by the Habitat for Humanity application for 2 years.

Added: Dec 01, 2014
Length: 01:33

StoryCorps: Phil Mortillaro and Philip Mortillaro Jr.

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Phil and Philip Mortillaro, a father-and-son locksmith team, talk about the family business.

Bought by WTJU and WEZU

Added: Oct 22, 2014
Length: 02:16
Purchases: 2

StoryCorps: Tina Vasquez and Sonia Vasquez

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Tina Vasquez tells her mother, Sonia Vasquez, about what it was like to grow up...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, and WTJU

Added: Oct 16, 2014
Length: 01:59
Purchases: 4

StoryCorps: Kris Kalberer and Erika Kalberer

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Kris Kalberer and her teenage daughter, Erika, talk about being homeless.

Bought by WEZU, KERA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WTJU

Added: Sep 02, 2014
Length: 02:37
Purchases: 4

StoryCorps: Barbara Moore and Olivia Fite

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Olivia Fite (left) and her mother Barbara Moore.

Barbara Moore (R) tells her daughter, Olivia Fite (L), about becoming a bricklayer in the...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WXPR, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KERA and more

Added: Aug 21, 2014
Length: 02:14
Purchases: 6

Eva, Nanny

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

Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...

Added: Jul 29, 2014
Length: 02:59

Eric Jones, Custodian

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

As dawn breaks, birds serenade Eric Jones, who crosses a church parking lot in his baggy jeans, jangling an oversized key ring. The plastic wheels ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Jul 29, 2014
Length: 04:18
Purchases: 1

Willie Sanchez, Flower Seller

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

Willie Sanchez sells flowers in bulk in downtown LA.

Added: Jul 29, 2014
Length: 01:58

StoryCorps: Dekalb Walcott Jr. and Dekalb Walcott III

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Dekalb Walcott III talks to his dad, retired Chicago Fire Chief Dekalb Walcott Jr., about...

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and KMUD

Added: Jul 08, 2014
Length: 02:04
Purchases: 3

StoryCorps: Don and Mackenzie Byles

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Don Byles talks to his daughter Mackenzie about their family's funeral home.

Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public

Added: Aug 30, 2013
Length: 02:09
Purchases: 2

Crossing Over

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

At just sixteen Victor left his home in Guadalajara and crossed the river into Texas only to be picked up by immigration agents and returned to Mex...

Added: Mar 30, 2013
Length: 28:06

StoryCorps: Mark and Jessie Edens

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Mark Edens tells his daughter, Jessie, about his career with the Michigan State Police.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW

Added: Aug 31, 2012
Length: 01:50
Purchases: 2

StoryCorps Griot: Queen Jackson and Debra MacKillop

From: StoryCorps

Queen Jackson tells her case manager, Debra MacKillop, how she became homeless.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 02:16
Purchases: 3

StoryCorps: Gloria and Lou Del Bianco

From: StoryCorps

Gloria Del Bianco and her nephew, Lou, remember her father, Luigi Del Bianco, one of the chief stone carvers of Mt. Rushmore.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW

Added: Nov 18, 2011
Length: 01:55
Purchases: 2

StoryCorps Griot: Mary Morris

From: StoryCorps

Mary Morris remembers her husband, Thomas, one of two Washington D.C. postal workers who died from exposure to anthrax in October, 2001.

Bought by WEZU

Added: Oct 13, 2011
Length: 02:16
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Mort Segal and Joan Feldman

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Mort Segal and his sister, Joan Feldman, remember their father, Jack Segal, a booking agent for novelty acts in the Catskills.

Bought by WEZU, KERA, and KUOW

Added: Aug 01, 2011
Length: 01:58
Purchases: 3

StoryCorps: George Lengel

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ.

Bought by KZYX, WEZU, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW

Added: Apr 18, 2011
Length: 02:31
Purchases: 4

StoryCorps: Dee Dickson

From: StoryCorps

Dee Dickson remembers trying to get a job as a shipyard electrician in the 1970s.

Bought by KUER, WEZU, Troy Public Radio, KISU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Feb 28, 2011
Length: 01:51
Purchases: 5

Retro Product Proves Recession Proof

From: Todd Bookman

A family business named Sarah's Hat Boxes is surviving the Great Recession, despite selling a product more befitting an era defined by the Great De...

Bought by WILL and KUOW