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StoryCorps Historias and Military Voices Initiative: Connie Doria Rocha
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Connie Doria Rocha talks about her experience as a civilian mechanic during WWII, and how that taste of independence changed her life.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Mexican Chefs at Zorba's Greek Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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It's hard to come here as an immigrant. You leave everything behind.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Chris López and Gabe López
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gabe López, assigned female at birth, always felt like he was a boy. He came to StoryCorps with his mom to talk about growing up transgender.

Bought by KALW, KRVS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMUU-LP, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 8
StoryCorps MVI: Anny Pena and Jonny Pena
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Anny (L) and Jonny (R) Pena
Retired Marines Anny and Jonny Pena talk about the challenges they faced as military spouses, and what it was like when Jonny came home from Afghan...

Bought by WVBI-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 3
Joshua Salazar, Bus Driver
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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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...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
Teodoro Cuevas, Mariachi
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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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


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Serendipity on the airwaves
From: KALW
Caption: Lita Hernandez shows off her new credentials. , Credit: Audrey Dilling
There are many different sounds that float through the intersection of 81st Avenue and Rudsdale Street in East Oakland: crowds heading to the Oakla...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
StoryCorps: Alexis Martinez and Lesley Etherly Martinez
From: StoryCorps
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Alexis Martinez (L) tells her daughter, Lesley Etherly Martinez (R), about being a transgender woman.

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCQS, and WEZU


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 4
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


  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Historias: Ruben and Rachel Salazar
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rachel Salazar and her husband, Ruben, remember how their romance started with a typo.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXPR, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 4
Washington on the Front Lines
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Agent Michael Bermudez, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent and Public Affairs Officer, US Customs and Border Patrol., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
This story takes us to Washington state's border with Canada, where the Border Patrol arrests hundreds of people each year. Producer Jessica Partno...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
An Immigrants' History of South Park
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South
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Life on the Duwamish, Segment 1

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 09:01
Cortez, Montezuma & Abraham: Discovering Jewish Roots
From: Rebecca Sheir
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At 72, a Spanish-descended Catholic discovers the real reason she's never liked eating pork.

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:50