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Karma Margo - Tales from The Heart of America
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America
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Love is sometimes a tale of going through hell to get to heaven - or, as Journeys to Love discovers at The Goshen Diner, going through abuse, hunge...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Donna Salemink and Melissa Salemink
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Donna Salemink and Melissa Salemink at their StoryCorps interview in Loveland, Colorado on September 19, 2023, Credit: Zanna McKay
Donna Salemink and her daughter, Melissa, remember how Donna’s life was altered forever after she was struck by lightning.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: JoAn Peters and Tom Peters
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Tom and JoAn Peters came to StoryCorps to talk about the ups and downs of their relationship, and a difficult decision they had to make.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Love, Sex and Connection with Dr. Helen Fisher
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Best of "Mental Health (Relationships)"
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How love works....and doesn't.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
StoryCorps: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams at their StoryCorps interview in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2021., Credit: By Clean Cuts Studios for StoryCorps.
Tesia Williams talks to her daughter, Mikayla Stephens, about being at the Pentagon during the terrorist attack on 9/11 and how that day shaped her...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Mom-on-the-Run Erin: The Challenges of Postpartum Depression
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
Caption: My Body Odyssey - Episode 4
"Pregnancy is no joke," Erin tells us in this body odyssey that's both deeply personal and all-too-common. Having been on bed rest with preeclampsi...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 20:39
StoryCorps: DeFord Update
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carolyn DeFord poses with the Missing poster for her mother, Leona Kinsey, who went missing October 1999, at her StoryCorps interview on January 24, 2019 in Renton, WA., Credit: By Dupe Oyebolu for StoryCorps.
Carolyn DeFord shares how she carries her mother’s disappearance and the stories that give her comfort and hope in her healing journey.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
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
Recovery Point
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I started out in detox and worked my way up to the director's position.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Who Moved My Estrogen?
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
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Change! Most of us adapt poorly to change. We don't like it when we have to adjust to something new

  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 24:29
Aurora, in the Village
From: Rae Solomon
Caption: The Beloved Community Village at its new home, Credit: Rae Solomon
Aurora has finally found a stable home, after 14 years, at the Beloved Community Village, a tiny home colony for people experiencing homelessness i...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2020
  • Length: 17:12
StoryCorps: Caroline Dezan and Maria Rivas
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Caroline Dezan and Maria Rivas at their StoryCorps interview in Fresno, California on April 4, 2014., Credit: Courtesy Caroline Dezan.
Maria Rivas cared for her ailing mother over the last six years of her life, but she remembers her as anything but fragile while talking to social ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps Griot: Amanda and Craig Farrell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Amanda Farrell and Craig Farrell at their StoryCorps interview in Appleton, WI in July 2019., Credit: By Sylvie Lubow for StoryCorps
Amanda Farrell tells her husband Craig about how she lost -- and ultimately regained -- control of her mental health.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WDBM, and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: SADA JACKSON AND ANGELA MOREHEAD-MUGITA
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sada Jackson learns about her late-mother through her mom’s best friend, Angela Morehead-Mugita.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis


  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Carolyn Deford
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Twenty years ago, Leona Kinsey disappeared from her home in La Grande, Oregon and was never seen again. Her daughter, Carolyn DeFord, a Puyallup tr...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 02:09
Tying a Knot
From: Israel Story
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A series of random events in Nepal bring an Israeli reporter and a nepalese teenager to grow an unlikely bond.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 23:57
A Biblical Bond
From: Israel Story
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In the wake of tragedy, Susi forms an unexpected bond with the woman who should have been her mother-in-law. It's a modern day version of the bibli...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2018
  • Length: 20:12
StoryCorps: Zoe Courville and Lora Koenig
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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When Dr. Lora Koenig and Dr. Zoe Courville met in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet while doing climate research, their friendship helped them ...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WEZU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Alicia Beltrán-Castañeda and Serena Castañeda
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A mother tells her daughter about growing up in California in the late 1960s, and the lesson learned after her mother gave her beloved bed away.

Bought by KZYX, WGUC/ WVXU, WEZU, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Jenn Stanley and Peter Stanley
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jenn Stanley (left) and Peter Stanley (right)
A conservative father and his self-described liberal daughter try to put their political differences aside and listen to each other’s points of view.

Bought by Public Radio for All and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Tariq Sheikh and Tabinda Sheikh
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Tariq Sheikh (left) and Tabinda Sheikh (right)
Married for 25 years, Tabinda and Tariq were recent immigrants when they first met, and even without a common language, their love blossomed.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:23
StoryCorps MVI: Jenna Henderson and Laurie Laychak
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jenna Henderson (right) and Laurie Laychak (left)
Jenna Henderson came to StoryCorps to remember her husband, Army Sgt. First Class Chris Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007.

Bought by WTIP and WEZU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Savannah Phelan and Kellie Phelan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Savannah Phelan, 8, talks with her mother, Kellie, about how she felt after learning that her mother was in jail on Rikers Island at the time of he...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Donna Engeman and Nicole McKenna
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nicole Engeman (left) with her mom, Donna Engeman (right)
Donna Engeman shares stories about her husband, Army Chief Warrant Officer John Engeman, who was killed 10 years ago while deployed in Iraq.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
StoryCorps: Trista James, Tanya James and Michelle Paugh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In 1979, Tanya James went to work in the West Virginia coal mines. She came to StoryCorps to share her experiences from those early days.

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRIR, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 6