StoryCorps

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StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.

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StoryCorps 
567 Pieces

Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones.

Pieces

StoryCorps Griot: Marc Lawson and Karen Lawson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Anderson and Karen Lawson remember their father, engineer, Gerald Lawson and how his pioneering spirit influenced their childhood in 1970’s Silicon...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Jason Thomas and Jason Christian Thomas
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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For the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Former Marine Sergeant Jason Thomas opens up to his youngest son, Jason Christian Thomas, about the search and re...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Ronnie Palazzolo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ronnie and Richie Palazzolo were identical twins who did everything together, including working at the World Trade Center. They were both there on ...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Ajmal Achekzai
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ajmal Achekzai reflects on escaping Afghanistan as a child, returning as a U.S. Marine, and his fears and hope for the future of its people.

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Lynn Chapman and Keith Chapman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Keith Chapman sits down with his mother, Lynn Chapman, to remember his brother, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, the first American soldier to b...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
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.

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Libby Stroik
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Libby Stroik talks about finding a kindred spirit in her grandfather, Harry Golomski, and about her treasured memories of their quiet mornings in r...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:29
StoryCorps Griot: Rev. Farrell Duncombe and Howard Robinson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: The late Rev. Farrell Duncombe (left) spoke with his friend Howard Robinson for a StoryCorps conversation in 2010 about how his role models helped shape him as a leader in his Alabama community.
Rev. Farrell Duncombe talks about growing up in Montgomery, AL, and the role models who shaped him, including his Sunday school teacher, Rosa Parks.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 03:15
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Melanie Dunne and Marissa Miranda
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Melanie Dunne and her husband, Josh, at their graduation from New Mexico State University., Credit: Courtesy of Melanie Dunne.
Marine Corporal Josh Dunne is remembered by his wife, Melanie Dunne, and her sister, Marissa Miranda.

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Malinda Edwards and Mildred Betts
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Willie Edwards Jr. died in 1957. He was killed by Klansmen who told him to either jump off a bridge or be shot., Credit: Malinda Edwards and Mildred Betts
Malinda Edwards talks to her sister Mildred Betts about the murder of her father, Willie Edwards Jr. at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan in 1957.

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1

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Michael Garofalo (Admin)
Producer
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Jud Esty-Kendall (Admin)
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Joanna DuFour (Admin)