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.

Series

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584 Pieces

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


Pieces

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
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
Caption: Carol Miller (L) and Marge Klindera (R)
Marjorie Klindera and Carol Miller have spent the past 30 Thanksgivings answering phone calls about turkey troubles from panicked home cooks.

Bought by WTIP, WUTC, WHYY, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: James Kennicott (L) and Kara Masteller (R)
Recorded using the StoryCorps app, a granddaughter learns about a difficult upbringing, loved ones lost, and gets advice on growing older.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 5
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Teresa Valko remembers what it was like to see her mother’s memory deteriorate from Alzheimer’s, and to undergo her own genetic testing.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Bill Branson (L) and Barry Romo (R)
Veteran Barry Romo and his nephew Bobby Romo were born a month apart and grew up together. They both went to Vietnam, only one came home.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: David Phillips (L) and Jeff Dupre (R)
Jeff Dupre remembers his friend Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Matlovich who appeared on a 1975 cover of Time with the headline, “I Am a Homosexual.”

Bought by KALW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRVS, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Alex Fennell (L) and Janette Fennell (R)
In 1995, two armed men forced Janette Fennell and her husband Greig into the trunk of the Fennell's car. The men drove off with Janette believing t...

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Erik Booker (L) and Jenna Power (R)
Eighth grader Jenna Power talks with her seventh grade social studies teacher, Erik Booker, about his military service and his deployment to Iraq.

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Marilyn Hillerman (L) and Andrea Crook (R)
When Andrea Crook was 24, she began having paranoid thoughts, delusions, and her behavior became erratic. She picked up the phone and called her mo...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 3