StoryCorps

Series produced by StoryCorps

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

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


567 Pieces

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Realizing she is nearing the end of life, Scott Miller sits down with his mom, Jackie Miller, for one last interview.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:37
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Vietnam Marine veteran Eben Olrun tells his son Owen about his post-war struggles, and remembers a fellow soldier who helped him heal.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:54
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Childhood friends Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez and Jim Murphy grew up together on the south side of Tucson, Arizona, but were less than friends initially...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:33
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Christine Berro talks with her husband, Andy Keeler, about the need to find love after losing a spouse.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kathy Lopez and Cesar Viveros at an altar he made in honor of his late wife, Ana Guissel Palma. October 21, 2023 at FDR Park in Philadelphia., Credit: By Kayla Lattimore for StoryCorps.
Cesar Viveros remembers his wife, Ana Guissel Palma—an artist who documented Día de los Muertos altars, with his niece, Kathy Lopez.

Bought by WYAP and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2
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
Caption: Shelby Rowe and Johnna James at their StoryCorps interview in Oklahoma City, OK. on July 13, 2023, Credit: By Julia Kirschenbaum for StoryCorps.
Shelby Rowe tells her friend, Johnna James, about surviving hardship and finding belonging in her Chickasaw roots.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011, to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. 12 years later, they share the latest ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas at their StoryCorps interview in New London, CT on January 21, 2018., Credit: By Aisha Turner for StoryCorps
Trey Phillips came to StoryCorps with his college roommate Andre Thomas to talk about their first year at school and the impact they had on each ot...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Daniel Moon in Seoul, Korea 1948
Sergeant Daniel Moon came to StoryCorps with his daughter Laura Moon to reflect on his memories of the Korean War.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
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English language promo for The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Bought by KALW and WKNO


  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 2
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StoryCorps Spanish language promo for The Great Thanksgiving Listen

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
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Spanish language promo for The Great Thanksgiving Listen

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: :28
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English language Promo for The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Bought by WKNO


  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lillie Cotlon and Burnell Cotlon in front of Burnell’s store, ‘Burnell’s Lower Ninth Ward Market’ in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 2015., Credit: By Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps.
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:09
Caption: Joseph Vigiano and John Vigiano Jr. with their father, John Vigiano Sr. circa 1994. Courtesy of Joseph Vigiano.
Retired firefighter John Vigiano, Sr. remembers both sons lost in the World Trade Center on 9/11 – John Vigiano, Jr,. also a firefighter, and Joe V...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Debora Brakarz and Mike Wolmetz
Nearly two decades after Mike Wolmetz proposed to Debora Brakarz at the StoryCorps booth in Grand Central, they returned to share an update about t...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 05:45
Caption: Jan Vigiano and John Vigiano Sr.
Retired New York City firefighter John Vigiano Sr. remembers his sons, John Jr., a firefighter, and Joe, a policeman, who both died at the World Tr...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
Caption: Glenn Turner and Christy Stewart at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on April 5, 2016., Credit: Hillery Rink for StoryCorps.
Glenn Turner and Christy Stewart reflect on the many animals that have been a part of their family over the years.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Anna Paloma Williams and Luz Kenyon at their StoryCorps interview in Columbus, GA on October 30, 2021, Credit: By Sarah Padgett for StoryCorps
Luz Kenyon tells her daughter, Anna Paloma Williams, about the unexpected start of their family and how she navigated raising mixed kids in America.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:11