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.


593 Pieces

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Today, we’re going to eavesdrop on a conversation between two strangers... It’s part of a new StoryCorps initiative called One Small Step that brin...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
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Ellen Hughes speaks with Keith Miller, the hospital safety officer who helped her son when he had a violent reaction to a medication.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:34
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Dee Westenhauser speaks to her childhood friend, Martha Gonzalez, about the one person in her life who saw her for who she truly was.

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


  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 4
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Siblings Lauren Cartaya and Zach Cartaya remember how the 1999 Columbine High School shooting changed their lives forever.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:58
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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
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Sharon and Larry Adams remember how their love story turned into a love affair with their whole community.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 03:03
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Liz Barnez and Lori Daigle felt an immediate spark when they met as teenagers. At StoryCorps, they sat down to remember how they reconnected decade...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
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In 1969, Civil Rights leader Edwin Pratt was assassinated in his own home with his wife and daughter, Miriam, present. Miriam Pratt and her godmoth...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
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At StoryCorps in Laramie, Wyoming, Rodger McDaniel came into the booth to remember his father and how finding a family treasure helped him see his ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 05:58
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Shotzy Harrison talks with her father, James Flavy Coy Brown, about reuniting when she was 25, after he was in and out of her life while dealing wi...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:46
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Munitions expert Jack ReVelle remembers the aftermath of January 24, 1961, when a U.S. military plane accidentally dropped two hydrogen bombs into ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:52
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Maya Altman tells her mom, Robyn Altman, about her memory of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 03:23
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Mickey Willenbring, a combat veteran of the Iraq War, reflects on the military, sheep and how the two intertwine on her journey back home.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:40
Caption:  Carol Barne---Seay, Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis
In 1963, more than a dozen African American girls, including Carol Barner-Seay , Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis, were arrested for p...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 06:02
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Maria Rivas and her teenage daughter, Emily, talk about the possibility of Maria returning to El Salvador if she loses her status to live and work ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:33
Caption: Paru Venkat and Alagappa Rammohan
At StoryCorps in Chicago, Dr. Alagappa Rammohan shares with his daughter, Paru Venkat, a love letter to the written word.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
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Bud and Jackie Jones are career taxidermists who helped bring a completely different kind of New Year’s Eve celebration to their small town of Tall...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
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Old friends Jeanne Satterfield and Barbara Parham talk about how their unexpected reunion in a shelter led them closer to home.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:47
Caption: Adam Roseman and Rick Rosenthal pose after their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, GA in September 2018. , Credit: By Brenda Ford for StoryCorps.
This is a story about Santa Rick Rosenthal of Atlanta, Georgia -- who also happens to be Jewish (Modern Orthodox, to be precise).

  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 02:20
Caption: Gordon Williams and Barnie Botone at StoryCorps in Bismarck, North Dakota., Credit: By Camila Kerwin for StoryCorps.
Barnie Botone tells his friend, Gordon Williams, about his 34 year career working on the railroad.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1