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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StoryCorps Griot: Myles Spencer-Watson and Charisse Spencer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Charisse Spencer tells her teenage son Myles what it was like integrating her elementary school in Norfolk, Virginia in the 1960s.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Abby Gagliardo and Ralph Gagliardo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ralph Gagliardo opens up to his teenage daughter, Abby, about why he was in and out of prison for much of her childhood.

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Dennis Simmonds and Roxanne Simmonds
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Roxanne Simmonds and her husband, Dennis, remember their son, police officer D.J. Simmonds, who died due to injuries he sustained confronting the B...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Roman Coley Davis and Dan Marek
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Former Army intelligence collector Roman Coley Davis talks about a package he received while stationed in Afghanistan.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Russell Wadsworth and Remmick Wadsworth
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Brothers Russell and Remmick Wadsworth talk about how they navigate adult life together as people with autism.

Bought by Prairie Public and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Kay Johnston Massar and Cy Massar
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Kay Johnston Massar tells her husband, Cy Massar, about being the first girl to play Little League baseball.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Tanai Benard and Dezmond Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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10-year-old Dezmond Floyd talks with his mother, Tanai Benard, about the active shooter drills in his 5th grade classroom.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Mohammad Ashraf Faridi and Muhammad Faridi
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Muhammad Faridi talks to his father about what it was like growing up as the son of a cab driver.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
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 Military Voices Initiative: Joe Galloway and Vince Cantu
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Vince Cantu and Joe Galloway were childhood friends in the tiny town of Refugio, Texas. After graduating high school, they didn't see each other fo...

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Ted Klontz and Ashley Judd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Actress Ashley Judd talks to her friend Ted Klontz about summoning the courage to come forward about Harvey Weinstein’s abuse.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Joanna Wright and Tara Cummings
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Joanna Wright and her friend Tara Cummings talk about surviving years of abuse at a religious reform school in Louisiana.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Gene Kendzior and Jennifer Kendzior
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gene Kendzior tells his daughter, Jennifer, about his father, who died working in a coal mine in 1967.

Bought by WEZU, WVBI-LP, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps OutLoud: John Banvard and Jerry Nadeau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Military war veterans John Banvard (100) and Jerry Nadeau (72) live in a veterans home for seniors in Southern California. At StoryCorps, they talk...

Bought by KALW, Radio Catskill, WCQS, and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Lan Cao and Harlan Van Cao
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lan Cao lived through some of the fiercest fighting of the Vietnam War before starting her life over in the United States. She tells her daughter w...

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Sharon Brangman and Jenna Lester
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sharon Brangman (Left) and Jenna Lester (Right)
Dr. Jenna Lester talks to her mother, Dr. Sharon Brangman, about growing up in a family of black women who have dedicated their lives to medicine.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Gregory Bess and April Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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33-year-old April Gibson talks to her teenage son, Gregory Bess, about how she felt when he was born.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Dion Diamond
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dion Diamond talks about the risks he took as a young civil rights activist in the 1950s and 60s.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Rickey Jackson and Eddie Vernon
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rickey Jackson (Left) and Eddie Vernon (Right)
Rickey Jackson, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent nearly four decades in prison for it, talks with Eddie Vernon, the man whose false...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
StoryCorps: Anna Freeman and Brianna Freeman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Anna Freeman and her daughter, Brianna, discuss how bullies have impacted their lives.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 2

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