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: Shiekh Nazim Abdul Karriem
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sheikh Nazim Abdul Karriem was drafted at the age of 18 into World War II. He came to StoryCorps at 96 to talk about what he found when he came hom...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Eunice Wiley
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Eunice Wiley and Martha Bireda at their StoryCorps interview in Punta Gorda, Florida on January 23, 2017., Credit: By Vero Ordaz for StoryCorps.
Eunice Wiley shares how becoming one of the only Black teachers at a predominantly white Florida elementary school helped define her as a teacher.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Sydia Bell and Danny Bell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sydia, Danny, and Maritza Bell with their dog (not Roxanna) in 2016
Danny Bell tells his daughter Sydia about trying to teach her mother to drive.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Alex, David and Serena Hedison
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Series: StoryCorps
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Siblings Alex and Serena Hedison remember their father, the late David Hedison, and reflect on his legacy.

Bought by KALW and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Margot Moinester and Susan Moinester
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Series: StoryCorps
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Susan Moinester tells her daughter, Margot, about how her parents met during the liberation of the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1945, and w...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: JoAn Peters and Tom Peters
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Series: StoryCorps
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Tom and JoAn Peters came to StoryCorps to talk about the ups and downs of their relationship, and a difficult decision they had to make.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Monica Mickle and Rev. Harry Blake
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Rev. Harry Blake came to StoryCorps to speak with his daughter Monica Mickle about how his experiences growing up the son of a sharecropper in Loui...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:44
StoryCorps Historias: Jason Romero and Sofia Romero
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Series: StoryCorps
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Jason Romero suffers from a rare eye condition that causes blindness, and for years he struggled with depression. He came to StoryCorps with his yo...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Martha High and Sandra Bears
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Martha High and Sandra Bears
Sandra Bears and Martha High remember singing together as The Jewels, before hitting the road with James Brown.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Jennifer Hensel and Jeremy Richman
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Series: StoryCorps
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Avielle Richman was one of the children killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. She was six years old. Her par...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:59
StoryCorps Griot: Atiba Mbiwan, Didi Ndando, and Egbe Monjimbo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sisters Didi Ndando and Egbe Monjimbo talk with Atiba Mbiwan, who honored the memory of their late brother Acha by taking on the family’s last name.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:47
StoryCorps: Joe Chan and Pak Yan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Pak Yan (left) and Joe Chan (right) at Friendship Park in Richmond, CA soon after they reunited. The text on the rock reads ‘friendship’ in Chinese
Born in Hong Kong, Pak Yan and Joe Chan were inseparable as kids. But when Joe was in the 6th grade, his family moved to the U.S. The friends were ...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Gina Livingston and Decio Rubano
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Series: StoryCorps
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Just as his music career was heating up, Decio Rubano discovered he was not a U.S. citizen and was deported to Canada as a young man. He came to St...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:15
Storycorps MVI: Diane Evans and Edie Meeks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Diane Evans and Edie Meeks at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., Credit: Courtesy of Diane Evans
Diane Evans and Edie Meeks were nurses at the height of the Vietnam War in 1969, and they remember serving next to the front lines--and their decad...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
Storycorps: Milton Ehrlich
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Milt and Etta Ehrlich on their wedding anniversary in Prince Edward Island, Canada in August. 1985., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Ehrlich family.
Milt Ehrlich remembers his wife, Etta Ehrlich, and their story of eternal love.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2022
  • Length: 01:48
Storycorps: Linda Mae Lawelawe and Doug Carillo
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Series: StoryCorps
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Half siblings Linda Mae Lawelawe and Doug Carillo talk about how their lives were shaped by Kalaupapa--America’s largest leprosy colony.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Albert Naquin and Démé Naquin Jr.
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Chief Albert Naquin and Démé Naquin Jr. at their StoryCorps interview in Montegut, Louisiana on September 17, 2022., Credit: By Zanna McKay for StoryCorps
As stronger and more frequent storms hit the Louisiana coastline due to climate change, members of the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation have been forced...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams at their StoryCorps interview in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2021., Credit: By Clean Cuts Studios for StoryCorps.
Tesia Williams talks to her daughter, Mikayla Stephens, about being at the Pentagon during the terrorist attack on 9/11 and how that day shaped her...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Emily Fortner and Amy McNally
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Emily Fortner and Amy McNally. , Credit: Photos courtesy of the participants.
Amy McNally tells her sister, Emily Fortner, about a memory that shines bright against the backdrop of their difficult childhood.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Nelva Williamson and Timothy Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Nelva Williamson came to StoryCorps with her son Timothy J. Harris to reflect on a life in the classroom and her commitment to shedding light on hi...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:53

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