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On this episode of Audacious, meet one of the best baristas in the world, an artist who uses coffee as a medium, and a man determined to visit ever...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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From paintings to prints, from wood work to writing, there is no limit to what you can find at the Winona Art Walk. Hosted across the city of Winon...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 24:33
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: Daniel Jacob and Rob Maiden at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas, TX in 2014., Credit: Liyna Anwar for StoryCorps.
Rob Maiden tells his friend and fellow Mavs ManiAACs performer, Daniel Jacob, about what led him to join their hip--hop dance group of self--procla...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Neil Kramer and Sophia Lansky on February 9th, 2022 in Queens, New York. , Credit: Neil Kramer
Neil Kramer and his ex-wife, Sophia Lansky, talk about their unique quarantine experience together.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:46
Caption: Ghuan Featherstone and Jordan Humphreys at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles, California on December 15th, 2021., Credit: Maja Sazdic for StoryCorps
Ghuan Featherstone came to StoryCorps with his mentee Jordan Humphreys to talk about their shared love of horses and horseback riding.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Thomas Fox Averill discusses his award-winning novel, A CAROL DICKENS CHRISTMAS, that weaves the influences of Charles Dickens and traditional Vict...

Bought by WRKF and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Mary Clark came to StoryCorps with her friend, Ron Gibson, to talk about the complicated history of their relationship, and where they are now.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Take Me With You: Around The World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home Have you ever made friends with someone from a place where you visited as a t...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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This week’s episode of Inside Appalachia features several children's authors, including Cynthia Rylant, who wrote "When I Was Young In The Mountain...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
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In June of 2020, a 72-year-old man in the UK named Gerald Stratford posted a photograph of himself in his garden on Twitter. He wrote, “Just giving...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 25:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:29
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The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmother’s house had been burglarized. So, 12-year-old Jessica g...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:54
Caption: Doreen Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Wishes - Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, fa...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:36
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes at their StoryCorps interview in Jackson, Mississippi on February 20, 2015., Credit: Vanessa Gonzalez-Block for StoryCorps.
Albert Sykes speaks with his nine-year-old son, Aidan, about black fatherhood, and his hopes for the future.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WERA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
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NASA Engineer Joey Jefferson talks with his six-year-old nephew, Jerry Morrison, about their shared passion for space.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 02:34
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We feature literature and commentary about the December holiday season from our rich archives. The late Rabbi Gerald Kane discusses the origins of ...

Bought by WDCB and WDCB


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: How Do You Feel?
Lizzy Rockwell is an illustrator and author of children's books. Her book How Do You Feel published in September 2019 is a wonderful example of sto...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 55:10
Caption: Karama Neal (left) with Judge Olly Neal (right).
Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how discovering African American author Frank Yerby's books in his school library turned him around academically.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dale Jett
Carter Family legacy Dale Jett & "Hello Stranger" recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews w...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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Siblings Abe and Esther Schuster talk about what it was like to grow up as children of Holocaust survivors.

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:56
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
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Folklore, myths, and magic -- what can we learn from alternative truths? The professionals weight in.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 10:10
Caption: Allan Ganz and, his wife, Rosalyn Ganz
The longest-running ice cream man, Allan Ganz, has been selling sweet treats since he was 10 years old. He shares with his wife, Rosalyn Ganz, how ...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ed Cage and Nicole Paris
Ed Cage and Nicole Paris are a father-daughter beatboxing duo. At StoryCorps, they talk about how it all began.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis


  • Added: Jul 16, 2018
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1