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StoryCorps: Halyna Hrushetsky and Oryna Hrushetsky-Schiffman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Halyna Hrushetsky and Oryna Hrushetsky-Schiffman at their StoryCorps interview in Chicago Illinois on September 4, 2014., Credit: By Andre Perez for StoryCorps.
Halyna Hrushetsky tells her daughter Oryna Hrushetsky-Schiffman about when she learned her Ukrainian parents had lived through the Holodomor famine.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Phillip Lazowski and Ruth Lazowski
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Philip and Ruth Lazowski on their wedding day, in 1955. , Credit: Courtesy of the Lazowski family.
Rabbi Philip Lazowski tells his wife Ruth about the stranger who saved him from the Nazis as a young boy, and how this fateful encounter would mark...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 35: My Penny
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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In October of 2006, a press conference was held at a hospital in Denver. During the press conference, a man asked if anyone watching could tell him...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 32:36
Episode 33: On the Way to Dinner
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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On August 28th, 2000, Danny Stewart got on the subway to meet his boyfriend Pete Mercurio for dinner in New York City. As he was exiting the statio...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 36:50
StoryCorps Military Voices: Roman Coley Davis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Roman Coley Davis poses for a picture with his grandmother, "Mema" Laverne Tanner, whose special delivery from 7,000 miles away eased some of her grandson's homesickness., Credit: Dailey Hubbard
Former Army intelligence collector Roman Coley Davis talks about a package he received while stationed in Afghanistan.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Duane Topping and Jamie Topping
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Duane Topping served three tours in Iraq. Coming home, he suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but found comfort from an unexpected place.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 5: A Private Life
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Nino and Drew kept their relationship a secret for more than 40 years. And then, they decided to do something that forced them into the spotlight.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, PRX Remix, and HowSound


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 22:50
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Dawn Sahr and Asma Jama
From: StoryCorps
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One night, in October 2015, Asma Jama went out for dinner with her family at an Applebee’s restaurant in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Asma, who is Somal...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Marfa Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
J.D. Vance, author of "Hillbilly Elegy"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews J.D. Vance about his bestselling memoir.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
The Turner Girls
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Series: Kind World
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Jen Turner had always wanted to be a mom. But when she developed macular edema, an eye disease, doctors warned her that pregnancy could result in p...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Lucy Puts Friede to Rest
From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders
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Lucy has a business planning and leading pet funeral ceremonies. When her dog Friede dies, she leads her ceremony.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 11:29
Can You Help Me Find My Mom?
From: The Truth
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A little girl is lost.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
Other Halves
From: Dennis Funk
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When you enter a marriage, you assume that you know the essentials of who your partner really is. Turns out, not always.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Christine and Gordon Schei
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Christine and Gordon Schei talk about learning that their son, Army Sergeant Erik Schei, had been shot in the head in Iraq.

Bought by WSGE and WEZU


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 2
The Emperor's New Onesie
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: For many months, this is the only dress Violet would wear. Joyce washed it every night in the sink., Credit: Joyce Slaton
A woman spends a month at home with her naked two-year-old daughter, trying to figure out why she won't wear clothes.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 14:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Early Bird Fishing Guide
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. August 5th, 2010

  • Added: Aug 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:21
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Hospice Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Warren Upstairs
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman reveals her terror when her recently-retired husband is suddenly in poor health.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Phone Message
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The adult daughter hasn't called; the parents are desperate; but at least there's a message on the machine.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Joellen & Willie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman questions her 15 year old daughter about going out with an older man and being busted. "The grass was Chuck's."

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Aneurysm
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman phones her older brother to let him know she's having a risky, life-saving operation. She ends up comforting him.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Kenny's Birthday
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother visits her comatose son to celebrate his birthday, while her daughter is deeply frustrated with her mother's "denial."

  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Twenty-five Years
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man wants his wife of 25 years to renew their lapsed intimacy, but she resists opening the wounds.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Dog & Kid
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenager whose parents are divorcing sees that she has become a pawn of negotiation, in competition with the family dog.

Bought by WQJC and East Village Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2