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Capt. Helen Perry talks with her husband, Sgt. Matthew Perry, about their enduring love, and the impacts of Matthew’s memory loss.
- Added: Oct 04, 2022
- Length: 02:56
In this episode of Incoming, we’re speaking with playwright Delia Knight, whose relationship with her best friend and Marine brother suffered – and...
- Added: Jan 12, 2021
- Length: 52:08
We’re spending this hour with our friend, writer, performer, and veteran Navy officer, James Seddon. James is one of the founding members of So Say...
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 58:02
“Everything Is A War,” focuses on stories about how serving in a war zone can stick to a person, so deeply that traces of it will magically appear ...
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 56:23
Navigating the present, alongside past and future.
Today’s show, “Unstuck in Time,” is titled after the opening line in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slau...
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 58:01
“I was much further out than you thought, And not waving but drowning.” –Stevie Smith.
Today’s episode is titled “Lost At Sea,” for two reasons: f...
- Added: Jan 10, 2021
- Length: 58:01
“Tell me a Story!” He said. “I’ll tell you a story.”
Invasion can be both psychological and literal. We’re very lucky to be able pair up two contr...
- Added: Jan 10, 2021
- Length: 58:01
The following episode has stories from those who have sought out mental health services in the military. They are active duty service members who h...
Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.
- Added: Sep 09, 2020
- Length: 16:15
- Purchases: 1
Former Army intelligence collector Roman Coley Davis talks about a package he received while stationed in Afghanistan.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 02:49
- Purchases: 2
Punta Gorda resident and WGCU reporter Michael Hirsh shares a first-hand account of his Vietnam War experiences, including audio recordings he made...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Oct 09, 2017
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 1
Talat Hamdani remembers her son, a NYPD cadet who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and was wrongfully accused of having terrorist links.
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 02:13
Jenna Henderson came to StoryCorps to remember her husband, Army Sgt. First Class Chris Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007.
- Added: Sep 08, 2016
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
In 1962 a group of Indians were shipped off to internment camps during a war with China.
- Added: Mar 15, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Retired Marines Anny and Jonny Pena talk about the challenges they faced as military spouses, and what it was like when Jonny came home from Afghan...
Bought by WVBI-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 3
When Marine Cpl. Zach Stiles returned from Iraq, he couldn't sleep, hold down a job or pay rent. He and his father sat down with StoryCorps to talk...
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 1
In the 1960s, it took almost three weeks to cross the sea from America to Vietnam. Three weeks for young men in crowded cabins, with salt water sho...
Bought by WHFR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, KYUK, KFAI Minneapolis and more
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 26:24
- Purchases: 10
Edwidge Danticat, winner of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, returns fifteen years after her first interview with NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR to t...
- Added: Feb 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Remo del Tredici began making violins in his 70s. Inspired by his neighbor, a volunteer for AmVets, and the memory of his brother who was killed du...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 06:02
- Purchases: 2
Two Syrians, separated by war, go to great lengths for love.
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 06:29
A writer and Vietnam Veteran discusses Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. [28:31]
Bought by KPIP-LP, KBBI Alaska, and WRVO Public Media
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 3
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
- Added: Jun 21, 2011
- Length: 07:57
With tenacious willpower, 24 year-old Brad Watts writes short stories to help him cope with stress.
- Added: Mar 05, 2009
- Length: 06:27
Documentary about Sri Lankan Omer Cassim Mohammed Sevahir's personal efforts to challenge communal boundaries
- Added: Mar 24, 2008
- Length: 21:18
Buffalo listener Steve Banko believes Christmas music helped heal some of his Vietnam War wounds.
Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEZU, and WAMU
- Added: Feb 21, 2008
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 4
War Photographer Thorne Anderson tells the story behind three photos from Iraq which continue to haunt him.
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Apr 07, 2006
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 3
