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Joanne Nucho tells her husband, Jeff Ono, about her grandmother, Isabel, who was born in a refugee camp after her parents fled the Armenian Genocide.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WGUC/ WVXU, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 4
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A woman walks into a bar, asks 23 random strangers what advice they would give their 18 year old self, and every single person said the same thing.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:03
Caption: Jenna Henderson (right) and Laurie Laychak (left)
Jenna Henderson came to StoryCorps to remember her husband, Army Sgt. First Class Chris Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007.

Bought by WTIP and WEZU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
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Rowena Gore-Simmons speaks with her daughter, Kenya Gore, about the year Rowena spent in prison.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Things You Didn't Put On Your Resume." The Beat is a daily remind...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
Elk visit the ranch. Jessie and Pops sneak in for a close look.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:23
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Alice Loesch has lived through a century that has seen some of history’s most sweeping changes in the lives of women.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSFR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 10
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Walking into high school as a freshman is a tough assignment

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:35

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eat! Eat!, Credit: Sandy Chin
A personal audio essay about my Italian-American Nani teaching me the importance of showing love through cooking.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:19
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Listener Amy Lyles Wilson believes it takes guts to keep going, especially when you're newly widowed.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WEKU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4
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It takes tremendous work but Melinda Shoaf believes organizing family celebrations is worth the effort.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
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Divinity student Emily Smith believes in baking as an expression of love and honor for her family.

Bought by WCQS, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 4
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NPR listener Cecile Gilmer of Logan, Utah, believes family includes much more than blood relatives.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KZYX, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 4
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Essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap. No matter what the calendar says, for some of us, the New Year begins in September.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
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Scent Bonds Mothers To Their Children essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap

  • Added: Jul 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:13