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StoryCorps American Pathways: Sohaib Sultan and Arshe Ahmed
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Arshe Ahmed, Radiyya, and Sohaib Sultan at Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey on August 30, 2020, Credit: Courtesy of Arshe Ahmed
Imam Sohaib Sultan and his wife, Arshe Ahmed, came to StoryCorps to talk about becoming parents, and what it means to live “a blessed life.”

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Robert Robinson and John Fortunato
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Robert Robinson and Dr. John Fortunato at their StoryCorps interview in Chicago, Illinois on October 30, 2023, Credit: Jeb Backe for StoryCorps
After Dr. John Fortunato diagnosed Robert Robinson’s daughter, Angel, with a rare kind of cancer, the father and doctor forged a lasting bond.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:20
StoryCorps Griot: Nidera Brown and Conchetta Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nidera and Conchetta Brown at their StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, TX on November 17, 2022, Credit: Manuela Velasquez for StoryCorps
Conchetta Brown and her daughter, Nidera Brown, discuss their close relationship in life and in death.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps September 11th: Jan Vigiano and John Vigiano Sr.
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jan Vigiano and John Vigiano Sr.
Retired New York City firefighter John Vigiano Sr. remembers his sons, John Jr., a firefighter, and Joe, a policeman, who both died at the World Tr...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
Ep. 6 A Secret Death
From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times
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An episode that introduces a character while also saying goodbye to them.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:01
StoryCorps: Jennifer Hensel and Jeremy Richman
From: StoryCorps
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: Ronnie Palazzolo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ronnie and Richie Palazzolo were identical twins who did everything together, including working at the World Trade Center. They were both there on ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Lynn Chapman and Keith Chapman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Keith Chapman sits down with his mother, Lynn Chapman, to remember his brother, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, the first American soldier to b...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Sylvia Grosvold and Josh Weiner
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sylvia Grosvold and her father Josh Weiner came back to StoryCorps to reflect on their relationship, just as Sylvia was about to leave for college.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Carmencristina Moreno and Rosemary Selzer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Carmencristina Moreno and her sister, Rosemary Selzer, remember their father, songwriter Luis M. Moreno, and the bittersweet legacy he left behind.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Missing Them
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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A special episode, created in partnership with Queens Memory and the online newspaper The CITY, on grief and mourning during the COVID-19 pandemic,...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 23:17
StoryCorps: Jackie Stockton and Alice Stockton-Rossini
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jackie Stockton and daughter Alice Stockton-Rossini at the Philadelphia Flower Show March, 2019, Credit: Alice Stockton-Rossini.
Jackie Stockton and her daughter Alice Stockton-Rossini recovered from COVID-19, the virus that killed a best friend and a family member. Having fa...

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


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Shotzy Harrison and James Flavy Coy Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Shotzy Harrison talks with her father, James Flavy Coy Brown, about reuniting when she was 25, after he was in and out of her life while dealing wi...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:46
StoryCorps Historias: Maria Rivas and Emily
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Maria Rivas and her teenage daughter, Emily, talk about the possibility of Maria returning to El Salvador if she loses her status to live and work ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:33
StoryCorps: Alfred Wilson and Susan Bro
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In 2017, Heather Heyer was killed while protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her supervisor from the law offi...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 02:32
StoryCorps: Tom Sullivan and Terry Sullivan
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Tom and Terry Sullivan holding a photo of their son, Alex
On July 20, 2012, a gunman shot and killed 12 people in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. One of the victims was Alex Sullivan. He was ce...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Kayla Wilson and Wendy Founds
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A story told in two parts: Kayla Wilson came to StoryCorps in 2006 to talk about her mom’s drug addition and incarceration. Ten years later, she re...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
StoryCorps: Catherine Alaniz-Simonds and David Taylor
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Catherine Alaniz-Simonds and retired Col. David Taylor remember Catherine’s husband, Andy Alaniz, who died by friendly fire during the Gulf War.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Sean Smith and Lee Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In June 1989, Sean Smith, 10, fatally shot his younger sister while playing with his father’s gun. He talks to his mother, Lee, about that devastat...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps OutLoud: Claudia Anton and Diana Keough
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Claudia Anton (L) and Diana Keough (R)
Sisters from Wisconsin recount what it was like to find out both of their parents had AIDS, and to lose them both to the disease in the early 1990s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Barry Romo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Bill Branson (L) and Barry Romo (R)
Veteran Barry Romo and his nephew Bobby Romo were born a month apart and grew up together. They both went to Vietnam, only one came home.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps MVI: Donna Orolin
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Donna Orolin
Donna Orolin remembers the disappearance of her husband, Private First Class Brian Orolin, and the day he came home from Afghanistan.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Bill Jones and Stu Maddux
From: StoryCorps
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Bill Jones, the first single man in California to successfully adopt a child, tells his friend Stu Maddux about his son, Aaron.

Bought by KRVS, WEZU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
Eva, Nanny
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
StoryCorps: Elisa and Bobby Seeger
From: StoryCorps
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Elisa Seeger and her husband, Bobby Seeger, Jr. remember their son, Aidan, who died in 2012 from a genetic disorder called adrenoleukodystrophy, or...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2