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Caption: Vera Gonzalez and Gladys Ng, Credit: StoryCorps
Vera Gonzalez didn’t have much growing up – but she did have a passion for the piano. She would sneak into her school’s music room to teach herself...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Judy Brady and daughter Jillian Gustafson, Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps
Dealing with death on a daily basis can be draining, but when the death affects your own family, well, that’s a different story altogether. Jillian...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:27
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A young man proposes to his girlfriend... and then reconsiders.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
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A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
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A man in his early forties decides to take a job in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
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A father decides to take a transcontinental motorcycle trip and leave his children for a year.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2011
  • Length: 03:29
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Retired Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz remembers his wife, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz, who died in Iraq while disarming an IED.

Bought by KUER, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3
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Mary Johnson speaks with Oshea Israel, who killed her son in 1993.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4
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A woman shares her decision to end a pregnancy.

  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 03:18
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A man decides to leave his unfaithful ex-girlfriend and their daughter.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
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George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ.

Bought by KZYX, WEZU, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
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To save his family and other Christian missionaries, Frans Larson led a caravan through the Gobi Desert and into Siberia. That explorer’s great-gra...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
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When Jonathan Dickinson’s father was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease--a fatal neurodegenerative disorder--Jonathan decided to take him on an ep...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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East Alabama Art's Kyle Gassiott interviews Deondra and Ryan Brown two members of The 5 Browns who will perform at the Opelika Center for the Arts ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:30
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Laura Greenberg tells her daughter, Rebecca, about growing up in Queens during the 1950s.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
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In time for Thanksgiving, an exploration of Family. Contributions by: Gowri Chandra, Laurel Foglia, Brice Peterson, Katie Jennings, Rachel Blatt, a...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 31:35
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Have you ever been in a tornado? Got a good storm story to share?

  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:31
Caption: Milt Lee
Reporter Nancy Kelsey speaks with multimedia producer Milt Lee about his most recent film, Video Letters from Prison.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 26:47
Caption: Joel "Stouty" Stout
Diane Fornbacher, Lewis McCallister and the band Sci-Fi remember the life of Joel Stout. We call Joel's voicemail.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 21:57
Caption: Andy Garcia
Movie star Andy Garcia, currently starring in City Island is Milling About with Robin Milling.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 12:01
Caption: Acceptance book
Journalist Dave Marcus follows an extraordinary college guidance counselor through the placement process in a NY suburb.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 30:31
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
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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
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Award winning Harvard Psychologist Richard Weissbourd interviews about his new book: THE PARENTS WE MEAN TO BE: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermi...

Bought by KSFR and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Scene IV - Tongue, The Tale of a Wedded Life, Credit: by Cassius M. Collidge, 1877
Of course, forgive and forget? Right?

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:00