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Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:23
Caption: Greg Houston (left) and Lynne Houston (right)
Many StoryCorps conversations touch on love, work, and death. But when Lynne Houston and her husband, Greg, sat down for their interview, they cove...

Bought by WEZU and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
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Find out why you should never mess with Maria. The diaries of a rebellious Jersey Girl growing up in the 80s. The Mortified Podcast is a proud memb...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2017
  • Length: 25:08
Caption: Rebecca (L) and Carl (R) Greenberg
For StoryCorps' 10th anniversary, we're revisiting some favorite stories. Rebecca Greenberg came to StoryCorps with her mother, Laura, to hear abou...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
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Aunt Nuska has lost her appetite and the whole family bonds together to find a remedy for her.

Bought by KRPS, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Episode Sixty-Two, Mary! Thank you for supporting all that episodic exposition! This episode we speak with romance novelist Mary Tate Engels. Autho...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
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High school sophomore Samantha O'Connell has just won a math award, and Gary Vosot is on the story.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Gregory Bartlett and Corinn Flaherty., Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps.
Corinn Flaherty and Gregory Bartlett are best friends. And like many best friends, they share a similar sensibility about life. Though Gregory live...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jay Ward's "Rocky and Bullwinkle" are featured on the 12th "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary with June Foray, Bill Scott, Roy Rogers, rare Bugs Bunny and Huckleberry Hound.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 53:34
Caption: Clyde Crashcup (Shep Menkin) Invents the Bathtub on the 4th "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary, with Bob Clampett's "Time for Beany," Bill Marx, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Myrtis Butl...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 54:38
Caption: Stan Freberg talks about Bob Clampett's "Time for Beany" on the 3rd "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary, with Bob Clampett's "Time for Beany," Jay Ward's "Dudley Doo-Right, June Foray, Stan Fr...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 53:45
Caption: Daws Butler, the voice of Huck & Yogi, is featured on the 2nd "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary, with Bob Barker, Daws Butler, Stan Freberg, June Foray and more!

  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 53:26
Caption: Hanna-Barbera Founder Joe Barbera is featured on the first "Cartoon Carnival" radio show with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary, with Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, and June Foray.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 53:44
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A woman discovers she's narcoleptic at Christmastime.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
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A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.

Bought by WQJC and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
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Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
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An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
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An elderly woman has been notified that her ex-husband has died. Her friend makes the mistake of extending sympathy.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
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A mother dreams of impulsively dropping everything and treating herself to an afternoon of roller skating -- but it's a dream.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
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A couple celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with simple love and humor.

Bought by KZYX and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
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A mother berates that her teenage daughter to learn from the mistakes the mother made as a teen. Problem is, Mom won't say what mistakes.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
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Faye, who has tried marriage four times, now sees her favorite bar as her family: It's happier and safer.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A man and a woman communicate through the medium of a board game, briefly wondering, "Is there more to life than this?"

  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38