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Kirsten Johnson talks bearing witness, tricks of memory, and the tension of the unseen.
- Added: Oct 08, 2016
- Length: 23:04
On this episode, we spotlight two books - 1941: FIGHTING THE SHADOW WAR. by Marc Wortman that, in part, tells the story of the considerable popula...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Sep 29, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
You’ve heard of explorers discovering new lands, but new… fruits? In this episode of Gravy, a couple of young fruit explorers scour the South on a ...
Bought by KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KSFR
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 26:09
- Purchases: 3
Gillian Armstrong talks Cary Grant’s stinginess, Marilyn Monroe’s (lack of a) sense of humor, and the relief of having her suspicions confirmed.
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 15:24
James Solomon talks fundamental questions, personal narratives, and the importance of listening.
- Added: Jul 25, 2016
- Length: 19:07
Tim Heptner talks aesthetics, creating narrative, and how A CLOCKWORK ORANGE affected him.
- Added: Jul 24, 2016
- Length: 16:33
Producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with playwright, Cate Belleveau about her new play "Mary 4 Martha 3 NO Footnotes," and also two actors from the play...
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 13:17
Examining the heavy New York influence on the Syracuse University lacrosse program, and the deep roots of lacrosse in the state of New York.
- Added: May 09, 2016
- Length: 04:15
Ever wonder about the origins of the Odegaard Writing and Research Center? The Character Development team sought to learn more about our Center’s h...
- Added: Apr 24, 2016
- Length: 23:00
The Celebration for the publishing of Dr James Leary’s Folksongs of Another America takes place Friday Night April 1 at Celtic Junction. It is a wo...
- Added: Mar 19, 2016
- Length: 05:00
François Clemmons played Officer Clemmons on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." He came to StoryCorps to discuss the role and his life.
Bought by WITF, WMUU-LP, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 02:51
- Purchases: 5
Bemidji’s grassroots Truth and Reconciliation group has been meeting for months to talk about race. Anton Treuer is one of the founding members of ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 04:24
Walk through a chapter of America's darkest history in Birmingham, Alabama as we visit iconic sites that were central in the civil rights movement.
Bought by KISA Digital Studios
- Added: Jan 31, 2016
- Length: 59:55
- Purchases: 1
Explore Kenya, America's History from the Whiskey Trail and Founding Fathers, meet bestselling author James Rollins and learn about Sri Lanka and B...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 59:55
On April 20th, 1914, just north of Trinidad, Colorado, one of the bloodiest, most overlooked events in the history of the American labor movement s...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 58:45
Géza Röhrig László Nemes talk psychic reality, earning our lives, and narrowing the field of vision.
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 12:54
Jay Roach talks fear-based manipulation, Trumbo’s complex personality, and Louis C.K.’s rumpled collar,
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 15:35
Generational discussion on the changes we have seen from the older generation doctor visit down to our future telemedicine.
- Added: Nov 10, 2015
- Length: 57:00
Rachel Rabin, Yitzhak Rabin’s little sister, isn’t so little anymore. Rachel, 91, reminisces about her childhood with her older brother who she rem...
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 05:16
Rabin is a symbol. An icon. But in Israel of 2015, twenty years after the Prime Minister's murder, it isn't so simple to understand what the reall...
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: 01:05:56
According to or my guest, Alan Wald, the aim of the literary radical is “to endow history with meaning.” We track three “subversives” in our progra...
- Added: Nov 03, 2015
- Length: 57:14
Stanley Nelson talks history, irony, and delivering the unexpected.
- Added: Oct 03, 2015
- Length: 15:03
Grant Frashier reports on the Bovey Farmer's Day Parade in Bovey, Minnesota.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Sep 18, 2015
- Length: 09:11
- Purchases: 1
One hundred years ago, the city of Norfolk, Virginia was the first Southern city in the US to screen the notoriously racist film Birth of a Nation....
- Added: Aug 21, 2015
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 2
The genesis, lovers and haters of New Orleans newest nickname.
Bought by WABE
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 05:25
- Purchases: 1