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Connie Doria Rocha talks about her experience as a civilian mechanic during WWII, and how that taste of independence changed her life.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Casimiro “Cas” Torres reflects on how his childhood led him to incarceration at New York City’s Hart Island, where he buried the poor and unclaimed...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Max García and his grandfather, Mario, in early July., Credit: Mario García
Dr. Mario García sits down with his grandson, Maximilian, to reflect on the acting career he left behind when he immigrated from Cuba in the 1960s.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Queer comic writer Gabby Rivera and artist Luciano Vecchio, Credit: Collage by Porfirio Rangel. Rivera photo courtesy of Giselle Flores; Vecchio photo courtesy of Luciano Vecchio
It's important for children and young adults to see images like themselves in media. Comics are increasingly popular and LGBTQ characters are poppi...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Grupo Mio performs at SPNN in St. Paul., Credit: Ryan Dawes
Tejano is a word that means “Texan” in Spanish. Tejano is also the name of a music genre fusing US American and Mexican musical traditions, plus a ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Jillian Hernandez gives voice to girls and women of color in her 2020 book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodimen...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 18:40
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Two sisters, Corina Ulloa and Brenda Ulloa Martinez, came to StoryCorps with Brenda’s daughters, Camila and Isabela Martinez, to talk about growing...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
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Since 2004, Jorge Muñoz has gathered with his family in their small kitchen in Queens, NY where they cook meals for those in need. Together, they’v...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Evelyn Glennie, Credit: James Callaghan/Courtesy of the Artist
La multipercusionista escocesa Evelyn Glennie ha estado completamente sorda desde los 12 años. Compartió con CPR Classical cómo una persona sorda p...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:07
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Ears Adrift interviews Hispanic Sailors and discusses how Hispanic culture influences America's Navy.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A mysterious break-in, a congressional lobbying effort about voting, and a sneaky way to get kids excited about the upcoming election...without the...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 34:55
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Martha Escutia and her cousin Marina Jimenez remember their grandfather, nicknamed Papu, who came to the U.S. as a Bracero worker in the 1940s.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode we profile Helen Hernandez, CEO of the North American Travel Journalist Association. We start from her humble beginnings and labor...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2020
  • Length: 23:58
Caption: Tomás Ybarra-Frausto at his StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, Texas on March 23, 2012., Credit: Anaid Reyes for StoryCorps.
In a conversation with his long-time friend, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto reminisces on his childhood in San Antonio and the lessons he learned about land,...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KZYX, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
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Juan Martinez grew up in South Central L.A. in the early nineties. He was struggling to find his way until he traded detention for a pack of jalape...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Vivian Garcia Leonard (left), Baby Liana, Marissa Ochs, and Vivian J Leonard. , Credit: Marissa Ochs.
Three generations of hospital pharmacists discuss staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and what carrying on their family legacy means to them.

Bought by WERA-LP and KVNF


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
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How was the largest student immigrant movement in the US built? What are the deep-rooted issues and adversity that immigrants face in the USA today...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 44:40
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Where can the youth of color find stories relevant to their lives in YA novels? This author has a book that captures the experiences of a Chicanx ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 12:18
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In 2018, Puerto Rico based actor, composer and filmmaker Juan Botta left job security behind to center on his creative life. That’s when he launche...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 12:52
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Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Caroline Dezan and Maria Rivas at their StoryCorps interview in Fresno, California on April 4, 2014., Credit: Courtesy Caroline Dezan.
Maria Rivas cared for her ailing mother over the last six years of her life, but she remembers her as anything but fragile while talking to social ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Pedro Lopez (left) stands beside his mother, Consuelo Lopez (right) in May of 2011 at St. Bridget Catholic Church on the 10th anniversary of the Postville raid. Consuelo is carrying the Book of Names — a record of those arrested and detained. , Credit: Photo by Jim Slosiarek of The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Pedro Lopez remembers the day his mother was detained and deported in the largest single-site, single-day immigration raid in U.S. history.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WHRV, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool. Today she's thriving. (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado), Credit: (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado)
In North Philadelphia, some teen girls live by the credo: “cold is cute.” Anger and emotional distance are crucial survival tools. For Sophia Delga...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
Caption: Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez at their StoryCorps interview in San Diego, CA on January 5th, 2013., Credit: Luis Gallo for StoryCorps.
Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez talk about organizing the first-ever military contingent in a Pride parade during the final days of Don’t Ask...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alma Schlor and Maria Ochoa at their StoryCorps interview in Tucson, Arizona on April 20, 2016. By Camila Kerwin for StoryCorps.
Maria Ochoa, a 70-year-old grandmother, speaks with her friend Alma Schlor about the over 100 times she’s walked the Arizona desert providing water...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2