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Is there any hope for authenticity? The Dream Journal speaks with Jungian analyst Susan Schwartz who describes her work on the imposter syndrome an...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 53:03
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Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011, to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. 12 years later, they share the latest ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Not Old Better Show
Katrina Madsen, Community Manager at Ancestry.com for Find a Grave. We learn from Katrina Madsen about the history of Find a Grave, some of the rec...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 39:29
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Companioning the dying through lucid dreams. Our guest shares some of her experiences of psychopompic dreaming.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 53:14
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84-year-old musician William Salter tells his granddaughter, Jada, how he first found his sound, and what their relationship means to him.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Feeling isolated during the pandemic, Jinny Savolainen sought to connect with her neighbors. Using StoryCorps Connect, she created a collection of ...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 02:55
Caption: Chuck McDermott, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Over the last 40 years, Chuck McDermott has left his musical mark on audiences on both coasts of the United States. Over the last fe...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:28
Caption: Ruth Owens with her grandson, James Taylor, in April of 2019 at their StoryCorps recording in Cookeville, Tennessee., Credit: Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan for StoryCorps.
Ruth Owens tells her grandson, James Taylor, about the four decades she worked as a nurse in rural Tennessee.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:07
Caption: Joe Newman and Anita Sampson, Credit: ABC Action News
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
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Rita Sommers-Flanagan discusses her novel, Boomers. She also reads two short passages.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Radio Curious revisits a 1997 conversation with whistle blower Daniel Ellsberg who released “The Pentagon Papers” in 1971.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with Orell Massey, Mendocino County's first and only black sheriff, who reflects on race and the impact of Dr. Martin Luther K...

Bought by WHFR and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Did you know that eating certain foods can offer protection against Alzheimer’s Disease? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Meli...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Raymond Summerville, Credit: Meredith Turk
Raymond Summerville uncovers the surprising and troubled past of George Hatton, a beloved citizen of Columbia, Missouri, whom neighborhood children...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:58
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Segment 1: Lee Kravitz/spiritual pilgrim Segment 2: Bill Averson/beauty pageant coach Segment 3:Ken Saler/tattoo removal Segment 4:Kelly Malone & J...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Lucy has a business planning and leading pet funeral ceremonies. When her dog Friede dies, she leads her ceremony.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 11:29
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Segment 1: Lizzie Post/wedding etiquette Segment 2: Cameron Smith/cheese whiz Segment 3: Catherine Cho/musician Segment 4: Janet Mayer/medium S...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Radio Curious honors Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, in an archived conversation with Bernard Offen, a survivor of five concentration c...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
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No one disputes that it’s against the law to take another person’s life, but is it against the law to sit with someone and watch while they commit ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 23:46
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Army Sgt. Ryan Sharp speaks with his father, Kirk Sharp, about feeling off after coming...

Bought by WEZU, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 3
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Seventeen years after Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank at gunpoint, he came to StoryCorps...

Bought by WEZU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Clela Rorex (R) and her friend Sue Larson (L).
Clela Rorex (R), a former County Clerk in Boulder, Colorado, tells her friend Sue Larson...

Bought by WEZU, WMUU-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 5
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Collin Smith (23), who became quadriplegic after a car accident in high school, talks with Ernest Greene (72) who volunteered to go to college with...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with organic grape grower Charlie Barra, founder of Barra of Mendocino Organic Wines.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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Lynne Bruschetti tells her son, Jack, about her father, Leonard Carpenter.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1