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StoryCorps: Christine Berro and Andy Keeler
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Christine Berro talks with her husband, Andy Keeler, about the need to find love after losing a spouse.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Joel and Julia Helfman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Julia and Joel Helfman at their StoryCorps interview in Philadelphia, PA in 2019., Credit: By Eleanor Vassili for StoryCorps
Joel and Julia Helfman remember how they became friends -- and how that friendship blossomed into a decades-long love story.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Jeanne Satterfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Old friends Jeanne Satterfield and Barbara Parham talk about how their unexpected reunion in a shelter led them closer to home.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:47
Behind the Walls
From: Martine Chaussard
Caption: Pat Stark shows her first handwritten catalogue of Sam Feinstein’s paintings.
Fifteen years ago, Pat Stark discovered a lifetime of artwork in her home. Most of the art she found had never been seen by anyone but the artist, ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps OutLoud: John Banvard and Jerry Nadeau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Military war veterans John Banvard (100) and Jerry Nadeau (72) live in a veterans home for seniors in Southern California. At StoryCorps, they talk...

Bought by KALW, Radio Catskill, WCQS, and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Kathy Braud at the Crossing Arts Alliance
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Four Clucks, Credit: Kathy Braud
The Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd has some selected works up now through March. The artist is Kathy Braud, a one-of-a-kind watercolorist. Kath...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 13:07
StoryCorps: James Kennicott and Kara Masteller
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: James Kennicott (L) and Kara Masteller (R)
Recorded using the StoryCorps app, a granddaughter learns about a difficult upbringing, loved ones lost, and gets advice on growing older.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps OutLoud: Angela Stowe and Glenda Elliott
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Angela Stowe (L) and Glenda Elliott (R)
Glenda Elliott, 75, tells her friend Angela Stowe about the love of her life, and what it was like to love another woman long before the gay rights...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCQS, WMMT, WMUU-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 5
Ronnie Gilbert: A Memorial Tribute with Holly Near
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Ronnie Gilbert memorial, with excepts from her 1996 visit to Radio Curious, and remembrances by Holly Near

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:04
Collaborating with the Mystery
From: Mary Quintas
Caption: Bud Brown with his trumpazoo and washboard, Credit: Mary Quintas
Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 4
Stories from my Family: Evelyn
From: Marion Kane
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This chat with my nanny, Evelyn Smail, was recorded at her seniors' home in Morrisburg ON about a year ago. Created by me, it was produced by Ashle...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:14
StoryCorps: René and Michelle Foreman
From: StoryCorps
Caption: René Foreman (R) and her daughter Michelle (L)
René Foreman, who survived cancer of the esophagus, tells her daughter Michelle about speaking through an electrolarynx.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Peggy and Hugh: An Oral History
From: Laura Herberg
Caption: Peggy and Hugh, then and now.
Peggy grew up on the Canadian prairie listening to big band on the radio. Hugh grew up in Seattle and tried to stay out of trouble from his Welsh ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 17:18
Jim and Martha - 56 years and karaoke
From: Sara Paul
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jim and Martha were married in 1955 - and took up karaoke "a week ago". It might have made their love stronger. Might have. Found sound from the...

Bought by KALW, Prairie Public, WABE, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe Pledge Spot - Life's Changes
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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This I Believe essayist Amy Wilson and her mother discuss how their relationship deepened following the death of Amy's father.

Bought by WEZU, WEKU, New England Public Media, and KJZZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 4
Final Sale
From: Samantha Broun
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After 70 years, Winthrop Sherwin is retiring from the general store where he works. It's the end of an era in Groton, MA.

Bought by PRX Remix, Public Interactive, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 4