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StoryCorps: Ashley Cosme and Nicholas Cosme
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ashley and Nicholas Cosme at their StoryCorps interview in Chicago, Illinois on July 27, 2022., Credit: Taken for StoryCorps
Ashley Cosme sits down with her husband, Nicholas, to talk about how they are keeping alive her father’s memory and his love of cars.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Father Noel Hickie and Marcia Hilton
From: StoryCorps
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Father Noel Hickie was working as a hospital chaplain when he met Marcia Hilton, a bereavement counselor, at a hospital in Eugene, Oregon. For 25 y...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Anthony "Tony Bees" Planakis
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Tony Bees shows off his bee-themed tattoos. The scroll reads in Latin: “Go to the honeybee, thy poet, consider her ways and be wise.”
When bee season in New York City begins in early spring, that means retired police detective (and unofficial NYPD beekeeper) Anthony “Tony Bees” Pl...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Larry Kushner and Eileen Kushner
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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As an adult, Eileen was diagnosed with a learning disability. At StoryCorps, she remembers how she overcame the challenges she faced at work.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: William Chambers and Ceceley Chambers
From: StoryCorps
Caption: William Chambers and Ceceley Chambers
William’s mother is a chaplain providing spiritual support to seniors and hospice patients. At StoryCorps they discuss how her work affects them both.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
Robby Stern and Steve Garey, Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: PSARA
Interview by Ken Winkes: Robby and Steve, members of the Puget Sound Alliance for Retirement Action, disclose what they have in mind regarding ret...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:28
StoryCorps: Len Berk and Joshua Gubitz
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joshua Gubitz (L) and Len Berk (R)
Len Berk talks to his friend, Joshua Gubitz, about becoming a salmon slicer after retiring from a 40 year career in accounting.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Gay Talese and Bob Walsh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gay Talese interviews Bob Walsh, one of the ironworkers who built the the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge,...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Storm Reyes and Jeremy Hagquist
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Dean Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dean Smith, who spent 40 years as a stunt double for Hollywood Westerns, talks with his wife, Debby, and son, Finis.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps MVI: Veterans Crisis Line
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Elizabeth Olson and her colleagues at the Veterans Crisis Line, the only national suicide prevention hotline for service members, talk about helpin...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 3
Creating Your Best Marriage and Affair Proofing It
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, although most people plan careers or finances, something society doesn't teach people how to plan is a strong marriage. Gary Neuman has crea...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
AARP’s Work Re-imagined Program
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, AARP’s President, Rob Romasco, explains how AARP’s innovative Work Re-imagined Program will help experienced workers. Then, Jeanne Cooper lo...

Bought by WCNY and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: John Klein and Bernice Flournoy
From: StoryCorps
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John Klein remembers meeting the love of his life, Mary Ann Allen, with her daughter Bernice Flournoy.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 3
Portland Longshoring
From: Britta Gordon
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Retired longshoremen in Portland, Oregon talk about their working life together: working conditions on the waterfront, friendships, changes wrought...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Brother Purham: A Steelworker's Story
From: Ayana Contreras
Caption: the Arcelor Mittal Steel Mill, East Chicago, IN. Formerly Inland Steel, Credit: Ayana Contreras
Recorded by fellow retired steelworker Joe Gutierrez, and produced by Ayana Contreras, this piece was created for Vocalo.org in conjunction with Th...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 10:00