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Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Our guest today, Smithsonian Associate Kevin Dennehy, is someone who can guide us through a journey to Normandy like no other. Smithsonian Associat...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Her Space, Her Time: Trailblazing Female Scientists Who Decoded the Hidden Universe Women physicists and astronomers from around the world have tr...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 31:06
Caption: Daniel Moon in Seoul, Korea 1948
Sergeant Daniel Moon came to StoryCorps with his daughter Laura Moon to reflect on his memories of the Korean War.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reve...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 41:55
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Today we talk with neuroscientist and Smithsonian Associate Kevin Mitchell about how research into the brain’s inner workings has complicated the w...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2023
  • Length: 30:17

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 30:37
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Smithsonian Associates: Decoding the Cable Revolution: How 24/7 Politics Shaped a Generation and Our Democracy with Kathryn Cramer Brownell

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 32:48

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 22:12
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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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Burning Man is guided by "10 Principles." One is radical inclusion. What does that mean for people with disabilities?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 19:04
Caption: 101-year-old Joe Cooper survived the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Ommaney Bay. He calls it a "miracle" that divers have found and identified the wrecked aircraft carrier off the coast of the Philippines., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
101-year-old Joe Cooper was a crew member of the USS Ommaney Bay, which was attacked by a Japanese suicide pilot in World War II.

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 5
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This week Jennifer invites her good friend Susan as the show's guest. Susan has been diagnosed with Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which ca...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Making real connections despite life's busyness.

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
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In 2021, Americans reported losses of $5.8 billion USD to fraud. This represented a 70% increase in fraud activity from 2020. According to the FTC,...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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In 2021, Americans reported losses of $5.8 billion USD to fraud. This represented a 70% increase in fraud activity from 2020. According to the FTC,...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
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People in their 80s are generally happier than people in middle-age. So why do we dread aging?

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTNA, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Gwen Timbimboo Davis at her StoryCorps interview in Brigham City, Utah on August 9, 2007., Credit:  By Rachel Falcone for StoryCorps.
Gwen Timbimboo Davis tells her daughter, Heather Timbimboo Jorgensen, about visiting the Shoshone Reservation as a kid, and remembers her grandmoth...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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The age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits is currently 67, but the cash reserves behind it are expected to run out by 2034. Those ar...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medi...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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What if we didn’t have to grow old and die? The average American can expect to live for 78.8 years, an improvement over the days before clean water...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Troy Public Radio, WNED Buffalo, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4

  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Our guest this week is Derrick Polder, a Board member with the organization Care Fund, which exists to financially and resourcefully support Arizon...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00

  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Kathy Erickson of Middle River MN
Musician Cathy Erickson of Middle River, MN recently received the "Northwest Star Award" from the NW MN Arts Council. Her decades of music making ...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 21:12