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Jason Romero suffers from a rare eye condition that causes blindness, and for years he struggled with depression. He came to StoryCorps with his yo...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP
- Added: Jan 13, 2023
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 2
Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gen...
- Added: Nov 01, 2022
- Length: 18:29
Pickle ball the fastest growing sport in America. What is it? Why are so many people investing their time in it? Fun newscast and a Money Matters c...
- Added: Jun 17, 2019
- Length: 04:50
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Jake's been playing baseball since age 4, but his family has been playing for generations.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:11
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Basketball players Benjamin and Mariah share what motivates them to play and what it's like playing for Martin Middle School.
- Added: Jun 10, 2018
- Length: 04:56
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
A coach in Austin talks about growing up poor in rural Texas and his father's legacy.
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 07:05
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
An unreturned phone call turns into a candid conversion with Matt Rudge about hard work, summer camp, basketball, and life.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 04:36
Wade Nygren has incredible athletic ability. Because of several exceptional performances during cross-country races at his middle school, his high ...
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 03:09
Being a soccer mom is harder than it looks.
- Added: Jul 05, 2015
- Length: 24:26
- Purchases: 2
Have you ever stuck with something that was difficult because you knew the reward was worth the journey? Follow Robert Franklin’s day as he prepare...
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 05:21
Training to become a professional hockey player doesn't come without a price for this teenager. Will countless hours of practice and perseverance p...
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 05:09
Mike Craig's self-identity was rooted in hockey. Then he became the team's scapegoat...
- Added: Jul 04, 2013
- Length: 11:31
Jim Hustad snaps the unusual moment. He sometimes manipulates the color to create a fascinating scene.
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 21:55
"What better way to mask who you really are than wearing a mullet, right?" - Andre Agassi
Interview by James Sullivan // By phone in 2011 // Digit...
- Added: Sep 19, 2012
- Length: 06:08
- Purchases: 2
For teens, hunting can be a right of passage and a way to bond with family members. Allison Albrecht, 13, speaks with two teen hunters from Central...
- Added: Aug 28, 2012
- Length: 03:24
Frank Barela and Frank Maestas talk to their grandson C.J. Maestas about his gymnastics career.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
In bowling, a “perfect game” is three hundred points. Lots of good bowlers never get one. But Tim Eaton and his son have over a dozen between them...
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 06:06
- Purchases: 8
At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW
- Added: Jan 10, 2010
- Length: 07:03
- Purchases: 4
Tiana's brother is a mixed martial arts fighter for the Alaska Fighting Championships. And she loves to watch him compete but sometimes wonders why...
- Added: Jun 02, 2008
- Length: 07:33
- Added: Jan 07, 2008
- Length: 04:00
Despite the concerns of his family, Mike St. Germain races stock cars to win and for God.
Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast
- Added: Dec 19, 2006
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 3
In this program, Gayle Streeter and her daughter Hannah talk about a buck they shot in 2005, and and the responses they got from their male hunting...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Oct 13, 2006
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 1
Champion bull rider Kenny Churchill recounts the reason he chose family over bull riding.
- Added: Jan 12, 2006
- Length: 07:16
Gillian Rutherford is a dedicated hockey mom who has decided to move from the stands onto the ice.
- Added: Nov 18, 2005
- Length: 13:16