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StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Roman Coley Davis and Dan Marek
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Former Army intelligence collector Roman Coley Davis talks about a package he received while stationed in Afghanistan.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Joe Galloway and Vince Cantu
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Vince Cantu and Joe Galloway were childhood friends in the tiny town of Refugio, Texas. After graduating high school, they didn't see each other fo...

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #126 UGANDA: Pt 1 - Abducted
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Life of the Law begins our 4-part series on Uganda. Reported by Gladys Oroma from Gulu, Uganda where she reports for local, national and internatio...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:29
The Write Question - Mark Sullivan - 299
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Mark Sullivan details the story of real life forgotten war hero, Pino Lella and draws parallels with his own life. He also reads a short segment fr...

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
My Vietnam War - During, After, and Way After
From: WGCU
Caption: Michael Hirsh tells his story of being an Army Combat Correspondent in Vietnam.
Punta Gorda resident and WGCU reporter Michael Hirsh shares a first-hand account of his Vietnam War experiences, including audio recordings he made...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Utopiah: Stories of Refugees
From: Tamarra Kemsley
Caption: The Marquez family during their stay in the Venezuela embassy., Credit: Berta Marquez
With 65 million living as refugees and migrants, the world has never had more forcibly displaced people than it does now. In this 45-minute documen...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 48:05
Humankind Special - The Power of Nonviolence: Healing the Trauma of War
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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Produced by David Freudberg in association with WGBH/Boston. This Humankind special, "Healing the Trauma of War" tells the deeply moving stories of...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WCPN, WWNO and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
StoryCorps: Armeen Hamdani and Talat Hamdani
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Talat Hamdani (left) and Armeen Hamdani (right)
Talat Hamdani remembers her son, a NYPD cadet who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and was wrongfully accused of having terrorist links.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:13
StoryCorps MVI: Jenna Henderson and Laurie Laychak
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jenna Henderson (right) and Laurie Laychak (left)
Jenna Henderson came to StoryCorps to remember her husband, Army Sgt. First Class Chris Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007.

Bought by WTIP and WEZU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps MVI: Ernesto Rodriguez and Sebastian Rodriguez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ernesto Rodriguez and his son, Sebastian, when Sebastian was 2 years old, Credit: Ernesto Rodriguez
For Father’s Day, retired Marine Lieutenant Ernesto Rodriguez answers tough questions about war and family from his 11-year-old son Sebastian.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
Deoli Internees
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Deoli Internees in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
In 1962 a group of Indians were shipped off to internment camps during a war with China.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
StoryCorps OutLoud: Jeff Dupre and David Phillips
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: David Phillips (L) and Jeff Dupre (R)
Jeff Dupre remembers his friend Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Matlovich who appeared on a 1975 cover of Time with the headline, “I Am a Homosexual.”

Bought by KALW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRVS, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 5
An American Life
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
Caption: Vaughn Hood, Credit: Erica Heilman
A story about war and hairdressing.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 31:50
StoryCorps MVI: Donna Orolin
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Donna Orolin
Donna Orolin remembers the disappearance of her husband, Private First Class Brian Orolin, and the day he came home from Afghanistan.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps MVI: Anny Pena and Jonny Pena
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Anny (L) and Jonny (R) Pena
Retired Marines Anny and Jonny Pena talk about the challenges they faced as military spouses, and what it was like when Jonny came home from Afghan...

Bought by WVBI-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 3
An Unofficial Embassy for Displaced Kurds
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Kurdish and United States flags fly at Niroj Kurdish Cuisine’s bar., Credit: Taylor Haney
Luqman Barwari abandoned his career to open a Kurdish restaurant in the U.S., a meeting place where immigrant Kurds can keep memories of home alive.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Drumming Out Trauma
From: Jon Earle
Caption: Dave Brown with his bodhran., Credit: Jonathan Earle
A Vietnam War veteran plays the Irish drum to ease his PTSD.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Lisa Torello and Tony Cistaro
From: StoryCorps
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Sgt. Major Lisa Torello remembers her father, Sgt 1st Class Carl Torello, who was killed in Vietnam in 1965, with Tony Cistaro, who was with her fa...

  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:05
StoryCorps: Zach Skiles and Scott Skiles
From: StoryCorps
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When Marine Cpl. Zach Stiles returned from Iraq, he couldn't sleep, hold down a job or pay rent. He and his father sat down with StoryCorps to talk...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Trista and Hector Matascastillo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Trista Matascastillo speaks with her husband, Army 1st Sergeant Hector Matascastillo, about being sexually assaulted...

Bought by WEZU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Ryan and Kirk Sharp
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
Norman Corwin, Writer-Director From Radio's Golden Age
From: Katy Sewall
Caption: Norman Corwin with Katy Sewall, Credit: Katy Sewall
Norman Corwin is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest writer–director–producer's of radio's Golden Age. Radio educator, Tony Palermo, says that ...

Bought by WABE, WAMU, KSUT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 49:32
  • Purchases: 4
Ray Brown: Black and Radical in Vietnam
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Ray has been an activist most of his life. He organized lunch counter sit-ins and participated in the March on Washington. When he was drafted to f...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 23:59
God's Sanctuary
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Harold Lerner, 1945
1943, The Pacific. Aboard a troop ship bound for New Guinea, under threat of enemy fire, a young private is tasked with an awesome responsibility.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 13:58
Recovery
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week, on State of the Human, people are changing radically in order to recover

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 2