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Stories and memories about mothers.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bernadette King, Hula Hoop Queen, Credit: Stephanie Harbin
Once Bernadette King discovered hula-hooping, she wanted only to share the joy of her new pursuit, a joy she's struggling to recapture.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
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Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
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This week we're talking to teacher at Toledo School for the Arts, playwright, and soon-to-be theater company owner, Megan Aherne. We're starting at...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:58
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In this installment, host Alan Wartes sits down with Lane Wilson, co-founder and production manager of Oveja Negra Bikepacking in Salida, Colorado.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2019
  • Length: 48:04

  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Once upon a time, Sherri Franklin was a successful (but uninspired) hairstylist. To find purpose in life, she began volunteering at the SPCA...and ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 17:35
Caption: Caroline Dezan and Maria Rivas at their StoryCorps interview in Fresno, California on April 4, 2014., Credit: Courtesy Caroline Dezan.
Maria Rivas cared for her ailing mother over the last six years of her life, but she remembers her as anything but fragile while talking to social ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Kristin Sollars and Marci Ebbers at their StoryCorps interview in Orlando, FL on May 21, 2019., Credit: By Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps.
Kristin Sollars and Marci Ebberts talk about their experiences as critical-care nurses in Kansas City, MO.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tina Dietz and Patrick Conteh at StoryCorps in Bismarck, North Dakota., Credit: By Savannah Winchester for StoryCorps.
Tina Dietz speaks to her partner, Patrick Conteh, about seeking refuge at her great aunt Shirley’s farm in rural North Dakota.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 02:57
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In the hospital, pediatrician Dana Gal struggles with a young patient who asserts her autonomy in ways that are frustrating, and even dangerous.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 34:33
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Black figure skaters are far and few between. Deneane Richburg is one of just a few in Minnesota. She's created a project that puts stories and mov...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2019
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Julian chooses his first official essay to read from the submissions choosing an essay that focuses on family. More specifically, mothers and their...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 10:29
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Lighting the Way and Inspiring Hope in the World of Blood Related Cancers. Woman of the Year 2018 and 2019 Candidate s...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: women power, Credit: npr
In Viva La Mujer we speak to different Latinas creating spaces and power in different platforms around the country.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Audi Culver (L) Ivy Siosi (R), Credit: Audi Culver
Audi Culver and Ivy Siosi own and operate Siosi Design, a premiere wooden furniture company based in Bloomington, Indiana. Like starting any busine...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Liz Barnez and Lori Daigle felt an immediate spark when they met as teenagers. At StoryCorps, they sat down to remember how they reconnected decade...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
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This week we're meeting a local business owner. Ruby owns Ruby kitchen in Maumee, Ohio, join us to hear how Ruby turned her dream of owning her own...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 06:09
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Miss Peggy Lee (born May 26, 1920) was more than a pop star: she was also a world-class songwriter in the male-dominated world of jazz. On this Aft...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The late Gwendolyn Brooks shaped countless writers following her long poetic career. This episode looks back on her life as the first African-Amer...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WDCB, WNMU-FM, KUNM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness host Alan Wartes spoke with Vermont Sticky owner Krista Powers.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Connie Tuttle
Connie Tuttle tells her story of being a queer prophet.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
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
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In this Thanksgiving Special, The Rough Draft Diaries visited Erika Rapp, of Registry Bistro, as she shared her family favorite recipe (one she's b...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 06:15
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Tom Volf talks connections, destiny, and being in service to Callas.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 32:27