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EXTRA: Dear Mrs. Doyle from 2023-12-12T08:00:59
This week, we're taking a break from our special series celebrating 20 years of StoryCorps to bring you an interview recorded just days ago. It's an update to a story recorded around the holidays b...
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StoryCorps Then and Now: Mother Mary from 2023-12-05T08:00:59
Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011 to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. In the latest episode from our special series celebrating StoryCorps' 20th anniversary, w...
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StoryCorps Then and Now: Family Pride from 2023-11-28T08:00:59
StoryCorps' initiatives have long helped us gather voices that are usually omitted from the historical record, like our LGBTQ+ Outloud initiative. In our continuing celebration of twenty years of S...
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StoryCorps Then and Now: Beyond the Booth from 2023-11-21T08:00:59
For most of StoryCorps' existence, we've recorded people in person at our storybooths. But on this episode of our special series celebrating 20 years of StoryCorps, we're looking back to when we st...
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StoryCorps Then and Now: The Griot of Knoxville from 2023-11-14T08:00:59
As we celebrate StoryCorps' 20th anniversary, we bring you the story of a man who integrated his high school as a teenager in Knoxville, Tennessee, and how a StoryCorps listener comment helped him ...
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StoryCorps Then and Now: On the Road from 2023-11-07T08:00:59
In the third episode of our special series celebrating two decades of StoryCorps, we're bringing you inside the Mobile Booth—the recording studio we built in a trailer to circle the country, captur...
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StoryCorps Then and Now: Love Letters from 2023-10-31T07:00:59
As we continue celebrating StoryCorps' 20th anniversary, we bring you two of our favorite stories that made a strong impression on our listeners, and we share updates with the participants from the...
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StoryCorps Then and Now: StoryCorps is Born from 2023-10-24T07:00:11
In this episode, we go back 20 years to the origins of StoryCorps–the challenges of building a recording booth in Grand Central Terminal– and we catch up with the participants from the first ever r...
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EXTRA: Why I'm On This Earth from 2023-09-26T07:01:15
As StoryCorps' 20th anniversary approaches, we'll be looking back at important moments both in our history and the country's. This week — one more short story from our Military Voices Initiative. S...
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EXTRA: The Kids From North Baghdad from 2023-09-19T04:05:53
In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, StoryCorps will be revisiting some of our most memorable conversations from the past two decades. This week, we announce an upcoming special series with this...
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Living for the Dead from 2023-08-01T04:00:32
There are people who help us at every stage of life –– from the moment we're born to our last breath. But at the end, who's helping us when we're gone? On the season finale of the StoryCorps Podcas...
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Same Train, Different Tracks from 2023-07-25T04:00:33
When a train ride to work veers into a life or death situation, two strangers become an important part of each other's lives.
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To Speak Up from 2023-07-18T04:00:07
50 years ago, most of the nation was glued to "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings that would uncover major abuses of power by the Nixon administration. In this episode – how ...
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The Long Way Home from 2023-07-11T04:00:44
Monique "Muffie" Mousseau and her partner Felipa Deleon grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In this episode, they share the long and sometimes painful journey of fighting for the...
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Seeing The Way from 2023-07-04T04:00:10
Jason Romero was given a serious diagnosis. But to stop running from it he'd have to do something no one had ever done before.
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Thank God For Coney Island from 2023-06-27T04:00:37
In 1920, a father made a split-second decision to save his newborn's life by taking her to an incubator exhibit at Coney Island. We meet her in this episode, and she shares how a sideshow attractio...
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A Lasting Shot from 2023-06-20T04:00:12
In 1968, just moments after Robert F. Kennedy was shot, a young photographer for The Los Angeles Times — Boris Yaro — captured the scene in an image that's haunted the nation ever since. In this ep...
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In Safe Hands from 2023-06-13T04:00:33
Rabbi Philip Lazowski remembers a quick decision that saved his life during the Holocaust.
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Turning Points from 2023-06-08T04:00:29
This season on the StoryCorps Podcast from NPR, eight stories about eight moments that changed everything.
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EXTRA: Living Life For Them from 2023-05-29T04:00:26
On this short Memorial Day episode, we'll hear from Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams, an Iraq War veteran who lost every other member of his 12-man squad.
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EXTRA: Grandma's Hands from 2023-05-14T06:00:19
On this short Mother's Day episode, Madzimoyo Owusu came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Johannah Owusu, to honor the memory of the woman who helped shape her life.
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EXTRA: The Santa Tracker from 2022-12-20T05:00:13
On this extra holiday episode, Terri Van Keuren, Richard Shoup and Pamela Farrell remember how their father, Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, started the holiday tradition of tracking Santa Claus on ...
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The Voice For My Song from 2022-12-13T05:00:39
What happens when paralyzing fear stops you from following your dream? In our final episode of the season...Jim Von Stein has written 8000 songs, but almost nobody has heard a single one of them......
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SPECIAL: Remembering Lloyd Newman of Ghetto Life 101 from 2022-12-09T05:08:58
In the early 90s, teenagers LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman recorded a week of their lives on Chicago's South Side. Working with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, LeAlan and Lloyd produced a documentary ...
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The Last Patients from 2022-12-06T05:00:32
In the second part of our Kalaupapa story, we hear how people exiled from society reconnected with family – and found a new community. donate.storycorps.org/podcast
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A Dangerous Word from 2022-11-29T05:00:01
In this two-part special, we remember a community of forgotten people cast out to a remote Hawaiian island. http://donate.storycorps.org/podcast
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One Who Is Understanding from 2022-11-22T05:00:20
Family names bind one generation to the next. But what if that name is lost? In this episode, a grieving family learns their legacy is being kept alive by a stranger from far away.
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Seeing the Future In You from 2022-11-15T06:00:26
We usually lean on our elders for wisdom and support... but sometimes it's the other way around. In this episode, we hear from queer men who found acceptance in one another.
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You're My Memory from 2022-11-08T06:00:58
Capt. Helen Perry talks with her husband, Sgt. Matthew Perry, about the impacts of Matthew's memory loss – and their enduring love.
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Everything In Between from 2022-11-01T05:00:34
In this episode, we share one couple's story of love and loss under the weight of substance abuse – told through different recordings, twelve years apart.
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The Things We Carry from 2022-10-19T05:00:46
On this season of the StoryCorps Podcast, stories of the stigmas we carry, and how it feels when we set them down.
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EXTRA: Back Of The Laundromat from 2022-09-05T04:00:53
On this short Labor Day episode, we'll hear from sisters Suzi and Donna Wong about growing up in the back of their parents' laundry business in Hollywood, CA.
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EXTRA: The People That Nurtured Me from 2022-08-16T04:00:39
Growing up in the 1950s in Montgomery, AL., Rev. Farrell Duncombe or "Little Farrell," as he was known by his family and friends, had a mischievous side. In this short episode, he remembers the day...
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EXTRA: More Than Enough Love from 2022-07-19T04:00:49
Growing up in the 1960s, all of the neighborhood kids wanted to be at Mary Mills' house. In this short extra, she tells her mother why.
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EXTRA: When I Was 16 from 2022-06-24T17:25:35
In this short bonus episode, we'll hear fromMs. Betty Thompson on what led her to work at the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi.
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It All Starts With A Song from 2022-06-21T04:00:22
Everyone's heard of James Brown and Stevie Wonder, but how about the women who helped make them who they are? For our last episode of this season, we'll get to know the unsung icons behind some of ...
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Worthy In Their Own Beauty from 2022-06-14T04:00:29
This year marks two big anniversaries that helped change the world of sports and society. We'll hear from some of the people who were a part of these groundbreaking moments.
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Fellow Travelers from 2022-06-07T04:00:57
In 2018, Tennille Moore got some bad news and was crying in a public restroom. That's when Mumtaz Champsi stepped in and asked her if she'd like to take a walk. In this episode, we'll hear about ho...
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Horses And Helicopters from 2022-05-31T04:00:51
In this episode, we head to the streets of South Central Los Angeles to meet a helper on horseback.
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So They're Not Forgotten from 2022-05-24T04:00:41
With Memorial Day weekend coming up, we're thinking about sacrifice, and the bonds that form between people who literally go through war together; on the battlefield and at home.
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A Neighbor's Promise from 2022-05-17T04:00:40
Several years ago, Jennifer Hidrogo made a promise to her neighbor. In this episode, she shares how that simple act resulted in her gaining three more children and finding her calling.
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The Beginning And The End from 2022-05-10T04:00:50
In this episode, we'll hear about two people who help during the most important moments of our lives: when we're brought into the world and when we leave it.
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In The Comments from 2022-05-03T04:13:54
A few months ago, we asked our listeners one question. We then received hundreds of responses that made even our most hardened producers tear up. In this episode, find out what that question was an...
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The Littlest Things from 2022-04-26T04:00:12
This season of the StoryCorps Podcast is all about the helpers around us. It drops May 3rd.
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Three's Company from 2022-02-14T05:00:03
Neil Kramer and his ex-wife Sophia Lansky talk about their unique quarantine experience together.
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You Can Fall, Just Don't Stay There from 2022-01-25T05:00:15
In 1993, Los Angeles County firefighter Derek Bart saved a child from a house fire in Santa Clarita, CA. In our last episode of the season, we'll hear three different perspectives on that night, an...
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Finding Where You Fit from 2022-01-18T05:00:04
All season long, we've heard from trailblazers at the top of their game in every field. In this episode, we mean that literally. We'll hear from three different athletes who shook things up on the ...
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We Go Up Together, Or We Go Down Together from 2022-01-11T05:00:23
On this week's episode, we're remembering the final hours of Dr. King's life through the experiences of some of the people who were there at the time.
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Sign Me Up from 2022-01-04T05:00:50
In this episode, Jeanine Menze and La'Shanda Holmes talk about becoming the first and second Black female pilots in the U.S. Coast Guard, what led them to the military, and ultimately, each other.
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Go To The Clouds from 2021-12-28T05:00:46
On this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, how three kids who once dreamed of outer space grew up to make their mark beyond Earth's atmosphere.
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When Santas Stormed Macy's from 2021-12-21T05:00:33
At the height of the AIDS crisis, Mark Woodley disclosed his HIV status and lost his job as a Macy's Santa Claus. In this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, Mark speaks with his friend Jon Winklema...
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La Música En Mi from 2021-12-14T05:00:09
On this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we'll share the lesser known stories behind some popular songs, and how two families are honoring the musicians behind them.
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Men of The Ages from 2021-12-07T00:00:41
In this episode, we focus on the lives and achievements of two Black men who conducted groundbreaking medical research in the 1940's — as told by the people they mentored.
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Paving Pathways from 2021-12-01T00:00:31
The StoryCorps Podcast returns with new episodes, featuring stories of courage from people who blazed a path, defied the odds, and changed history for those who came after them.
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Pass the Plate, Pass the Mic from 2021-11-23T00:00:26
In this episode, we're encouraging people all across the country to record a conversation with a loved one or someone they admire over Thanksgiving weekend. By featuring several intergenerational c...
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Just Doing Our Best from 2021-10-05T00:00:29
Scientists Zoe Courville and Lora Koenig work to study the impact of climate change — which pulls them away from their children for weeks at a time. In our last episode of the season, they share so...
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The Collision Course from 2021-09-28T00:00:58
In this week's episode, how worlds that quite literally collided, led to unexpected friendships and new career paths.
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Everything Together from 2021-09-21T00:00:16
In this episode, how kids and their parents — who have navigated many changes together — are facing the next big change apart.
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Every Seed Your Mother Sowed from 2021-09-14T00:00:56
When Ileana Watson died, her daughter Sada was just about to become a mom herself. Three years later, Sada sat down with Ileana's best friend, Angela Morehead-Mugita, to learn more about her late-m...
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To Me, Every Day Is Yesterday: Remembering 9/11 from 2021-09-11T02:18:11
As we mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 — memories of Richard Palazzolo, who didn't make it out of the Twin Towers that day — told by his identical twin brother who did.
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From StoryCorps and Consider This: The Lasting Toll Of 9/11 from 2021-09-10T00:00:48
In this episode of the podcast, StoryCorps teamed up with NPR's daily afternoon podcast, Consider This, to bring you stories from some of the people whose lives were forever changed by September 11...
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What I Would Say from 2021-08-31T00:00:14
In this episode, we remember Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, the first American soldier to be killed in combat during the War in Afghanistan.
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Growing Pains from 2021-08-24T00:00:42
In this episode, we'll hear conversations between family members who have mended and grown their relationships over time.
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Stronger Than Ever from 2021-08-17T00:00:53
In this week's episode, how a father-daughter relationship rebounded after years of periodic estrangement.
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One Small Step: The NPR Special Part 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's episode of the StoryCorps podcast, how conversations across the political divide help create a culture of empathy.
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What Carries Me Through from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, how five families are dealing with COVID-19, and having tough conversations along the way.
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A Chapter From My Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we're delving into the world of books, and the people who find inspiration on every page.
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A Reason To Smile from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whether it's an accidental punchline, or a couple that makes you root for love, the stories in this week's episode remind us there are still reasons to smile.
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Comfort From The Kitchen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From a slice of cake in Afghanistan to a slice of lox in New York, this week's episode celebrates our connection to food and each other.
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Make Sure You Thank That Teacher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we're rounding out the school year with conversations between students and the teachers who impacted their lives—inside and outside the classroom.
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Grateful To Be Your Dad from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From words of wisdom to lifelong lessons, we're celebrating Father's Day with stories from some of our favorite dads in the StoryCorps archive.
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To Live With Your Hands Unfolded from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's episode, we're spotlighting stories from our Griot Initiative—honoring the experiences of Black people across the country.
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Little Kids, Big Questions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're fighting the COVID blues by giving kids the microphone—big interview questions from some of StoryCorps' littlest friends.
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From One Essential Worker To Another from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While many people are staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many others are risking their health to keep the country running. This week, stories from essential workers who are navigating ...
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A Little Bit Of Kindness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From helping a passenger off a city bus to delivering groceries to elderly neighbors: stories about how a little bit of kindness can go a long way.
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So Close (And Yet, At Least Six Feet Apart) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The StoryCorps Podcast returns this spring with 10 all-new episodes. At a time when the greatest global health crisis in a century has left many feeling anxious, isolated and alone, we'll be sharin...
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When You Finally Told Me from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Winfred Rembert, one of the only people ever known to have survived a lynching, sits down with his wife, Patsy, to talk about how their relationship has helped him deal with his painful past.
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The Echoes Of Gunfire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, difficult conversations between people whose lives have been greatly impacted by one thing: guns.
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Across The Great Divide from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, conversations between strangers who don't necessarily agree on things politically, but come together to find moments of connection during their StoryCorps interviews.
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All I Had Was Hope And You from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we'll hear from veterans and their families as they navigate difficult conversations around deployment and the transition back to civilian life.
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On The Brink Of Separation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this week's episode, you'll hear the difficult conversations that one family is having as they deal with the recurring threat of deportation.
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New Year's Eve With Spencer The Possum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this episode, we hear from Bud and Jackie Jones--career taxidermists--who helped bring a unique holiday celebration to their small town of Tallapoosa, Georgia: a New Year's Eve possum drop.
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Holiday Gifts That Can't Be Bought from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this holiday episode, two stories about finding the true spirit of Christmas as the result of a surprising conversation.
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Willie, Shig, And A Bird Named Maggie from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Willie Ito and Shigeru "Shig" Yabu, childhood best friends, remember being sent to separate Japanese Internment camps as kids, and how they came together to tell their story decades later.
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We Never Spoke Of It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we'll hear about a single night that divided one family for decades; and we'll listen in on the conversations that helped bring them back together.
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This Is Where I Leave You from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we share difficult conversations around death; how four families, who are dealing with the impending loss of a loved one, navigate the last conversations ...
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The Great Listen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week's episode is an excerpt from The Great Listen from NPR and StoryCorps, our new one-hour broadcast special hosted by NPR's Audie Cornish. We're bringing you stories that speak to the power...
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The Dark Before Dawn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2015, Asma Jama, a Somali American woman, was assaulted for speaking Swahili at an Applebees in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. In this episode, how Asma found support from an unlikely source.
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We Need To Talk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The StoryCorps Podcast returns this fall with 10 all-new episodes. This season, you'll hear challenging conversations between loved ones, friends, and even people who could have easily been enemies...
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No One's Going to Stop Me from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We've been sharing stories of LGBTQ elders all season, but for our final episode, we'll hear what the next generation has to say.
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We're Still Here from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we'll hear from trans women of color, who have often been the first to stand up for equality, and the last to be recognized for their contributions.
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A Danger To My Country from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on the StoryCorps podcast, we'll hear the story of one man's role in what we now call the Lavender Scare, and the great lengths one gay couple took to keep their relationship a secret.
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We Are Family from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, stories about finding your people. We'll hear from LGBTQ folks on family — the ones they're born into and the ones they choose.
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Remembering Stonewall: 50 Years Later from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising with an excerpt from Dave Isay's 1989 radio documentary "Remembering Stonewall," and we share selections from our current ef...
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A Light At The End Of The Tunnel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we hear from LGBTQ people who've persevered in spite of how they were treated by family members, doctors and their religious community.
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For the Love of Ira from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Growing up in the 1990s, Josh Davis was raised by two gay dads. Now a parent himself, Josh reflects on the importance of his family's lineage. We'll also hear from a gay son who refers to his fathe...
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Love and a Life Complete from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week's episode is all about love — what it's like to lose it and how it's never too late to find it.
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Pearls Of Wisdom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dee Westenhauser grew up in Texas in the 1950s. Even though she knew she was a girl, she always felt she had to hide it; except for when she visited her Aunt Yaya. In this episode, two stories abou...
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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this Memorial Day episode, we remember Air Force Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, who was the first soldier to challenge the military's ban on gay servicemembers. We also hear from LGBTQ veterans on the ...
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By The Power Vested In Me from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
15 years ago this week, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize marriage for same-sex couples in the US. In this episode, we check back in with some of the plaintiffs from this landmark co...
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Our New Season is OUT! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The StoryCorps podcast returns with 12 all-new episodes. This season, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, we're sharing the stories of LGBTQ people across the country — thos...
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Second Chances from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In our very last episode of the season, two stories about relationships that start off rocky and the reunions that lead to second chances.
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Close Calls And Patron Saints from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this week's episode, two near-death experiences and what it means to reconnect with the people who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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The Leesburg Stockade Girls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1963, more than a dozen African American teenage girls were arrested for protesting segregation laws in Americus, Georgia. They spent one night in the county jail, but were quickly hauled outsid...
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Old Guitars and Purple Hearts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this week's episode, two stories of people reuniting with family treasures and the way that objects can live on long after a person is gone.
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Santa Rick from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
'Tis the season of reunions on the StoryCorps podcast, but we're bringing you something a little different for the holidays. In this week's episode, how one man's Jewish faith actually helped him f...
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Stubborn Love from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this week's episode, a complicated reunion between a father and daughter, and a daughter's love—that exists alongside, and sometimes in spite of—her dad's mental illness.
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A Son Always Remembers His Father from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After World War II, there was a radio program that reconnected people live on the air. It was called Reunion. In this episode, we'll revisit their very first broadcast, when Holocaust survivor Sieg...
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High School Reunion: Part 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After Dr. William Lynn Weaver's stories about integrating his high school aired on NPR, someone from the school's present reunited Lynn with his past. In part two, Lynn goes back to his alma mater ...
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High School Reunion: Part 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. William Lynn Weaver shares stories about integrating Knoxville, Tennessee's West High School in the mid-60s, and why he avoided the school for decades.
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Barbara And Jeanne from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two estranged friends reunite in a shelter and find home in an unexpected place.
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When The World Is Exploding Around You from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this Veterans Day episode, friendships forged on the battlefield and the road to reconnecting decades later.
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Across The Great Divide from 2020-01-21T00:00
This week, conversations between strangers who don't necessarily agree on things politically, but come together to find moments of connection during their StoryCorps interviews.
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Across The Great Divide from 2020-01-21T00:00
This week, conversations between strangers who don't necessarily agree on things politically, but come together to find moments of connection during their StoryCorps interviews.
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