StoryCorps

Series produced by StoryCorps

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Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones.

Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones.


593 Pieces

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Michael Rogers came to StoryCorps with his stepson to talk about how his many paths in life led him to his work as a death doula and how this work ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:27
Caption: Windy Barton and Michael Davidson
Michael Davidson speaks with his friend, Windy Barton, about struggling to adapt after leaving military service, and finding a new calling in disas...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 03:50
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Alton Russell was the long-time Chair of the Republican party in Columbus, Georgia. Wane Hailes was the head of the local NAACP chapter. Although t...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Sonja Furiya and Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor and her wife Sonja Furiya came to StoryCorps to reflect on meeting at a queer ballroom dancing class and how they fell in love.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:48
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Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo share stories of survival as refugees fleeing the American War in Vietnam, settling in Wisconsin, and their Hmong he...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 03:04
Caption: Ed Cage and Nicole Paris
Ed Cage and Nicole Paris are a father-daughter beatboxing duo. At StoryCorps, they talk about how it all began.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:49
Caption: Marine Corporal Daniel MacMurray
Cynthia Alvarez is a peace activist, and was surprised when she fell in love with her late husband, Marine Corporal Dan MacMurray, 17 years ago. H...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 03:09
Caption: Karen Oliveto and Robin Ridenour
Karen Oliveto and Robin Ridenour came to StoryCorps to reflect on Karen’s career as the first openly gay Bishop of the United Methodist Church.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:18
Caption: Attayah Milton and Yusuf Ali
Attayah Milton speaks with her father Yusuf Ali about the many life lessons he’s passed on over the years.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:42
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When Deborah Wei and her family moved to the Philadelphia suburbs in the 1960’s, they were the only Asian family in their neighborhood. Deborah rem...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Judd Esty-Kendall tells his son, also named Jud, about his father, Henry Kendall and the special bond he developed with a full-blooded wolf named P...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:43
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Father Gerry Kleba and Reverend Lauren Bennett forged an unlikely friendship through their experience offering spiritual support in Missouri’s exec...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and KALW


  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Kanard Lewis speaks with his former youth baseball coach, Ed Holley, about the turning point in their relationship and how Ed became more than just...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sidney Francis and Candice Francis at their StoryCorps interview in New York, New York on November 29, 2005., Credit: Justina Mejias for StoryCorps
Sidney Francis and his daughter, Candice Francis, reflect on his time as one of the first Black Marines to serve at Montford Point during World War...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Arshe Ahmed, Radiyya, and Sohaib Sultan at Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey on August 30, 2020, Credit: Courtesy of Arshe Ahmed
Imam Sohaib Sultan and his wife, Arshe Ahmed, came to StoryCorps to talk about becoming parents, and what it means to live “a blessed life.”

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack at their StoryCorps interview in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2023, Credit: Delilah Righter for StoryCorps
Miranda Duschack and Mimo Davis came to StoryCorps to reflect on the many turns their relationship has taken.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Corey and Lisa Harvard at their StoryCorps interview in Mobile, Alabama on October 29, 2023, Credit: Chapin Montague for StoryCorps
Corey Harvard talks with his mother, Lisa Harvard, about how coming out led him to his work with LGBTQ+ youth.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nidera and Conchetta Brown at their StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, TX on November 17, 2022, Credit: Manuela Velasquez for StoryCorps
Conchetta Brown and her daughter, Nidera Brown, discuss their close relationship in life and in death.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Xiao Hui Star and Tchin at their StoryCorps interview in Philadelphia, PA on September 16, 2023, Credit: Kayla Lattimore for StoryCorps
Indigenous artist Tchin sits down with his daughter Xiao Hui Star Chin to look back on how his childhood influenced how he raised his girls and his...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bernetta McKindra and Ray Mabion II at their StoryCorps interview in Kansas City on September 15, 2023, Credit: Tamekia Jackson for StoryCorps
Bernetta came to StoryCorps with her friend, Raymond Mabion II to talk about her grandfather, and the food legacy he’s passed down.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:23