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Caption: Jordan Perelle and Tom Badgett at their StoryCorps interview in Knoxville, Tennessee on October 11, 2010, Credit: By Virginia Lora for StoryCorps
Tom Badgett came to StoryCorps with his daughter, Jordan Perelle, to talk about growing up in small-town Tennessee, and his complex relationship wi...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
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On this week’s On Story we’ll speak with the writers behind Mad Men, Westworld, and 11.22.63 to explore audiences fascination with film and televis...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Feeling the tension
In any relationship there is the idea that both parties share responsibility for the success. Sometimes people begin to think about the percent eac...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:51
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David Farr talks shoes, fairy tales, and exploring new terrain.

  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") stars in the touching and humorous first piece, Napoleon in Exile, directed by Marsha Mason (four time Aca...

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  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Tom Dolby talks the anxiety of class guilt, the elegance of sound, and the importance of sunscreen.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2014
  • Length: 16:09
Caption: Craig Johnson, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, San Francisco, CA 5/1/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Craig Johnson talk the ironies of writing contests, humor as a defense mechanism, and embracing cheesiness.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 16:32
Caption: John Wells, San Francisco, CA 10/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Wells talks verisimilitude, getting past right or wrong, and surviving the family dinner.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 10:45
Caption: Sarah Polley, San Francisco, CA 4/30/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sarah Polley talks relative truth, the privilege being quiet, and narrative as a tonic for bewilderment.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:48
Caption: Alice Englert and Alden Eherenreich, San Francisco, CA 1/28/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-stars Alice Englert and Alden Ehernreich talk the pitfalls of fanaticism, the subtleties of accent, and subverting the cliché.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:50
Caption: Paul Weitz, San Francisco, CA 2/15/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Writer/director Paul Weitz talks humility, ego, and budgets.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:30
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A young bride-to-be in an interracial marriage tries to get reassurance from a hesitant sister who doesn't want to "take sides."

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38