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Climate affects everyone, but not equally. Those affected first and worst are often the same communities that suffer from housing and income inequa...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, KZYX, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 8
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How enslaved Americans and Black Americans pushed against the document from the very beginning of our nation’s founding.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 14:42

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KSFR, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KECG, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KRVS, WUGA (part of GPB), KPBS, WMUU-LP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KPBS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
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Several youth describe their strategies and therapies for mental wellness. Powerful and helpful recovery stories for all ages.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A compilation of Episodes 1 and 2 for stations desiring a 59 minute version.) 1) Youth experienced challenges on their mental health during the pa...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth experienced challenges on their mental health during the pandemic that still continue to this day.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Social activism by youth during and after the pandemic helped their mental wellness.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WGBH Radio Boston, KECG, RadioStPete Florida, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KXCV and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WLPR , WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 10
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WTJU, WCPN, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 18
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Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011, to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. 12 years later, they share the latest ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Henrietta Lacks, Credit: Courtesy: Lacks family & Estate
David Kattenburg speaks about Henrietta Lacks and medical racism in America with Dorothy Roberts. Roberts is Professor of Law and Sociology at the ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 34:56
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Kesha Powell and Amen Emile have been working at BPL for over 20 years in various roles, from public safety to circulation manager. Thanks to BPL's...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 13:48
Caption: Lillie Cotlon and Burnell Cotlon in front of Burnell’s store, ‘Burnell’s Lower Ninth Ward Market’ in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 2015., Credit: By Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps.
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:09
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Deidre McCalla's 50th Anniversary Interview

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
Caption: Cass Lake, 1908
In 2016, genealogist Mica L. Anders interviewed 7 families about their summer cabins in the north woods of Minnesota for the Minnesota Historical S...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 06:42