NPR: StoryCorps
At recording booths across America, everyday people interview one another about their lives. StoryCorps creator Dave Isay showcases these first-person stories in this weekly podcast. StoryCorps airs Fridays on NPR's Morning Edition.
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StoryCorps 440: On The Other Side of Death
StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum are ...
StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum are recording one interview for each person lost on 9/11/2001. In this episode, you'll hear from family and friends remembering their loved ones, including the first official victim of the attacks, NYFD Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.
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StoryCorps 439: Space Men
Stories about people who all have their eyes on the ...
Stories about people who all have their eyes on the stars, from a street-corner astronomer to an astronaut.
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StoryCorps 438: The Wind and The Rain
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on New ...
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. A decade later, we revisit recordings made in our mobile recording booths, shortly after the storm, as well as a story about rebuilding in the Lower Ninth Ward.
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StoryCorps 437: Lasting Impression
In this episode, we'll hear stories about the things that ...
In this episode, we'll hear stories about the things that stick, for better and for worse, and leave behind an impression that you can't shake.
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StoryCorps 436: Great Escapes
Stories about escaping — or trying to escape — from ...
Stories about escaping — or trying to escape — from bad situations, dangerous encounters, teachers, parents and more.
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StoryCorps 435: Major Bambi
Retired Marine Corps Major Donnie Dunagan served 25 years, including ...
Retired Marine Corps Major Donnie Dunagan served 25 years, including two tours in Vietnam. But during his entire military career there was one thing he didn't want his comrades to discover — as a child he had been the voice of Bambi in the 1942 Disney film.
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StoryCorps 434: Listen Closely
It's been 25 years since the Americans With Disabilities Act ...
It's been 25 years since the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. So, we dug into the StoryCorps archive to bring you stories that celebrate just a few of the millions of people who gained civil rights from this landmark legislation.
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StoryCorps EXTRA: Traffic Stop
Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his ...
Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his adoptive white parents to believe that skin color didn't matter. But when Alex was pulled over by Denver police officers one night in 2009, he lost his belief in a colorblind world — and nearly lost his life.
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StoryCorps 433: Coney Island Baby
In this episode, stories about one of the weirdest, most ...
In this episode, stories about one of the weirdest, most wonderful places in New York: Coney Island. You'll meet a woman who spent the first six months of her life on display at a Coney Island sideshow, and the woman who lived under the Thunderbolt roller coaster.
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StoryCorps 432: Coming Out Strong
June is Pride Month all across the country, and on ...
June is Pride Month all across the country, and on this week's episode, we share a couple of stories about growing up gay in rural America. You'll hear two very different experiences recorded as part of our LGBTQ initiative, OutLoud. We'll also check back in with one of our participants to see what's changed since coming out to his mom.
