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 431: Sounds Like a Dad to Me
In this Father's Day episode, we'll hear a 9-year-old conducting ...
In this Father's Day episode, we'll hear a 9-year-old conducting an interview with his dad, a father and son remembering the giant of a man who came before them, and a dad recalling how he fell into his role in an unexpected way.
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StoryCorps 430: Finding Home
Marine Cpl. Zach Skiles served in Iraq at the start ...
Marine Cpl. Zach Skiles served in Iraq at the start of the U.S. invasion in 2003. When he came back, he couldn't hold a job and ended up homeless. In this episode, Zach and his dad, Scott, talk about his return home for the first time. We also hear from an Iraqi interpreter searching for a new place to call home after fearing for his safety.
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StoryCorps 429: A Decade on the Road
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of ...
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of StoryCorps' national mobile tour. Hear five stories recorded during our first year on the road. Listen for a Sunday school teacher from Florida, a criminal who couldn't stay away from Mississippi, a California family that came from Mexico, a Pennsylvania steel mill worker, and bounty hunters from Texas.
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StoryCorps 428: Your Father's Smile
In this Memorial Day episode, we'll hear from a daughter ...
In this Memorial Day episode, we'll hear from a daughter who lost her father 50 years ago in Vietnam, and a son who discovered something about his father one Memorial Day.
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StoryCorps 427: In the Stairwell
This is the story of a father's grief at losing ...
This is the story of a father's grief at losing his son to a policeman's bullet. It happened two decades before Ferguson or Baltimore, and long before smartphone videos. Nicholas Heyward Sr. came to StoryCorps to remember his son, Nicholas Jr., who was 13 when he died.
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StoryCorps 426: Mom
In this special Mother's Day episode, we hear from a ...
In this special Mother's Day episode, we hear from a single mother, two women who were sent to a home for unwed mothers in the '60s, and another mom, who shares how she dealt with her son coming out. Also: StoryCorps founder Dave Isay shares a story from our new app.
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StoryCorps 425: Evolution
In the 1970s, Pastor David Ned was living in a ...
In the 1970s, Pastor David Ned was living in a rough neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At the time he was nicknamed "Brave Dave" and carried a gun for protection. In an interview with his friend, Darius C. Monroe, Ned remembered a time when he had to make a decision about whether or not to use it.
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StoryCorps 424: April 19, 1995
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, ...
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, we're featuring two interviews from survivors. Christopher Nguyen and PJ Allen are two of the only six children at the day care center in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building to survive the bombing.
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StoryCorps 423: Sissy
There's an electrical power plant technology instructor at Wyoming's Casper ...
There's an electrical power plant technology instructor at Wyoming's Casper College who stands out on campus. His name is Sissy Goodwin and he dresses in women's clothing. His wife, Vickie, didn't know he wore women's clothing when they met, but she's stood by him for the past four decades.
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StoryCorps 422: His Name Is Carl
Rebecca Greenberg recently came to StoryCorps with her mother, Laura, ...
Rebecca Greenberg recently came to StoryCorps with her mother, Laura, to hear about the characters Laura grew up with in Queens during the '50s. She also heard Laura's version of her parents' courtship. It only seemed fair to invite the family back so Rebecca's father, Carl, could tell his side of the story.
