StoryCorps

StoryCorps

Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, tune in to StoryCorps and be reminded of the things that matter most.

Episodes

EXTRA: The Santa Tracker

December 20, 2022 • 5 min
On this extra holiday episode, Terri Van Keuren, Richard Shoup and Pamela Farrell remember how their father, Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, started the holiday tradition of tracking Santa Claus on U.S. military radar in 1955. donate.storycorps.org/podcast
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The Voice For My Song

December 13, 2022 • 20 min
What happens when paralyzing fear stops you from following your dream? In our final episode of the season...Jim Von Stein has written 8000 songs, but almost nobody has heard a single one of them...until now...
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SPECIAL: Remembering Lloyd Newman of Ghetto Life 101

December 9, 2022 • 33 min
In the early 90s, teenagers LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman recorded a week of their lives on Chicago's South Side. Working with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, LeAlan and Lloyd produced a documentary they called Ghetto Life 101, one of the most acclaimed programs in public radio history. In remembrance of Lloyd, who died this week, we bring you a special presentation of Ghetto Life 101.
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The Last Patients

December 6, 2022 • 17 min
In the second part of our Kalaupapa story, we hear how people exiled from society reconnected with family – and found a new community. donate.storycorps.org/podcast
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A Dangerous Word

November 29, 2022 • 17 min
In this two-part special, we remember a community of forgotten people cast out to a remote Hawaiian island.
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One Who Is Understanding

November 22, 2022 • 22 min
Family names bind one generation to the next. But what if that name is lost? In this episode, a grieving family learns their legacy is being kept alive by a stranger from far away.
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Seeing the Future In You

November 15, 2022 • 18 min
We usually lean on our elders for wisdom and support... but sometimes it's the other way around. In this episode, we hear from queer men who found acceptance in one another.
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You're My Memory

November 8, 2022 • 18 min
Capt. Helen Perry talks with her husband, Sgt. Matthew Perry, about the impacts of Matthew's memory loss – and their enduring love.
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Everything In Between

November 1, 2022 • 22 min
In this episode, we share one couple's story of love and loss under the weight of substance abuse – told through different recordings, twelve years apart.
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Ripples of Hate

October 24, 2022 • 22 min
In 2012, StoryCorps broadcast a conversation with a young woman involved in the murder of Mulugeta Seraw, a Black man in Portland, Oregon. A decade later, we revisit it to look at the ripples of racist violence, and a few people who fought to stop it.
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The Things We Carry

October 19, 2022 • 58 sec
On this season of the StoryCorps Podcast, stories of the stigmas we carry, and how it feels when we set them down.
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EXTRA: Back Of The Laundromat

September 4, 2022 • 4 min
On this short Labor Day episode, we'll hear from sisters Suzi and Donna Wong about growing up in the back of their parents' laundry business in Hollywood, CA.
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EXTRA: The People That Nurtured Me

August 15, 2022 • 5 min
Growing up in the 1950s in Montgomery, AL., Rev. Farrell Duncombe or "Little Farrell," as he was known by his family and friends, had a mischievous side. In this short episode, he remembers the day he got called out by the mother of civil rights.
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EXTRA: More Than Enough Love

July 18, 2022 • 4 min
Growing up in the 1960s, all of the neighborhood kids wanted to be at Mary Mills' house. In this short extra, she tells her mother why.
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EXTRA: When I Was 16

June 24, 2022 • 3 min
In this short bonus episode, we'll hear fromMs. Betty Thompson on what led her to work at the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi.
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It All Starts With A Song

June 20, 2022 • 23 min
Everyone's heard of James Brown and Stevie Wonder, but how about the women who helped make them who they are? For our last episode of this season, we'll get to know the unsung icons behind some of the most iconic music.
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Worthy In Their Own Beauty

June 13, 2022 • 16 min
This year marks two big anniversaries that helped change the world of sports and society. We'll hear from some of the people who were a part of these groundbreaking moments.
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Fellow Travelers

June 6, 2022 • 15 min
In 2018, Tennille Moore got some bad news and was crying in a public restroom. That's when Mumtaz Champsi stepped in and asked her if she'd like to take a walk. In this episode, we'll hear about how that walk led to a StoryCorps booth and an unlikely connection between strangers.
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Horses And Helicopters

May 30, 2022 • 13 min
In this episode, we head to the streets of South Central Los Angeles to meet a helper on horseback.
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So They're Not Forgotten

May 23, 2022 • 15 min
With Memorial Day weekend coming up, we're thinking about sacrifice, and the bonds that form between people who literally go through war together; on the battlefield and at home.
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