Playlists for StoryCorps

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Caption: Mala Fernando tells her daughter Ashanthi Gajaweera about the early days of her marriage in Sri Lanka. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/43223-storycorps-ashanthi-gajaweera-and-mala-fernando">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: May 21, 2012

'Romance'

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You can't help falling in love right along with the people in these stories. Romantic in the truest sense of the word.
Caption: Larry Hoover tells his granddaughter Anastacia Garcia about his time at The New Mexico Boys' School in Springer, New Mexico. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/56618-storycorps-historias-larry-hoover-and-anastacia-g">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: May 21, 2012

'Growing Up'

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Stories about dealing with growing pains, no matter how old you are.
Caption: MJ Seide talks to her granddaughter Genna Alperin about falling in love with her partner, Genna's biological grandmother. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/44986-storycorps-mj-seide-and-genna-alperin">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: May 11, 2012

'Identity'

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How do you identify? Stories dealing with the complicated reality that is identity.
Caption: Retired New York City sanitation worker Angelo Bruno (L) speaks with his former partner, Eddie Nieves (R), about working together on their daily route. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/52877-storycorps-angelo-bruno-and-eddie-nieves">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: May 01, 2012

'Work'

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We all spend 8 hours a day at it: hear stories from and about work, unusual jobs, and loving what you do.
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Updated: May 01, 2012

National Teachers Initiative

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Caption: Sylvia Mendez (L) talks to her sister Sandra Mendez Duran (R). <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/46621-storycorps-historias-sylvia-mendez-and-sandra-men">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: May 01, 2012

'Historias'

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StoryCorps' collection of Latino stories from all across the country.
Caption: Joan DeLevie (R) tells her daughter, Sharon (L), how she met her husband, Ari at a party in 1959. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/49479-storycorps-joan-and-sharon-delevie">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: May 01, 2012

'Struggle'

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These are not easy. Stories about dealing with the harder decisions in life.
Caption: Zenobbie Clark (L) and her sister, Diana Carter (R), remember their brother, Samuel "Bubba" Hammond Jr. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/48177-storycorps-griot-zenobbie-clark-and-diana-carter">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Apr 16, 2012

'Witness'

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Yes, they were there for that. They saw it, heard it, and in these pieces they tell you all about it.
Caption: StoryCorps Facilitator Lillie Love passed away on June 25, 2010. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/49444-storycorps-griot-lillie-love">Listen here</a>, to her positive persective on life.
Updated: Apr 16, 2012

'Griot'

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StoryCorps' collection of African American stories from all across the country.
Caption: Scout Derek Connell (C) talks with his Scoutmasters Richard (L) and Claudia. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/44739-derek-connell-richard-and-claudia-coleman">Listen here</a>.
Updated: Feb 27, 2012

'Angels & Mentors'

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Stories about those people who really matter in our lives.
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Updated: Jan 17, 2012

Memory Loss Initiative

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Caption: Richard Pecorella remembers his fiancee, Karen Juday, who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/56614-storycorps-9-11-richard-pecorella">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Sep 12, 2011

'September 11'

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Stories from those affected by the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Caption: Theresa Nguyen (L) talks to her daughter, Stephanie (R), about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with raising a family in the United States. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/52422-storycorps-theresa-and-stephanie-nguyen">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Feb 07, 2011

'Wisdom'

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From poetic turns of phrase to plain-spoken truths, there are little gems of wisdom in each one of these stories.
Caption: Tony Perri (R) tells his grandson, Jeffrey (L) about coming out as a gay man. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/43204-storycorps-tony-perri-and-jeffrey-perri">Listen here</a>.
Updated: Dec 17, 2010

'Discovery'

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Tales about that moment when something clicks.
Caption: Antoinette Franklin (R) and her niece, Iriel Franklin, talk about relocating to Houston after Hurricane Katrina. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/20304-storycorps-antoinette-and-iriel-franklin">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Dec 09, 2010

'Hurricane Katrina'

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Stories from the Gulf Coast about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.