Series: StoryCorps

Produced by StoryCorps

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Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones.

Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones.


Additional Files

240 pieces

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StoryCorps: Samuel Black
From StoryCorps
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Samuel Black tells his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father, who operated a boiler room.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:29
StoryCorps: Sonya Baker and Michael Fazio
From StoryCorps
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Sonya Baker talks with her husband, Michael Fazio.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:54
StoryCorps: Jean and Richard Massamore
From StoryCorps
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Richard and Jean Simons Massamore reflect on the 59 years they've been married.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:18
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Mike Kilgore
From StoryCorps
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Mike Kilgore remembers his grandmother and an incident involving a wild flower called Rabbit Tobacco.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:22
StoryCorps: John and Paul Brown
From StoryCorps
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John Brown tells his brother Paul, about an encounter with a local radio station in West Virginia.

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:36
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Studs Terkel
From StoryCorps
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Studs Terkel, the late oral historian, from a 2005 interview recorded when a StoryCorps mobile booth visited his home.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast and WMNF


  • Added: Nov 07, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:48
  • Licenses: 2
StoryCorps: Lillian Howell
From StoryCorps
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Lillian Howell, 89, tells her son Thomas about moving from Ohio to Virginia during the Great Depression.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:59
StoryCorps: Kenny Sailors
From StoryCorps
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Former NBA player Kenny Sailors, 87, tells his friend Anne Brande, about pioneering the jump shot.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:47
  • Licenses: 1
Storycorps: Christopher and Victoria Fraser
From StoryCorps
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Victoria Fraser talks to her grandson Christopher, whom she raised, about the day he came to live with his grandparents.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:16
Storycorps: Ben and Bernice Finn
From StoryCorps
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Ben Finn, 82, and his wife Bernice, 79, remember meeting on a blind date in 1946.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:53
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Andrea St. John and Thomas Broderick
From StoryCorps
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Andrea St. John (R) remembers her fiance Kevin Broderick, to his brother Thomas (L). Kevin died from Ewings, a rare form of cancer in May, 2008.

Bought by Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:24
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Jerry Tierstein
From StoryCorps
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New York City cab driver Jerry Tierstein (R) tells fellow cab driver Andrew Vollo (L) about a memorable passenger.

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:18
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Oleg Roitman
From StoryCorps
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New York City cab driver Oleg Roitman (L) tells fellow cab driver Andrew Vollo (R) about entertaining his passengers.

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 00:00:55
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Hyman Bloom and Andrew Vollo
From StoryCorps
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Hyman Bloom (L) tells fellow taxicab driver Andrew Vollo (R), about driving a cab for over 30 years. Hyman Bloom retired in 2007.

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:37
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Joseph and Greg Natale
From StoryCorps
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Joseph Natale (L) tells his son Greg (R) about raising three children, after the death of his wife.

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:59
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Frankie and Diana Devito
From StoryCorps
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10 year-old Frankie DeVito remembers his grandfather, Bill Steckman, in an interview with his mother Diana. Bill Steckman was killed in the World T...

Bought by WMNF and KFAI


  • Added: Sep 05, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:51
  • Licenses: 2
StoryCorps: Betty Esper and Mark Fallon
From StoryCorps
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Betty Esper talks to her friend Mark Fallon about life in Homestead, Pennsylvania, before the U.S. Steel mill closed in the 1980s.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:59
StoryCorps: Joe Spano and Joe Spano Jr.
From StoryCorps
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Brooklyn-born Joe Spano tells his son Joe Jr. about opening a small Italian restaurant in Texas.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:59
StoryCorps: Gustavo Mestas and Illeana Smtih
From StoryCorps
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Gustavo Mestas talks to his daughter, Ileana, about escaping from Cuba to the U.S. in 1963.

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:34
  • Licenses: 1
StoryCorps: Walter and Babette Sonneborn
From StoryCorps
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Walter Sonneborn and Babette, his wife of 67 years, remember the summer they first met.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:05