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StoryCorps 143: Sweet Talk

Thu, Nov 26 Listen

Today is Thanksgiving and we're going to start off this episode with a story from Historias, our initiative to collect Latino stories. Jose Fernandez came to the United States from Cuba in the 1960s. Here he tells his wife about about the first Thanksgiving he spent in the United States. The second story is also about sharing a meal but not with your family. It comes from Julio Diaz, a social worker in the Bronx. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write...

StoryCorps 142: Brian's Field

Fri, Nov 20 Listen

In this week's podcast, Gregg Korbon and his wife, Kathryn, talk about how a baseball field came to be named after their son, Brian. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 141: Love? Check.

Fri, Nov 13 Listen

In this week's podcast, we'll hear a story of new beginnings. Mala Fernando got married in Sri Lanka, her native country, on the day of her 22nd birthday. Here she tells her daughter Ashanthi Gajaweera about the early days of her marriage. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 140: StoryCorps 140: The Graveyard Shift

Sat, Nov 7 Listen

In this week's podcast, we'll hear from Sam Reed, a mortician and the caretaker of Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery. Here he talks about how his interest in the funeral business started at a young age. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 139: A Hoax and a Joke

Fri, Oct 30 Listen

In this week's podcast, we'll hear two stories from one storyteller. First a tale of the end of the world. In 1938 Orson Welles broadcast his landmark radio show "War of the Worlds". Here, Judge Joe Pigott remembers a family story about the reaction his step-grandfather, affectionately known as 'The Doctor', had to the famous radio broadcast. In our second story, Judge Pigott tells his wife, Lorraine, about Willie "Pip" Dow, one of the more memorable characters that passed through his...

StoryCorps 138: Custodian of Grace

Fri, Oct 23 Listen

In this week's podcast, we'll hear from 53-year-old Willie Jefferson. He has been a custodian at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School (OLA) for 23 years. Here he tells Chloe Smith, a student at OLA, about his time working at the school. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 137: Walking With Hope

Fri, Oct 16 Listen

In this week's podcast, a story of encouragement and hope. Several years ago, Andrew DeVries was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. He required multiple surgeries and almost lost his leg. Here he remembers the impact that a hospitalist's support had on his recovery. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 136: For My Girls

Fri, Oct 9 Listen

In this week's podcast, we'll hear from Michael Cahn and one of his four daughters, Maya, who was about to get married and start a family of her own. Here she asks her father for advice on being a parent. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 135: Page Turners

Fri, Oct 2 Listen

In this week's podcast two stories about falling in love with books. First, a tale of literary inspiration. Judge Olly Neal grew up in Marianna, Arkansas and was a senior in high school during the 1950s. Here he tells his daughter, Karama, how he discovered African American author Frank Yerby while cutting class and hiding out in the school library. In our second story, Sharon Holley, a retired librarian, tells her husband, Kenneth, about preparing for her career at an early age. Holley...

StoryCorps 134: The Cutest Boy From Villa Juana

Fri, Sep 25 Listen

In this week's podcast Jos? Cruz tells his daughter, Grace, about growing up in Villa Juana, a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, while his mother was working in New York City. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 133: Proudest Moment

Fri, Sep 18 Listen

In the early 1970s Tony Perri was a married man, living with his wife and three children when he came out as a gay man. But as he tells his grandson Jeffrey, this was something he was advised not to share years earlier. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 132: Remembering the Vigiano Brothers

Fri, Sep 11 Listen

It's been eight years since the attacks of 9/11. At StoryCorps, we've been working with the National September 11th Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center to collect memories of people who were lost that day. In this episode, a story of two brothers. Retired New York City firefighter John Vigiano Sr. remembers his sons, John Jr., a firefighter, and Joe, a policeman, who both died at the World Trade Center.

StoryCorps 131: Guardians of the Gate

Fri, Sep 4 Listen

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of San Francisco's most iconic monuments and most popular tourist destinations, but it is also one of the world's leading suicide locations. For 25 years, ironworkers Ken Hopper and Kerry Davis have been a part of a team who maintain the bridge. Here, they talk about their work together and the impact that rescuing suicide jumpers has had on their lives. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so...

StoryCorps 130: Letting Go

Fri, Aug 28 Listen

In this week's episode, Fanni Green tells her daughter, Danyealah, about moving her mother, Pauline, into an assisted living facility after her health began to fail. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 129: Walter + Babette

Fri, Aug 21 Listen

In this week's episode a summer story. Walter Sonneborn and his wife, Babette, remember the summer they first met, almost 70 years ago. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 128: My Guy

Fri, Aug 14 Listen

In the mid 1960s, Don Sargent and his brother, Jim, were both headed for the military. Shortly after enlisting, however, Don was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and was forced to stay behind while his brother went off to war in Vietnam. Here, Don and Jim talk about the moment that changed their lives. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 127: Angels on Earth

Fri, Aug 7 Listen

In this episode, two stories about work... specifically about working in hospitals. The first comes from a nurse. Dana Viviano has been caring for cancer patients for the past 15 years. Here, she answers some questions from her 11-year-old daughter, Sarafina. In the second story we hear from retired hospital chaplain, Janet Lutz. Here she tells her friend, Lori Armstrong, about her 30 year career ministering to hospital staff. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd...

StoryCorps 126: It's His Religion

Fri, Jul 31 Listen

In this week's episode, you'll hear from Robert Panara, who has loved baseball since he was a little boy. He is now 89 and has been deaf for over 70 years. At StoryCorps in Rochester, he told his friend Greg Livadas about meeting a couple of the sport's all-time greats. This interview was recorded in partnership with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, NY. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at...

StoryCorps 125: The Long and Short Of It

Fri, Jul 24 Listen

At StoryCorps, people usually come to our recording booths to talk about their lives, but occasionally, when people can't get to a booth, we go to them. That was the case with Lawrence Anthony and David Shirley, who cut hair at the only barber shop in Drexel, NC. Anthony has been a barber for over 60 years, and in this episode we hear the two of them describe what it's like to work in their small town. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to...

StoryCorps 124: Say It Loud

Fri, Jul 17 Listen

In this episode, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the NAACP with stories from two of its members. First we hear from Mildred Roxborough. Roxborough began working for the NAACP in 1953 and since then she has worked in nearly every department in the organization. Here she talks to her colleague, Maxim Thorne, about spending more than half a century with the organization. In the second story, Benjamin Todd Jealous interviews his mother, Ann Todd Jealous, and his grandmother, Mamie Todd,...

StoryCorps 123: Magic Man

Fri, Jul 10 Listen

Ricky Boone is a magician. He also has a rare bone disorder. In this week's podcast, he talks with his friend Patti Barber. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 122: Spicy Stories

Fri, Jul 3 Listen

In this episode, stories from summer camp. First, Miriam Kerpen tells her daughter, Lisa Shufro, about what she found hidden inside her great-uncle's dictionary... The second story is from two friends. May Herlands and Sheila Lepelstat met over 60 years ago at summer camp, and here they share stories of their adventures through the years. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation...

StoryCorps 121: Friday June 27th, 1969

Fri, Jun 26 Listen

In this week's podcast we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City. Michael Levine, who witnessed the riots on June 27th, 1969, speaks with his friend Matthew Merlin. Also in this podcast StoryCorps founder Dave Isay speaks with StoryCorps facilitator Jeremy Helton about what it's like to travel across the country on our mobile tour. Dave Isay also talks about how you can help us keep our recording booths on the road. To hear more stories visit...

StoryCorps 120: What Parents Feel

Fri, Jun 19 Listen

In this week's podcast, we hear from Brian Miller and his adopted son, Johnathan Emerson. Brian adopted Johnathan out of foster care 10 years ago. They talk about how they made it through some difficult times in the beginning to become not just father and son, but also best friends. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 119: A Fighting Spirit

Fri, Jun 12 Listen

In this week's podcast, Dottie Copeland talks to her daughter Tina Nelson about her fight with breast cancer. This interview was recorded in partnership with the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.

StoryCorps 118: The Perfect Mate

Fri, Jun 5 Listen

In this week's podcast Seymour Gottlieb, who has Alzheimer's disease, talks to his wife, Marcia, about their 60-year relationship. This interview was recorded as a part of StoryCorps' Memory Loss Initiative. Also in this podcast StoryCorps founder Dave Isay talks about our mobile tour and how you can help us keep our recording booths on the road. In our second story, James Ransom and his cousin Cherie Johnson remember their Sunday School teacher, Miss Devine. To hear more stories visit...

StoryCorps 117: A Soldier and a Mom

Fri, May 29 Listen

In October 2006 Sergeant Papsy Lemus left her home in Salt Lake City to serve in Iraq. Here, she tells her daughter Griselda about her time at war. In our second story, Paul Mortimer and Shawn Fox, prisoners at Oregon State Penitentiary, interview each other. Also in this podcast, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay talks about our mobile tour and how you can help us keep our recording booths on the road. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to...

StoryCorps 116: Miracle at The Wall

Fri, May 22 Listen

On Memorial Day in 2005, Allen Hoe traveled from his home in Hawaii to Washington D.C for services being held near the Vietnam Memorial Wall. His son, First Lieutenant Nainoa Hoe, was killed in Iraq earlier that year. A group of Army nurses were also being honored that day. In this episode, Allen describes what happened when he met one of them. Also on this podcast, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay talks about our mobile tour and how you can help us keep our recording booths on the road. To hear...

StoryCorps 115: Our Gang

Fri, May 15 Listen

Dr. Robert Strozier grew up in Georgia during the 1930s. As a boy, he got into a scrap or two. In this episode he remembers one time when needed his older brother, Frank, to help get him out of trouble. Also on this podcast, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay talks about our mobile tour and how you can help us keep our recording booths on the road. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a...

StoryCorps 114: Moms & Mentors

Fri, May 8 Listen

Sue Adam tells her daughter, Deborah Dimasi, about her decision to place Deborah for adoption as a baby. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/support.

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