StoryCorps provides Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives.
Since Dave Isay founded StoryCorps in 2003, the organization has provided more than 100,000 Americans with access to a quiet booth and platform to record and share interviews about their lives. These Conversations are archived at the U.S. Library of Congress.
At the heart of StoryCorps is a simple, timeless idea: provide two friends or loved ones with a quiet space and 40 minutes of uninterrupted time for a meaningful face-to-face conversation that will be preserved for generations to come. StoryCorps seeks out the stories of people most often excluded from the historical record and preserves them so that the experience and wisdom contained within them may be passed from one generation to the next.
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In this week's StoryCorps, Philadelphia radio host Cherri Gregg remembers her grandmother, Maryhall Fuller Robinson Snead, who helped her find her voice.
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StoryCorps founder Dave Isay talks about how to participate in "The Great Thanksgiving Listen," an initiative that encourages people to honor someone by recording their story for future generations.
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"Not much intimidates you once you've been blown up." A nurse remembers surviving the bombing of a health clinic that performed abortions in Alabama in the 1990s.
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Army veteran Alex Ortiz helps fellow veterans in Puerto Rico adjust to civilian life. He talks with his wife Lixannie about his struggle to adjust to civilian life.
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In this week's StoryCorps, a runner remembers his wife, who died of cancer, by running marathons in her honor.
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In this week's StoryCorps, a man from Briton remembers his first Halloween in America.
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In a Pennsylvania coal mining area in the 1940s, a mother was raising two kids on a secretary's salary. Bill Sayenga remembers his mother’s decision to run for office, and her lasting influence.
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John Hunter, the teacher in Charlottesville, Va., who invented the World Peace Game, talks about a memorable trip his fourth graders took to the Pentagon.
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In 2015 Stewart Billie moved his family from the city back to tribal land in the Navajo Nation. Billie’s sons found the lack of noise unnerving until their dad replaced the quiet with heavy metal.
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A group of women who call themselves Swamp Witches gather each fall to hunt foxes and ducks. Allison Crews and Susan Williams talk about their friendship and their love of hunting.