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The Last Patients

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Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:00:32 +0000

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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The Voice For My Song

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Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:00:39 +0000

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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EXTRA: The Santa Tracker

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Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 05:00:13 +0000

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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EXTRA: Living Life For Them

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Published On :: Mon, 29 May 2023 04:00:26 +0000

On this short Memorial Day episode, we'll hear from Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams, an Iraq War veteran who lost every other member of his 12-man squad.

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Seeing The Way

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Published On :: Tue, 04 Jul 2023 04:00:10 +0000

Jason Romero was given a serious diagnosis. But to stop running from it he'd have to do something no one had ever done before.

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The Long Way Home

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Published On :: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 04:00:44 +0000

Monique "Muffie" Mousseau and her partner Felipa Deleon grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In this episode, they share the long and sometimes painful journey of fighting for their love, their community, and their ancestors...all while making history.

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Living for the Dead

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Published On :: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:00:32 +0000

There are people who help us at every stage of life –– from the moment we're born to our last breath. But at the end, who's helping us when we're gone? On the season finale of the StoryCorps Podcast, twin mortician brothers look back on a life of caring for the dead.

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EXTRA: The Kids From North Baghdad

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Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:05:53 +0000

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, StoryCorps will be revisiting some of our most memorable conversations from the past two decades. This week, we announce an upcoming special series with this short story from our Military Voices Initiative.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: StoryCorps is Born

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Published On :: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:00:11 +0000

In this episode, we go back 20 years to the origins of StoryCorps–the challenges of building a recording booth in Grand Central Terminal– and we catch up with the participants from the first ever radio story we broadcast on NPR.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Love Letters

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Published On :: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:00:59 +0000

As we continue celebrating StoryCorps' 20th anniversary, we bring you two of our favorite stories that made a strong impression on our listeners, and we share updates with the participants from the last two decades.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: On the Road

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Published On :: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:00:59 +0000

In the third episode of our special series celebrating two decades of StoryCorps, we're bringing you inside the Mobile Booth—the recording studio we built in a trailer to circle the country, capturing voices that would otherwise never be recorded. Hear some of our favorite stories from the road, and from the people who haul the trailer on a never-ending road trip.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: The Griot of Knoxville

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Published On :: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:00:59 +0000

As we celebrate StoryCorps' 20th anniversary, we bring you the story of a man who integrated his high school as a teenager in Knoxville, Tennessee, and how a StoryCorps listener comment helped him reckon with his past five decades later.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Beyond the Booth

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Published On :: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:00:59 +0000

For most of StoryCorps' existence, we've recorded people in person at our storybooths. But on this episode of our special series celebrating 20 years of StoryCorps, we're looking back to when we stepped outside the recording booth to capture stories. Sometimes because we wanted to hear new voices... and sometimes because we had to.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Family Pride

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Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:00:59 +0000

StoryCorps' initiatives have long helped us gather voices that are usually omitted from the historical record, like our LGBTQ+ Outloud initiative. In our continuing celebration of twenty years of StoryCorps, we're sharing some of our favorite recordings from that collection... and how a story close to our founder Dave Isay's heart helped lead to its creation.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Mother Mary

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Published On :: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:00:59 +0000

Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011 to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. In the latest episode from our special series celebrating StoryCorps' 20th anniversary, we'll share updates on a conversation none of us imagined would happen back when StoryCorps started.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Listen More, Shout Less

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Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000

As we close out our special series celebrating 20 years of StoryCorps, hear how our One Small Step initiative is helping to facilitate a national conversation by bringing people together from across the political spectrum.

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EXTRA: The Men of Montford Point

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Published On :: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

In 1942, the U.S. allowed Black men to enlist in the Marine Corps for the first time. It was during World War II, and resulted in more than 19,000 Black recruits being sent to Montford Point, North Carolina for basic training. Many of those men are no longer with us, but their voices can be heard in the StoryCorps archive.

These stories are part of our Military Voices Initiative.

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The Birds, the Bees, and My Dad

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Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Howie Gordon starred in over a hundred porn films in the 70s and 80s under the name Richard Pacheco. But his greatest role was as a father. At StoryCorps, he talked with his son Bobby Gordon about sex, shame, and dirty movies.

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Peter the Wolf

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Published On :: Tue, 07 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Judd Esty-Kendall's father was an animal lover who filled their house with raccoons, hawks, and critters of every size. At times it was more like a zoo than a home. But there was one creature Judd's father treasured above the rest: A gray wolf.

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The Phantom of the World's Fair

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Published On :: Tue, 21 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

In 1964, a 12-year-old paperboy from suburban Long Island spent nearly two weeks hiding among the gleaming attractions of the New York World's Fair. His adventure caused a media sensation, but the world only learned half the story.

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EXTRA: I'll Be There

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Published On :: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Marine Staff Sergeant Nick Bennett and Sergeant Major Dan Miller remember a deployment during the Iraq War that changed their lives.

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The Family That Plays Together

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Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Every athlete's looking for that extra edge — and for a lot of them, it's their family. Who drove them to practice? Who told them to never give up? In this episode, player's loved ones step into the spotlight.

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For the Fans

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Published On :: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Being a sports fan means putting a part of your happiness in the hands of strangers. When they lose, you die a little. But when they win, it's incredible. This week, stories about the triumph and tragedy of being a fan.

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The Long Run

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Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Gwen and Yasir weren't the type of couple that liked to run marathons, at first. As hardships pulled their lives in unexpected directions, running became their best— and sometimes only— way of remembering what really mattered.

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The World Peace Game

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Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:00:29 +0000

For almost fifty years, people have been gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia to achieve something that seems impossible: world peace. And despite the fact these people are kids, they're pretty successful. Schoolteacher John Hunter invented The World Peace Game as a way to teach messy geopolitical realities. He never could have anticipated what his students ended up teaching him— or that the game would bring him face-to-face with the heights of real-world power.

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#2489: The Burper

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Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000

Calls about smells, burping and an incident at a topless bar on this all-too-typical edition of the Best of Car Talk.
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#2490: Yet Another Saab Story

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Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000

Nat was absolutely beaming as he proudly showed off his new Saab to his soon-to-be inlaws. Beaming that is right up to the moment that it started to roll downhill without a driver. Could Nat possibly have made a worse first impression? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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Sense of Place: This Tokyo act embodies the energy of Japan's busy capital

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Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 07:00:59 +0000

Meet the eclectic J-pop trio, CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE.

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Hear a live acoustic performance from The Lemon Twigs

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Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:00:59 +0000

The music of Long Island duo Michael and Brian D'Addario is rooted in '70s rock and pop.

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Sense of Place: Meet the composer behind 'Super Mario Kart'

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Published On :: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:00:49 +0000

Soyo Oka walks us through her journey from studying classical music to calling up Nintendo looking for a gig.

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Sense of Place: The Bawdies are faithful craftsmen of the art of rock music

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Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:24:54 +0000

The Japanese band's discography is heavily inspired by the American rock of the '60s, but with their own distinctive twist.

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Tune in to a mini-concert with The Felice Brothers

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Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:30:57 +0000

The New York-based folk rock band perform songs from their latest album, Valley of Abandoned Songs.

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Sense of Place: How American singer Davina Robinson found the blues in Osaka

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Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:00:59 +0000

The Philadelphia-born singer found a thriving community of jazz and blues musicians after moving to Japan.

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How a much-needed breather helped Dr. Dog craft its latest record

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Published On :: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 07:00:59 +0000

The Philadelphia band is back with a new self-titled album.

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The Culture Corner: Enter Soweto Gospel Choir's 'House of Worship'

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Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:01:07 +0000

World Cafe correspondent John Morrison digs into the South African gospel group's latest record, which recontextualizes classic club hits.

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Jessica Pratt cracks open the sunny veneer of the California dream

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Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:00:59 +0000

The Los Angeles-based musician was inspired by the dark side of state's mythology in the making of her fourth studio album.

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The Folk Implosion return with 'Walk Thru Me' after decades away

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Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:03:24 +0000

Lou Barlow and John Davis talk about what brought them together again, plus they perform live for World Cafe.

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Memories blossom on Hurray for the Riff Raff's latest record

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Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:52:13 +0000

On The Past is Still Alive, folk songwriter Alynda Segarra reignites visions from a past life and the people they've met along the way.

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Tune in to a mini-concert with The Dip

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Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:33:36 +0000

The funk, soul and R&B band from Seattle explores the more complicated side of love on their latest album, Love Direction.

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American Aquarium on their latest album, 'Fear of Standing Still'

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Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000

Frontman BJ Barham talks about working with producer Shooter Jennings and tackling the complexity of Southern identity on the band's new album.

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Ride on their latest album, 'Interplay'

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Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:07:16 +0000

The English rock band looks to '80s synth pop on their seventh studio album.

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Sense of Place: Step inside Denver's famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000

Denver's iconic outdoor venue comes with a unique set of challenges.

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WATCH: Little Feat pours their motley energy into 'Sam's Place'

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Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:58:55 +0000

The band co-founded by Lowell George and led by Bill Payne has flourished with their gumbo approach to rock and roll.

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WATCH: Pixies plays songs from their new album, 'The Night the Zombies Came'

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Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000

The alternative rock pioneers perform an exclusive set ahead of the release of their latest album.

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The Culture Corner: Digable Planets' 'Blowout Comb' turns 30

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Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:08:53 +0000

The hip-hop group's second and final album took a sharp sonic turn away from their radio-friendly debut.

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Los Bitchos' 'Talkie Talkie' is a raucous 1980s discotheque

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Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:25:03 +0000

Heavily inspired by cumbia, the London-based band has a straightforward ethos: have fun.

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The Softies return with 'The Bed I Made'

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Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:21:35 +0000

The pop minimalists return with a record that feels like calling up an old friend.

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From Manoush: The Opportunity Of Boredom

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Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:16:00 +0000

With many of us stuck at home right now, it's natural to feel bored and listless. But our new host Manoush Zomorodi is kind of an expert in boredom - she wrote a book and gave a TED Talk on the topic - and she says it doesn't have to be so bad. In 2018, Guy Raz interviewed Manoush for our episode "Attention Please." Listen to why we might actually need to feel bored in order to jump-start our creativity.

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The Biology Of Sex

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:01:48 +0000

Many of us were taught biological sex is a question of female or male, XX or XY ... but it's far more complicated. This hour, TED speakers explore what determines our sex. Guests on the show include artist Emily Quinn, journalist Molly Webster, neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi, and structural biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu.

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The Greater Good?

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Published On :: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 04:01:00 +0000

In times of crisis, how do we decide what personal sacrifices we must make for the benefit of all? This hour, TED speakers share four different ideas about how to act for the greater good.

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