A former inmate finds meaning through his work as a death doula by Jey Born July 12, 2024 • In this week's StoryCorps, Michael Rogers came to the StoryCorps booth to talk about how his work as a death doula changed his perspective on life. A former inmate finds meaning through his work as a death doula Listen · 2:36 2:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5034979/nx-s1-03960445-1066-41e0-9a9d-89f10b39f99b" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'One Small Step America' aims to bridge divides during a contentious election year by Kerrie Hillman July 4, 2024 • The former Republican party chair in Columbus, Ga., chats with the former head of the local NAACP chapter for “One Small Step” -- a StoryCorps effort to bring together people with different political beliefs. 'One Small Step America' aims to bridge divides during a contentious election year Listen · 2:49 2:49 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5029354/nx-s1-a055eaa1-2215-4190-8151-6019468348dc" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
'One Small Step America' aims to bridge divides during a contentious election year Listen · 2:49 2:49 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5029354/nx-s1-a055eaa1-2215-4190-8151-6019468348dc" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A love story that started with an email by Jey Born June 26, 2024 • In this week's StoryCorps, a couple talks about how they met and fell in love thanks to ballroom dancing. A love story that started with an email Listen · 2:45 2:45 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5020245/nx-s1-58e421dd-0c5a-4685-88c2-af02a0dc71e4" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A love story that started with an email Listen · 2:45 2:45 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5020245/nx-s1-58e421dd-0c5a-4685-88c2-af02a0dc71e4" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
2 sisters, who fled the Vietnam War as kids, reflect on what they've been through by Joia Putnoi , Jo Corona June 21, 2024 • Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo, who grew up in a large Hmong family, recall their youth spent in a refugee camp in Thailand and on a ginseng farm in Wisconsin. 2 sisters, who fled the Vietnam War as kids, reflect on what they've been through Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5010456/nx-s1-c17e75b4-64ab-46a9-a930-d19d9fed8c20" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
2 sisters, who fled the Vietnam War as kids, reflect on what they've been through Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5010456/nx-s1-c17e75b4-64ab-46a9-a930-d19d9fed8c20" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A father passes along the joy of beatboxing to his daughter by Jey Born June 13, 2024 • In this week's StoryCorps, a father and daughter talk about bonding over their shared love of beatboxing. A father passes along the joy of beatboxing to his daughter Listen · 2:54 2:54 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5004574/nx-s1-5553f45b-47f3-4201-b228-4087f0bf4a3b" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A father passes along the joy of beatboxing to his daughter Listen · 2:54 2:54 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5004574/nx-s1-5553f45b-47f3-4201-b228-4087f0bf4a3b" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
For the first openly gay Methodist bishop, Christianity continued to be her calling by Esther Honig June 7, 2024 • In this week's StoryCorps, a woman talks with her wife about becoming the first openly gay bishop in the United Methodist Church. For the first openly gay Methodist bishop, Christianity continued to be her calling Listen · 2:35 2:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4995025/nx-s1-c2927af3-ea2b-4030-b239-ec4492a8f17a" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
For the first openly gay Methodist bishop, Christianity continued to be her calling Listen · 2:35 2:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4995025/nx-s1-c2927af3-ea2b-4030-b239-ec4492a8f17a" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Colorado couple rebuilds after losing everything to a wildfire by Jey Born May 30, 2024 • In this week's StoryCorps, a husband and wife talk about losing everything in a Colorado wildfire. Colorado couple rebuilds after losing everything to a wildfire Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4985687/nx-s1-655d537c-e05a-44cb-8569-e0041ce6fae9" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Colorado couple rebuilds after losing everything to a wildfire Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4985687/nx-s1-655d537c-e05a-44cb-8569-e0041ce6fae9" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Life lessons from a father known as the cool dad by Jey Born May 24, 2024 • A father shares life lessons and dad jokes with his daughter Life lessons from a father known as the cool dad Listen · 2:46 2:46 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4977322/nx-s1-74de3531-fce1-4341-aa4b-dced1b81e38d" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Life lessons from a father known as the cool dad Listen · 2:46 2:46 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4977322/nx-s1-74de3531-fce1-4341-aa4b-dced1b81e38d" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
2 sisters remember who gave them the love they were missing in foster care by Max Jungreis May 17, 2024 • In the early 1950s, the mother of Irene Montoya and Linda Garcia was hospitalized for TB. For years the girls lived in neglectful foster homes. Finally, they landed in the home of an older couple. 2 sisters remember who gave them the love they were missing in foster care Listen · 2:59 2:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1252012818/1252012819" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
2 sisters remember who gave them the love they were missing in foster care Listen · 2:59 2:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1252012818/1252012819" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A mother is called to work as a doula after her first child died shortly after birth by Jo Corona , Von Diaz May 10, 2024 • Marilí Rodríguez García spent several years working as a doula in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was called to the profession after losing her first child, Adrián José, a few days after his birth in 2009. A mother is called to work as a doula after her first child died shortly after birth Listen · 2:51 2:51 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250402889/1250402890" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A mother is called to work as a doula after her first child died shortly after birth Listen · 2:51 2:51 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250402889/1250402890" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto reflects on decades of being on stage by Jey Born May 3, 2024 • Peylia Marsema Balinton — better known as blues singer Sugar Pie DeSanto — talks to her longtime manager Jim Moore. At 86 years old, she is about to be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto reflects on decades of being on stage Listen · 3:05 3:05 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248863436/1248863437" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto reflects on decades of being on stage Listen · 3:05 3:05 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248863436/1248863437" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Founder of the country's first scuba club for Black divers has trained thousands by Kayla Lattimore April 26, 2024 • Albert José Jones was a senior in college when the club started the club. Now 93, he talks to fellow scuba diver and friend Jay Haigler about having a chance to dive all over the world. Founder of the country's first scuba club for Black divers has trained thousands Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1247405956/1247405957" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Founder of the country's first scuba club for Black divers has trained thousands Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1247405956/1247405957" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A family settled in Philadelphia in the '60s — the only Asians in the neighborhood by Kayla Lattimore April 19, 2024 • In this week's StoryCorps, Deborah Wei recalls how her mother adapted to living in America after immigrating from China in the 1960s. A family settled in Philadelphia in the '60s — the only Asians in the neighborhood Listen · 2:49 2:49 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1245810434/1245810435" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A family settled in Philadelphia in the '60s — the only Asians in the neighborhood Listen · 2:49 2:49 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1245810434/1245810435" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A mother and son remember a frightening accident and the resulting kindness by Jo Corona , Sara Barkouli April 12, 2024 • Karina Borgia-Lacroix was in a StoryCorps booth in Fort Myers, Fla., last month with her 10-year-old son, Levi, when he asked her, "What is your favorite memory of me?" A mother and son remember a frightening accident and the resulting kindness Listen · 2:53 2:53 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1244265691/1244265692" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A mother and son remember a frightening accident and the resulting kindness Listen · 2:53 2:53 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1244265691/1244265692" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
'The wolf was his best friend,' a son remembers his father who served in WWII by Jo Corona April 5, 2024 • Growing up in 1950s St. Louis, Judd Esty-Kendall remembers his father taking in wild animals. He told his own son about a special bond that his dad had with one animal in particular. 'The wolf was his best friend,' a son remembers his father who served in WWII Listen · 3:26 3:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242977805/1242977806" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
'The wolf was his best friend,' a son remembers his father who served in WWII Listen · 3:26 3:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242977805/1242977806" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript