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StoryCorps travels the country collecting the stories of everyday people, who get to take the microphone and interview each other about their lives. Each week, the StoryCorps podcast shares these unscripted conversations, revealing the wisdom, courage, and poetry in the words of people you might not notice walking down the street. Learn more, including how to record your own interview, at storycorps.org.More from StoryCorps »

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Episode 470 – Send-Offs StoryCorps hide caption

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StoryCorps 470: Send-Offs

For this Memorial Day episode, we hear four stories that speak to the idea behind the holiday, and pay tribute to men and women who died in combat.

StoryCorps 470: Send-Offs
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Episode 469 – Secrets StoryCorps hide caption

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StoryCorps 469: Secrets

In this episode, we hear from people who kept secrets from their loved ones for years. We'll not only learn what they kept from others, but how and why they kept their secrets for so long.

StoryCorps 469: Secrets
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Episode 468 – Tough Guys StoryCorps hide caption

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StoryCorps 468: Tough Guys

This week, we hear four stories from people who appear tough on the outside. But as these stories show, there is more to these people than their seemingly rugged exteriors.

StoryCorps 468: Tough Guys
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Episode 426 – Mom StoryCorps/NPR hide caption

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StoryCorps 426: Mom

We dug into the archives for some of our favorite stories about some of our favorite people: moms. Also, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay shares a story from our app.

StoryCorps 426: Mom
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Episode 467 – More Purpose and Passion StoryCorps/NPR hide caption

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StoryCorps 467: More Purpose and Passion

In this episode, we hear three excerpts from the CD companion to our newest book "Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work", narrated by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay.

StoryCorps 467: More Purpose and Passion
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StoryCorps 466: Callings

This week, we listen to four stories from "Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work" by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, where work is about much more than just making a living.

StoryCorps 466: Callings
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Baseball season has officially begun. This week, we hear four stories from inside and outside the ballpark from people who have baseball in their blood. StoryCorps/NPR hide caption

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StoryCorps 465: At the Ballpark

Baseball season has officially begun. This week, we hear four stories from inside and outside the ballpark from people who have baseball in their blood.

StoryCorps 465: At the Ballpark
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Episode 464 – Tossing Away The Keys (Photo by Harvey Wang) Harvey Wang/StoryCorps hide caption

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StoryCorps 464: Tossing Away the Keys

A documentary by StoryCorps founder, Dave Isay, about men serving life sentences at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Photo by Harvey Wang.

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Episode 463 – Journey's End StoryCorps/NPR hide caption

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StoryCorps 463: Journey's End

In this episode, we hear three stories of people who fled their homelands – China, Cuba, and Austria. Even when the physical destination is reached, they find that the journey is never really finished.

StoryCorps 463: Journey's End
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Episode 422 – His Name Is Carl StoryCorps/NPR hide caption

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StoryCorps 422: His Name Is Carl

In this episode, two interviews from the same family in Atlanta, as well as a tribute to the man who originated basketball's jump shot.

StoryCorps 422: His Name Is Carl
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