StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening.
November 23, 2008 · As part of StoryCorps' National Day of Listening project, Liane Hansen explains to her son, Conner Conan, how she got her start in radio. The project encourages people to sit down with a loved one on the day after Thanksgiving and record a meaningful conversation.
()November 22, 2008 · David Isay, founder of StoryCorps, wants people to stop for a moment on the day after Thanksgiving and have a conversation with their loved ones. The National Day of Listening Web site offers guidance on recording an interview, what to ask and how to preserve and share these stories.
()November 22, 2008 · As part of StoryCorps' National Day of Listening project, Scott Simon talks with his mother, Pat, about an incident that happened before he was born. The project encourages people to sit down with a loved one on the day after Thanksgiving and record a meaningful conversation.
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November 21, 2008 · Mike Kilgore's grandmother played a large role in his life. From helping Kilgore stay out of trouble with his father to teaching him how to approach life's problems, her lessons have stayed with him long after her death.
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November 14, 2008 · John Brown was once compelled to call in to a radio talk show about homosexuality. He was eventually invited to the studio that night to share more of his views. He went — and his life took a turn.
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November 7, 2008 · The legendary oral historian explains how an encounter on an airport shuttle restored his faith in the power of the human voice. Terkel, who died last week, recorded this interview inside a mobile StoryCorps recording booth that was parked in his driveway.
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October 31, 2008 · Lillian Howell lived through the 1929 stock market collapse, which happened 79 years ago this week. Howell, who was 10 at the time, recalls the desperate move her family made to survive after her father was laid off.
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October 24, 2008 · Kenny Sailors is widely recognized as the originator of the jump shot in basketball. That was in the first half of the 20th century. Now 87, Sailors describes how it all started — and discusses the odd celebrity that his accomplishment has brought him.
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October 17, 2008 · When Christopher Fraser was 10, the state determined that his father was unfit to care for him. And in no time at all, Christopher went to live with his grandparents — a move that changed his life.
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October 10, 2008 · They've been together for over a half-century — but Ben and Bernice Finn met on a blind date. It was eight months after the end of World War II, and Ben had recently returned home to Brooklyn, N.Y., after serving in the Army.
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October 3, 2008 · When Andrea St. John and Kevin Broderick met in 2006, they were both teaching high school in Lake Placid, N.Y. Broderick was in recovery from a rare form of cancer. But that didn't stop them from falling in love. Recently, St. John spoke with Broderick's brother about their relationship.
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September 26, 2008 · Andrew Vollo is a New York City cab driver who has made it his mission to interview as many other cabbies as he can, recording their memories for the StoryCorps oral history project. Recently, Vollo spoke with Oleg Roitman and Jerry Tierstein about their experiences driving passengers around New York.
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September 19, 2008 · Hyman Bloom started driving a cab in New York City more than 30 years ago. He made $40 for 10 hours of work, he remembers — and started to wonder what he was doing in a taxi. Bloom stayed with it and came away with no regrets — and plenty of stories.
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September 12, 2008 · After his wife died in 1977, Joseph Natale raised three children on his own. Recently, he spoke with his son about coping — and finding the new love of his life. "The amazing thing was, no way was I longing to get married" again, Natale said.
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September 11, 2008 · The StoryCorps oral history project hopes to collect at least one recording from the families of each of the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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