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StoryCorps Detroit Giving people of all backgrounds the opportunity to record meaningful conversations, StoryCorps seeks to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. The StoryCorps Mobile Tour stopped in Detroit from June 29 to July 30 to collect the stories of our region.
StoryCorps Detroit

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StoryCorps Detroit

StoryCorps Detroit

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Giving people of all backgrounds the opportunity to record meaningful conversations, StoryCorps seeks to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. The StoryCorps Mobile Tour stopped in Detroit from June 29 to July 30 to collect the stories of our region.

Most Recent Episodes

How I Became Muslim

Lehman Robinson converted to Islam when he was a teenager working at a secular Michigan summer camp. In this episode of StoryCorps Detroit, he tells his roommate what prompted him to do so.

"Someone I Could Be Myself With"

Musician Spencer Barefield and his wife, artist Barbara Barefield, first met in the 1970s at a jazz club in the Cass Corridor neighborhood.

Is this Detroit Institution Under-Rated?

This week's StoryCorps Detroit interviewees talk up their favorite Detroit gem.

How is the Force Today?

Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Director Salvador Salort-Pons interviews his friend and colleague, Security Guard Roderick Walker.

Drawing Monsters on the Hudson Building

In the mid-1990s, a Detroit artist brightened up the boarded-over display windows of the Hudson Building with chalk drawings of monsters. His renderings were on the iconic structure when it was blown up.

What Happens When a Father is Deported?

A mother and daughter from Detroit discuss how the deportation of their family's patriarch still affects them almost 15 years later.

Not Ready to Die

Detroiter Roy Sims was diagnosed with a serious heart condition that doctors told him would be his demise. "It got to the point where I was placed under hospice care. That itself is quite difficult, because the idea there is to accept death, your imminent death." recalls Sims.

"I Work Like a Woman"

Detroiter Carlena Murdy tells her daughter Holly Gist-Richer about being one of the first machine repairwomen at a Detroit auto-parts factory in the 1970s.

A Tale of Two Paper's Opinions

Two Detroit editorial page editors tell each other how their backgrounds influenced their opposing opinions.

House, Techno, Raves and Voguing

How electronic dance music provides space for the LGBT community and others seeking a safe place to express themselves.

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