Hoping and Pining, and Driving: A First Car December 30, 2005 In 1940, George Botti was a teenager on Long Island. Now 81, Botti visited StoryCorps with his daughter, Liz Manocha, to remember those years -- and how he came to own his first car. Hoping and Pining, and Driving: A First Car Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5074702/5074707" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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One Year After the Tsunami: A Song for Sri Lanka December 23, 2005 Prianga and Eranga Pieris are originally from Sri Lanka. More than 35,000 people died there in last year's devastating tsunami. They sing a song that Prianga wrote in honor of the sea and their beloved homeland. One Year After the Tsunami: A Song for Sri Lanka Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5066967/5067006" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Return to the Roots of Childhood December 16, 2005 At 68, Barb Fuller-Curry lives across the road from the farm where she grew up in rural Illinois. To her, the land is a reminder of the sacrifices her father and mother made for their children. A Return to the Roots of Childhood Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5055880/5055989" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Finding Beauty, and Fun, in Every Day December 9, 2005 Close friends and business partners Anne Garde and Catherine Combs have worked together for 20 years. Painting houses in Missoula, Mont., the pair have found myriad ways to keep things lively on the job. Finding Beauty, and Fun, in Every Day Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5045170/5045183" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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When AIDS Was an Unknown December 2, 2005 In honor of World AIDS Day, the StoryCorps oral history project presents the story of how the disease affected one family -- at a time when AIDS was still entering America's consciousness. Mary Caplan shares the story. When AIDS Was an Unknown Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5033517/5033522" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Keeping Time Across the Ages November 25, 2005 At the StoryCorps booth in Bismarck, N.D., 81–year-old Virginia Fairbrother tells her daughter, Laurel Kaae, a family story about kindness to a stranger during the Great Depression. Keeping Time Across the Ages Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5023923/5025934" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Shift from Diplomacy to Pest Control November 18, 2005 For the past 18 years, Andy Linares has been running his family business, Bug Off Pest Control. Recently, he came to the StoryCorps booth in New York's Grand Central Terminal to talk about his work as an exterminator. A Shift from Diplomacy to Pest Control Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5017591/5017601" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Veterans Day Soldiers Recall the Ways of War November 11, 2005 Veteran's Day is a chance for Americans to remember those who have fought for their country. It's also a chance for veterans to recall their service -- the sacrifices, the dangers -- and how it changed their lives. To mark the holiday, the StoryCorps oral history project offers stories from two soldiers -- and two wars. Soldiers Recall the Ways of War Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5008155/5008162" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Serious Pranks, Serious Work: A Family Heirloom November 4, 2005 Dr. Richard Collins grew up in a small upstate New York town, where his father practiced medicine. But as Collins told his grandson Sean -- a medical student himself -- that didn't keep him from orchestrating pranks when he was a student. Serious Pranks, Serious Work: A Family Heirloom Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4988072/4988085" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Grandmother Knows Best: Advice on Love October 28, 2005 With marriage upcoming, Cinema Wood sought advice from an expert: her grandmother, Peggy Edwards, who was married for more than 50 years. The two recorded their talk at a StoryCorps mobile booth. Grandmother Knows Best: Advice on Love Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4976287/4976296" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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StoryCorps Marks Two Years of Listening October 26, 2005 This week marks the second anniversary of StoryCorps, the oral history project collecting this nation's stories in sound. StoryCorps explores the idea that the stories we find all around us are as interesting and important as the stories of celebrities and statesmen that dominate the media.
A Sequel for Old Friends: Ralph and Donald October 21, 2005 Ralph Tremonte and Donald Weiss grew up together at the Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, N.Y., where they'd been committed as children. After 40 years, they had plenty to discuss. A Sequel for Old Friends: Ralph and Donald Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4965883/4965888" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Leaving Foster Care, Looking for Hope October 14, 2005 Tyondra Newton grew up in and out of foster homes. Last year, when she turned 18, she moved into transitional living. But Newton is still coping with the instability she's known since she was 2. Leaving Foster Care, Looking for Hope Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4956427/4956434" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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When Hard Labor Taught a Lesson October 7, 2005 Monica Mayer's father made sure his daughters took their work seriously. Worried the girls were slacking off in middle school, he arranged his own version of a "boot camp." The result not only cured them of their bad habits -- it gave Mayer and her sisters a story they vividly recall. When Hard Labor Taught a Lesson Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4948276/4948283" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Grandfather's Dedication to Overcoming September 30, 2005 The life of William Jacobs, 83, has rarely followed the course he first plotted. But to his grandson, the way he has handled adversity has been an inspiration. A Grandfather's Dedication to Overcoming Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4868494/4868505" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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