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Listen to stories from the StoryCorps collection, and find inspiration to record your own.

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“He was a short-order cook…”

Ed Miller (L) tells his son EJ (R) about his father, Ed Miller, Sr.

Ed Miller and his son EJ sound bite

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“Let’s talk about Miss Devine.”

James Ransom and Cherie Johnson remember their neighbor and Sunday school teacher.

James Ransom and Cherie Johnson sound bite

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“I didn’t know if I was ever going to see you again.”

Sergeant Papsy Lemus tells her daughter Griselda about going off to war in Iraq.

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“What was the best tip you ever got?”

Debra Goodman interviews her friend Ed Trinka, a doorman at the Plaza Hotel since 1963.

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