Stories in the 'Wisdom' category
“The door slid aside and there she stood -- the prettiest girl I had ever seen.”
93-year-old Paul Wilson tells his daughter Marty Smith about meeting her mother at the building where he worked in the early 1940s.
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Recorded in partnership with Wichita Public Radio in Wichita, KS
“I learned from her, and that's why I can pass it on to you guys.”
Richard Anthony Torres talks to his daughter Kathy Namba about his mother, Guadalupe Torres.
Recorded in partnership with KRZA in Taos, New Mexico
“I knew the top ten on the radio and I could do my nails, but I didn't even know how to cook.”
Lucille Mascareñas tells her son, Victor, about what happened when she moved from the city to work on her husband's family farm.
Recorded in partnership with KRZA in Taos, New Mexico
“There's a Little League baseball field called Brian Calvin Korbon Field.”
Gregg Korbon and his wife, Kathryn, talk about how a baseball field came to be named after their son, Brian.
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Recorded in partnership with WMRA and WVTF in Charlottesville, VA
“It changed me from the moment my children came onto this earth.”
Michael Cahn talks to his daughter Maya Leonard-Cahn about being a parent.
Recorded in partnership with KLCC in Eugene, OR
“We used to put out a hurricane section...”
Retired newspaperman Ed Pierce talks to his grandson, Scott, and his daughter, Rebecca, about working as managing editor of the Miami News.
Recorded in Gainesville, FL
“He did all his typing with his two fingers...”
George Edwardson tells his cousin, Doreen Simmonds, about watching his grandfather translate the New Testament into Iñupiaq, their native language.
Recorded in Anchorage, AK
“I was eighteen years old, and I had a fake ID...”
PJ Goetz tells her son, Sam, about how she met his father.
Recorded in Tampa, FL
“He was a short-order cook...”
Ed Miller (L) tells his son EJ (R) about his father, Ed Miller, Sr.
Recorded in New York, NY
“We go around and we bless the hands of all the people who work in the hospital.”
Janet Lutz (R) tells her friend, Lori Armstrong (L), about working as a hospital chaplain.
Recorded in Atlanta, GA





