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"I was debating whether I would say something at dinner..."
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"I was debating whether I would say something at dinner..."
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Pass The Plate, Pass The Mic
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Pass The Plate, Pass The Mic
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“A lot of times I could sit on the couch next to my grandma and we didn't talk. We just held hands.“
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“A lot of times I could sit on the couch next to my grandma and we didn't talk. We just held hands.“
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“There's Just No Support Group Unless You Find Somebody Who Can Also Relate.”
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“There's Just No Support Group Unless You Find Somebody Who Can Also Relate.”
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“I didn't realize some of the things that I would be called to do would be as difficult as they were.”
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Celebrate the Season of Sharing

In honor of #TheGreatListen 2021, listen to stories of families and communities coming together with joy and love.

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This Holiday Season, Find Connection With The Great Thanksgiving Listen

This Holiday Season, Find Connection With The Great Thanksgiving Listen
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The Little Things
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The Little Things
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“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”
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“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”
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Chloe Longfellow

Chloe Longfellow

Get to Know StoryCorps

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An Introduction to StoryCorps from our Founder
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Stories to Lift Your Spirit

#TheGreatListen

Discover incredible stories of community and connection as part of our national movement to create an oral history of our time.

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“I can't fix the country... but I can brighten my own corner. “
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“I can't fix the country... but I can brighten my own corner. “

Scott Macaulay tells his friend Loretta Saint-Louis about how after 35 years of hosting Thanksgiving dinner for people who have nowhere else to go, he’s finding a new way to connect with strangers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“Everybody wanted to be at our house.”
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“Everybody wanted to be at our house.”

Mary Mills talks with her mother, Joyce Carter Mills, about growing up in the 1960s and why all the neighborhood kids wanted to be at their house.
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Lola's Work
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Lola's Work

Crescenciana “Lola” Tan, originally from the Philippines, came to California to help raise her grandkids. Her daughter Olivia and grandson Kenneth used StoryCorps Connect to share some of the lessons she imparted and the memories they cherish from Lola’s storied life.
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“A man of the ages is not someone who is called daddy.”
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“A man of the ages is not someone who is called daddy.”

In the 1940s, Dr. Charles Drew was a surgeon and blood scientist, and today he is known as the “Father of Blood Banks.” His daughter, Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis, came to StoryCorps with her son, Ernest Jarvis, to remember him and his work.