StoryCorps Animated Shorts

Threads of Love

At StoryCorps, 13-year-old Aimee Gerold asks her dad about their adoption journey, uncovering the love, laughter, and the bond that made their family whole.

Twelve Feet From a Bomb

On January 29, 1998, a terrorist bombed The New Women All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama—severely injuring nurse Emily Lyons, and killing Robert "Sande" Sanderson, the police officer working security. At StoryCorps, Emily recalls that day.

Late Nights at Dubrow's

On the menu at an iconic Jewish delicatessen — kugels and characters. At StoryCorps, Van and Shirley Harris, who shared a 75-year romance, traded stories about the lifelong friendships served up at Dubrow’s Cafeteria.

A Time to Speak

In 1975, Tech. Sgt. Leonard Matlovich became the first openly gay man on the cover of TIME magazine, making national headlines as he challenged the military’s ban on gay service members. At StoryCorps, his friend Jeff Dupre recalls the quiet courage that made history.

Shades of Love

Cheri Lindsay and her father Phillip both have a rare skin condition called vitiligo. They gradually lose pigment in their skin, often in patches that can grow over time. Cheri always remembers her dad having vitiligo. In this animation, part of StoryCorps’ Brightness in Black initiative, they talked about when it first showed up for her.

Like Brothers

Barry Romo was close to his nephew, Robert, known as Bobby. They shared a brother-like bond, and both came of age during the Vietnam War. Barry was commissioned in the Army, Bobby was drafted. Only one of them came home. Barry honors Bobby at StoryCorps.

A Gem of a Guy

Wild in Love

When Jackie and taxidermist Bud went on their first date in 1954, Jackie knew she was in for an adventure. “Wild in Love,” takes you for a ride on their 68 years of love.

Operation North Pole

Every Christmas Eve, people watch Santa Claus fly worldwide to deliver gifts to kids, using the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) Santa Tracker. StoryCorps shares how the merry mission started in December 1955, the height of the Cold War.

Dear Mrs. Doyle

John Cruitt’s mother died two days before Christmas in 1958. He was a third grader in Cecile Doyle's class. And an act of kindness she showed him became stamped in his memory. So, more than 50 years later, he wrote her a letter.