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SNAP Matters: Stories Recorded with Support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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SNAP Matters: Stories Recorded with Support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

SNAP Matters: Stories Recorded with Support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Presenting a selection of coversations we recorded as part of a project focused on changing the the narrative about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the program formerly known as food stamps.

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Stories of Hidden Hunger Before and After Hurricane Harvey, Recorded with Feeding America

Stories of Hidden Hunger Before and After Hurricane Harvey, Recorded with Feeding America

We've partnered with Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief organization, to share the stories of people facing hunger in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas.

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In Memoriam: Gweneviere Mann

In Memoriam: Gweneviere Mann

We're remembering Gweneviere Mann, a StoryCorps friend and participant who came to us to share her remarkable story about learning to navigate life in a new way following the removal of a brain tumor.

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In Memoriam: John Vigiano Sr.

In Memoriam: John Vigiano Sr.

Remembering StoryCorps participant John Vigiano Sr., a retired FDNY captain who we first met when he and his wife, Jan visited StoryCorps to remember their sons, Joe and John, Jr., who were killed on September 11, 2001.

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Find Your Words: Preserving Conversations About Depression with Kaiser Permanente

Find Your Words: Preserving Conversations About Depression with Kaiser Permanente

We’ve been proud to partner with Kaiser Permanente as part of Find Your Words, a national public health awareness initiative focused on starting a conversation around mental health and wellness, by recording, preserving, and sharing conversations between people who’ve experienced depression and other mental health conditions and the loved ones who supported them through it.

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The Unedited Interview: Adama Bah and Deleen P. Carr

The Unedited Interview: Adama Bah and Deleen P. Carr

Adama Bah talks about her experience being forcefully detained as a 16-year-old on suspicion of terrorist activity, and what her life has been like since she was released with no charges.

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The Unedited Interview: Farah Ebrahimi and Rose Elizabeth Gorman

The Unedited Interview: Farah Ebrahimi and Rose Elizabeth Gorman

Farah Ebrahimi remembers emigrating from Iran to the U.S. at age 10, returning to Iran during the Iranian Revolution, and then making a risky escape back to the U.S. after her husband was executed for opposing Ayatollah Khomeini.

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A Day When Her Story Matters Most of All

A Day When Her Story Matters Most of All

Want to honor the special mother in your life in a way guaranteed to last a lifetime, and beyond? Give the gift of a StoryCorps conversation, recorded and uploaded via the free StoryCorps App.

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The Unedited Interview: Inko London Dokubo and Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt

The Unedited Interview: Inko London Dokubo and Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt

The NCAA men’s 2018 tournament will be remembered for the emergence of a singular star: Sister Jean, the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers' 98-year-old men’s basketball team chaplain.

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Goodbye, Bay Area! Thank You for a Decade of Partnership.

Goodbye, Bay Area! Thank You for a Decade of Partnership.

StoryCorps is ending operations in the San Francisco, our home for more than nine years where we have recorded nearly 6,000 interviews while also working with a range of community partners in the greater region.

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