Amplifying Voices of Museums and Libraries with IMLS

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Amplifying Voices of Museums and Libraries with IMLS

Listen to stories from exceptional museums and libraries across the country, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

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In Memoriam: Dr. William “Lynn” Weaver

Remembering Dr. William “Lynn" Weaver, renowned surgeon and beloved friend to StoryCorps, whose powerful and prescient recollections from his life made him our most-featured interview participant.

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In Memoriam: Theresa Burroughs, Civil Rights Leader & StoryCorps Participant

Remembering Theresa Burroughs, who shared her story of coming of age during the Jim Crow era. Her story was shared in the StoryCorps short, "A More Perfect Union."

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Celebrating LGBTQ Voices with an All-New Season of the StoryCorps Podcast

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, you’ll hear from LGBTQ elders who lived before Stonewall, celebrate some of the lesser-known victories that led up to the 1969 riots, and hear conversations across generations about the present and future of the LGBTQ community.

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#StonewallOutLoud: Help Record the Stories of a Generation of LGBTQ People

This June, join us for #Stonewall OutLoud, a participatory initiative to gather the stories of LGBTQ elders before they are lost to history.

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How We Match Participants for One Small Step: A Behind-the-Scenes Look

Since we launched One Small Step in 2018, one of the most common questions we are asked is how we match people for conversations. Our matchmaker shares her insights and experience having facilitated more than 200 interviews.

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Preserving Your Story: Inside the StoryCorps Recording Setup

A StoryCorps signature interview offers a space for participants to share a part of their lives — and all starts with an audio setup that allows us to record a conversation before it’s preserved in our archive. Here’s the way a story makes its way from your voice to our audio software before it's processed and made ready for publishing.

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Road to Resilience: Partners Across America Helping Young People in Grief Tell Their Stories

A look at Road to Resilience: Memories that Move Us Forward, a program created with the New York Life Foundation to support the stories of children grieving the death of a parent, sibling, or important person in their lives.

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Stories From The Lunar New Year With A National Facilitator

Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan is a Facilitator who travels around the United States recording the stories of StoryCorps participants. In celebration of the Lunar New Year on February 5th, she collected StoryCorps interviews around the Lunar New Year from the StoryCorps Archive for all to enjoy. Listen to her collection of stories, and learn how her family upbringing personally […]

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Where Are They Now? Jay and Andrea McKnight

“Do you think we’re stronger now in our relationship?” “Positively, absolutely.” This past month, we released a new series of animations around the themes of love between partners, and the surprising places where we find the person who completes us, titled The Love Season. Through these stories we met with a couple who spoke no […]