One Small Step: A Proxy for Personal Conversations?

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One Small Step: A Proxy for Personal Conversations?

Not long into her initial One Small Step conversation, Kim noticed something a bit uncanny. Here she was expecting to begin a discourse with her political counterpart, someone with opposing political points of view. But from the outset, the gentleman on the other end of the Zoom call was starting to seem eerily familiar and […]

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StoryCorps' 20th Anniversary Broadcast Specials

In honor of StoryCorps’ 20th anniversary, our classic fixture on NPR’s Morning Edition shared a series of special extended broadcasts that revisited five classic StoryCorps conversations with updates on our participants. Listen to a few of our favorite classics revisited. 20 Years Later A Couple Reflects On A Tender Moment Captured In The StoryCorps Booth […]

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Life on the Road: Adventures with StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour Staff (August 18 – 24, 2023)

I’m back with another blog post! Last time, I shared a little bit about office life, road life, and my journey on the Mobile Tour so far. This week I’m going to dive a little deeper into the work I do in office. A lot of my office work involves outreach and setting up partnerships […]

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Life on the Road: Adventures with StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour Staff (August 10 - 17, 2023)

Welcome back to our Mobile Tour Blog Series! I’m Manuela, a Bilingual Facilitator on the StoryCorps Mobile Tour. I started traveling with the Tour back in October 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After exploring Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Michigan, I’m now entering into the final two months of my year-long Mobile journey. There […]

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Stories for Music Lovers

Music is truly a universal language. It has the unique ability to connect us with new cultures, to inspire wide change and protests, and in turn it expands our hearts. Here at StoryCorps, we have recorded many stories about music’s impact on our lives. Listen to some of our favorites. Do you or a loved […]

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Perception Gaps and How We Can Overcome Fear of "the Other Side"

Nine in 10 people today believe that America is more divided than at any other point in their lifetime. Yet despite pronounced differences across race, geography, education, and class, Americans generally tend to overestimate the prevalence of extreme views held by those with differing political views (“the other side”) on key issues like race, immigration, and policing.

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StoryCorps Appoints Reginald Dwayne Betts and Alex Blumberg to Board of Directors

Brooklyn, NY—August 15, 2023—StoryCorps, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all, one story at a time, has elected poet, lawyer, and Freedom Reads Founder and Executive Director Reginald Dwayne Betts and Gimlet Media Co-founder and Editorial Director Alex Blumberg to its […]

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Building Trust, Connecting Dots in Richmond: Meet Frazier Armstrong

There’s a new, yet familiar face on the One Small Step Richmond team. Really familiar. In fact, you might say that Frazier Armstrong is akin to Richmond’s Kevin Bacon: if you don’t know her, chances are you know people who do. All of which make Frazier the perfect addition to the local team, especially in […]

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Meeting in the Middle: How Two OSS Conversation Partners Found Common Ground

It’s easy for Benita Conde to remember the moment she learned about One Small Step (OSS). Seated in the audience in the auditorium at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Benita heard StoryCorps Founder and President Dave Isay share the news about a new initiative: OSS — a chance for folks with different political beliefs to […]

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Staff Spotlight: Stefan Weiner, Office Specialist at StoryCorps

Meet Stefan Weiner, the Office Specialist at StoryCorps.