Podcast Episodes

VOICEMAILS: Dogs, Secrets, and Surprises

Season 15 Episode 10

We're back with more listener voicemails. You shared stories about hidden things — what you kept from others, or what others kept from you. Surprises under trucks, and secrets hidden under soil.

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Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Oklahoma City: After the Bombing

Season 15 Episode 9

On this episode, we dig into the StoryCorps archive to mark the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing through the voices of multiple people who were there that day.

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Published on 5 months ago

Not My Type

Season 15 Episode 8

This week: Stories about people who ended up in relationships they didn't see coming— friends and lovers who weren't part of the plan.

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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

100% My Fault

Season 15 Episode 7

Two friends went on a ski trip that went incredibly, horribly wrong. Almost a decade later, they came to StoryCorps to finally talk about it.

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Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

SPECIAL: Remembering Howard Dully of "My Lobotomy"

Season 15 Episode 6

This week on the podcast, we remember Howard Dully, who died earlier this year. He was given a lobotomy in 1960 when he was just 12 years old. In this documentary, he goes in search of the story behi…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

You're That Light

Season 15 Episode 5

On the podcast this week: Stories about Black love, staying true to yourself, and remembering the loved ones who made us.

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Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

The Staircase by The Longest Shortest Time

Season 15 Episode 3

After a 13-year-old girl fends off unwanted male attention for the first time, her mom convinces the girl's middle school to teach consent ed. It doesn't go as planned. This episode comes from The Lo…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

EXTRA: The Rabbit Hole

Army Sergeant Alex Ortiz served in Afghanistan and Iraq before injuries forced him to retire in 2013. His wife, Lixannie, had never been close to a veteran before they met... and some things about hi…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

EXTRA: 14,468 Feet

Season 15 Episode 1

Anna Cherepnina fulfilled a long-held dream of serving in the military when she enlisted in the Army Reserves in 2009. But a string of personal tragedies brought her to the darkest moment of her life…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Leah & Japanese American Incarceration by Inheriting

Season 14 Episode 8

Leah Bash is an avid runner, a dog mom, a wife – and there's a part of her family's history she can't stop thinking about. Both sides of her family were incarcerated alongside 125,000 other Japanese …

Published on 9 months ago