StoryCorps provides Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives.
Since Dave Isay founded StoryCorps in 2003, the organization has provided more than 100,000 Americans with access to a quiet booth and platform to record and share interviews about their lives. These Conversations are archived at the U.S. Library of Congress.
At the heart of StoryCorps is a simple, timeless idea: provide two friends or loved ones with a quiet space and 40 minutes of uninterrupted time for a meaningful face-to-face conversation that will be preserved for generations to come. StoryCorps seeks out the stories of people most often excluded from the historical record and preserves them so that the experience and wisdom contained within them may be passed from one generation to the next.
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When a bomb exploded at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta 30 years ago, security guard Richard Jewell was named the primary suspect. His friend and attorney reflects on how that changed Jewell's life.
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A father and son discuss an old Alaskan whaling tradition known as the blanket toss.
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A former prison corrections officer and a former prisoner share their perspectives on incarceration.
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The designer of today's American flag remembers the day he created it for a student project.
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On this week's StoryCorps, a man remembers being raised by gay parents at the height of the AIDS crisis.
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For the latest StoryCorps, a descendant of the person who organized the first Juneteenth celebrations in Kansas City, Missouri, investigates his legacy.
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A daughter remembers her father who was killed in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting 10 years ago.
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A man reunites with a boy -- now a man -- he rescued from a pond decades ago
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About 10 years ago, Naomi "Nonie" Lynn was diagnosed with agoraphobia or the fear of public places. She sits down with Mandy Lashay to share how Mandy's visits turned into a friendship.
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A father talks about the tree in his front yard that honors the memory of his son who was killed in Afghanistan.