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In 1979, Bonnie Hacker became one of the first single parents to adopt a child in the state of North Carolina. Seven-year-old Erin moved in with Bonnie,…
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When an assisted living home closed in California, many residents were still there with nowhere to go. But a cook and a janitor stayed, without pay, and took care of them.
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StoryCorps fans might remember the stories told by Edwin "Eddie" Lanier, of battling alcoholism and finding peace. Lanier died on October 14th. He was 68.…
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American Brands closed the Lucky Strike tobacco factory in downtown Durham in 1987. It was still abandoned in 1995, when Jim Goodmon, President of Capitol…
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StoryCorps, a national oral history project, has collected more than 50,000 interviews across the country. With permanent recording booths in Atlanta, San…
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StoryCorps, a national oral history project, has collected more than 50,000 interviews across the country. With permanent recording booths in Atlanta, San…
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When he killed a fellow inmate in prison, Carlos Rocha "looked at it like he was a criminal, just like me." But when his own brother was killed in jail, Rocha gained a new perspective on his crime.
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The StoryCorps mobile booth is wrapping up its stay in Durham this week. The silver trailer has been in town since last month, collecting conversations to…
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The StoryCorps mobile recording booth is in Durham this month. The silver Airstream trailer-turned recording studio is in town to collect stories from…
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Frank was severely depressed when he left his wife and three children to live on his own in 2009. But at his oldest son's baseball game two years later, he realized he couldn't stay away any longer.