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Special | 14m 6s | Listeners across Montana call Yellowstone Public Radio to share their views live on-air. (14m 6s)
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Special | 14m 41s | A joyful portrait of Mermaid and Milan, chosen sisters and ballroom divas. (14m 41s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Threads of Love
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Special | 2m 21s | 13-year old Aimee and her dad talk about when she was adopted as a baby from China. (2m 21s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Twelve Feet from a Bomb
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Special | 3m 22s | On January 29, 1998, the New Woman All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed. (3m 22s)
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Special | 13m | Residents from Oaxacan town Niltepec alchemize blue indigo pigment from the jiquilite plant. (13m)
StoryCorps Shorts: Late Nights at Dubrow's
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Special | 2m 24s | In 1930s Brooklyn, Van Harris grew up a block away from his wife-to-be Shirley. (2m 24s)
StoryCorps Shorts: A Time to Speak
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Special | 2m 57s | Jeff Dupre remembers the first openly gay man to appear on the cover of a national publication. (2m 57s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Shades of Love
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Special | 2m 24s | Cheri Lindsay and her father Phillip talk about the rare skin condition they share called vitiligo. (2m 24s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Like Brothers
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Special | 2m 40s | Barry Romo remembers his nephew, Robert, who served in his brigade in Vietnam and died in action. (2m 40s)
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Special | 8m 43s | Marisol Reina, an undocumented immigrant, reconnects with her family in her home country. (8m 43s)
StoryCorps Shorts: A Gem of a Guy
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Special | 3m 23s | Brothers recall childhood shenanigans and heartfelt memories. (3m 23s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Wild in Love
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Special | 2m 33s | Jackie and Bud, a taxidermist, went on their first date in 1954. (2m 33s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Operation North Pole
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Special | 3m 13s | A merry mission to track Santa Claus. (3m 13s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Dear Mrs. Doyle
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Special | 3m | Decades after his mother's passing, John Cruitt reaches out to his third grade teacher, Mrs. Doyle. (3m)
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Special | 8m 4s | A Vietnamese American daughter captures her parents on 16mm as they dream of their homeland. (8m 4s)
Shirampari: Legacies of the River
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Special | 15m 24s | Set in the heart of the Amazon, a young Ashéninka boy must face his fears and catch a giant catfish. (15m 24s)
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Special | 14m 19s | The Race to Pit Row - NASCAR’s first black woman pit crew member. (14m 19s)
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Special | 11m 13s | A young med student drives big rigs for tuition fees. (11m 13s)
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Special | 10m 24s | Thao recounts the story of her family’s escape through the lens of her fascination with ants. (10m 24s)
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Special | 17m 14s | A glimpse into the lives of three quilters in the American West. (17m 14s)
StoryCorps Shorts: A Knock at the Door
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Special | 2m 9s | One October evening, Juliet was home alone with her baby when her doorbell started ringing... (2m 9s)
StoryCorps Shorts: The Men Who Fed America
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Special | 2m 48s | Johnny Itliong honors the memory of his migrant father and the men who helped feed America. (2m 48s)
a film is a goodbye that never ends
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Special | 13m 44s | Filmmaker María Luisa Santos grapples with saying goodbye to Turbo, a dog she has come to adore. (13m 44s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Beat by Beat
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Special | 2m 47s | Ed Cage and his daughter Nicole talk about how he passed beatboxing on to the next generation. (2m 47s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Heart to Heart
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Special | 2m 22s | Yomi, who has a rare genetic disorder, asks her mom to tell her about the night she was born. (2m 22s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Then and Now
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Special | 2m 23s | Janaki and her big sister Melissa talk about how they really feel about each other. (2m 23s)
StoryCorps Shorts: The Family Equation
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Special | 2m 27s | Lynn Weaver and his daughter talk about his father who worked as a janitor and chauffeur. (2m 27s)
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Special | 12m 4s | A filmmaker's conversations with her mom unveil intergenerational healing and a new start. (12m 4s)
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Special | 2m 37s | Laughter, love, and a little bit of chaos. (2m 37s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Grandma's Hands
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Special | 2m 42s | Her grandmother’s hands shaped her. (2m 42s)
When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood
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Special | 19m 1s | Locals and news organizations witness a volatile situation turn into a literal powder keg. (19m 1s)
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Special | 10m 35s | A filmmaker returns to West Texas and documents the local oil industry's boom and bust. (10m 35s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Rules of the Road
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Special | 3m 6s | A father recalls how a driving lesson gone wrong turned into a legendary family story. (3m 6s)
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Special | 20m 37s | After 16 years of incarceration, Sol recovers her sense of self through gardening. (20m 37s)
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Special | 25m 37s | An ecologist survives a near-death fall, unearths family secrets, and explores her roots. (25m 37s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Dreamer's Gift
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Special | 2m 7s | Dreamer sits down with his friend Paul to discuss the transformative power of a haircut. (2m 7s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Family Harmony
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Special | 2m 50s | Gilbert Zermeño shares how his musical journey began on a bad note, but ended in harmony. (2m 50s)
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Special | 9m 43s | A meditation on Detroit unveiling the fluid nature of memory in familial legacies. (9m 43s)
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Special | 14m 15s | An experimental series of vignettes exploring Canarsie’s unique relationship to water. (14m 15s)
The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms
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Special | 10m 23s | A magical-realist exploration of life with chronic illness through footage and paintings. (10m 23s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Role Models
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Special | 3m 22s | Reverend Farrell Duncombe remembers the role models in Alabama who helped pave his way. (3m 22s)
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Special | 3m 30s | Debbie recounts the moment her father, a Holocaust survivor, shared his painful memories. (3m 30s)
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Special | 3m 28s | The busboy who held Senator Robert F. Kennedy after he was shot remembers the night. (3m 28s)
StoryCorps Shorts: The Echoes of War
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Special | 2m 8s | A WW II vet tells his grandson about when he was called up for a special assignment. (2m 8s)
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Special | 9m 24s | Palestinian-American dancers use traditional Dabka to connect with their homeland. (9m 24s)
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Special | 15m 7s | Black women create a space for freedom through the Baby Doll Mardi Gras masking tradition. (15m 7s)
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Special | 6m 6s | A filmmaker looks for greater meaning from the sheep living where his parents are buried. (6m 6s)
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Special | 8m 44s | After her son leaves home, a Polish mother fills her empty nest with a baby squirrel. (8m 44s)
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Special | 14m 2s | A perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels a new generation's quest for freedom. (14m 2s)
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Special | 9m 15s | A devoted caretaker, her chronically ill husband, and the power of undying love. (9m 15s)
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