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The first story I chose to listen to was “I’d like for my life to be about earning the death that I would be proud of”. This video shares how a previously incarcerated man decided to change his life anad become a death doula. It focuses on his ideas that when we die, we should… Continue reading StoryCorps Ava Asta

A Conversation of Memories The Story Corps has so many selection of stories that will captivate their audience, so I had a difficult time choosing just two. In the end, I listened to “Two Friends Look Back on Y2K and The Apocalypse That Never Was,” as well as “He Knew She’d Be the Love of… Continue reading Story Corps – Jessie Pittman

The first story I listened to was titled, “After Losing Everything to a Wildfire, A Couple Rebuilds.” The first few seconds used soft music for the introduction before moving to the narrator describing the intention of two individuals named Ron and Julie Lynam, explaining how they planned to retire in the Colorado Mountains and eventually… Continue reading StoryCorps- Aidan Bradley

“Operation North Pole” The first story I listened to was titled “Operation North Pole”. The story is about how during the Cold War a man named Colonel Shoup was in charge of protecting United States airspace and warning the military of any attacks. One day however near Christmas the red phone on his desk that… Continue reading StoryCorps- Sarah Flake

https://storycorps.org/stories/two-friends-look-back-on-y2k-and-the-apocalypse-that-never-was/ Two Friends Look Back on Y2K and The Apocalypse That Never WasErin Maloney and Alec Lively The first story starts with a dialogue between two old friends, Erin Maloney and Alec Lively, reminiscing on their Y2K experience. This was the New year of 1999 turning to the year 2000. Their story is a lighthearted… Continue reading StoryCorps – Xander White

The two StoryCorps that intrigued me were “An Eyewitness Details the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy” and “Darrow Brown and Juan Calvo.” The first being the story of Juan Romero, his witnessing of RFK’s assassination in 1968, and his eventual acceptance of the event and his place as an American. The second story, which was… Continue reading StoryCorps- Ennis Wells

The two stories I listened to were both local to North Carolina, but very different in tone. Siblings Remember Their Circus Performing Parents And Their First “Magical” Halloween This story featured two siblings fondly remembering their first childhood Halloween.This story featured soft acoustic guitar during the contextual spiel. An outside voice established the story that… Continue reading StoryCorps – Nick Collier

The first story I listened to was titled “Everything was in the name of taking our students to Washington, D.C.” The title intrigued me, so I tuned in. The story began with some light introductory music and then fades into a narrator speaking. She began to give a small introduction of who the speakers in… Continue reading StoryCorps – Delaney Kearns

There’s a particular sound common among rock, pop, and R&B of the 1960s, especially but not entirely limited to the earlier part of the decade, that has captivated me for a good few years now.  It seems fitting to me that the Space Age would produce such a sound, as it has a definite “spacey”… Continue reading Space Age Rhythm & Blues