Month: August 2022

For my Storycorps analysis, I listened to “He Took Me Under His Wing”: The Father Figure Who Mentored Aspiring Black Surgeons featuring Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris and “A Columbine Survivor On Going Home To Teach” featuring Paula Reed and Mandy Cooke. The first story tells the story of Dr. Vivien Thomas from the perspective… Continue reading Storycorps Analysis

“What better to dedicate your life to than your children, right?” said Jami Miyamoto, a woman who went to China to adopt a girl. Such a nice motto to send to every parent! It’s a beautiful story that the mother has spent her whole life just to take a good care of this little baby… Continue reading Human Relationships

My first story that I listened to was called, “I had this wild thing in my mind that everything that happened on September 11th was my fault.” First of all I decided on this story because ever since I was little I have been fascinated with stories of peoples experiences on September 11th. Second, this… Continue reading Listening to Storycorps

This first story is of Jami Miyamoto and her adopted daughter, Daily. Daily was born in the midst of China’s “One Child Policy”, meaning that her parents could not keep her. Jami came to her rescue when she was ten months old, and here the pair recount the story in a heartwarming exchange. The audio… Continue reading Beau Whiteside StoryCorps Blog

Hattie Altmann The two stories I chose to listen to were both under the parenthood stories category. I decided to look in this section because I find it very interesting how different parent and child relationships can be and how they evolve as the kids get older. The first story I listened to was titled… Continue reading Storycorps Analysis

For my first story, I listened to “An Adoptee Reflects On The Mother-Daughter Bond That Carried Her Through the Loss of Her Birth Family”. This story stuck out to me between it was mentioned how the daughter was adopted from China during the one child policy, and she didn’t really understand the circumstances that her… Continue reading Story Corps Analyzing

Abigail Ali, COM 304 Student I reviewed many Story Corps stories to prepare for an assignment for class. Two stories, in particular, stood out to me during this process. One is about a surgeon who mentored aspiring Black surgeons and the other is about the bond between a mother and her adopted daughter. Both stories… Continue reading Story Corpse story-telling

Jeanine Ikekhua The first story I analyzed was ‘When we take out big chunks of history, that diminishment diminishes us”. In this story, Timothy Harris interviews Nellvie Williams about her passion for teaching. The entire episode is dedicated to Ms. Williams talking about her personal experiences. Although Ms. Williams’s son is interviewing her, the listeners… Continue reading Analyzing Story Corps

Joe Meek was a pioneering music producer and composer that was active from the late 1950’s until the mid-late 1960’s. Like other notable producers of the time such as Phil Spector, his productions have a very distinct shaped sound that was unique at the time. His recordings have a modern, artificial signature that could only… Continue reading Joe Meek “I Hear a New World”