1. https://storycorps.org/stories/patrick-haggerty/ Personally I really liked this story. It hit home for me and I love hearing the stories of queer people in rural communities, especially in a time when being queer was so stigmatized. As far as sound quality goes, it seemed a little tinny and/or muffled to me. My guess is that it’s… Continue reading StoryCorps stories – Patrick Haggerty, Rev. Harry Blake
Month: January 2023
Helping the Ones Around You
Female Pilots Who Made History
These two interviews from StoryCorps represent two different stories of three females who paved the path for women as pilots in the U.S. The first interview I chose is called “Mama was a Daredevil: the firefighting pilot who blazed a path for women.” Mary Barr, was the first woman to fly for the U.S. Forest… Continue reading Female Pilots Who Made History
A Couple’s Tough Decision & Bartenders’ Fond Memories
Storycorps airs stories that focus on the big and small facets of the human experience. In “A Couple Reflects On The Crossroads of Their Relationship” Tom and JoAn Peters, a couple that met in 1999, do just as the title says; they reflect on a chosen termination of a pregnancy they had early in their… Continue reading A Couple’s Tough Decision & Bartenders’ Fond Memories
History, Watergate & Sandy Hook
StoryCorps has released interviews that memorialize the anniversaries of certain major events in history. Despite the fact that I am someone who consumes historical content in the same way that some people breathe air, I have never taken an interest in the Watergate Scandal. But I was immediately interested in the interview with Alexander Butterfield,… Continue reading History, Watergate & Sandy Hook