StoryCorps

"You become an expert on deception..." Jerry Piazza, a 64-year-old student in the adult literacy program at the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, talks to Allen Callaci, the literacy librarian, about navigating life without the ability to read. They talk about his decision to go to tutoring and publicly reveal his struggle.

StoryCorps participant Len Berk recorded his poem, "The Day the Price Went Up." Listen to his StoryCorps interview here: http://bit.ly/1oGD20R

Jenny Millinger interviews her mother, Myra, about her experiences working at the Ford Foundation.

George Takei speaks with his husband Brad Altman in the Japanese American National Museum about his memory of internment camp during World War II.

In a 2011 conversation recorded in New York City, John King talks to Alan Osterweil, John's elementary school teacher at PS 276 in Brooklyn. Together, the recall the sudden death of John's mother when John was in Alan’s 4th grade class. On January 1, 2016, John King becomes U.S Secretary of Education, succeeding Arne Duncan.

The first major engagement of the Vietnam War was fought 50 years ago this month in the la Drang Valley. In this Veterans Day episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we hear three stories from and about men who served in Vietnam. The stories tell about what happened while they were deployed overseas as well as the battles they fought once they returned home.

In this podcast, we present two stories with ties to Halloween.

In this week’s podcast, stories about people meeting some of their heroes—both famous and not.

In this week’s podcast, three stories from our OutLoud initiative — which collects stories of the LGBTQ community — about what happens when you decide to come out, or not.

In this podcast, we present two stories about hostage situations that had very different endings.

Three stories about being in the right place at the right time, and making the most of it.

StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum are recording one interview for each person lost on 9/11/2001. In this episode, you'll hear from family and friends remembering their loved ones, including the first official victim of the attacks, NYFD Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.