Nov 7th, 2008 · The legendary oral historian explains how an encounter on an airport shuttle restored his faith in the power of the human voice. Terkel, who died last week, recorded this interview inside a mobile StoryCorps recording booth that was parked in his driveway.
Oct 15th, 2008 · StoryCorps, a non-profit group collecting oral histories across the U.S., is currently stationed in Roanoke, Va. In the precarious economic environment, many of the stories told in the mobile recording booth have been about financial hardship.
Sep 26th, 2008 · Andrew Vollo is a New York City cab driver who has made it his mission to interview as many other cabbies as he can, recording their memories for the StoryCorps oral history project. Recently, Vollo spoke with Oleg Roitman and Jerry Tierstein about their experiences driving passengers around New York.
Jun 18th, 2008 · Journalist Tim Russert made a name for himself by interviewing politicians and heads of state. But Russert also embraced the stories of everyday Americans. In 2005, Russert interviewed James T. Malloy, a fellow Buffalo, N.Y., native living in Washington, as part of the StoryCorps oral history project.
Apr 25th, 2008 · When Rahsheed McKenstry, 10, and his mother Rhonetta McKenstry entered the StoryCorps booth in Memphis, Tenn., he quickly found his own interview style ... a style that uncovered hard truths.
Apr 15th, 2008 · This week's installment of Story Corps Griot features Herb Kneeland. In the late 1960s, Kneeland spun records at WDIA, the first radio station in America programmed entirely by African Americans for African Americans. He remembers those days with his sons, Martavius Jones and Herb Junior.
Jan 1st, 2008 · This week, we hear from 11-year-old Ky-Antre Compton of Omaha, Nebraska. He talks with his mentor, Stuart Chittenden, about their friendship through the local Big Brothers-Big Sisters mentoring program.
Nov 13th, 2007 · In this week's StoryCorps Griot Initiative, World War II veteran Leon May tells his daughter, Angela, about leaving for basic training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.