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The Birds, the Bees, and My Dad

The StoryCorps Podcast

Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, subscribe to our podcast be reminded of the things that matter most. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Birds, the Bees, and My Dad

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The Birds, the Bees, and My Dad

Howie Gordon starred in over a hundred porn films in the 70s and 80s under the name Richard Pacheco. But his greatest role was as a father. At StoryCorps, he talked with his son Bobby Gordon about sex, shame, and dirty movies.

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My Way

In "My Way," the new season of the StoryCorps podcast— stories from people who found a rhythm all their own. Our first episode features a graduate of Hamburger University, one man’s remarkably brave appearance on conservative radio in the 1990s, a New Yorker who took his mugger out to dinner, and more.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Listen More, Shout Less

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Listen More, Shout Less

As we close out our special series celebrating 20 years of StoryCorps, hear how our One Small Step initiative is helping to facilitate our national conversation by bringing people together from across the political spectrum.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Mother Mary

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Mother Mary

Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011 to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. In the latest episode from our special series celebrating StoryCorps’ 20th anniversary, we’ll share updates on a conversation none of us imagined would happen back when StoryCorps started.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Family Pride

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Family Pride

StoryCorps’ initiatives have long helped us gather voices that are usually omitted from the historical record, like our LGBTQ+ Outloud initiative. In our continuing celebration of twenty years of StoryCorps, we’re sharing some of our favorite recordings from that collection… and how a story close to our founder Dave Isay’s heart helped lead to its creation.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Beyond the Booth

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Beyond the Booth

For most of StoryCorps’ existence, we’ve recorded people in person at our storybooths. But on this episode of our special series celebrating 20 years of StoryCorps, we’re looking back to times we stepped outside the recording booth to capture stories we’d never hear otherwise. Sometimes because we wanted to hear new voices… and sometimes because we had to.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: The Griot of Knoxville

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StoryCorps Then and Now: The Griot of Knoxville

As we celebrate StoryCorps’ 20th anniversary, we bring you the story of a man who integrated his high school as a teenager in Knoxville, Tennessee, and how a StoryCorps listener comment helped him reckon with his past five decades later.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: On the Road

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StoryCorps Then and Now: On the Road

In the third episode of our special series celebrating two decades of StoryCorps, we’re bringing you inside the Mobile Booth—the recording studio we built in a trailer to circle the country, capturing voices that would otherwise never be recorded. Hear some of our favorite stories from the road, and from the people who haul the trailer on a never-ending road trip.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Love Letters

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StoryCorps Then and Now: Love Letters

As we continue celebrating StoryCorps’ 20th anniversary, we bring you two of our favorite stories that made a strong impression on our listeners, and share updates with the participants from the last two decades.

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StoryCorps Then and Now: StoryCorps is Born

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StoryCorps Then and Now: StoryCorps is Born

In this episode, we go back to the origins of StoryCorps–the challenges of building a recording booth in Grand Central Terminal– and we catch up with the participants from the first ever radio story we broadcast on NPR.

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