Melissa and Ernest Son came to StoryCorps with their daughter, Sophie, to share the story of how they first met online, then unexpectedly in person during a job interview.

Friends Qaiyaan Harcharek and Don Rearden grew up in small Alaskan towns hundreds of miles apart. But they both have experienced a great deal of tragedy: Alaska has some of the highest suicide rates ...

The first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam in 1965. Millions of American servicemen and women would do tours of duty there, including Army Specialist Henry Smithers. Henry Smith at basic training ...

In Shreveport, Louisiana, one home has become a lighthouse for local kids. We meet the couple who opened their doors to the neighborhood, and discover how their work has not only changed the community ...

Narjis Karimipour was born blind, and when she was 10 years old she lost her hearing. Three years later, she sat down for a StoryCorps conversation with her parents, Sarah Kassim and Mohammad ...

Eddie Chang had just finished his junior year in college and was spending some time at his friend’s house in Chicago, when he got reacquainted with his friend’s older sister, E.F. Wen. Two years older ...

Joseph Rogers Britton began caring for people living with HIV in the 1980s. He nurtured friends and children, always looking out for those around him. After his own diagnosis, he continued to care for ...

Storm Reyes grew up in migrant farm worker camps outside Tacoma, Washington during the early 1960s. Most of the laborers were, like Storm, Native Americans. They were paid less than one dollar per ...

Captain Zachariah Fike is an Army National Guardsman on a special mission. He finds Purple Heart medals for sale in antique stores and on the internet, buys them, tracks down their rightful owners, ...

In June 2008, Marine Corporal Anthony Villarreal was driving back from a mission in Afghanistan when his truck hit a roadside bomb. Anthony suffered third-degree burns over most of his body. His right ...

From StoryCorps’ One Small Step initiative, we hear from two men who both spent years in prison; one as a prisoner, the other as a corrections officer. Don Harner lives in Reno, Nevada, and worked in ...

Most of the people who step into a StoryCorps booth have never interviewed anyone before. But, as every great interviewer knows, the best moments are often the ones you can’t plan for. That’s what ...