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 ...

Growing up in Bakersfield, California, Randy Villegas and his older brother Angel lived under the same roof, but in separate realities: Randy was a U.S. citizen, but Angel was undocumented. Randy ...

This week on the podcast, we’re announcing the launch of a new project from StoryCorps. One Small Step is an effort to get people who disagree about politics to get to know each other through a ...

Albert Petrocelli Sr. survived more than his share of hardships during his 73 years. As a young man, he fought in Vietnam. Returning to his native New York City, he started a long career fighting ...

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 ...

In December 1966, a ship called the SS Daniel J. Morrell was hauling steel across Lake Huron when it became caught in a severe storm. The ship broke apart and sank, and only a few of the 28 members of ...

In 1973, Italian immigrants Luigi Lanzo and his wife, Teodora, opened a small pizzeria in Brooklyn, New York. More than 50 years later, Luigi’s Pizza has become a neighborhood institution. They raised ...

In 1987, Jack Richmond was driving a forklift at work when the vehicle overturned onto him, crushing his leg below the knee. Initially he was in denial that he was going to lose his leg, but ...