StoryCorps: A Thankful Athens Special
Friday November 29th @1PM & Sunday December 1st @ Noon
The fifth special in a series of programs produced from StoryCorps' visit to Athens in the fall of 2018 has a Thanksgiving Holiday theme. Enjoy these conversations recorded by StoryCorps and produced by WUGA. These conversations produced in Athens will be archived in the Library of Congress.
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When breast cancer survivors Karen Reid and Joy Ovington came together in the StoryCorps Mobile Booth, it was their first time meeting face-to-face. Karen… -
Before going to the StoryCorps Mobile booth, friends Laulea Taylor and Robin Whetstone intended to go to a political rally when a phone call from Robin’s…
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Good Friends Mallory Stallings, Emberly Jay, Apurba Banerjee have experienced a lot together over the past few years, but there is a lot more they want to…
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As the old adage goes, you should never go into business with friends or family, but Shannon Sengstack and Kate Karassick ignored this advice when they…
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Even though Emad Ahmed did not know StoryCorps facilitator Nalani Saito before he walked into the StoryCorps mobile booth last fall, he came in with an…
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Liz Smith and Maggie Holland say that the best thing about their friendship is their ability to communicate effectively with each other, and they…
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This conversation comes from Rebekah and her fiance Philippa Hawker. Rebekah grew up in Georgia, while Philipa grew up in California, here they discuss…
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When Elena Bianchelli was a six-year-old girl in Italy, Pope John XXIII announced to the world that he would give first communion to just a few six and…
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From an early age, Alice Hughes knew that she wanted to leave her small town in rural Alabama for the big country of Australia. In this story, Alice tells…
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Yvette Lane-Walcott became friends with community advocate and teacher Valdon Daniel after he spent many hours tutoring her daughter in math. In this…
