StoryCorps: Athens Stories
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StoryCorps visited Athens, Georgia from October 14 through November 11, 2018. The visit was a project of WUGA FM and it was hosted at Athens-Clarke County Library.
Enjoy some of the stories recorded during their stay. We'll be broadcasting and posting more stories in the weeks ahead.
Credit Photo: J.Sanders
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StoryCorps visited Athens, Georgia from October 14 through November 11, 2018. The visit was a project of WUGA FM and it was hosted at Athens-Clarke County… -
Best friends Jocelyn Deal and Katherine Kyker grew up in military families and moved many times during their childhoods. Neither of them expected they… -
When Erin Thompson Podvin was in college, she was involved in a terrible car accident. Her mother, Ellyn Trinrud was afraid for her daughter’s life. Here,… -
Tyreda Starks brought her 14 year-old son, Antonio, to the StoryCorps mobile booth to discuss their favorite memories together, Antonio’s hopes for the… -
Martha Sweeney grew up in a big family in Ireland and had some interesting experiences there. Here, her daughter, Karen Gerow, asks Martha to re-tell some… -
Long-time friends Janette Hill and Sylvia Hutchinson have decades of teaching between them, and currently teach at the University of Georgia. In this… -
As a child, Dr. Herman McKethan faced a lot of bullying from kids at school because of his love of learning. On one memorable day, Herman was surrounded… -
Kay and Kristina Martin are mother and daughter, and Kristina recently became a mother herself. In this conversation, Kristina talks to her mother about… -
Stanley Stroud and Quint Newcomer are friends who see each other each morning as Quint walks his son to school. Stanley, the crossing guard at the school,… -
When Brad Robinson brought his son Forest into the mobile booth, he came with the intention of saving the recording until Forest’s 16th birthday. Through…
