StoryCorps

Hear a conversation recorded inside a Brooklyn funeral home. It's owned by Doris Amen. She and a fellow funeral director friend tell StoryCorps why they've been in the business for so long.

Joe Maslanka moved to Collegeville, Penn., in 1971, bought a local bar, kicked out the biker gang that hung out there and moved in upstairs. His family visited StoryCorps for a remembrance.

Chris Heiser, 74, is a career paramedic. His daughter Danielle, 32, is a nurse. They were both first responders when COVID hit five years ago, and they shared their experience with StoryCorps.

As Black History Month comes to a close, StoryCorps takes a look back at 19-year-old Alton Yates. His role as a volunteer on the effects of high speeds on the human body helped send humans into space.

Lillian Gregory, the widow of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, remembers her husband who died in 2017. The interview is part of the StoryCorps "Brightness in Black" project.

In this Valentine's Day edition of StoryCorps, hear about Bud and Jackie Jones, career taxidermists who met in the 1950s and owned a taxidermy shop in Tallapoosa, Georgia.

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Air Force veterans Linda and Mark Green who met as trumpet players in a military band and are now celebrating 45 years of marriage.

Tamar Anderson Henry, 16, has autism. She came with her mother, Soleil Henry, to talk about the importance of knowing and being yourself as part of StoryCorps' "Brightness in Black" initiative.

In the 1960 presidential election, little focus was given to unrest in the South. So Atlanta activist Lonnie C. King came up with a plan, turning to his childhood friend MLK Jr. for support.

Two women, who differ in age by nearly 50 years, talk about their friendship. They were neighbors before they met, and when they finally did, they discovered a connection across the age gap.