Role Models

StoryCorps Animated Shorts

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Role Models

From a mischievous young boy to a community leader.

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The Room

The truth about her father's Holocaust experience.

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The Busboy

In a historic photo taken on June 5, 1968, a teenager is seen cradling Senator Robert F. Kennedy moments after a successful assassination attempt. At StoryCorps, Juan Romero — the teen from the photo — remembers that night and how it changed his life.

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The Echoes of War

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The Echoes of War

Towards the end of World War II, U.S. Army Sergeant Wright was stationed in a small village in Belgium near the border with Germany. At StoryCorps, he remembers being called upon for an important and honorable assignment.

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What's for Dinner?

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What's for Dinner?

George Ju immediately knew Angela Rivas was the one. A few days later, the two began their journey together. At StoryCorps they reflect on nearly 50 years of love and laughter.

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Walnut Street

Larry Adams met his wife, Sharon, when she needed an electrician. The two fell in love and embarked on a new undertaking: revitalizing their neighborhood one lot at a time. At StoryCorps, the two discussed how their love for each other is reflected in the community.

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Going Up

In the time it took Paul Wilson to ride the elevator up 10 floors to his office, he knew he had met someone special. At StoryCorps, Paul and his daughter discuss the first time he laid his eyes on his wife of 63 years.

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Still the One

Telling his spouse that he was a man was a difficult moment for Les GrantSmith. At StoryCorps, he sat down with his family to remember how they lovingly worked through his gender transition together.

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Labor of Love

Birthing a child wasn’t so easy during the 1860s in North Carolina. There were no hospitals for Black people and professional medical care was too expensive for the poor, but one woman stepped up as the town’s midwife. Her granddaughter sits down to share memories.

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An Honest Life

When Jeffrey Perri was nine years old, his grandfather, Tony Perri, came out to him as gay. At StoryCorps, grandfather and grandson share memories of their respective coming out journeys and reflect on how much they mean to each other.