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Seeing The Way

The StoryCorps Podcast

Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, subscribe to our podcast be reminded of the things that matter most. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Seeing The Way
20:44

Seeing The Way

Jason Romero was given a serious diagnosis. But to stop running from it, he’d have to do something no one had ever done before.

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Thank God For Coney Island
13:50

Thank God For Coney Island

In 1920, a father made a split-second decision to save his newborn’s life by taking her to an incubator exhibit at Coney Island. We meet her in this episode, and she shares how a sideshow attraction saved her life, and thousands of others, when hospitals couldn’t, ultimately changing the course of American medicine.

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A Lasting Shot
13:42

A Lasting Shot

In 1968, just moments after Robert F. Kennedy was shot, a young photographer for The Los Angeles Times — Boris Yaro — captured the scene in an image that’s haunted the nation ever since. In this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we remember RFK and we revisit the story of that famous photo.

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In Safe Hands
17:23

In Safe Hands

Rabbi Philip Lazowski remembers a quick decision that saved his life during the Holocaust.

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The Voice For My Song
20:06

The Voice For My Song

What happens when paralyzing fear stops you from following your dream? In our final episode of the season…Jim Von Stein has written 8000 songs, but almost nobody has heard a single one of them…

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SPECIAL: Ghetto Life 101
33:30

SPECIAL: Ghetto Life 101

In 1992, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, both thirteen years old, collaborated with StoryCorps founder David Isay to create the radio documentary Ghetto Life 101, their audio diaries of life in Chicago’s South Side. Lloyd passed away in December 2022. To mark his passing, StoryCorps is revisiting this groundbreaking story.

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The Last Patients
17:40

The Last Patients

In the second part of our Kalaupapa story, we hear how people exiled from society reconnected with family – and found a new community.

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A Dangerous Word
17:32

A Dangerous Word

In this two-part special, we hear from a community of people cast out to a remote Hawaiian island after contracting leprosy — the most stigmatized disease in human history — and how it’s affected families through generations.

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One Who Is Understanding
22:24

One Who Is Understanding

Family names bind one generation to the next. But what if that name is lost? In this episode, a grieving family learns their legacy is being kept alive by a stranger from far away.

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Seeing the Future In You
18:33

Seeing the Future In You

We usually lean on our elders for wisdom and support… but sometimes it’s the other way around. In this episode, we hear from queer men who found acceptance in one another.

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