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Archived Stories |
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Past Florida Stories |
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Jill Vanderkam and Nancy Bell
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Jill Vanderkam and Nancy Bell
Friends Jill Vanderkam and Nancy Bell of Tampa gain strength from each other as they tell their powerful stories about being raped and finding the courage to recover. Both talk openly in the community about their experiences and have fought hard for changes in attitudes and laws to protect others from one of society’s most vile crimes.
Listen now. (Aired September 29th, 2006)
Music credits: The Red Pony (The Gift) by Aaron Copland, Copland: Music For Films, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra RCA/BMG |
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Sallie Parks and Julie Scales
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Sallie Parks and Julie Scales
Dunedin City Commissioner Julie Scales loves politics. Since her youth, she has been involved with and impassioned about the political process, civil service and the wide range of issues big and small that affects us all. She and former Pinellas County Commissioner Sallie Parks discuss her life as a politician, the impact that has had on her family, and one fateful meeting at the League Of Women Voters that launched her career.
Listen now. (Aired September 21st, 2006)
Music credits: American Girl by Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers,
Gone Gator Records |
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Andrew and his mom, Astoria Nickerson
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Astoria and Andrew Nickerson
Astoria Nickerson, a successful college graduate, wife and mother, tells her son Andrew about her pregnancy and his birth nine years ago when she was a teenager living all alone far from home. Andrew, now a proud big brother and thriving grade schooler, listens intently to how they survived together. His mom gives back to the community today by serving as a member of the board of directors at Alpha House of Tampa, the home for pregnant and parenting women in crisis that took her in and helped her get back on her feet after Andrew’s birth.
Listen now. (Aired September 15th, 2006)
Music credits: Can’t Take My Eyes Of Off You by Frankie Valli, Anthology, Rhino Records
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Arthur and Patricia Bastille
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Arthur and Patricia Bastille
The Sarasota couple recount an eerie yet amusing tale that connects her father’s holy reverence for collecting human body parts for research with her mother’s awkward experience coping with a flat tire on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Listen now. (Aired September 8th, 2006)
Music credits: She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age Of Wireless, Capitol Records
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Labor Day has been celebrated in the US since the 1880's
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A Tribute to Labor
Floridians honor family members near and far, past and present as they recount favorite jobs and labors of love in this compilation of stories told during a StoryCorps visit to Sarasota earlier this year.
Listen now. (Aired September 1st, 2006)
Music Credits: Five O’Clock World by The Vogues, Five O’Clock World, Pickwick Records
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Bobbie O'Brien and
Earl Quenneville
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Bobbie O'Brien and Earl Quenneville
WUSF Reporter Bobbie O'Brien interviews her husband, Architect Earl Quenneville, about the love-at-first-sight momentum that has sustained them through 28 years of marriage. Listen in as they share their dreams and fears for the future, including the memories they hope will be longlasting for their grandchildren.
Listen now. (Aired on August 25th, 2006)
Music Credits: Beautiful by Gordon Lightfoot, Gord’s Gold, Warner Brothers Records
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Jeanie and Bill Curphey
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Jeanie and Bill Curphey
Attorney and world traveler Bill Curphey of small-town Parrish, Florida, shares memories of exotic adventures around the world with his wife, Jeanie. Bill tells about traveling to India, England, Ireland, South America and Russia, where he found himself defending and explaining capitalism in the heart of communism’s “workers’ paradise.’’
Listen now. (Aired on August 19th, 2006)
Music Credits: Wind Of Change by Scorpions, Crazy World, UMG Recordings Inc. |
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Malcolm Taaffe and Shaun King
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Malcolm Taaffe and Shaun King
Former Bucs quarterback Shaun King of St. Petersburg and good friend Malcolm Taaffe of the Bronx, N.Y., talk about the importance of families spending time together, and the significant role that parents play as role models and disciplinarians in the raising of children.
Listen now. (Aired on August 11th, 2006)
Music Credits: Shotgun by Junior Walker & The All Stars, Shotgun, UMG Recordings
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Maura Barrios and Yadira Caro
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Maura Barrios and Yadira Caro
Maura Barrios tells Centro Mi Diario reporter Yadira Caro about her life growing up as a member of a working class Cuban-American family in West Tampa in the late-1960s. She talks about being fascinated by the counter-culture of the times, overcoming that attraction to establish her own identity as a college student and learning to celebrate and embrace her own culture.
Listen now. (Aired on August 4th, 2006)
Music Credits: Incense & Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Incense & Peppermints, UMG Recordings |
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John Falkenham
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John Falkenham
John Falkenham, a self-described “ordinary person,’’ recalls his happy childhood visiting his uncle’s Vermont farm, where he discovered the simple pleasures in life. Among his favorite stories: a black-and-white “kitten’’ that became his pet and helping sugar off maple trees.
Listen now. (Aired on July 28th, 2006)
Music Credits: Still (Reprise) by Ben Folds, Over The Hedge from Sony BMG Entertainment |
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Albert and Rudy Fernandez
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Albert and Rudy Fernandez
Brothers Albert and Rudy Fernandez of Tampa talk about the importance of education and history in the lives of their close-knit family. Both grew up in an academic household led by their Fulbright Scholar father and author who took them along to Spain to study. They have passed along that multigenerational love of learning to their own children and the greater community as public servants.
Listen now. (Aired on July 21st, 2006)
Music credits: Superman March by John Williams, Wish Upon A Star, Philips |
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Millie Small and
George Robinson
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Millie Small and George Robinson
Longtime friend Millie Small interviews Dr. George Robinson about his early days as a physician who made house calls day and night, rain or shine. Dr. Robinson attributes his success to his parents and living a good life from a boyhood in Massachusetts to medical school in Pennsylvania to retirement in Florida.
Listen now. (Aired on July 14th, 2006)
Music credits: Minor Swing, After You’ve Gone by Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelly, Djangology 49, Bluebird Records |
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Kristie and
Myron Thomas
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Kristie and Myron Thomas
Myron describes seeing Kristie for the first time as a disc jockey during the disco era, and thinking that she was so beautiful that she “was out of my league.’’ But their shared love for the popular dances of the mid-1970s soon brought them together again. The Bradenton couple married three months later, and today enjoy a mutual affection for the beaches, arts and culture of West Central Florida after almost 30 years of rarely being apart. Listen now. (Aired on July 7th, 2006)
Music credits:
The Hustle by Van McCoy, The Hustle And The Best Of Van McCoy, Amherst Records
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel by Tavares, Tavares: Anthology, from T.K. Records
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty by KC And The Sunshine Band, The Best Of KC And The Sunshine Band, T.K. Records
Turn the Beat Around by Gerald Jackson/Pete Jackson; Never Gonna Let You Go,
RCA Records
Love’s Theme by Barry White, Rhapsody In White, UMG Recordings
Upside Down by Bernard Edwards/Nile Rogers, Diana Ross: The Motown Anthology, Motown Record Company
Dancing Queen by Abba, Abba Gold – Greatest Hits, UMG Recordings |
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StoryCorps and WUSF in Sarasota
The History of StoryCorps: Recording America |
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