The one word that comes to mind when describing StoryCorps is human. Whereas other podcasts feature storytellers who are unusual or eccentric in some way, the people from StoryCorps are just like your neighbors, classmates, and co-workers. The thing that makes them extraordinary is how they handle what life throws at them. Each week, a new story focuses on someone's life-changing event of the past or the present. A woman shares what it was like to be pregnant in prison, a brother reminisces about his twin who died in the war, and an airline attendant recounts her memories of 9/11.
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