Sep 22

The Friendship House

In Shreveport, Louisiana, one home has become a lighthouse for local kids. We meet the couple who opened their doors to the neighborhood, and discover how their work has not only changed the community, but changed them and their volunteers too.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK ... Show More

20m 42s

Sep 8

It Will Always Be Yesterday: 25 Years After 9/11

September 11, 2001 was 25 years ago. But if you lived through that day, it doesn’t feel like it. StoryCorps started recording survivors and the families of victims just a few years after, with the goal of archiving one interview for each person lost. We dug through more than two ... Show More

46m 59s

Aug 25

Annunciation

On August 27, 2025, a mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis injured dozens and killed two children. In the weeks and months after, survivors and their loved ones needed to talk about what had happened. In this episode, you’ll hear those conversations be ... Show More

24m 14s

Jun 2022

Origin Stories

<p>We’re all in a tizzy here at Radiolab on account of our 20-year anniversary. And, as one does upon passing a milestone, we’ve been looking back in all kinds of ways. Two weeks ago, we went out over the airwaves, “<a href="https://radiolab.org/episodes/radiolab-after-dark">Live ... Show More

43m 29s

Nov 2021

Episode 20

On today's tapes...>> The Guest << Our storyteller attempts to help out their college friends.>> The Closet << It's hard to fall asleep in a new home.

34m 58s

May 2021

NPR Turns 50 Amid Reckoning In Journalism Over Who Tells Stories — And How

Now 50 years old, NPR has grown up alongside American journalism. We take stock of some lessons learned along the way. In this episode: Linda Wertheimer, Robert Siegel, Brooke Gladstone, Ira Glass, Michele Norris, and Andy Carvin. Hear more from NPR's very first broadcast of All ... Show More

14m 25s

Sep 2020

Q and A Number 3

Once upon a time in the dark ages of podcasting, two friends set out on a quest to bring the stories of historical women to your ears. In this episode, we have some speculative history, a few predictions about the future, and a peek behind the curtain in this, our tenth year! Tha ... Show More

1h 27m

Jan 2021

Our Boxes, Ourselves

From Montréal to Edinburgh, and from São Paulo to Taipei: your stories about belonging, or longing to just be.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

24m 54s

Jun 2020

Episode 08

Radio Rental...ReturnsWelcome to Radio Rental, a mysterious video rental store with a VHS tape collection of TRUE scary stories, narrated by the people who experienced them.On today’s tapes…>> Wrong Mom << A young girl goes to the grocery store... but who’s pushing the cart?>> Ju ... Show More

31m 19s

Dec 2021

Bonus Episode: The blessing and curse of the '90s Latin Pop Explosion

Our play cousins at NPR's It's Been a Minute podcast reexamine the so-called "Latin explosion" of the late '90s: What it was supposed to be for audiences across the U.S., and what it actually came to represent. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of p ... Show More

34m 36s

Apr 2023

A History of Sampling, Part One: An Origin Story

In the world of music, sampling is somewhere between an art and a science. In this week's special two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the strange, fascinating evolution of sampling, from the early days of cutting physical tape to the dawn of hiphop and more. (Spoiler, we ... Show More

52m 47s

Jun 2015

Voices in the Wire

<p>This week on 99% Invisible, we have two stories about the early days of broadcasting and home sound recording, produced by Radio Diaries and the Kitchen Sisters. The sounds that came out Frank Conrad’s Garage in 1919 and 1920 are … <a href="http://99percentinvisible.prx.org/20 ... Show More

38m 2s

StoryCorps Then and Now: StoryCorps is B...