StoryCorps South Texas
Fridays at 4:45 p.m., Saturdays at 8:35 a.m.
StoryCorps South Texas presents the oral histories of our community. Recorded at the StoryCorps mobile booth and in the TPR studios, each story is archived at the Library of Congress, and select interviews are broadcast on TPR News stations.
About StoryCorps: StoryCorps’ mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of our lives. We do this to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. At the same time, we are creating an invaluable archive for future generations.
Latest Episodes
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“People throw a rag doll in the air -- that is how I flew in the air,” said Henry Cannon. “I was hurt pretty good.”After only a few weeks of basic…
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Lupe Turner lived in the Mission Trails Mobile Home Park for 12 years when talks for rezoning the property into a high-end apartment complex started in…
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“The Mercado was like the Ellis Island of San Antonio,” says Jorge Cortez. “Most of the immigrants worked there.”Cortez’s father, Pete, was reminded of…
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“A soldier fights a war, but he doesn’t have his wife and kids with him,” says Kit Seddighzadeh about her experience living in Iran during a time of…
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"Music has no ethnicity. Music comes from the heart."Music brings people together no matter where you are in the world, says 75-year-old Rodolfo Lopez,…
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“My mom loved to travel, but she couldn’t afford to go as often as she liked.”Judy Peterson recalls her mother’s insatiable desire to travel, put into…
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"I heard somebody say, 'Terrorists, go back to your home. You don't belong here.'"Sarwat Husain came to America with her husband from Pakistan. She’s…
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“I got through the first part of my audition by actually tapping into my roots... who I was. I think that that’s paid off for me in my entire career, you…
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“What do you mean, ‘it’s not in the grooves’?” Vikki Carr remembers asking her record label, incredulously, after they balked at releasing the song “It…
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“Believe it or not, the best [English] teacher I had was the radio station,” says 88-year-old Edgar Fischel, “because they repeat so much!”Fischel came to…