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StoryCorps Shorts: Marking the Distance
When Gweneviere Mann, a San Francisco native living in New York, lost her short-term memory following surgery to remove a brain tumor, she was forced to navigate life in a new way. Every day brought new puzzles: Where was she? Who was the person talking to her? With the support of her boyfriend, Yasir Salem, she found she could tackle the challenges her condition threw her way —and a few more.
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After losing it all, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker.
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A family’s free life in nature is disrupted by tragedy, forcing them into modern society.
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A new “innovation district” tests local democracy in a divided Brooklyn community.
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A community of disability activists help Samuel Habib, 21, navigate the path to adulthood.
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A Colombian Black rural activist's historic bid for presidency stirs a national awakening.
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A group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse.
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A hypnotically cinematic love letter that untangles a family’s painful unspoken past.
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Ahmed must find a way to get his son’s remains back home to Morocco so he can say goodbye.
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Kids learn to swim - and, in their lessons, we discover profound wisdom for all.
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Two stories of quilted heirlooms and generational nostalgia.
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