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StoryCorps Shorts: Going Up
Marty Smith and her father, Paul Wilson, 93, discuss the first time he set eyes on her mother, Wilma. She was an elevator operator in the building where he was working, and he had just been drafted and was about to spend the next three years in the service. They married three days after he returned, and remained together and in love for the next 63 years before her death.
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Two stories excavating distinct portraits of place, politics, and economy.
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In the mountains, a nomad's daughter is torn between marriage and her writing dreams.
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Memory and resiliency through Detroit and Canarsie’s unique relationships to water.
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Religious leaders' use of the law to advance an unexpected religious freedom argument.
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Two families experience homeland violence across generations.
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How will a sister assure a dignified life for her brother born with multiple disabilities?