storycorps /tags/storycorps storycorps en-US WLRN Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:37:17 GMT A family helped a Holocaust survivor escape death. Then they became his real family /2022-01-21/a-family-helped-a-holocaust-survivor-escape-death-then-they-became-his-real-family At 11, Philip Lazowski found himself alone in a Nazi ghetto as Jews were being sent to their deaths during WWII. At StoryCorps, Philip, now 91, remembers a quick decision that may have saved his life. Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:37:17 GMT /2022-01-21/a-family-helped-a-holocaust-survivor-escape-death-then-they-became-his-real-family Jo Corona, Emma Bowman Rep. John Lewis' Fight For Civil Rights Began With A Letter To Martin Luther King Jr. /2020-01-17/rep-john-lewis-fight-for-civil-rights-began-with-a-letter-to-martin-luther-king-jr As a teenager growing up in Alabama, Lewis wrote a letter to Martin Luther King Jr. during a budding civil rights movement. In a letter back, King invited the 18-year-old to join the cause. Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:07:20 GMT /2020-01-17/rep-john-lewis-fight-for-civil-rights-began-with-a-letter-to-martin-luther-king-jr Emma Bowman, Kerrie Hillman, Aisha Turner 'You Make Your Own Family': Losing A Mother, Gaining 2 More /2019-07-12/you-make-your-own-family-losing-a-mother-gaining-2-more Corinthia Isom was just a child when her mother died, but her mom ensured that a mother figure stayed in her life. Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:06:28 GMT /2019-07-12/you-make-your-own-family-losing-a-mother-gaining-2-more Emma Bowman, Jud Esty-Kendall A Father-Daughter Relationship Strained By 'Mental Illness And Time' /npr-breaking-news/2019-03-15/a-father-daughter-relationship-strained-by-mental-illness-and-time Shotzy Harrison's dad has spent most of his adult life homeless. Growing up, he was in and out of her life. They reunited in 2013 before he disappeared again — but she hopes she'll see him again. Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:03:45 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2019-03-15/a-father-daughter-relationship-strained-by-mental-illness-and-time Emma Bowman, Jud Esty-Kendall, Michael Garofalo 'I Never Faked My Love For You': A Mother Opens Up After Her Suicide Attempt /2018-08-24/i-never-faked-my-love-for-you-a-mother-opens-up-after-her-suicide-attempt Linda Kwong tells her daughter Emily about the day she tried to kill herself. "In that moment that I took those pills," Linda says, "I wasn't thinking of you and that's hard to accept." Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:42:00 GMT /2018-08-24/i-never-faked-my-love-for-you-a-mother-opens-up-after-her-suicide-attempt Emma Bowman, Jud Esty-Kendall National Day of Listening Brings Families Together on Black Friday /culture/2014-11-26/national-day-of-listening-brings-families-together-on-black-friday The National Day of Listening was created by StoryCorps in 2008 as a way for family and friends to come together to share stories as an alternative to the… Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:39:22 GMT /culture/2014-11-26/national-day-of-listening-brings-families-together-on-black-friday Scientist IDs Bodies Of Migrants, Helping Families Find Closure /2014-09-19/scientist-ids-bodies-of-migrants-helping-families-find-closure Lori Baker uses DNA samples to track down the loved ones of immigrants who died on their journeys. "I would love not to do this anymore, but I don't think I have it in me not to," she says. Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:18:00 GMT /2014-09-19/scientist-ids-bodies-of-migrants-helping-families-find-closure NPR Staff