Kelly Moffitt

Parents remember their 6-year-old daughter, who died at Sandy Hook

Mitra Bonshahi

The parents of a 6-year-old killed in the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary talk about their daughter.

Sacheen Littlefeather sacrificed her career to make way for Indigenous voices

Kelly Moffitt

Actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, best known for declining Marlon Brando's 1973 Oscar to protest Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans, has died at the age of 75.

Ashley Baker (left) and her mother, Sandy, recount being homeless at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas in October.

A Mother And Daughter On Homelessness, Humility And A $6-A-Week Grocery Budget

Avery Ellfeldt

When Sandy Baker left her marriage, she and her daughter moved into a hotel. They were homeless for over 2 years, and that, they said, left them with what mattered: Those who loved them the most.

Maria Rivas holds photographs of her mother, Julia Medina, who died in 2012. Maria cared for Julia for six years at the end of her life.

A Daily Mother-Daughter Moment Documented Forever

Avery Ellfeldt

Maria Rivas stepped in as caretaker when her aging mother, Julia Medina, began having health complications. After Julia's death, a nostalgic photo reminds Maria of their life together.

At StoryCorps last month in Pensacola, Fla., Mike Cline (left) interviewed his friend and fellow veteran, James Edward Brown, who survived the deadly 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut.

Survivor Of Deadly 1983 Beirut Bombing: 'We Don't Talk About It Much'

Emma Bowman

Navy hospital corpsman James Edward Brown wasn't far from U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 that were the target of a terrorist attack. At StoryCorps, Brown remembers what he saw that day.

Carolyn DeFord poses with the missing persons poster for her mother, Leona Kinsey, who went missing in October 1999.

'It Surfaces With The Same Rawness': A Daughter Remembers Her Mother's Disappearance

Kelly Moffitt

Carolyn DeFord, a member of the Puyallup tribe, was 26 when her mother suddenly vanished. At StoryCorps, she remembers what life has been like having never learned what happened.

Mickey Willenbring told StoryCorps in January that running a Navajo-Churro sheep farm has helped her cope with PTSD symptoms.

After Combat, A Veteran Finds Solace In Sheep Farming

Emma Bowman

Army veteran Sgt. Mickey Willenbring was injured while serving in Iraq and also developed PTSD. Running a Navajo-Churro sheep farm has helped her cope with the lingering trauma of combat.

Bud and Jackie Jones pose near Spencer the stuffed opossum (in his lighted countdown ball) in Tallapoosa, Ga., in 2014.

Meet The Couple Behind A New Year's Eve 'Possum Drop' In Georgia

Heidi Glenn

Bud and Jackie Jones helped establish the annual Dec. 31 tradition in their town. Married 62 years, the taxidermists share their love story, which began with a snake — not an opossum.

Irakere Picon, 29, and Arianna Hermosillo, 30, on their wedding day earlier this year in Oak Park Conservatory in Chicago.

When Immigration Status Puts Couple's Life 'At Pause'

Kelly Moffitt

On their first date, Irakere Picon told Arianna Hermosillo that he was undocumented. He works as an immigration lawyer, and the couple, now married, face anxieties related to his status.

Max Knauer and his mother, Kittie Weston-Knauer, at a StoryCorps conversation recorded in April.

'Why Don't You Try It?': How The Oldest U.S. Female BMX Racer Broke Into The Sport

Emma Bowman

Kittie Weston-Knauer and her son Max Knauer have spun bonding time into an extreme sport. Thirty years ago, Max egged her on to try BMX racing; at 69, she's still pedaling in races all over the U.S.