StoryCorps

Mary Ostendorf and her spouse, Leslye Huff, remember coming out to their family on Thanksgiving Day, 1983.

In this week's StoryCorps, a woman remembers growing up in the same apartment building, where her grandmother lived. Audio produced for Morning Edition by Barry Gordemer.

In this week's StoryCorps, two people who were beaten by police talk about how they met and their friendship. Audio produced for Morning Edition by Barry Gordemer.

As Veterans Day approaches, we hear from StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative about the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. armed forces, Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad.

In this week's StoryCorps, a daughter and son remember their father, a World War II veteran, who was a decorated Air Force pilot. Audio produced for Morning Edition by Ryan Benk.

Join KOSU's Kateleigh Mills and Matthew Viriyapah as they play some audio gathered from hosting StoryCorps' One Small Step project in Oklahoma this year. Also, you can hear from some participants and get to know the behind the scenes of what the project has been like so far.

Every day is like Halloween when you're the children of costumed circus performers. Siblings Fritzi and Bobby Huber recount the time that their parents made their first Halloween extraordinary.

Jennifer Robin Arnold worked decades as a costume dresser with The Phantom of the Opera. Her colleagues came to StoryCorps to remember her. Audio produced for Morning Edition by Taylor Haney.

Grete Bergman was among the first Gwich'in women to get traditional facial markings since colonizers barred the practice. She and markings artist Sarah Whalen-Lunn did it for their daughters.

The Cherokee Nation's first woman chief revitalized her tribe's culture as she implemented a host of influential progressive policies. But first she had to overcome sexism, say her descendants.