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PACE Oregon Caregivers Cara and Stephanie talk about their backgrounds and what brought them each to their roles in PACE Oregon.

Paul Koblik reflects on his first tour in his collage band and the importance of community. Having a background in musical instruments such as drums, Paul and some of his roommates started a band which soon gained popularity. One of...

Billie talks about her depression. She has dealt with anorexia, substance abuse, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and attempts, and her recovery process.

Being transgender has caused Evy to grow up quickly. At 14, she has now lived half her life as the girl she always wanted to be. She and her mother, Holly, share stories about the obstacles Evy has faced from...

Idaho siblings Mark, Theresa, and Patricia Heil talk about their water skiing adventures as a family in the 1970s and '80s.

Before his retirement from his epic career as an USAF pararescueman and combat rescue officer, sister, Kristen Nelson, does an oral history of his experiences and lessons learned. From Iraq, the Horn of Africa to Afghanistan.

My mom tells me about her experience growing up living in a small town on the Oregon coast

Dipti and Kale reminisce about growing up next door to one another in Mumbai India. Now both are coincidently living in Portland, Oregon. Sharing the Hindu holidays together. They talk about the upcoming Diwali holiday, what it means to them,...

Greg came into my life in 1974 when he started dating my mom when I was just four years old. He recently came to visit me and I decide to take the opportunity of a rare one on one visit...

Rita Upton runs an online etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BroomsticksDragonfly geared towards spiritual practices; Mainly Wicca and Witchcraft. Items are "made by hand and will have natural variations. This is normal, and will slightly change the appearance due to wood grain,...

For my interview I talked to my mom, Laura Griffin, who is a special education teacher at a middle school in Eugene, Oregon. I learned a lot about the struggles she has experienced as a teacher, and how she has...

Emily discusses growing up with a substance-abusing mother, and how this led to her won struggles with abandonment issues. She also talks about running away, dealing with depression and methamphetamine addiction as a teenager and ultimately her recovery from addiction.

Karen and Rick sit to discuss the early days of hospice care and how far it has come in the last 40 years.

Andrew Burdick and Dave West in their eighth StoryCorps Connect interview. Dave relates memories and life lessons gained from his time with his grandparents. CW - mild gore from 30:50 to 32:25

Patrick Barton: 2020-12-04 00:57:27

Madeline (26) talks with her cousin, Pia (13) about the struggles and wonders of being a nurse in the time of COVID-19. Madeline also shares what it is like to be a nurse in general and what she had to...

owen loutan: 2020-11-28 01:34:40

Mary Rechner and her son Dan Sims talk about a memorable person met while he had a summer job at Youth Corps.

Andrew Burdick and Dave West in their seventh StoryCorps Connect interview where Dave recounts experiences he got while working in forestry efforts in Oregon during the 1970s

Andrew Burdick and Dave West in their sixth StoryCorps Connect interview. Sit back and enjoy Dave's retelling of extraordinary transits crossing both the western and eastern parts of North America

Jenny Rask: 2020-09-15 01:38:40 Jenny Rask Interviews Father Gene Rask a quick jog back in time to Butte Montana, Grandpa Joseph and Family. Underage driving in Portland and in Butte, Montana. Grandpa Joseph and Maronite Catholicism. Grandpa Joseph peddling goods...

Jenny Rask: 2020-09-15 00:07:36 Jenny Rask Interviews Father Gene Rask about growing up in Portland, Oregon in the 1940s. His first house he shared with his first cousins Lee and Ray Rask in Portland, Oregon and the move to his...

Andrew Burdick and Dave West in their fifth Storycorps Connect interview. We cover Dave's life as a locksmith: how he got started , the breadth of his decades of work at Shenendehowa High School, and a favorite Repair Cafe story...

Jenny Rask Interviews father Gene Rask about growing up in Butte, Montana and his family's move to Portland, Oregon to find new opportunity for their families. First impressions on their arrival to Portland, Oregon during WWII from Butte, Montana which...

Jenny Rask: 2020-09-05 23:36:46 Jenny Rask Interviews Father Gene Rask. Getting ready to move from Butte, Montana to Portland Oregon. Growing up with Lee and Ray Rask in Butte. Mike, Gene, Lee and Ray. Their bond and tight everlasting relationship,...