Conversation with a Cancer Survivor

This conversation discusses the impact of faith and prayer on a cancer diagnosis.

Danielle interviews her Dad

When my dad was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer I put him on the waiting list to use the mobile storycorps booth. We got the call for an opening the first day of his treatment at Hopkins. This is our...

"It takes over and it pauses your life"
January 3, 2017 App Interview

Visleyn Lopez struggled to get both her healthcare providers and her family to take her health concerns seriously before she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She reflects on the difficulties in managing the disease and a young wife and mother...

Mom and her brain…
November 27, 2017 App Interview

This interview is about Marina Mesa and her dysfunctional brain....

Connee Reau E2 Cancer
December 17, 2023 App Interview

Connee Reau looks back on her diagnosis of ovarian cancer and speaks about how she got through that tough time.

Sister talk

My sister and I talked about things like religion, hardships, and adults that have influenced us.

"No woman has to die from cervical cancer"
January 18, 2017 App Interview

Branda Kent describes her daughter's diagnosis as a "wake up call," that encouraged her to become more educated about HPV and cervical cancer prevention. She has made it her mission to help educate others about the importance of screening and...

Time with my Bobbi

Please join me as I soak up the sweet voice and faithful words of my precious Aunt and brilliant friend, Bobbi Kennedy.

Gertie, Me and Memory on Memorial Day

Gertie and Anna talk candidly about cancer during Covid19 and finding safe spaces to live and heal. They cover topics around misogyny, mountain life, compassion, doll making and women’s health and empowerment.

Fighting cancer at age 21

In this interview, Mayson Weingart and her dad Rich Weingart discuss the shocking news that he received at only 21 years old. His story of stage 3 melanoma and the impact it had with his connection to religion is an...

Molly Peacock and Michael Groden

Poet Molly Peacock (73) talks with her husband, Michael Groden (73), a James Joyce scholar, about their sixty-year love story that was interrupted for twenty years. They talk about ongoing love, Mike's melanoma, the novel Ulysses, and the parallel lives...

Common Ground Tacony Oral History Project: Morgan Robinson

Morgan Robinson shares fond memories of visiting her grandparents every weekend on Tulip St. right at the base of the Tacony-Palmyra bridge. When her parents moved from Tacony they did not move far; never farther than 10-15 minutes away. Morgan...

"Nobody really wanted to speak about it"
January 10, 2017 App Interview

Kawanza Billy had never heard of HPV or dysplasia before her diagnosis, and was surprised at the stigma surrounding HPV and cervical cancer. Her education and advocacy work now focused on destigmatizing the disease and fun ways of promoting prevention.

The cancer life of Jaime Huerta

This interview was with my dad Jaime Huerta who was a survivor of lung cancer when he was 18. He tells his inspirational and true story of his process to survival and how hard it was.

Storytelling Assignment

Interview of my 45 year old mother regarding her life; including her thoughts, views, and opinions.

Joseph Lopez & Scott Acord

Joseph shares his story as a troubled youth leading to being incarcerated 5 times before handing his life over to Jesus, and turning his life around. He now has a thriving closet business in Southern California and in his spare...

An Angel is born

Story of my grandmother and finding out she had cancer