StoryCorps’ mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to share, record and preserve their stories.
Since 2013, more than 7,500 people from the Chicago-area shared their stories at the StoryCorps booth in Chicago. The permanent booth is now closed.
Record your own story at StoryCorps.
Tiffany Baker was 17 and in foster care when she met social worker Terri Treiman. Decades later, the two spoke at StoryCorps about the meaning of their relationship.
Many years ago, John Wahlfeldt’s wife bought him a book about a mostly forgotten tunnel system beneath downtown Chicago.
Carter Wagner first came out to his parents when he was 12. Now a freshman in college, he and his mom revisit their earlier conversation at the StoryCorps booth.
Arianna and Irakere met in 2011 on their way to an anti-immigration protest. Seven years later, they got engaged at the StoryCorps booth in Chicago.
Anja Herman first visited the StoryCorps booth in 2015, when she was nine. Now 15, she and her aunt reflected on their conversation about living with a physical disability.
Sonia Wang’s parents wanted her to become a lawyer or doctor. Instead, she became a teacher.
Ellen Hughes feared the worst when her son, Walker, bit her while on the way into the ER. Then a public safety officer “worked a miracle.“
We revisit a story from 2014, featuring Bobby Hart talking with his wife, Meg, who was 37 weeks pregnant at the time. Were they prepared for what came next?
Lisa Daniels’ son Darren, a 25-year-old father of two, was killed in 2012. Four years later, she visited StoryCorps Chicago with her friend to talk about her son’s story.
Garry Mitchell, Jr. is in the midst of getting a doctorate from Harvard. But when he was in middle school, his dad had to fight for him to get into an advanced reading and math class.
