StoryCorps Chicago: Working On The Manhattan Project
Mary Payne recalls working in a lab at UChicago in the 1940s, part of an effort to build an atomic bomb.

Mary Payne recalls working in a lab at UChicago in the 1940s, part of an effort to build an atomic bomb.
At StoryCorps Chicago, Tiffany Baker spoke to Terri Treiman, the social worker who helped ensure her family stayed together.
Johann Buis was born in South Africa during apartheid. At StoryCorps, he tells his daughters what he learned after meeting Nelson Mandela.
When sexual assault occurs in Chicago, volunteer medical advocates Cindy Alvarado and Astrid Tamer could get the call.
Vishal Bhuva recently completed a residency in the ER at Stroger Hospital. At StoryCorps, he read a poem he composed about the experience.
Amy Sheffield only recently had the courage to come out. At StoryCorps in Chicago, she spoke about her journey toward self-acceptance.
When it comes to answering uninformed questions about race, Yvonne has a very different approach than her son, Charles.
Rachel Parsons talks with her husband, Nick, about identifying as a queer woman.
Makinde Adedapo interviews his father, Baba Ifatunji, about his experiences as a Yoruban priest.
Eric Dorsa says that his eating disorder was never about food. “The behaviors of the eating disorder are the symptom,” he says.