StoryCorps Chicago: ‘People Don’t Usually Stop And Help’
Tennille Moore was crying at Harold Washington College when a stranger tried to comfort her.
Tennille Moore was crying at Harold Washington College when a stranger tried to comfort her.
Ashley Galvan Ramos is an anti-gentrification activist in Logan Square, where she grew up. But she no longer lives in the community.
Ray Gomez was always attracted to men, but it wasn’t until he read the poems of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz that he understood love.
Karen D’Angelo and her younger sister, Jill D’Angelo Powers talk about caring for a mother with a mental illness.
Siblings Gabi Edgerton and Aaron Bloom interview their father, Larry Bloom, about his time as alderman for Chicago’s 5th Ward.
When Michael Grover was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 24, he didn’t expect to live much longer. But 11 years later, he’s still here.
Jessica Kibblewhite looks at the state of the world and isn’t sure she wants a child. But her dad says that she must not give in to fear.
Recently Joy Smith retired after 40 years working with the railroad. Now she’s got some advice she wants to share.
Cameron, 17, talks with her mom about being hospitalized for anxiety and depression in seventh grade.
Hugo Colin, 17, talks to his mother, Paula, at the StoryCorps booth about his start as the city’s youngest Elvis Presley tribute artist.