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"What was it like to be pregnant with me in jail?" "I remember feeling this tremendous weight of fear of what my life would be like." "I remember just holding his featherweight frame in my arms." "Vote for Yetta and Things Will Get Betta." "Just roll with it." “What made you stick around through it all?” "I had my ticket punched by my nephew’s blood." "He was proud to be the person to challenge that law." “It’s like being on a Broadway show that has a long run.” "I didn't really have any lox slicing credentials."
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Each week, the StoryCorps podcast shares these unscripted conversations, revealing the wisdom, courage, and poetry in the words of people you might not notice walking down the street.

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Valerie Jarrett and Edith Childs: “Fired up! Ready to go!”
Edith Childs, credited with originating the Obama campaign’s famous 2008 and 2012 rallying cry was an honored guest at this week’s State of the Union. On Wednesday, she sat down for a StoryCorps interview with Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett to talk about the chant, her life, and what this president has meant to her.
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Fun Photos: A Look at What Participants Bring to the Booth
The core of the StoryCorps experience has always been the conversation. But sometimes, storytellers bring along photographs, mementos, family heirlooms, and other documents which are photographed and saved alongside the rest of the interview record.
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Growing Up With Harper Lee
Judy Belyeu grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, across the street from the Lee family. Although almost 17 years older, and still years away from writing her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Harper Lee (then known as Nell) was still an influential figure in Judy’s life. She came to StoryCorps to share her childhood memories.
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