StoryCorps

Wednesdays at 8:49am and 5:49pm

KRWG hosted StoryCorps in Mesilla and El Paso in 2012.  Now, we are airing some of your conversations recorded by the Story Corps crew.  The segments will all be posted online at www.krwg.org and you can also listen Wednesdays at 8:49am and 5:49pm.

StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 40,000 interviews from nearly 80,000 participants. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to our weekly broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition and on our Listen pages.

We do this to remind one another of our shared humanity, strengthen and build the connections between people, teach the value of listening, and weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that every life matters. At the same time, we will create an invaluable archive of American voices and wisdom for future generations.

In the coming years we will build StoryCorps into an enduring institution that will touch the lives of every American family.

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StoryCorps
4:40 pm
Wed June 5, 2013

StoryCorps: Judge Lou Martinez

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Judge Lou Martinez and her son, David Martinez

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Judge Lou Martinez and her son, David Martinez. Judge Martinez talks about her mother, Francisca Marquez Martinez. 

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StoryCorps
8:39 am
Wed May 22, 2013

StoryCorps: Sara Belger

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Sara Belger and Andrew Polk

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps… I’m Edmundo Resendez. Today we meet Sara Belger who talks with her boyfriend Andrew Polk about how they started dating but how Sara was resistant to the relationship. Then, Andrew had a surprise for Sara. 

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StoryCorps
9:29 am
Wed May 15, 2013

StoryCorps: Sandra Iturbe

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Sandra Iturbe and Cennelli de Aztlan

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Sandra Iturbe as she talks to her cousin, Cemelli de Aztlán about the Temazcal or pregnancy sweating lodge and how that was a healing experience not only for Cemelli who had had a traumatic experience when she gave her son for adoption at 16 years old.

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StoryCorps
8:58 am
Wed May 8, 2013

StoryCorps: Angelina Jaquez

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Angelina Jaquez and Angelica Torres

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Angelina Jaquez as she talks with her daughter Angelica Torres about coming to the U.S. to work and what "life in the shadows" means.

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StoryCorps
9:12 am
Wed May 1, 2013

StoryCorps: Estela Reyes

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Estela Reyes and Candida Reyes

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Estela Reyes and sister, Candida Reyes, as they remember their dad, Juan Reyes, who passed away two years ago from diabetes. They remember the unusual funeral that they prepared for him since their dad was the type of person that always went against the grain.

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StoryCorps
8:44 am
Wed April 17, 2013

StoryCorps: Preciliana Sandoval

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Preciliana Sandoval and Erin Dickey

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Preciliana Sandoval as she talks with StoryCorps Facilitator, Erin Dickey about how she became an artists and her how knowledge of history drew her to open her business, Morena Walking Tours in Mesilla and is currently studying to become a history teacher.     

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StoryCorps
9:52 am
Wed April 10, 2013

StoryCorps: Ryan Otero

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Ryan Otero and Virginia Lora

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Ryan Otero as he talks to StoryCorps facilitator Virginia Lora about working as a “pollero,” driving undocumented immigrants from Phoenix, AZ to Washington, DC.   

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StoryCorps
9:30 am
Thu April 4, 2013

StoryCorps: Patsy Hermosillo

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Patsy Hermosillo and Vanessa Brady

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Patsy Hermosillo and her daughter Vanessa Brady as they have a conversation about the death of Patsy’s daughter, Laura when she was 11 months old.  

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StoryCorps
10:58 am
Wed March 20, 2013

StoryCorps: Harvey Hilbert

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Harvey Hilbert and Virginia Lora

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Harvey Hilbert as he talks with Virginia Lora about his experiences in the Army during the Vietnam War. 

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StoryCorps
8:44 am
Wed March 13, 2013

StoryCorps: Dr. Jacob Heydemann

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Dr. Jacob Heydemann and Anna Aleman

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Dr. Jacob Heydemann as he talks with Anna Aleman about volunteering at the FEMAP Clinic in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico for the past 25 years. 

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StoryCorps
4:06 pm
Wed February 27, 2013

StoryCorps: Charles Swift

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Charles Swift with Julie Woody

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Charles Swift as he talks to his friend Julie Woody about his first day of teaching and an influential professor. 

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StoryCorps
8:55 am
Wed February 20, 2013

StoryCorps: Stephanie Acosta

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Stephanie Acosta and her mother, Maria Carillo

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Stephanie Acosta and her mother, Maria Carillo who have a conversation about Maria getting pregnant with Stephanie as a teenager. Maria has gone to college and grad school for counseling and now counsels pregnant teens.   

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StoryCorps
8:40 am
Wed February 13, 2013

StoryCorps: MaryEllen Hunner

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MaryEllen Hunner

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet MaryEllen Hunner as she talks with her husband, Jon Hunner about her bout of cancer 20 years ago, the treatment she undertook, and the discoveries she made during the process.  

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StoryCorps
9:01 am
Wed February 6, 2013

StoryCorps: Bishop Ricardo Ramirez

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Bishop Ricardo Ramirez and Emily Guerra

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Bishop Ricardo Ramirez as he talks to friend and parishioner, Emily Guerra about some of the events in his life that led him to become a priest and a Bishop serving the community of Mesilla and Las Cruces. 

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StoryCorps
1:18 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

StoryCorps: Felix Arenas

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Felix Arenas with daughter, Olivia Arenas

Time now for KRWG’s Story Corps. Today we meet Felix Arenas as he talks to his daughter, Olivia Arenas about their family and how they came from Durango, Mexico to Juarez and then to the U.S. 

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