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StoryCorps

NPR

Society & Culture

4.53.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A few months ago, we asked our listeners one question. We then received hundreds of responses that made even our most hardened producers tear up. In this episode, find out what that question was and how it inspired our new season.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Dave Isae founder of StoryCore.

0:02.9

This message comes from NPR sponsor Subaru.

0:05.5

The 2022 Subaru Cross-Trek has the capability to take you anywhere with its standard symmetrical

0:10.9

all-wheel drive and fuel efficient 34 MPG.

0:14.5

Love is out there.

0:15.5

Find it at Subaru Cross-Trek.

0:23.4

How often did you get to actually sit down?

0:25.8

Take a moment and really let someone know they made a difference in your life.

0:30.3

It might sound simple, but really saying thank you doesn't come easy to everyone.

0:35.1

It can be scary, feels kind of vulnerable, or it just never feels like the right time.

0:40.9

But that's the cool thing about StoryCore conversations.

0:43.9

Something about sitting in front of a microphone gives you the chance to say things you wouldn't

0:47.3

normally.

0:48.3

So a couple months ago, we actually ought to tell us about a time when someone surprised

0:52.0

you with an act of kindness.

0:54.2

The answers blew us away, and we decided to make an entire podcast season around them.

1:05.2

It's the StoryCore podcast from NPR.

1:07.0

I'm your host, Camilla Kashani.

1:09.2

And to help me with this first episode is our lead producer, Eleanor Vasilie.

1:12.8

Hey Camilla.

1:13.8

Okay, so tell me how all of this got started.

1:16.4

Well, you probably remember a couple months ago I asked you if a stranger had ever

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