海角换妻 teamed up with the StoryCorps Mobile Tour to remotely record interviews of people from all across our state. Meet the people behind the mic in this selection of interviews edited by 海角换妻.
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Seventeen-year-old Rae George interviews her mother, Weruch茅 George. The two share their thoughts on honoring and preserving culture here in the U.S. Weruch茅 shares how her Dad鈥檚 influence shaped her and what she hopes her children take with them from their Nigerian heritage. Rae offers her advice of gratitude for those who may be new to the U.S. -
Maija Earl recalls her son Erik Sparkowski being outgoing, talkative, and happy while growing up. But in sixth grade, that all changed, as Erik began to struggle in ways he never had. In this StoryCorps CT conversation, Maija and Erik talk about their commitment to finding the right treatment path that would help and support Erik with his anxiety and learning disability.
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海角换妻 Lawyers Kim Jacobsen and Kathy Flaherty met while working for the same company. They talk about Kathy鈥檚 experience navigating the workplace while being open about her bipolar disorder. Kim shares how an early diagnosis of Parkinson鈥檚 disease led her to embrace talking openly about disabilities. Their bond of friendship has helped each other and others who live and work with disabilities.
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Shelley Nygren and John Baker met over thirty years ago in a faith community in Southington. They became fast friends who recognized a sense of belonging in one another. Shelley and John share their friendship journey, a few laughs, and an Irish blessing in this conversation.
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Audrey Daigneault of Norwich, CT, was only 16-months old when she contracted the poliovirus in 1949. Audrey says polio "took her childhood and her old age," with lifelong impacts on her physically and emotionally. With the COVID-19 virus continuing to plague the globe and news of vaccine hesitancy in the headlines, Audrey found herself reliving those childhood moments, including being the first in her second-grade class to get a vaccine shot. She sat down with her sister Paula, five years her senior, to ask what she remembered from that time.
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Spouses Beck and Annie Fineman talk about the challenges they face as a queer family and how they鈥檝e embraced parenthood. 鈥淚鈥檓 really grateful to have you as a co-parent,鈥� Beck tells Annie as he describes how lucky their children are to have her as their mom.
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Asif Safa worked with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan and was able to apply for a special immigrant visa. After a four-year process of securing that visa, Asif and his family arrived in Stamford, 海角换妻. The Stamford Interfaith Refugee Settlement Group welcomed Asif and his family, helping them learn English, and find housing and jobs. Asif talks with Amy Ewing, who he met through the Refugee Settlement Group, about his experience and how he and his family have adapted to life in the U.S.
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Maria Rosario was number 15 out of 16 children born to her parents in Puerto Rico. After her mother passed away when she was seven, Maria and some of her siblings were relocated to Hartford, 海角换妻, to live with their older sister. Maria talks with her daughter Elena about what that experience was like and how she found a community in places like Hartford鈥檚 Sacred Heart Church. Elena draws connections between her mother鈥檚 experiences and the parent she is today.
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Tina grew up in Nicaragua and Ruby鈥檚 family is from Mexico. The two met in New Haven and shared their experiences growing up and how they developed deeper connections to their roots while living in the United States.
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Andrea Chudzik talks with her mother, Carolyn Chudzik, about what it was like to be her at her age. Andrea talks about how watching Carolyn succeed as a mom and business owner is something she profoundly appreciates in her adult life. Andrea celebrates their bond and all that she鈥檚 learned from her mom about motherhood.
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Carlton Highsmith and James Brockington met in 2009, the day that James was awarded the Edward A. Bouchet scholarship from Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity鈥檚 Promising Scholars fund. An exchange that day turned into a lifelong connection. James credits the mentorship he received from Carlton as the catalyst to change his career trajectory.
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鈥淚 have so many more questions to ask him.鈥� Mary Claire Whelan鈥檚 father Bob died in 2019, after struggling with addiction; he was 62 years old. In this interview with her mother, Terry Suganski, Mary Claire talks about what made her father so special and what it was like to witness his struggle.
' mission is to preserve and share humanity's stories to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. In the summer of 2021, 海角换妻 teamed up with to remotely record interviews of people from all backgrounds across our state. Excerpts were edited and produced locally by 海角换妻 for radio and digital.
The StoryCorps Mobile Tour resulted in 91 interviews recorded with over 190 participants who signed up to share their stories. 海角换妻 chose 24 full-length interviews that have been edited into 4-minute stories for broadcast on 海角换妻.
海角换妻 would like to thank , a community-based independent record label out of Hartford, CT for connecting us with Niamh. Niamh also known as songwriter, producer, and 海角换妻 native, (they/them), provided music for our StoryCorps CT radio edits and podcast trailer.
StoryCorps CT is supported locally by with funding from , the and the State Legislature.
StoryCorps is a non-profit organization that provides people across the country with the opportunity to record and preserve the stories of their lives. Since 2003, StoryCorps has recorded over half a million people of all backgrounds and beliefs, preserving them in the StoryCorps Archive, housed at the in Washington, D.C. The archive comprises one of the first and the largest born-digital collections of human voices, featuring tens of thousands of conversations recorded across the United States and around the world.
To learn more about StoryCorps and discover stories from across the country visit,
Funding for StoryCorps and the StoryCorps Mobile Tour is provided by the .
