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This week on StoryCorps, Afriye Wekandodis continues her story from last week, shedding light on how and why she created the By The River Center for Humanity in Selma, Alabama.

Pull up a chair! The Shoals Storytelling Festival is almost here. Heartfelt history to tall tales to professional lying will be front and center at The Shoals Theatre starting tomorrow! On this Quick-Fire Quips, Director Leslie McCrory shares why Florence is the perfect backdrop for this ancient art form. Plus, the unique power of the one-stage experience and how a shared laugh turns a room full of strangers into a community.

The Links Incorporated is a non-profit volunteer service organization committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the cultural and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African descent. This Week on StoryCorps, Loudell Bryant tells the story of how she first heard of the Links and the reasons she chose to launch a chapter in Selma, Alabama.

Cam Marston's new puppy has expensive taste, and this week, while the rest of his family's out of town, Cam's discovered his actual job has become full-time appraiser of whatever's currently in her mouth.

Bruce the dog was almost lost at sea - but saved by a quick-thinking owner and a dedicated ferry crew

This week, Don Noble reviews Theo of Golden by Allen Levi.

Go behind the scenes of the "coolest government job in the world" with Huntsville Music Officer Matt Mandrella! We’re diving into the Rocket City’s booming music scene just in time for international Make Music Day. From coordinating porch jams to Matt’s secret fear of heights and his mom’s candy rules still spooking him to this day—join APR host Baillee Majors for a fun, fast-paced look at the music heartbeat of Alabama.

When an animal shelter is at capacity - when every cage is full - that means the shelter must either turn away owners who want to surrender pets or euthanize animals already in the shelter to make room to accept more.

This week, The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom by Heather Cass White.

This week on StoryCorps, Brittney Dabney is interviewed by Joan Cordova Rodriguez about her father and the memories she has of him from her childhood.