StoryCorps Mobile
Tuesdays at 7:45 am and 4:44 pm (Seasonal)
The following interviews were recorded at StoryCorps, a national initiative to record and collect stories of everyday people. Alabama Public Radio hosted the Airstream portable studio in Mobile in 2017 and 2023. Excerpts were selected and produced by APR.
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In this edition of StoryCorps, Janet Cobb and Shea McLean are back to discuss two major donations to Battleship Memorial Park made by the late Jimmy Buffett. -
Coworkers Janet Cobb and Shea McLean sit down with StoryCorps to talk about the significance of Battleship Memorial Park.
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Shea McLean is back with StoryCorps to talk about his experience as a marine archaeologist and his part in finding the lost submarine that had been missing since the Civil War.
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In this edition of StoryCorps, Shea McLean tells the story of being in the military during the Cold War and how that allowed him to go to college and do what he loves now.
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Misty Chaviers is back with StoryCorps to share how she became an advocate against domestic violence and how she tries to help others get out of bad situations. -
Misty Chaviers sat down with StoryCorps and told us how she was able to overcome domestic violence.
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Last week on StoryCorps, Myra and Barabara discussed suffrage activist Eugenia Marx. They're back today to talk about the League of Women Voters in Mobile and what they have accomplished since the chapter's conception in 1955.Note: No image available -
Myra Evans sits down with Barbara Caddell at StoryCorps to discuss her efforts in bringing a Pomeroy marker honoring Eugenia Marx, a local suffrage activist, to Mobile. And they also take a look at the impact Eugenia had.Note: No image available
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Lisa Lambert and Frederick Richardson sit down at StoryCorps to discuss Lisa becoming the first Black city clerk for Mobile, the pressures that come along with that achievement, and what her responsibilities look like in that role. -
While at StoryCorps, childhood friends Joycelyn and Theris discuss the “fake love” they’ve seen Africatown receive despite it being in the spotlight and how they hope to see it change in the future.
