StoryCorps Southwest Florida
Thursdays 8:44am and 5:44pm
Local stories recorded by StoryCorps during its visit to Fort Myers during January 2017. StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.
Latest Episodes
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Martha Bireda interviews her friend 70-year-old Eunice Wiley about being the first black teacher in her school, East Elementary, in Punta Gorda in 1970,… -
James and Rachel Bass of Cape Coral talk about their interracial marriage, moving to Florida, James's fears as a black man in a mostly white community,… -
47-year-old Jeffrey Peterman of Alva remembers his father Jerome Peterman, who passed away recently from ALS. The elder Peterman was a pilot and a… -
Kristin Ritts memorializes her late husband Roy Ritts, a notable immunologist in this week’s StoryCorps. The Purple Heart recipient had his hand in early… -
17-year old Lisa Gitau interviews her father Martin Ndungu about his upbringing in Kenya, his passion for his work transporting the medically disabled in… -
Donna Buckley of Brooksville and her son Shawn Williams of Fort Myers came to the StoryCorps booth to talk about their relationship from birth to present… -
Friends and "sand sisters" 65-year-old Deb Gleason of Sanibel and 67-year-old Diane Schwartz of Englewood share memories of growing up on Sanibel and… -
Twenty-eight-year-old Seth Monaco interviews his wife, 31-year-old Simone Monaco about their relationship, her life, and her thoughts about their daughter… -
In this week’s StoryCorps of Southwest Florida, Melinda Masters tells her husband David Carnes about her evolution from being a child who was bullied to… -
Seventeen-year-old Mari Jimenez talks to her family friend Genelle Grant in this week’s StoryCorps about the pride she has of being Mayan. Her parents are…
