Podcasts

Julie Haefner is a healthy, fit person. She has always taken care of herself physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. It came as a surprise when she received a breast cancer diagnosis in 2022. Click READ MORE and then click here: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/julie-haefner-what-i-am-learning-from-breast-cancer/ “I was always getting mammograms, never missed a mammogram since I was 40 and…

Alaina Huebner is the owner and founder of Flora MiLou Wedding and Events Floristry in St. Louis, Missouri. A 26-year-old entrepreneur who specializes in beautiful floral arrangements for weddings, Alaina’s mission is to create a bridal experience from beginning to end feel like a celebration! To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click read more and…

Karen Sher delights in preparing and baking her challah. Over the years, she would bake and serve her challah on Shabbat Friday evenings. Her challah is the BEST I’ve ever had-and I baked it for years. To listen to our StoryCorps interview: click Read More below and then click: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/karen-sher-bakes-challah-with-love/   Karen and I met…

Stan Hecht and Dena Hirschberg are smiling and reaching for hello hugs as soon as they spot one other. For anyone watching and experiencing this, you can feel the love of a brother and sister connecting. To listen to the StoryCorps interview click READ MORE and then click here: Found Family. You would never know…

We met years ago in a Zumba class and hit it off immediately. We’ve danced, traveled, cried, laughed (so hard we cried), have rocked out to concerts. And the most important role for Sandye is that of being a Grandmother to Eight! To listen to our StoryCorps interview: click here to read more and then…

You never know where you might make a friend. Cindy and I became friends when I drove through her window at the bank over twenty years ago. d could solve any problem. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click READ MORE and then click here: Cindy and Pam. She was the friendly face, the happy…

“Okay, ladies, interview before or after dinner?” I ask as we are drinking wine and having appetizers at Anne’s more than comfortable home. To listen to our StoryCorps interview and laugh along with us, click read more and then click here: The Playgroup Moms: Friends for Life There are groans and even a, “Did we…

Cheryl arrived in a writing group I was facilitating in February 2019. It was a chance meeting which over the years have taught me many a life lesson as well as inspired me. The stories she writes resonate due to their honesty and vulnerability. To listen to our StoryCorps interview: click here: A Chance Meeting:…

I am in the yoga room in Margie’s class and all of a sudden, I feel her hands on my head as if…as if she is doing a MIND MELD. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, first click: “Read More” and then click here: The Magic of the Yoga Room: Margie Koch I immediately relax…

Lucky enough to call Janice Denham my editor, I am still in awe of her talent, honesty and kindness. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click “Read More below” and then click here: Janice Denham: Writer for Life  I had been writing S.O.S. From Suburbia a parenting column for many years by the time Janice…

There is much to say about this amazing woman who is loving, full of fun and adventure as well as exceptional insight. I would not be the person I am today without her friendship and love. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click “read more” and then: Click here to listen to our StoryCorps interview:…

Clare Marie is our Miss Missouri 2022. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click “read more” and then: Click here to listen to our StoryCorps Interview: Clare Marie Kuebler: Miss Missouri. Clare Marie is home-grown in Ellisville, Missouri, attending Marquette High School and The University of Missouri-Columbia as a fourth-generation education major. Listen as she…

Meeting Mary is listening to walking, talking history. To listen to our Storycorps interview, click “read more” and then: Click here to listen to our Storycorps interview: Mary McDermott: Cape Cod Native I met Mary at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow in Orleans at a Coffee Group over a year ago. Both writers we connected over…