Listen to Laura Markowitz interview members of the StoryCorps team that makes it all happen.

Stories Recorded in Tucson:

Tucson businesswoman Dorothy Finley, as interviewed by her friend Glen Kerslake.

Timalee Nevels interviews her mother, Catherine Boushey, who is living with memory loss.

Storyteller is 97-year-old Ruth Protas, interviewed by her granddaughter Stacey Forsyth about how her family first came to America.

Hear a conversation between mother and daughter Karen & Sarah Lieneke, which begins as Sarah asks her mom to remember a house where she lived as a child in Southern California.

Retired teacher Richard Evans tell his daughter Jane about how he came home from Europe following his service in World War II.

Listen as Gary Larson tells his son Ben about his great grandfather's adventure at sea.

Laura Markowitz visits with StoryCorps team members as they prepared to leave Tucson, asking them about their reflections on our city, and the many stories they heard while they were here.

What is StoryCorps?

StoryCorps' mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening.

Sponsored by National Public Radio and affiliated with the Library of Congress, StoryCorps was established to create an oral history of regular citizens, allowing everyday people to preserve personal stories for their own families, and for future generations to hear.

Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. Participants reserve an hour-long recording session at the StoryBooth, where they can interview relatives, friends, or members of their community. At the end of the session, participants receive a CD to take home, and, with their permission, a copy will be archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

StoryCorps airs Fridays during NPR's Morning Edition, on KUAZ 89.1 FM and 1550AM.