StoryCorps comes to PBS

StoryCorps, the non-profit whose mission is to record all the stories of America, is bringing its Peabody Award-winning storytelling to public television. PBS has produced six animated shorts to accompany the original audio recordings of some of the most popular StoryCorps stories. They’ll air alongside POV starting August 17.

Here’s the first episode, where a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome interviews his Mom (oh it got me good):

If you want more StoryCorps stories, they air weekly on NPR.

I seriously love public broadcasting…

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