True Stories Told Live

Story Corps - Every Voice Matters
Our mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives.

ESL learners can read and listen to articles and stories from Voice of America's Special English series. The readers in the recordings read slowly so you can follow. The selections are adapted for ESL students, so the vocabulary is simplified

Many news items include a "Listen to the Story" option as well as the ability to print and view the transcript. Includes news stories on a wide variety of topics

An international organization engaging people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives. Over 125,000 of these essays, written by people from all walks of life, have been archived here on our website, heard on public radio, chronicled through our books, and featured in weekly podcasts.