Blunt brings StoryCorps to Maine!

About

The StoryCorps MobileBooth opened in Portland, August 31st where it will be stationed in Congress Square (at the corner of Congress and High Streets, beside the historic Eastland Park Hotel) for 26 days, until September 25th.

Read the StoryCorps East Blog for regular updates from the mobile StoryBooth.

Listen

Selected stories recorded in Portland will air on WMPG-FM and will be archived on this page.

"I worked six to midnight all the time so that I could be with you..."

Listen to Dennis McLaughlin interview his mother Theresa about what it was like to raise a child who was born with spina bifida.

"It kind of hurts to care..."

Listen to friends Shane and Nick talk about what it felt like to stop caring about their lives.

"My father knew I needed help and took me to the hospital..."

Listen to Rebecca Lamer ask her sister Heidi Stubbs about her experience livng with mental illness.

"I probably had the worst job in the army..."

Listen to Tom Flanagan tell his daughter Lisa about his experiences as a grave technician during World War II.

"We shall overcome someday..."

Listen Alan Mills tell his friend, Shoshana Hose about seeing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech.

"I remember her neck and her chest all spotted with burn marks from the sparks..."

Listen to Joyce Butler and Stephanie Butler-Cotts remember Joyce's single mother who was a welder in the South Portland shipyards during World War II.

"People put a lot of trust in me..."

Listen to mentor, Carlo Bufano, talk to Wayne Johnson about Johnson's experiences on a work release program while he was incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.

"I was expecting to tell my friends, tell my parents, everything fall apart, and then kill myself two weeks later."

Listen to friends Jim Pendergast and Kimberly Curry talk about when Jim came out to his parents.

"We're like the cowboys of the ocean..."

Listen to Katie Fredosso interview her friend, Peter Morse, about lobstering off the coast of Maine.

"You could write a story about what was living in his beard..."

Listen to Christine Olson interview her best friend, Melissa Libby, about working as a visiting nurse in rural Maine.

"This was not a quiet scene. The police and sheriffs were very active, and people were being cattle-prodded..."

Listen to Claire Holman interview her friend, Peter Kellman, about his experiences working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to register African Americans to vote in 1960's Alabama.

"I don't know if I'll ever feel at home in the United States..."

Listen to Thomas Francis tell his wife Mary about immigrating to the US from India.

"I used to hitchhike all the time..."

Listen to Gretchen Greenberg tell her daughter, Blunt member, Johanna Greenberg, about growing up in the 60s and 70s.

"I realized it wasn't all about me..."

Listen to Tim Sample tell his daughter, WMPG DJ, Stephanie Sample, how he feels about being a father.

"Fortunately I had a heavy sweater on..."

Listen George Senter tell his nephew, George Gilmore about a mishap he had while growing up in Brunswick, Maine during the 20s and 30s.

"It was the worst day in my life..."

Listen to Rebecca Fuller and Jenny Francis remember their brother Travis, who died in the Iraq war.

Participate

WMPG's Blunt Youth Radio Project urges you to become part of history. Anyone can reserve interview slots by calling (800) 850-4406 (the registration line is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week) or register online at StoryCorps.net. (Be sure to check out the StoryCorps Question Generator before your interview.)

NOTE: REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL, but you have options:

• -Check back often. Cancellations do occur.
• -Download the do-it-yourself guide [pdf].
• -Consider, if possible, booking a reservation at the permanent StoryBooths in NYC.
• -Come see StoryCorps founder, Dave Isay, speak at the Salt Gallery at 7pm on Monday, September 18th.
• -Drop by the booth to say hi, and grab some materials.

Media Partners

MaineToday.com, the Portland Press Herald, and the Maine Sunday Telegram are teaming with Blunt to bring you continuing coverage of StoryCorps' visit to Portland.

Sponsors

StoryCorps' visit to Portland is sponsored by the historic Eastland Park Hotel and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.