Colleen Vivori

When you think of Wisconsin, cheese, beer and the Green Bay Packers probably come to mind. How about endangered languages? Many folks in Wisconsin likely hadn't realized the linguistic diversity of their state, either – nor the threats facing these languages – before listening to a story on

How many texts did you send today? Maybe one or two were similar to these messages:

To the Princess of Bear Cove, Birthdays come and birthdays go – but few like you retain that glow. Happy belated bday from all of us. From Club Humpy

To the Kumquats – ...

Every Friday on Morning Edition, we are touched by the very personal stories told in the StoryCorps booth. The stories are poignant not because they are glamorous or rare but perhaps because they are told by people just like us living their seemingly ordinary lives.

When you put it that ...