Twin brothers, Melvin and Marvin Morgan, talk about their thoughts on death. They both have had long careers as morticians in New York City.

Jim Von Stein, 70, who made his living installing air conditioning systems, talks to his son Jason about the songs he's written that few people have heard. He's written more than 8,000 to date.

In this week's StoryCorps, two women — Sandra Bears and Martha Harvin — talk about their careers in music — which included singing with James Brown.

In this week's StoryCorps, a single mother of five recalls what happened when she agreed to take care of three more children after her friend died of cancer.

In this week's StoryCorps, a worker at Mississippi's last remaining clinic that performs abortions, talks about her experiences.

What might sound like a nightmare for many became a reality for exes Neil Kramer and Sophia Lansky when COVID hit New York. And somehow, they made it work. Kramer photographed their chaotic ordeal.

At StoryCorps, a Dominican immigrant speaks with a fellow Spanish speaker who in high school helped him adjust to living in America. Eventually, they helped each other find their own voices.

On Black Friday 1991, AIDS activists protested the department store's decision to not rehire a Santa who had HIV. The man who inspired the protest reconnects with an activist who helped organize it.

In this week's StoryCorps, a woman remembers growing up in the same apartment building, where her grandmother lived. Audio produced for Morning Edition by Barry Gordemer.

Jeanine Menze was discouraged from pursuing her dream to fly planes when she didn't see any women of color in the field. Then she met La'Shanda Holmes. "When I met you, I saw myself," Menze told her.

Ajmal Achekzai remembers the war in Afghanistan, which brought him back to his birthplace of Kabul. Now that the war is over, he says, "I feel like I failed the Afghan people."

As the U.S. pulls its troops out of Afghanistan, family members of Nathan Chapman remember the decorated veteran, who was killed in action at age 31 on Jan. 4, 2002.

Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. sang opera at some of country's most decorated institutions during his 26 years in the U.S. Army Chorus. At StoryCorps, he told his sister that she's his inspiration.

Since 2004, brother and sister Luz and Jorge Muñoz have fed day laborers in Queens, N.Y. Since he was young, Jorge has looked for ways of putting food in the hands of those who needed it.

For StoryCorps, Cherie DeBrest tells her 18-year-old daughter, Naima, how civil rights issues inspired her to get more involved in the voting process.

Helen Merrill and her granddaughter, Elizabeth Hartley, remember their family's matriarch, whose determination to vote in 1920 drove her to the polls even though she was recovering from the flu.

A father and son reflect how their family has honed toolmaking through three generations at their Brooklyn, N.Y., shop. Despite pandemic stresses, they hope to be in business well into the future.

An African American family that traces its roots back to a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington talks about keeping their history alive through annual family reunions.

At StoryCorps, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto remembers lessons his family passed down to him that have continued to reaffirm his pride in his Mexican American heritage and as a Spanish speaker.

Joel and Julia Helfman met in 1943. Married nearly 70 years, they're still utterly devoted. Says Julia: "How was I smart enough to know that this young man would always keep me happy?"