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Over the summer, StoryCorps teamed up with NPR’s Morning Edition on an experiment: Connect 250, a recording platform that matched up strangers from around the country for virtual conversations. In this episode, hear Americans rediscover what they have in common with each other — ...  Show more

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Some things you just have to learn on the job. This week, stories from funeral directors, garbage collectors, firefighters, and Golden Gate Bridge ironworkers about how their occupations challenged and changed them.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK, or email us at podcast@stor ...  Show more

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