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Sharing 25 videos about personal stories

How do you make whitewater rafting accessible?

Rion NakayaSeptember 1, 2022

“A whale saved my life.” – Whale biologist Nan Hauser

Rion NakayaNovember 19, 2021November 30, 2021

Learning To Fly, a StoryCorps animation with birder Drew Lanham

Rion NakayaNovember 12, 2020June 17, 2021

The Magic of Chess

Rion NakayaJanuary 30, 2020May 9, 2021

Aki Kurose and the Japanese-American internment camps

Rion NakayaOctober 3, 2019October 7, 2021

The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman

Rion NakayaJuly 26, 2018January 25, 2022

Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Rion NakayaMarch 7, 2018April 5, 2021

Pearl Fryar’s world-renowned topiary garden of rescued plants

Rion NakayaApril 28, 2017

The exceptional life of Benjamin Banneker

Rion NakayaFebruary 16, 2017February 1, 2021

Jackie Robinson, baseball pioneer and American hero

Rion NakayaJanuary 31, 2017February 1, 2021

Yolanda Baker, last of the disco ball makers

Rion NakayaJanuary 3, 2017

France A. Córdova – Nautilus’ Spark of Science

Rion NakayaAugust 1, 2016November 7, 2017

Wooden toys by 80-year-old Japanese toymaker Masaaki Hiroi

Rion NakayaJuly 13, 2016October 27, 2016

Ashima Shiraishi, one of the best rock climbers in the world

Rion NakayaFebruary 2, 2016May 31, 2017

The Dreams of an Astronaut – with Helen Sharman

Rion NakayaDecember 2, 2015November 7, 2017