• Audio Diaries

  • By: KOSU
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • KOSU’s Audio Diaries are a collection of first-person oral histories recorded by Oklahomans. The project was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to create a space for communities to gather and listen while physically apart. KOSU partnered with the Oklahoma Historical Society to record and archive the audio diaries. The production is also in partnership with America Amplified, a CPB-funded initiative to use community engagement to inform local journalism.
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Episodes
  • 'I'm Young And Pretty Healthy. I Didn't Think I Would Get As Sick As I Did'
    Sep 27 2021

    StateImpact’s Robby Korth and KOSU’s Kateleigh Mills spoke with an Oklahoma City metro teacher named Anna about her experience catching the coronavirus and missing more than a week of classes. In this audio diary, Anna says she struggled with the disease, but credits her vaccination with keeping her from getting more sick.

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    5 mins
  • 'Did I Make The Right Decision?'
    Sep 15 2020

    Heidi Castro of Stillwater recently made the decision to put her 18-year-long career in education on hold due to COVID-19. In her audio diary for KOSU, Heidi talks about what she misses most about working and how her family is balancing one child being back in school, while the other is distance learning. She also talks about constantly questioning whether or not she made the right decision on not renewing her contract for this school year.

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    5 mins
  • 'In All Reality, We Live On A Thin Line'
    Aug 25 2020

    After a long stint in the automobile repair industry, Micah Anderson went back to his familial roots of farming and selling produce in rural Oklahoma. In his audio diary for KOSU, Micah talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has made his life busier as a farmer and the concerns he has for his handicapped daughter.

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    4 mins

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