Esther Honig
As a reporter for Harvest Public Media, I travel throughout northern Colorado, and parts of Wyoming and Nebraska to cover agriculture and rural issues.
I’m originally from Colorado and moved back after a nine year hiatus to work for KUNC. Previously, I spent two years reporting on the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio for the NPR affiliate in Columbus.
I got my start in radio journalism while attending college in Bay Area, where I earned a degree in Spanish, Latin American Studies.
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Ed Holley first met Kanard Lewis in 2010. Holley was coaching youth baseball in New York City, and Lewis was was one of his players. Lewis is now a high school counselor.
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Bernetta McKindra is the granddaughter of Henry Perry, known as the "father of Kansas City barbecue." She reflects on her family's culinary legacy.
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Two friends, one Irish American and one Mexican American, talk about growing up together in Tucson, Ariz. Jim Murphy and Carlos Velez-Ibañez remember growing up in a working-class part of town.
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Charlie Sampson rode bulls competitively for 20 years. He told his son Daniel that he found his calling when he visited a carnival as a boy.
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Angelina McCall talks about volunteering as a nurse at a clinic on the U.S.-Mexico border after struggling to work in the ER at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After Heidi Koss gave birth to her daughter Elora, she suffered from post-partum depression. Elora is now 14 years old, and she spoke to her mom about the experience.
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Kim Pratt needed a kidney, and in 2108 she created a Facebook post looking for a potential donor. After seeing the post for the second time, CJ Johnston decided to donate a kidney to Kim.
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In this week's StoryCorps, we hear about a couple who met in high school and got married later in life.
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Albert Johnson and Donna Cuthbert came to StoryCorps to remember working New Year's Eve at the Starlite Lounge, a historic gay bar in Brooklyn, New York.
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In this week's StoryCorps, two childhood friends from Hong Kong who were separated in their youth and eventually reunited as adults in the United States.