There are people who help us at every stage of life –– from the moment we're born to our last breath. But at the end, who's helping us when we're gone? On the season finale of the StoryCorps Podcast, twin mortician brothers look back on a life of caring for the dead.

Living for the Dead

When a train ride to work veers into a life or death situation, two strangers become an important part of each other's lives.

Same Train, Different Tracks

50 years ago, most of the nation was glued to "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings that would uncover major abuses of power by the Nixon administration. In this episode – how a decision to speak up blew the lid off the largest political scandal in American history.

To Speak Up

Monique "Muffie" Mousseau and her partner Felipa Deleon grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In this episode, they share the long and sometimes painful journey of fighting for their love, their community, and their ancestors...all while making history.

The Long Way Home

Jason Romero was given a serious diagnosis. But to stop running from it he'd have to do something no one had ever done before.

Seeing The Way

In 1920, a father made a split-second decision to save his newborn's life by taking her to an incubator exhibit at Coney Island. We meet her in this episode, and she shares how a sideshow attraction saved her life, and thousands of others, when hospitals couldn't, ultimately changing the course of American medicine.

Thank God For Coney Island

In 1968, just moments after Robert F. Kennedy was shot, a young photographer for The Los Angeles Times — Boris Yaro — captured the scene in an image that's haunted the nation ever since. In this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we remember RFK and we revisit the story of that famous photo.

A Lasting Shot

Rabbi Philip Lazowski remembers a quick decision that saved his life during the Holocaust.

In Safe Hands

This season on the StoryCorps Podcast from NPR, eight stories about eight moments that changed everything.

Turning Points

On this short Memorial Day episode, we'll hear from Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams, an Iraq War veteran who lost every other member of his 12-man squad.

EXTRA: Living Life For Them

Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, tune in to StoryCorps and be reminded of the things that matter most.

On this short Mother's Day episode, Madzimoyo Owusu came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Johannah Owusu, to honor the memory of the woman who helped shape her life.

EXTRA: Grandma's Hands

On this extra holiday episode, Terri Van Keuren, Richard Shoup and Pamela Farrell remember how their father, Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, started the holiday tradition of tracking Santa Claus on U.S. military radar in 1955. donate.storycorps.org/podcast

On this extra holiday episode, Terri Van Keuren, Richard Shoup and Pamela Farrell remember how their father, Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, started the holiday tradition of tracking Santa Claus on U.S. military radar in 1955. <a href="http://donate.storycorps.org/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">donate.storycorps.org/podcast</a>

EXTRA: The Santa Tracker

What happens when paralyzing fear stops you from following your dream? In our final episode of the season...Jim Von Stein has written 8000 songs, but almost nobody has heard a single one of them...until now...

The Voice For My Song

In the early 90s, teenagers LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman recorded a week of their lives on Chicago's South Side. Working with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, LeAlan and Lloyd produced a documentary they called Ghetto Life 101, one of the most acclaimed programs in public radio history. In remembrance of Lloyd, who died this week, we bring you a special presentation of Ghetto Life 101.

SPECIAL: Remembering Lloyd Newman of Ghetto Life 101

In the second part of our Kalaupapa story, we hear how people exiled from society reconnected with family – and found a new community. donate.storycorps.org/podcast

In the second part of our Kalaupapa story, we hear how people exiled from society reconnected with family – and found a new community. <a href="http://donate.storycorps.org/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">donate.storycorps.org/podcast</a>

The Last Patients

In this two-part special, we remember a community of forgotten people cast out to a remote Hawaiian island. http://donate.storycorps.org/podcast

In this two-part special, we remember a community of forgotten people cast out to a remote Hawaiian island. <a href="http://donate.storycorps.org/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://donate.storycorps.org/podcast</a>

A Dangerous Word

Family names bind one generation to the next. But what if that name is lost? In this episode, a grieving family learns their legacy is being kept alive by a stranger from far away.

One Who Is Understanding

We usually lean on our elders for wisdom and support... but sometimes it's the other way around. In this episode, we hear from queer men who found acceptance in one another.

Seeing the Future In You

Capt. Helen Perry talks with her husband, Sgt. Matthew Perry, about the impacts of Matthew's memory loss – and their enduring love.

You're My Memory

In this episode, we share one couple's story of love and loss under the weight of substance abuse – told through different recordings, twelve years apart.

Everything In Between

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Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, tune in to <em>StoryCorps</em> and be reminded of the things that matter most.

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