Connect250 creates a time capsule of life in America

NPR | By Dan Collison,

Elizabeth Meister, Michael Garofalo, Dave Isay

Published November 3, 2026 at 4:44 AM EST

We hear some of the results of StoryCorps teaming up with Morning Edition to connect listeners across America for a series of conversations about the country on the 250th anniversary of its founding.

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