250Connect from StoryCorps is putting strangers together to tell a story of America ^35%

STLPR - By Danny Wicentowski - 7/3/2026, 4:00 AM

Framing Effect 27% - Quote-first Misdirection 23% - Appeal to Emotion 17.5%

A new storytelling initiative is collecting conversations between American strangers in honor of the country’s 250th anniversary. In St. Louis and other cities, participants will be paired for recorded conversations that will eventually be housed in the Library of Congress. Nearly 10,000 people have already registered ahead of the... more