Stories from Braden Grant Winners
Each year, the Stanford Storytelling Project awards Braden Grants to a small number of students to support the research, writing, and production of audio documentaries. The aim of the program is to help students learn how to tell powerful, research-driven stories based on testimony they gather through interviews, research, or oral history archives. Grantees receive up to $2,500, as well as teaching, training, and mentorship during the period of the grant (March-December). Our current cohort is actively completing their research now. Explore below to listen to stories from previous cohorts.
2025 Braden Grant Stories
The Braden Storytelling Grant began in 2012, with each cohort typically including 6-12 grantees. All of the Braden Grant stories have been aired on KZSU and published on our Soundings podcast feed. Many of them have been included in our State of the Human episodes. We’re currently in the process of creating a designated podcast feed to feature our Braden stories.
An American Icon
Livermush: A Story of What We Carry
The Invisible Forest? Protecting The Brazilian Atlantic Forest
California's Promise
My Mother's Folklore
Echoes Across Oceans
Story Holders: Speaking the Multi-Generational Silence of Japanese American Incarceration
2024 Braden Grant Stories
Explore individual Braden stories from the 2024 cohort below.
by Langston Buddenhagen
by Viva Donohue
by Priyanka Shrestha
by Alex Strong
by Natasha Charfauros
by Jenny Duan
by Fadie Arabo
2023 Braden Stories
Stories from the Braden Archives by Year
