Last January, a mobile recording booth was set up in an Airstream™ recreation vehicle at St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota. It was part of StoryCorps, the national oral history project sponsored by NPR and the Library of Congress.

Over a three week period, several Tampa Bay area residents took the opportunity to share their unique Florida stories. On this edition of Florida Matters, StoryCorps' Maisie Tivnan and Nelson Simón share local stories of hope and inspiration, fear and triumph, laughter and tears.