WPSU's This I Believe
Tell us the personal philosophy and core values that guide your daily life and hear stories from others.
This I Believe is based on the 1950s radio program of the same name and the media project (launched in 2005) from This I Believe, Inc. and Atlantic Public Media.
WPSU-FM is not currently accepting submissions for the program.
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There are many things that define my life: my love of swimming and theatre, my desire to be with my friends at all times, my inclination to stay up late… -
This essay originally aired on January 4, 2018. I believe teaching is the best profession in the whole world. I am myself a high school German teacher and… -
This essay originally aired on December 21, 2017. My paternal grandmother, Helen, was a frugal and reserved woman with dyed-red curly hair. She always… -
I believe in libraries.I was born in Colombia, a country where books were luxury items, public libraries were few and bookworms were considered arrogant.… -
This essay originally aired on December 7, 2017. On a crisp day in October, I was on my daily walk through the Arboretum at Penn State. I had discovered… -
This essay originally aired on April 12, 2018. A picture is worth a thousand words, and it also captures a lifetime of history. One single photograph can… -
Everyone has a hobby — a thing they do for fun to get away from work and the general grind of everyday life. For me, it’s golf. There’s something about… -
I believe in space exploration.I remember building my first website with my brother when I was 7 years old. He taught me to write my first HTML and as I… -
This essay originally aired on Feb. 1, 2018. I believe in the small joy of washing with carrot-ginger soap.I believe in baking five-grain rye bread with… -
I believe in making things by hand.I’m a glassblower. I trained as a scientific glassblower, and I made laboratory glassware for 30 years. Now I make…
