Listeners Share The Stories That Stuck With Them Over 50 Years Of NPR

All month long, we've been celebrating 50 years of NPR and how it all started on May 3, 1971 with the first broadcast of All Things Considered.

We asked you, our listeners, what stories have captivated you over the decades. Your responses included stories from each decade that brought you laughter, gave you a chance to connect with your family and made you see the world in a different way. Even NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg shared two of her favorite stories from the show's first two decades.

Here are a few of the stories you remembered, from kids' obsession with Flaming Hot Cheetos to the tragedy of a massive earthquake in China.

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Susan Stamberg co-hosted All Things Considered for 14 years, and she's still a special correspondent for the network.

"I may be ATC's longest listener," she says.