This week on StoryCorps, Cam Heen Johnson speaks with her mother Trai Vo as she recounts her decision to come to the U.S. from Vietnam and the importance of maintaining faith in Christ.

While you're celebrating the end of the old year and the beginning of the new one, remember that those fireworks and loud noises may hurt your pet's sensitive ears and cause pain and even fear!

While at StoryCorps, Tom Mason speaks with Wilson Bell about his philosophy on life and the importance of pursuing knowledge. Wilson also reminds us of the old but significant lesson to never judge a book by its cover.

This week, Don reviews "The Gulf Shores Murder: A Nate and Superman Cozy Mystery" written by Randolph Crew.

Do you think the animals at the manger provided comfort to the Christ child and His parents, as our pets give to us?

On Keepin' it Real this week, Cam takes us back to 1988 when he and his team lined up to upset the world order in an all out international rowing competition. It was one for the record books.

In this final part of Chris Williams' conversation with StoryCorps, he emphasizes that the history of Africatown begins and ends with the people.

This week, Don reviews "Mobile and Havana: Sisters Across the Gulf" by John S. Sledge and Alicia García-Santana.

Some holiday plants and greenery can harm or possibly even kill a pet. Try to keep plants away from pets or use alternative (or artificial) decorations.

On this week's "Keepin' It Real," Cam Marston has just returned from a few days in Fort Lauderdale. It's a different world down there, Cam says. One that he might have envied at one point in his life.