#58: As far as fact checking goes, I know that we called the diner and also had several conversations with Julio after the interview to get more information. I'm sure there is more, that's not my department, but I do know that our producers were skeptical and checked it out thoroughly.

I should add a bit of background about our process because we are not a news organization—StoryCorps' focus is about facilitating conversation and recording it posterity. We're an oral history project. You don't do StoryCorps to get on the radio, in fact, less than 1% of the interviews in our booths are ever produced for radio. So that should also provide some insight into Mr. Diaz's intention in recording this story.

#36: It is sometimes hard to know the context because you are only hearing a snippet from a 40 minute overview, but the facilitator at the interview spoke with Julio and he said that he works with kids and knew that this was a troubled kid he could talk to. He wouldn't do this with just any mugger but in this situation he took a chance and the resolution was a good one.

StoryCorps stories are always inspirational, often painful but often funny too. We have hundreds on our website: http://www.storycorps.net/listen, I highly recommend visiting and listening to a few more.

To anyone feeling a bit skeptical, I work for StoryCorps and can vouch for the fact that all of our stories are vetted and fact-checked before they are produced for radio.