Check out the momentum building around Listening Is an Act of Love! For more press about StoryCorps, see In The News in our Press Room.
In the Media
The stories of StoryCorps and our participants have been the subject of features in press outlets across the nation. Here is a sampling of some of the media attention that illuminates our initiatives.
2008
Today Show on NBC. January 16, 2008
Ann Curry interviews Dave Isay and two of our StoryCorps participants on the Today Show.
Between the Lines. Atlanta, Georgia. January 11, 2008
Former First Lady of Georgia, Valerie Jackson, interviews Dave Isay in Atlanta in front of a live audience.
Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. January 6, 2008
An article about the book and announcing the MobileBooth tour in Orlando this month.
The Gazette. Montreal, Canada. January 7, 2008
A great review from montreal newspaper titled, “People bowl you over with their tales”
2007
ABC.com. December 19, 2007
Good Morning America interviews Dave Isay about Listening Is an Act of Love the week before Christmas.
Time.com. December 11, 2007
Q&A with Dave Isay.
We the People Stories from the National Constitution Center. December 4, 2007
Dave Isay is interviewed at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Terry Gross from NPR’s Fresh Air introduces Dave, and Jane Eisner, VP of the NCC, moderates in front of a live audience. Book participants John Brown and his brother Paul Corbitt Brown drove from West Virginia to attend this event. Listen to them read from their story and speak about how StoryCorps impacted their lives.
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane. December 4, 2007
Dave Isay talks with Marty Moss-Coane in Philadelphia.
Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. December 3, 2007
Dave Isay talks with Amy Goodman, accompanied by some of the participants from Listening Is an Act of Love.
CNN American Morning. November 23, 2007
CNN’s morning show did a very nice piece about StoryCorps and Listening Is an Act of Love over Thanksgiving weekend. You can watch the clip on our About Us page.
USA Today. November 20, 2007
In this article, Listening Is an Act of Love is described as the “book equivalent of a driveway moment.” Referring to the term in radio circles when listeners are so engaged, they do not want to get out of their cars when they reach their destination!
The Village Voice. November 20, 2007
Read this sassy piece on StoryCorps by Village Voice fashion writer Lynn Yaeger.
Chicago Public Radio. November 19, 2007
Listen to Dave Isay and book participant Craig Curry on Chicago Public Radio’s program Eight Forty-Eight.
WOSU-AM. Columbus, Ohio. November 19, 2007
Open Line with host Fred Andrle on WOSU-AM interviews Dave Isay and takes questions from callers.
KCPW.org. November 12, 2007
Listen to Dave Isay talk about StoryCorps
and Listening Is an Act of Love.
KCRW.org. November 12, 2007
See a photo slideshow from the Los Angeles book signing event on November 11, 2007
NPR’s Morning Edition. November 8, 2007
Hear Mary Caplan and William Jacobs, two of the everyday people whose extraordinary stories are captured in the new StoryCorps book.
WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show. November 8, 2007
Listen to this segment called Hearing with the Heart, where Dave Isay is joined by StoryCorps alumni Ronald Ruiz and Mary Caplan to talk about Listening Is an Act of Love and the importance of the StoryCorps project.
On the Blogs
“These people are your friends, your grandparents, your neighbors; they
are in line with you at the grocery store, they sit in the row behind
you at church…You don’t need to know the people to be moved by the stories they tell.” Read more at Lattes & Rainy Days Blog.
Mangesh Hattikudur, one of the founders of Mental_Floss Magazine and Blog gives his very flattering endorsement of StoryCorps. “What’s amazing about the ?Corps is that it’s managed to collect this
beautiful patchwork of American history- stunningly human tales of love
and tragedy and everything in between.” Read more at Mental_Floss Blog.
We were featured on Dailygood.org on December 10, 2007. This is a free, daily email service “that delivers a little bit of inspiring goodness to 67,658 people without any costs, advertising or agendas. Simply to spread the good.“
See how people are sharing StoryCorps stories directly from their blogs at Rabbit + Crow Blog.
“Dave’s a fascinating guy, devoted to collecting an oral history of
America. Not famous people, not wealthy people or politicians or
scientists — he wants to hear the stories of you and me, our parents
and grandparents, and what life means to us.” Read more at Red Nose Blog.
“I loved the stories?and truly loved the “Listening is an act
of love” idea. Listening is probably-doubtless the
premier “act of love.” True for the husband or wife or preacher or
doctor?and, I’d contend, equally true for the IS project leader
heading a 6-person team.” Read more at management guru Tom Peters’ Blog.
“…it’s probably also one of the most populist and remarkable pieces of non-fiction out.” Read more at Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers Blog.
“I hope you will buy Listening Is an Act of Love
and experience for yourself the rare gifts that Martha and every other
featured storyteller contribute to our shared perception of American
life.” Read more at Sage Said So Blog.
Book Reviews
Early reviews are terrific for Listening Is an Act of Love. Read more at Book Reviews.
