About StoryCorps StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit that has helped more than 40,000 Americans record their stories. As one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, it is our mission to help people honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening.

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Learn about the project

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This holiday season, StoryCorps asks you to start a new tradition—set aside one hour to record a conversation with someone important to you. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or a familiar face from the neighborhood.

You can preserve the interview using recording equipment readily available in most homes, such as tape recorders, computers, video cameras or a pen and paper. Our free Do-It-Yourself Guide is easy to use and will prepare you and your interview partner to record a memorable conversation, no matter which method of recording you prefer.

We hope that you’ll make a yearly tradition of listening to and preserving a loved one’s story. The stories you collect will surely become treasured keepsakes, growing more valuable with each passing generation.

About Storycorps

StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit that has helped more than 40,000 Americans record their stories.

As one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, it is our mission to help people honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening.

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How to
participate

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Our Do-It-Yourself Guides have everything you need to record your conversation, including simple step-by-step instructions, advice on choosing equipment, and a list of favorite StoryCorps questions.

5 Easy Steps
Frequently Asked Questions
DIY Companion Video
  • We have also prepared this video as a helpful companion to the DIY Guide. arrow

Additional Resources

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Purchase our book Listening Is an Act of Love, and the companion CD.

100% of the royalties from your purchase will support StoryCorps’ mission.

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Listen to stories for inspiration

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Listen to stories of hope, love, and courage from the StoryCorps collection and find inspiration to record your own.

“It sounds like you were the black sheep.”

Carly Dreher interviews her grandfather, 90-year-old Lyle Link, about growing up on his family's dairy farm in Wisconsin.

“She was the only person I knew with more power than my grandmother.”

James Ransom and his cousin Cherie Johnson remember their neighbor and Sunday schoolteacher, Miss Devine.

“What was the biggest change about you from Vietnam?”

Hannah Campbell interviews her father, Tom Geerdes, about coming home from war.

“What was the best tip you ever got?”

Debra Goodman interviews her friend Ed Trinka, a doorman at the Plaza Hotel since 1963.
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Share the experience with others

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Everyone has a story, and every life counts. Help your family, friends, and community members get involved and use the following resources to spread the word that listening is an act of love.

Share the experience with friends and family
Tell us about your Do-It-Yourself experience » Email a friend» Join StoryCorps on Facebook »
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to Facebook »		 Post a web banner to your blog or website » Upload and share your interview »

Additional Resources

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