Podcast: StoryCorps

From the StoryCorps website:

"StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening. Since 2003, over 50,000 people have shared life stories with family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind..."

I subscribe to the StoryCorps podcast through iTunes. Episodes tend to run 3 - 8 minutes long, with 2 or more stories each. Most I've listened to have been stories told by older people to younger ones. Stories might be funny, or sad, or dramatic, or nostalgic -- but always interesting.

You can contribute a recording to the StoryCorps project, too. To do so, you need to make a reservation at a StoryCorps location (permanent boothes in NYC and San Francisco, or mobile touring booths). They even have a few starter questions for you, in case you need inspiration. Want to bring StoryCorps to your community? Here's how.

You can also follow StoryCorps on Twitter (@storycorps), where tweets provide links to broadcast and blog updates. They're also hosting a National Day of Listening on November 27, 2009.

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