David Isay's "StoryCorps" Story aired: Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Every day, 150,000 commuters rush through New York's Grand Central Station at perilous speeds. Rail riders used to be called "Dashing Dans" before women joined the workforce.
In the fall, it's hoped they will do something New Yorkers rarely do: stop at a little booth set up in the train terminal and talk.
The project is called StoryCorps, and it provides people with the opportunity to collect eachother's stories in sound. The plan features small recording studios, called StoryBooths, which are placed in public locations across the country. The project provides trained facilitators who help people record the story of a loved one.
In October 2003, the first two StoryBooths will be placed in New York City, one in Grand Central Station and the other at Eldridge Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side.
David Isay, oral historian and founder of Sound Portraits Productions, created StoryCorps and joins Here and Now to discuss the project.
Guests:
David Isay, founder of Sound Portraits Productions and StoryCorps.
