Giving America a microphone and the chance to tell a story

Name: Giving America a microphone and the chance to tell a story
Uploaded: 2014-12-23T01:14:45Z
Duration: P535S
Description: Get two people together with a microphone and let them talk and listen to each other. That's the premise of the StoryCorps Project, which has recorded and archived more than 50,000 stories told by Americans so far. Now creator Dave Isay has been awarded $1 million and a chance to continue expanding. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Isay about what brings people to the mic and the goals of StoryCorps.

Clip: 12/22/2014 | 8m 55s

Get two people together with a microphone and let them talk and listen to each other. That's the premise of the StoryCorps Project, which has recorded and archived more than 50,000 stories told by Americans so far. Now creator Dave Isay has been awarded $1 million and a chance to continue expanding. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Isay about what brings people to the mic and the goals of StoryCorps.

Aired: 12/22/14

Rating: NR

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