Dave Isay
StoryCorps Founder | Six-time Peabody Award-winning radio producer
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Dave Isay founded StoryCorps, capturing over 500,000 personal interviews across America and revolutionizing oral history. His six Peabody Awards recognize his pioneering work in radio production and documentary storytelling.
Isay transforms individual narratives into cultural documentation, bridging technology with human connection. Audiences discover how authentic storytelling creates meaningful impact, learning narrative design techniques that preserve and amplify personal experiences across digital platforms.
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Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear
Dave Isay opened the first StoryCorps booth in New York’s Grand Central Terminal in 2003 with the intention of creating a quiet place where a person could honor someone who mattered to them by listening to their story. Since then, StoryCorps has evolved into the single largest collection of human voices ever recorded. His TED Prize wish: to grow this digital archive of the collective wisdom of humanity. Hear his vision to take StoryCorps global — and how you can be a part of it by interviewing someone with the StoryCorps app.
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