Audio Heirlooms

02/23/2024

First in a series of creative ideas for Games, Gifts and Gatherings: The Disposable Camera Photo Book.

Ever want to know the daily routines of your parents? The people, places, things your niece and nephews find most meaningful?

Included here are examples of books from my archives, How To Instructions, a budget section and more.

Lemme know if you do it yourself!

The first in a series called How To Have Fun With Your Friends: Games, Gifts & Gatherings.

12/03/2020

"On 1800HappyBirthday, people can find the birthday of a person who has died at the hands of police and leave a voice mail that’s available for the public to access. These messages are screened to keep racists and other bigots out, but they are otherwise open for any memory or thought. Gorjestani says the medium of voice mail—available to nearly everyone—lends a rawness that often is missing from a written tribute. “There’s a nostalgia to them,” he says. “It’s sentimental, like someone is trying to get ahold of you. It’s a confessional tool. Any human being can use them." (article linked in comments)

1800 Happy Birthday is a voicemail project created to honor the Black and Brown victims of Police Killings and Systemic Racism by allowing people to leave and listen to voicemails left for the victims on their birthday

07/16/2020

Museums are working overtime to collect artifacts and ephemera from the pandemic and the racial justice movement, and they need your help.

05/19/2020

It’s easy to put these conversations off. It’s human nature to say, “I’ll get around to it eventually.” But why shouldn’t “eventually” be now?

I’ve spent years collecting intimate interviews. Take it from me: A conversation about life’s big questions is the very definition of time well spent.

02/24/2020

This goes right up our alley

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is going to fuse comedy with shocking real-life stories in True Story, a hybrid alternative-scripted series hosted by Ed Helms (The Office, The Hangover) and Randall Park (Fresh Off …

11/27/2019

Spending the holidays with family? Sit down a family member and record them with your phone. You'll be glad you did it later!

My dad has led an interesting life. Born in Berlin in 1930, he moved to the US in 1933. He served in the US Navy, then went to law school…

10/11/2019

This is a nice piece where two children reflect on their trailblazing mom. But I can't help but want to hear these stories in the mother's own voice.

This is your daily reminder that when people die, they take their story and their unique voice with them. Whether or not you ask our help or do it yourself - do yourself a favor and sit down and record the people you love. You'll thank yourself later.

Flip and Christine Cuddy remember their mother, Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Navy gunnery officer who served in World War II.

10/10/2019

We interviewed Bob and four of his closest friends for his Audio Chronicle. Also featuring Bill Safire. This story name drops author Betty Friedan and the infamous Roy Cohn. Fascinating life experiences here....

10/10/2019

The grandmother who inspired Audio Heirlooms. Cheers to Alice, my favorite storyteller. I’m so glad I got her adorable laugh and favorite sayings on tape a million times (“I’m tellin’ ya!”) She was my first Audio Heirlooms project and always my favorite.

10/10/2019

During family photos, the groom’s parents talk about their son and their own wedding. Click the link the our bio for more samples!

10/10/2019

Your wedding is a busy day, and you can’t be everywhere at once. An Audio Wedding can document some of the interesting interactions that you missed, and preserve the special voices and stories of your favorite friends and family.