StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving and sharing the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs, will record interviews in New Orleans from March 12 to April 8 as part of its cross-country MobileBooth tour.
StoryCorps’ MobileBooth — an Airstream trailer outfitted with a recording studio — will be parked at Doerr Furniture, 914 Elysian Fields Avenue at Burgundy Street in New Orleans. Reservations for recording will be available beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, and can be made by calling StoryCorps’ 24-hour toll-free reservation line at 1-800-850-4406, or by visiting storycorps.org. Additional recording appointments will be available beginning March 16.
StoryCorps’ MobileBooth interviews are conducted between two people who know and care about each other. A trained StoryCorps facilitator guides participants through the interview process. At the end of each 40-minute recording session, participants receive a complimentary CD copy of their interview. With participant permission, a second copy is archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for future generations to hear.
The 2010 edition of StoryCorps New Orleans, archived here, was selected and produced by WWNO producer Eileen Fleming, with support from the WWNO Productions Fund and from Villere & Co., managing the investments of New Orleans' families for almost 100 years.
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-911485.mp3Andrew Condon and his wife Megan came to New Orleans from Rhode Island for a…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-910271.mp3Rachel Martin remembers just about everything about her family's ordeal when…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-908629.mp3Paul Slattery has been in the New Orleans area since shortly after Hurricane…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-907823.mp3Joe and Gay DiGiovanni were in the final stages of planning a wedding in…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-905292.mp3Henry "Junior" Rodriguez spent his life in St. Bernard Parish, serving 32…
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Lynette Bates and her brother, Larnell Bates Jr., grew up in New Orleans. They celebrate the close bond they have with each other and others in their…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-902818.mp3New Orleans musicians Jim Atwood and Patti Adams were at their Colorado…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-901528.mp3Peter Mayer emigrated with his family from Germany as World War Two…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-900205.mp3Margie Vicknair-Pray and Luann Wenthold have been friends for 30 years. That…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-898607.mp3This conversation was recorded March 19th. In this segment of the StoryCorps…