Conversations of a Lifetime

We thank Femke Stuut from the Netherlands for sharing StoryCorps with Actualise. StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening.

By recording the stories of our lives with the people we care about, we experience our history, hopes, and humanity.

Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home and share, and is archived for generations to come at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to our award-winning broadcasts on public radio and the Internet. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, creating a growing portrait of who we really are as Americans.

Femke’s favourite three stories…

Danny and Annie Perasa
Danny and Annie Perasa remember their first date in an interview recorded in 2004 and their final recording.
Click here to Listen to their story

Scott and Catherine Kohanek
Husband and wife Scott and Catherine Kohanek remember how they met.
Click here to Listen to their story

Douglas DeSilvey on hurricane Katrina
Douglas P. deSilvey talks about losing his wife, daughter, mother-in-law, and father-in-law in Hurricane Katrina.
Click here to Listen to his story