Penguin Speakers Bureau
Biography
Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. Dave has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a Un …
Read moreDave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. Dave has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship. He is the author (or co-author) of four books based on Sound Portraits radio stories, including Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago and Flophouse. He and his wife, Jennifer Gonnerman, live in Brooklyn.
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Speaking Topics
- An American Revolution: How the Act of Listening Can Change the Fabric of Our Society
- A True Portrait of America, From the Bottom Up
- Authenticity in a Mediated World: Why Collecting Our Personal Stories Matters
- What Connects Us All: Tales of Love, Loss, Work and Family in America
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Mom
"Readers will encounter an emotional range from heart-wrenching to inspirational in these compelling maternal accounts." —Publishers Weekly 
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Media
- "StoryCorps on PBS: Must-See, Can't-Miss, Your-Life-Depends-on-It TV"—TIME.com
- "In Pilsen Neighborhood, Collecting Latino Stories"—The New York Times
- Dave Isay talks about Mom on The Colbert Report
- Excerpt from Listening Is an Act of Love—ABC News
- Dave Isay on NBC's The Today Show
- “The greatest story never told”—The Villager
- “Stonewall Riots 40th Anniversary”—Democracy Now