Dave Isay

StoryCorps founder and editor of LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project

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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 …

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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 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

Featured Book

Featured book's cover LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps project "These stories come from the souls of individual Americans. Collectively, they are who we are as a people. You cannot read this book without feeling proud of your country."—Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley Buy Books now!
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