It doesn’t have to be a day of frenzied shopping…
David Isay, one of the most original minds in media, is the creator of Story Corps, the nationwide project that gets ordinary people to sit together and tell the stories that we never take the time to hear from our parents, grandparents, friends and other loved ones. Some of those stories end up on NPR, and some are just recorded for a family’s own safekeeping.
Now, Isay has decided to respond to the economic crisis with a National Day of Listening, on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It’s a way to capitalize on the fact that many of us will spend the holiday weekend with relatives or friends, and while we’ll catch up on what’s going on at work and how the family is doing, it’s much harder to carve out the time and figure out how to ask the essential questions about life that too often never get asked. On the Story Corps website, there’s a DIY page that offers recommendations for, well, doing it yourself…
Beats going to Kohl’s at 4:00 am?
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