Every Friday morning when I'm getting ready for work - around 7:20am to 7:25am - I listen to StoryCorps on NPR radio. It is something I look forward to every week.
StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization that arranges personal interviews between loved ones where they are able to ask one another questions of the heart. The session is recorded and then archived and preserved at the Library of Congress for future generations.
A selection of the stories have been wonderfully animated to raise awareness of the program. Here is a funny and touching session called "No More Questions!"
In this session, Kay Wang was a strong-willed grandmother who was reluctantly taken to a StoryCorps booth by her son and granddaughter. Though Kay resisted, she still had stories to tell—from disobeying her mother and rebuffing suitors while growing up in China to late-life adventures as a detective for Bloomingdale's department store. Kay passed away just weeks after that interview, and her son and granddaughter returned to StoryCorps to remember her gentler side, which she kept to herself.
Keep in mind while watching this short - that you are listening to the actual audio recording from the session. Enjoy.
StoryCorps is partnering with the UALR radio station KUAR/KLRE to record, preserve, and share the stories of communities in Little Rock, AR from March 29, 2012 – April 28, 2012. Go to their website to register and learn how you can participate.
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