StoryCorps Legacy provides people with serious illness of all ages and their families the opportunity to record, preserve, and share their stories.

Partnering with StoryCorps Legacy

We partner with organizations that serve people with serious illness and their families. These include hospice care, palliative care, and disease-specific centers. We assist our partners in incorporating the StoryCorps interview experience into their existing services by training and preparing them to conduct and record interviews using equipment that we provide.

To learn more about partnerships, see our Legacy One-pager and the Legacy Partnerships Step-by-Step Guide or call 646-723-7027.

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Listen to Stories

“I wanted a picture of the person who had allowed me to live.”

Rick Bounds and Dorothy Biernack talk about how they met. Read more...

Recorded in Baltimore, MD

“How did you feel at such a young age to have such a big sickness?”

When Elizabeth Chatelain first took her teenaged daughter Christy Jourdain to the hospital, she thought Christy was suffering from an asthma attack. But Christy was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and went on to receive a heart transplant. Mother and daughter recorded for Storycorps Legacy as they prepared to take Christy back home from the hospital with a brand new heart.

Recorded in New York, NY

“I don't think I ever felt more beautiful than I did that day...”

Lorraine Benavides talks about being diagnosed with cancer, the faith that kept her strong throughout her treatment and the endless support she received from friends and family.

Recorded in Oxnard, CA

“What is your legacy?”

Frank Lilley interviews his stepfather, David Plant, about approaching the end of his life. Read more...

Recorded in New London, NH

Major funding for StoryCorps Legacy is provided by

Joseph and Carol Reich

With additional funding provided by

The Archstone Foundation and The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation