City of West Hollywood

We’re creating an Audio time capsule of west hollywood!

You’re invited to help us tell the story.

StoryCorps is a national nonprofit that helps everyday Americans record, preserve, and share their stories. Since 2003, StoryCorps has given over half a million Americans the chance to record interviews about their lives. StoryCorps preserves the recordings at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. If you are a member of the West Hollywood community, we invite you to choose someone you care about and record an interview together.

Ask and answer questions like:

What brought you to West Hollywood? What keeps you here?

Tell me about one of your most joyful West Hollywood memories.

How has West Hollywood allowed you to live more fully as yourself?

What are your hopes for the future of West Hollywood?

There’s no “right” or “wrong” way to have a StoryCorps conversation. But, if you need an example to get started, listen to the conversation in the video on the right-hand column. You can use the free StoryCorps Connect online platform to record in the comfort of your own home. All you need is a strong internet connection, access to a laptop or desktop computer with a microphone, and an open heart.

Record Your Interview

How recording works

You’ll use the StoryCorps Virtual Recording Booth (powered by StoryCorps Connect) to record your conversation.

Step 1

Decide if you and your partner want to record in the same room or record from different locations.

Step 2

When you’re ready to record, create a free StoryCorps online account, then you’ll enter the StoryCorps Virtual Recording Booth.

Step 3

Hit “Start Recording Audio“, follow the prompts to introduce yourself, and dig into your conversation!

Step 4

When you’ve finished, you’ll be prompted to save your recording as part of the City of West Hollywood Collection in the Archive.

Record Your Interview

Recording faq

Everyone! The goal is to create an archive that represents our community as much as possible. Your stories, and the stories of your loved ones, are an important piece.

StoryCorps conversations are mChoose someone you care about – a loved one, a friend, a mentor, a neighbor, etc – whose experiences or wisdom you want to document and celebrate.

StoryCorps conversations are meant to be spontaneous, authentic, and unscripted. We’ve developed a list of great questions to inspire your conversation, but ultimately what you talk about during your recording is entirely up to you. Follow your curiosity, and use this as an opportunity to ask the questions you’ve always wanted to ask, or document special stories you want to preserve.

When you complete your interview, it will automatically be saved in the StoryCorps archive as part of the West Hollywood Collection. You’ll have the ability to control the privacy settings for your interview in the archive – with the option to either make your interview public, or to make it accessible only to other StoryCorps online archive users. (You can also delete recordings, and record new interviews, if you need to.) You can adjust your privacy settings at any time.

The City of West Hollywood will be celebrating and sharing this interview archive locally as part of West Hollywood’s 40th celebration along with community engagement projects. It will not be used for any commercial or advertising purposes. We’re excited to share these projects as they come together! For more information, please contact Sheri Lunn at [email protected]