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#66 - Sit With Me

From: SALTcast Podcast
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How can StoryCorps take their features to the next level? This Saltcast offers one example. Read the full description.
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I hope you're sitting down. I'm going to say something heretical. Ready?

I'm kinda tired of StoryCorps.

Let me explain. On so many levels, StoryCorps is genius. It's the nation's largest oral history project -- ever. And, it's peer to peer (mostly) with people interviewing one another. The stories are heartfelt and honest. What could be better on the radio, right?

Problem is, I think the stories are predictable. Not all the time, to be sure, but often.

On this Saltcast, we listen to a story produced at Salt several years ago that, in-house, we called "StoryCorps Plus." Take a listen and let us know if you think the approach to recording and producing this story might be a way for StoryCorps to take their productions to the next level.

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I hope you're sitting down. I'm going to say something heretical. Ready?

I'm kinda tired of StoryCorps.

Let me explain. On so many levels, StoryCorps is genius. It's the nation's largest oral history project -- ever. And, it's peer to peer (mostly) with people interviewing one another. The stories are heartfelt and honest. What could be better on the radio, right?

Problem is, I think the stories are predictable. Not all the time, to be sure, but often.

On this Saltcast, we listen to a story produced at Salt several years ago that, in-house, we called "StoryCorps Plus." Take a listen and let us know if you think the approach to recording and producing this story might be a way for StoryCorps to take their productions to the next level.

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