Comments for Drive Feature with David Isay

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Summary: StoryCorps creator David Isay talks about ripples of hope public radio provides.
 

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Review of Drive Feature with David Isay

This piece stakes a paticular territory that is not for everyone; it's sweet, it's delicate, it's very intimate and, in the wrong hands, this would be cloying or sentimental. Isay's tape and delivery, coupled with VPR's editing and overall taste level, delivers a piece that lets the listener have a full, natural emotional response. The producers know their material is strong and they create room for you to interact with the material. The piece becomes worthy of study, however, because the producers do not lose heart when it comes time to close - it's confident, direct yet still consistent with the tone of what preceded it.

Finally, the piece is worth study because it's efficient - the overall production allows the piece to move across dayparts and program formats.