StoryCorps Leaves Logan but Interviews Document Visit

Approximately 240 individuals took part in 120 interviews that were recorded Aug. 2-25 during National Public Radio’s StoryCorps stay in Logan. Although the mobile booth has moved on to Las Cruces, N.M., Utah Public Radio listeners can hear segments from the interviews recorded locally. These broadcasts begin Friday, Aug. 31, at 5:30 p.m., during “All Things Considered.” The interview segments will be repeated Monday mornings at 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. during “Morning Edition.” Utah Public Radio is heard in Cache Valley at 89.5 and 91.5 FM. A complete list of station translators is online, as is the StoryCorps audio archive.

The StoryCorps visit in Logan is documented in a Blog Spot (with a link from the UPR homepage), including summaries of several of the notable interviews. There’s a roundup of various activities the StoryCorps team members experienced as well.

 

Highlighted is an interview with Andy Zimmer and Tod Apendaike, arranged by USU’s Center for Persons with Disabilities. The center was a partner in the StoryCorps project.

 

StoryCorps facilitators Rachel Falcone and Daniel Littlewood took time to tour the facilities on campus and got an inside look at the ceramics program in the Department of Art. Ceramics program head John Neely was interviewed by former graduate student and potter Rachel Berg.

 

The blog also highlights a local social center, The White Owl, and its link to love with the story of StoryCorps volunteer Lynne McNeill and her husband, Stephen.

 

Logan Canyon, Bear Lake, the Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island were stops for the facilitators during their stay.

 

StoryCorps was established to create an oral history of regular citizens, allowing everyday Americans to preserve personal stories for their families and for future generations across the nation. StoryCorps is a project of Sound Portraits Productions in partnership with NPR and the Library of Congress. Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with local funding from the Utah Humanities Council and Best Western Baugh Motel of Logan.

 

Utah Public Radio is a service of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at USU.