Listen to Ellie Kahn, Oral Historian from Los Angeles, talks about the cathartic effects telling life story is for people who are cognizant of the end of their life.

Phyllis Edwards retired to Pacific Grove in California and looked forward to writing stories of her life. Little did she know that the free memory writing class she attended at the library would get her writing about her new town in a way she never knew existed.

Today we talk about two things – the magic of memoir writing, and the how Patricia Hamilton got her town to write a book.

Episode 12 is a two-part interview with memoir poet Sabrena Leroy. She tell us her experience writing memoir as poetry. And listen to the second half where Songfinch puts her poetry to music.

Three people tell us about Songfinch, the company that puts your life story to a tune.

Anne K talks about how hiring a memoirist was the golden trick to making her mother’s memoir a reality.

Husband and wife video team Paul English and Alison Crossley from near Sydney talk about recording personal memoir and business stories on video.

Listen to Linda Stambaugh tell us the surprising things she learned when she hired a Personal Historian to help her write her parent's memoirs. She has advice on how to get started as well as how to get contributors to the book on focus.

Martie McNabb is a Personal Historian/ Visual Storyteller, and she takes us on an interesting journey through the story of "things" explaining how we can tell our stories through our objects. I review the Storycatcher app that helps you record family stories and share them easily.

Brian Moore, personal historian form Syracuse talks about his work recording memoir for people. Heather Bucalos reflects on how she felt about recording a one-hour conversation she had with Brian about her battle against cancer.