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How to register
Individuals can reserve interview slots by calling (800) 850-4406 24 hours a day, seven days a weekor registering online at StoryCorps.net. The StoryCorps MobileBooth will open in Portland until September 25.
How to hear local pieces
In Portland, StoryCorps is partnering with WMPG's Blunt Youth Radio
Project, which will air a selection of the local stories on WMPG 90.9
and 104.1 FM. Selected segments may also air nationally on NPR's
Morning Edition.
How it works
A trained facilitator will handle the technical
aspects of the recording and help participants work through
a question list. At the end of a forty-minute session, the
participants get a CD of their interview. With their
permission, a second copy will be sent to the American Folklife
Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress where it becomes part of a
high quality digital archive. StoryCorps is the first born-digital
audio collection for AFC, the largest oral narrative collection in
the nation. This collection will eventually grow into an oral history
of America.
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We've all got a story. Why not record it? Mainers can do that by registering
for StoryCorps to record the personal histories of their
families, friends and colleagues. Made famous by NPR, StoryCorps will
record Mainers' stories at Portland's Congress Square through September 25. The mobile recording booth, housed in an iconic Airstream trailer, will record 160 interviews during the booth's stay in Portland. The project is being conducted locally by WMPG's Blunt Youth Radio project.
With over 7,000 stories already collected from the project's first year-and-a-half, StoryCorps, the largest oral-history project ever undertaken, will collect more than
250,000 interviews over the next ten years. Traveling to every corner of the United States, the project will be documenting everyday history and the unique stories of grassroots America.
Here are some participants' stories:
 George Senter and George Gilmore
"Fortunately I had a heavy sweater on..."
George Senter tells his nephew, George Gilmore about a mishap he had while growing up in Brunswick, Maine during the 20s and 30s.
"Listen"
 Gretchen and Johanna Greenberg
"I used to hitchhike all the time..."
Gretchen Greenberg tells her daughter, 18-year-old Deering High School Senior and Blunt member, Johanna Greenberg, about growing up in the 60s and 70s.
"Listen"
 Tim and Stephanie Sample
"I realized it wasn't all about me..."
Tim Sample tells his daughter, WMPG DJ, Stephanie Sample, how he feels about being a father.
"Listen"
 Rebecca Fuller and Jenny Francis
"It was the worst day in my life..."
Rebecca Fuller and Jenny Francis remember their brother Travis, who died in the Iraq war.
"Listen"
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