A celebration of the relationships that bring us strength, purpose, and joyTies That Bind honors the people who nourish and strengthen us. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay draws from ten years of the revolutionary oral history project’s rich archives, collecting conversations that celebrate the power of the human bond and capture the moment at which individuals become family. Between blood relations, friends, coworkers, and neighbors, in the most trying circumstances and in the unlikeliest of places, enduring connections are formed and lives are forever changed.The stories shared in Ties That Bind reveal our need to reach out, to support, and to share life’s burdens and joys. We meet two brothers, separately cast out by their parents, who reconnect and rebuild a new family around each other. We encounter unexpected joy: A gay woman reveals to her beloved granddaughter that she grew up believing that family was a happiness she would never be able to experience. We witness lifechanging friendship: An Iraq war veteran recalls his wartime bond with two local children and how his relationship with his wife helped him overcome the trauma of losing them.Against unspeakable odds, at their most desperate moments, the individuals we meet in Ties That Bind find their way to one another, discovering hope and healing. Commemorating ten years of StoryCorps, the conversations collected in Ties That Bind are testament to the transformational power of listening.

Original radio broadcasts from the Golden Age of Yiddish radio (1930-1955) provide a look into Jewish immigrant culture during the first half of the 20th century, with searing dramas, swinging music, news programs, advice and game shows, man-on-the-street interviews, commericals, and shtick. Translations performed by a cast including Carl Reiner, Eli Wallach, and many others.

Product Description: Designed for non-native speakers of English, Twelve American Voices presents a series of entertaining and culturally rich radio documentaries by award-winning producer David Isay. These stories, which were first broadcast on National Public Radio, focus on a range of individuals living and working in contemporary America, from an immigrant Chinese restaurant owner in New York City to an African-American waitress in the South, from the owner of a wedding chapel to a retired couple who have become disc jockeys...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An unforgettable photographic odyssey into New York City's eight remaining flophouses in the Bowery district captures the life stories of the men, representing all backgrounds, races, and classes, who dwell in the forgotten underbelly of one of the world's great cities. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Holding On: Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics and Other American Heroes is a collection of radio documentaries from the American Folklife Radio Project. David Isay spent 2 years travelling the country "in search of the small stories and large legends which comprise our heritage...read more

Based on the award-winning National Public Radio series, a photographic tribute celebrates some of America's greatest characters, from a Woolworth's lunch-counter waitress to a coon-dog graveyard caretaker.