Listening Is an Act of Love

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • The first-ever animated feature from StoryCorps celebrates the transformative power of listening. Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special presents six stories from 10 years of the innovative oral history project, where everyday people sit down together to ask life's important questions. Framing these intimate conversations from across the country is an interview between StoryCorps founder Dave Isay and his nine-year-old nephew, Benji, animated in the inimitable style of The Rauch Brothers.
    Listening Is an Act of Love will be broadcast by public television stations nationwide throughout the holiday season. Stations will be airing the special on varying dates through February 2014. For local broadcasts in the next two weeks, visit this link: www.pbs.org/pov....
    Funding Provided by:
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    The Ford Foundation
    In partnership with POV
    Directed by: The Rauch Brothers
    Art Direction: Bill Wray
    Producers: Lizzie Jacobs & Mike Rauch
    Animation: Tim Rauch
    Audio Produced by: Michael Garofalo, Nadia Reiman, & Katie Simon
    Music: Nick Yulman
    Please tell us about your StoryCorps viewing experience: bit.ly/2voUcZv

Комментарии • 258

  • @INeverWanted2010
    @INeverWanted2010 10 лет назад +397

    "StoryCorps has recorded thousands of conversations..." Then WHY are there only 24 videos on this channel?! Seriously, I would watch every last one. These stories are great and they make enrich my life.

    • @bobtheball5384
      @bobtheball5384 6 лет назад

      They're*

    • @wolfmadness6155
      @wolfmadness6155 6 лет назад +22

      Cuz they don't make every single conversation into a video

    • @pencilnib7106
      @pencilnib7106 4 года назад +14

      There’s an app with stories and I think you can hear them.

    • @StoutShako
      @StoutShako 4 года назад +22

      @@bobtheball5384 Your correction is wrong. OP used the right form of "there".

    • @bobtheball5384
      @bobtheball5384 4 года назад +16

      @@StoutShako
      Oh shit you right...
      *Why did it take 2 years for someone to correct me?*

  • @annatullison1482
    @annatullison1482 7 лет назад +171

    Miss Devine the BEST STORY EVER!!!!!!

  • @insanitymajor586
    @insanitymajor586 7 лет назад +90

    2:43 I found a old video recorder and a few tapes so I watched a few with my mom and she started crying because her grandmother was on it (she loves her grandmother probably more than her own mother) and she told me " I wasn't ready to hear that voice until heaven"so that's my story of how sentimental a type can be

  • @TheUstinovich
    @TheUstinovich 7 лет назад +131

    i was never able to speak to my grandparents because of a language barrier between us, but because of this I am going to try to learn russian so that I can ask my grandma everything i can

    • @mr.shepherd_1776
      @mr.shepherd_1776 7 лет назад +3

      Ra Usti good luck! :)

    • @sadisticpyro2330
      @sadisticpyro2330 4 года назад +1

      How is it going?

    • @deltanoob4945
      @deltanoob4945 3 года назад +1

      How's the language so far?

    • @zainabtello1639
      @zainabtello1639 2 года назад

      thats so amazing! i just realized this comments 5 years old, did you do it? i know learning a language is super hard im tryna learn spanish also. i hope you accomplished it :) have a nice day

  • @joemasters2270
    @joemasters2270 8 лет назад +66

    The story of the Chen family brought tears to my eyes. These are great!

  • @1aundulxaldin
    @1aundulxaldin 8 лет назад +82

    This was a really heartwarming. People with different stories. Different worlds that we don't see; but it's heartbreaking when you consider that so many of these stories never seem to reach the ear of the world as a whole, which only strengthens the sentiment that "Listening is Golden".

  • @TweekMorgan4dictator
    @TweekMorgan4dictator 5 лет назад +9

    Listening does mean a lot. I knew an old hippie, who'd always have a story. He would mention something, and I'd be like, "yeah, what about that thing?" And his face would light up, and he'd be so happy to talk about it... best part is, I got a good story out of it, and I love stories, so we both won. Now I know about his first concert (it was KISS when he was 17) and his first love, and he got to tell me all about it!

  • @Miserybahamut
    @Miserybahamut 9 лет назад +64

    Well, some just poured onion juice all around me. :wipes away tears:
    These are beautiful.

  • @d0nkeyt33f2
    @d0nkeyt33f2 7 лет назад +54

    R.I.P Kay the real G, Kay love you

  • @ippiookami13
    @ippiookami13 8 лет назад +20

    It's true. We really should slow down and listen a little more. TIme is precious, but not in the way most think.
    The last story had to have been my all time favorite.

  • @dallonjust.dallon8153
    @dallonjust.dallon8153 5 лет назад +3

    If storycorps didn’t exist I wouldn’t be the person I am today! THEY ARE THE REASON I HAVE FRIENDS!!!!

  • @lilsingingsensation
    @lilsingingsensation 10 лет назад +6

    I still just love that quote
    "who made you? God. Where is God? EVERYWHERE!"

  • @bruhmoment532
    @bruhmoment532 7 лет назад +102

    if everyone stopped and listened for a second
    who or what would they listen to?

    • @devo6579
      @devo6579 7 лет назад +2

      sten erich rannamägi top 10 questions science still can't answer

    • @lamp_lord8458
      @lamp_lord8458 6 лет назад +2

      You can't only listen you need to TALK

  • @irissingh4174
    @irissingh4174 10 лет назад +79

    I felt like God just open my eyes to life in so many different ways through this... cool

  • @kipofthemany2213
    @kipofthemany2213 8 лет назад +23

    These people are some of the best people on the planet! You guys have my infinite respect for spreading such a positive message. If your ever around Chicago, I'd love to be on the listening end of one of these interviews!

  • @josephinetyree1476
    @josephinetyree1476 9 лет назад +10

    It took me awhile to find StoryCorps....after seeing...two on TV...
    I grew up in NYC....and Grand Central was like home :)
    Tears are always a part of watching these mini stories...
    Thank you...for 'all' involved in making these ... : )

  • @user-bg4dj7ty8r
    @user-bg4dj7ty8r 6 лет назад +9

    I had tears rolling down my cheeks the whole time. Love them, like every single one of them.

  • @teacheratiqah
    @teacheratiqah 10 лет назад +1

    i was thinking the same thing! Because our grandparents were alive during the wars and the Japanese and British invasion, the stories were very intense but filled with beautiful sweet moments. . and man could my Grandma tell a story..

  • @1412Bunny
    @1412Bunny 10 лет назад +3

    I always start crying when Kay Wang's son talks about his mother and you can hear the tears in this voice. ;-;

  • @ImperialWarrior6490
    @ImperialWarrior6490 Месяц назад

    I broke down in the middle of video because the finally, fully hit me that all my grandparents have passed away. I have autism, so emotions are sometimes difficult and it can take a while for certain, major events in my life to fully catch up to me. This was the event that caused this realization to come crashing down. I miss them so much...
    I am absolutely going to watch more. These stories are so straight-from-the-heart and I cannot help but smile while watching them.

  • @Penguinbjear
    @Penguinbjear 10 лет назад +17

    These are so beautiful and inspirational. I'm going to take advantage of this holiday season and listen a little more to my family when we get together.

  • @lisajena42
    @lisajena42 10 лет назад +1

    listening to these reminds me of my father, and it makes me think about how he would see me now. and i can't stop crying. may he rest in peace.

  • @mrs.horton5998
    @mrs.horton5998 10 лет назад +3

    I love the Miss Divine story. If you have ever lived in a small southern town, you know a black woman like Miss Divine.

  • @brigland6566
    @brigland6566 10 лет назад +9

    WOW! I'm just so happy I came across this....what a wonderful idea! Very sweet!

  • @sweetrose3
    @sweetrose3 10 лет назад +1

    Brings me to tear, and it always make me think about my grandmother, my parents and my grandparents. So much memories.

  • @jilltraweek
    @jilltraweek 4 года назад +5

    This is just the BEST story ever. Miss Devine - Love it! Rrrrrrrrotten mangoes that smelled like liquor. lol.....

  • @davidmorris6443
    @davidmorris6443 4 года назад +1

    I have a 4 track tape recoding of my relitves and still do. 1950 60 and 70 its good to listen to yourself when i was a baby and 10 11 years old

  • @gustinlawis2997
    @gustinlawis2997 8 лет назад +8

    Thank You, this lifts my heart up! 😢

  • @LindsayKatWindel
    @LindsayKatWindel 7 лет назад +7

    I wish StoryCorps would come to Alaska.

  • @ShadowRainMemoirs
    @ShadowRainMemoirs 10 лет назад +6

    I've always enjoyed listening your stories and watching them come to life in animation. It always leaves me wanting more, like something similar to a series. Thankyou for creating a project/ program like this. I hope that maybe one day this'll become a global program.

  • @mintoh10
    @mintoh10 10 лет назад +2

    I wish I could do something like this in Malaysia. I'm sure there are so many stories that can be shared. I grew up listening to my Grandma tell me stories of her life as well as my family's lives. Storytelling and sharing stories. They are the best!

  • @ultrafaroecunt6014
    @ultrafaroecunt6014 7 лет назад

    Eddie's story really hit close home... My dad is struggling with alcoholism and the thing he always tells me is that I have to better than him when I grow old, and me about to go to college, I always get to see him smile when I leave our home.

  • @Whiskey_in_November
    @Whiskey_in_November 9 лет назад +1

    I wasn't ready for all these feels. I didn't even have a tissue box.

  • @stevewrightinca
    @stevewrightinca 4 года назад +5

    Absolutely brilliant! Every story was inspiring. Obviously I'm late to this party but just wanted to say thanks!

  • @TheDragonsRose
    @TheDragonsRose 10 лет назад +1

    Amazing. Never stop getting these stories from people... it's such a precious piece of life.

  • @estebangonzales139
    @estebangonzales139 6 лет назад +1

    Where have these videos been in my life, and why am I just finding these

  • @jakeaction81
    @jakeaction81 10 лет назад +1

    Storycorps. You have brought me so much happiness since I was introduced to your work. I am eternally grateful to you. I am a high functioning autistic who gets deeply sad more than I'd like to admit. But when I watch your video's I feel proud to be a part of the human race. Thank you x

  • @iamhanqi
    @iamhanqi 10 лет назад +1

    I look forward to these videos every time I open up RUclips.

  • @TheSirenNymph
    @TheSirenNymph 10 лет назад +2

    I got freaking excited when you showed what the interviewees actually looked like!

  • @birdland
    @birdland 10 лет назад +3

    I would love it if my life was just driving around and recording people's stories

  • @darkjaden2
    @darkjaden2 10 лет назад +4

    This is so beautiful, It always brings a smile to my face everytime I watch a Story Corps video, thank you for all your hard work, from Caracas, Venezuela

  • @idiotoclock1326
    @idiotoclock1326 10 лет назад

    This channel proved to me that the best stories don't have to have superhuman powers, magic, or action in every moment like in fictional novels, but the thoughts and memories of the people around us.

  • @jeffirons36
    @jeffirons36 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely love these, honestly I wish storycorps was local I love to talk about my father. Truly a beautiful thing

  • @eenbankberoven
    @eenbankberoven 8 лет назад

    StoryCorps sometimes brings me back to the good times?
    Hard to explain. It just really brings me back to the image of America I knew in 2005, when I was 5-6 years old.
    I remember feeling a security watching things on PBS like Arthur, Sesame Street or Curious George.
    It's like the world goes wrong a little bit but it's always fine in the end and it ends softly, (well at least some episodes here)
    or a simple message which shows the effect on others.. it just feels precious? It can feel the oxytocin flowing in me.
    Nowadays I'm more into really demented documentaries, have dark humor and have attachment issues, but what I really desire is people and their stories and just to get out of my disasociation.

  • @pathduck
    @pathduck 10 лет назад +1

    What StoryCorps is doing so amazing, it makes me laugh or cry when I listen to these real stories. Thank You!

  • @teresacisneros8169
    @teresacisneros8169 3 года назад

    The human connection is Amazing ..the laughter the tears the triumphs and failures makes us who we are ..Human ..tfs this heartwarming stories ..reminds us that we should make every moment count ..

  • @4pauledouglas
    @4pauledouglas 8 лет назад +3

    Yes, one incredible gift for this Thanksgiving!

  • @Kainan723
    @Kainan723 9 лет назад +1

    These storys are amazing they make my cry all kinds of ways thank you for making them.

  • @h032290
    @h032290 7 лет назад

    I'm in the middle of a very emotional storycorps session, but tomorrow, I'm going to ask my grandpa to share some stories with me. I want to know what his life was like when he grew up. If I never ask him these stories will never go on. Personal histories are so compelling and so much more important than we know.

  • @cedricnicholson7446
    @cedricnicholson7446 10 лет назад +1

    Funny, Sad, everyone has a story to tell. Thanks Story Corps!

  • @purrloin7769
    @purrloin7769 7 лет назад

    I just came across this channel earlier today and spent the better half of the day watching these videos. I honestly love them and give me a bit more faith in humanity and show that there is kindness in people.

  • @victoriawinters9988
    @victoriawinters9988 10 лет назад

    Storycorps and A Fault In Our Stars make me cry every single time.

  • @ashleighfranklin3001
    @ashleighfranklin3001 6 лет назад

    Netflix needs to pick this up and do as show....I would love to see these weekly.

  • @Fara1981
    @Fara1981 10 лет назад +1

    Love these, I could watch a whole hour or two of these stories, very heart warming.

  • @ElyciaJ
    @ElyciaJ 10 лет назад +1

    Every voice matters. Loving the line!

  • @leesquirrel3550
    @leesquirrel3550 4 года назад

    Please, please as a favor to me.watch this entire episode. We ALL need this message in this cold and mean time we live in. Consider it a gift to me. I love you all!

  • @iluvsakuraandsyaoran
    @iluvsakuraandsyaoran 10 лет назад

    I always cry when I listen to StoryCorps you guys are actually my favorites.

  • @silentfox2521
    @silentfox2521 6 лет назад +3

    This was heartwarming 10/10👍

  • @wendolenszazueta7422
    @wendolenszazueta7422 10 лет назад +1

    I absolutely love Story Corps...this needs to come to Utah!

  • @miguel101278
    @miguel101278 7 лет назад +1

    OMG !!! THANKS FOR THE STORIES !!!! LOVE THEM !!!!! HELLO FROM CONROE, TEXAS !!!

  • @hankthetank8039
    @hankthetank8039 6 лет назад

    What's interesting is that I watched all of these stories separately before watching this compilation (this comment was posted in 2018 for anyone confused), and it almost felt nostalgic seeing the figures in those videos walk into the StoryCorps trailer and take their seats.

  • @LLMcLoughlin
    @LLMcLoughlin 9 лет назад +3

    Thank you with so many "avenues".. I want to hear more from you.

  • @caa1000
    @caa1000 10 лет назад +1

    Well, I knew they had the StoryCorps PBS Special, but really thankful you place it on RUclips! Great job! :)

  • @SirAbyss
    @SirAbyss 10 лет назад +1

    We need another one of these. This is so beautiful.

  • @pundertalefan4391
    @pundertalefan4391 4 года назад +2

    It really is true. Ever since I was little I loved talking to my family members. I found out the most interesting things. Maybe one day I'll be on this channel. My family is pretty cool. :03

  • @janehowlett5158
    @janehowlett5158 3 года назад +1

    Worth every minute

  • @Triplejay14
    @Triplejay14 10 лет назад +1

    I feel so many things watching this. Thank you guys so much!

  • @MultiGamerClub
    @MultiGamerClub 4 года назад

    God i swear there's some story out here what makes my tears flow free..

  • @picklesthewise
    @picklesthewise 4 года назад

    The alcoholic story was tough and inspiring. As a former alcoholic, who definitely inherited it genetically, I would be devastated if I had a child that succumbed to the same fate. Thank goodness Eddie was there for David when he needed someone.

  • @gigginoxplayer
    @gigginoxplayer 10 лет назад +2

    I don't think anyone could have said that better.

  • @videosammy
    @videosammy 4 года назад

    Please make a kickstarter out of this and make more stories.
    Its good to hear the stories of everyday people. We get to see how we all go through problems in our lives and how we try to overcome them.

  • @Davidki
    @Davidki 10 лет назад

    Thank you storycorps and thank you all the people that share their stories. It is so nice to see something shares the human experience and sees people and individuals for who they are. Especially when there is so much that dehumanizes people now a days.

  • @Tiannatamale
    @Tiannatamale 10 лет назад +1

    I want you guys the come to New York, these stories are very inspirational and I would love to share

  • @Bakamanzz
    @Bakamanzz 10 лет назад

    Thank you Story Corp, I LOVE these. I can't explain it... They just feel like home.

  • @Cocoy3e
    @Cocoy3e 4 года назад

    Bless the animator of these forreal. I hope they're having as nice day !

  • @crimsondynamo615
    @crimsondynamo615 4 года назад

    I wish StoryCorps would come to Mississippi. I’d love to record my story for them. I found this channel last week and been on a tear just binging all their videos.

  • @heatherdelcambre8555
    @heatherdelcambre8555 10 лет назад +1

    OMG! This was WAAAYY better than I imagined it to be! I'm sharing this all over Facebook! You guys rock!

  • @ScarboroughFair68
    @ScarboroughFair68 10 лет назад

    This is such a wonderful and beautiful gift to the world! Listening truly is an act of love.

  • @ghostlymambo2290
    @ghostlymambo2290 7 лет назад +2

    I've been binging your guys' videos and each and every story has warmed my heart. Keep up the amazing work and art!!!

  • @buttermilkoreos8913
    @buttermilkoreos8913 3 года назад

    Eddie's story is one of the best ones

  • @tjcross2
    @tjcross2 7 лет назад

    Wow, this is just a wonderful thing to restore one's faith in humanity.

  • @a.l.a.7847
    @a.l.a.7847 Год назад

    So wonderful. Thank you, StoryCorps!

  • @CletusZuzarte
    @CletusZuzarte 6 лет назад

    Just wonderful! Hey! I have someone to listen in to! How transformative!

  • @NalakittyAMVs
    @NalakittyAMVs 10 лет назад +1

    God, these are always so beautiful. I loved this so much.

  • @bearmcbear6080
    @bearmcbear6080 10 лет назад +1

    Keep up the good work!

  • @judypal55
    @judypal55 10 лет назад

    Touching and compelling, and so funny when you see a familiar mannerism, that reminds you of someone you know!

  • @MsKindApple
    @MsKindApple 6 лет назад +1

    idk why but this made my cry, loved it

  • @bchangie101
    @bchangie101 4 года назад

    I love these stories, thank you

  • @gruntywunty1
    @gruntywunty1 10 лет назад +1

    Just beautiful! I love story corp!

  • @ginbertaltizo8759
    @ginbertaltizo8759 4 года назад

    The last part of the stories made me cry bc i miss my grandmother but i can't go there to help her because of this pandemic

  • @Bellz89
    @Bellz89 10 лет назад

    Great compilation of Old & New stories! x

  • @jfcool10
    @jfcool10 10 лет назад

    Really makes you feel good about the human race. Considering we are a social specie.

  • @ashnoval8310
    @ashnoval8310 8 лет назад

    Wow this video can actually can make anyone fill free it is like this video shows every difficulty in life that we all actually went through its really amazing that the people who made this went through all of this to wake up people and make them listen to the people who really need to be listened I mean how many people in school or if your an adult in the world have you seen being miserable I have a lot of people helping me out but somehow I kept on pushing them away this video taught me no not just me but to other people to listen or to be listen everyone should know that if we just stop and talk it actually mean that life isn't actually this cruel if you make someone listen then that makes everything great I remember everyday that I always went to the principal's office not being scolded but actually I wanted to talk to the principal but the time when I was grade 4 I stopped 1 year later I am grade 5 everyone can see I was very miserable but it never show this video change me.

  • @kimmale6725
    @kimmale6725 4 года назад

    Amen to this even in this year. love this video idk why i didnt get to watch this earlier. i hope you all the best story corps!

  • @nancylawrence7540
    @nancylawrence7540 3 года назад

    Best story ever! I listen to it over and over again

  • @SunnyyDayzz
    @SunnyyDayzz 4 года назад +1

    Anyone can write a story about anything, but the one's we love are the one's about other people's lives

  • @misswarchan
    @misswarchan 10 лет назад

    That was so cool that we get to see their real faces! What an emotional roller coaster! I laughed, cried and had to choke on my tongue to quite myself to hear more! :)

  • @laflamme7012
    @laflamme7012 7 лет назад

    My mother is a hard working woman. Even though she doesn't have a job she still does everything for me and my two sisters. She suffers from scoliosis and doesn't seek help for it. And was a heavy smoker for so long and is only now starting to quit. My dad is not even a decent man. At times I even prayed that when he went to work he would never come back. But we need him for money. We will be homeless without him but without my mom I will be alone. I'll have my friends sisters and dad but no one can step in her shoes and fill that void. I kinda just hope that she never leaves us.

  • @demona6662
    @demona6662 10 лет назад

    always makes me cry

  • @christianhernandez2112
    @christianhernandez2112 4 года назад

    This is so wholesome, this deserves more attention