Interview

For my interview subject, I chose my friend Shane. I chose him because he is someone I have known for a long time. He is someone that I know well and respect. He has some interesting stories from his childhood growing up in Ohio. I prepared questions about "Growing Up".
I contacted Story Corps at this address: http://www.storycorps.net/record-your-story/locations/new-york-ny. I made a reservation for Jan. 28. (You don't need to do this; its just a project that uses oral histories and I wanted to check it out.)
Yesterday evening, we met downtown and took the train to City Hall. When we got off of the train, we found Foley Square and entered the Story Corps booth. Inside, it was very warm and the lights were low. We were surrounded by some of the most amazing audio equipment. The facilitator turned on the equipment and I began to ask my questions. Sometimes there was dead silence, but I prepared extra questions to keep the conversation rolling. Shane provided some great stories about his life. When it was over, we received a CD of the interview, and got our picture taken.
Today I plan to listen to my audio playback and make my notes on what Shane said.