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A nondescript booth in New York City's Grand Central Terminal will be the first collection point for a new national oral history project modeled after recordings made of ordinary Americans during the 1930s. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to David Isay about the StoryCorps project.

Ten years ago, award-winning producer Dave Isay teamed up with LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman to create two gritty, groundbreaking portraits of urban life. Today, Isay presents the story of Yanier "Blak" Moore, a former drug dealer turned author who was first discovered by Jones and Newman during their reporting in the Chicago housing projects.

At its core, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay says, the project is about letting people know their lives matter and won't be forgotten. The result often means that listeners have a good cry on their way to work. As the oral history project marks its 10th anniversary, NPR will be revisiting some of your favorite stories.

Among its questions, the committee is probing any conversations Kevin McCarthy had with former President Donald Trump on the day of the Capitol attack.

Lisa Isay, executive director of Bridges Ministries, describes her experiences distributing federal rental assistance in Jefferson County, Ala.

When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER: A SPECIAL SEGMENT ON OUR NEW RADIO CARTOON JULIUS KNIPL: (kuh-NIPL) REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER. INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH PRODUCER DAVID ISAY, WRITER AND NARRATOR BEN KATCHOR AND SOME OF THE ACTORS.... THEN THE FIRST INSTALLMENT.

Reggie (hard "G") Jones has been a lifeguard at Jones Beach n Long Island for 54 years. In this segment from producer David Isay's American Talkers" series, Jones reminisces about his summer job.

Dave Isay, who founded the StoryCorps project that's heard on NPR, has been recording stories about mothers -- by children, spouses, siblings, friends and mothers alike. He's collected some of them into a book called Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps.