David Isay is the founder of Sound Portraits Productions and StoryCorps. Over the course of his career he's won almost every award in broadcasting, including four Peabody Awards and two Robert F. Kennedy Awards. Isay has also received the Prix Italia, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the author (or co-author) of three books based on Sound Portraits radio stories -- Holding On, Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago, and Flophouse -- as well as Listening Is an Act of Love, a collection of StoryCorps stories.
My Lobotomy
By David Isay & Piya Kochar
My Lobotomy explores one of medical history’s most controversial chapters -- when transorbital lobotomies were widely condoned -- through one man’s personal journey. (more)
Every Day Voices
By David Isay & Alex Kotlowitz
David Isay and Alex Kotlowitz both try to discover extraordinary stories in "ordinary people." (more)
Ear to Ear
By Dan Collison & David Isay
David Isay and Dan Collison play excerpts of their radio documentary work and discuss specific challenges, triumphs, and surprises encountered while producing various stories. (more)
