Win a Free Tales Episode!
$150 value
Enter to win a free professional interview with your loved one
The Prize
The winner of the Storyteller of the Month will receive a free Tales episode which includes:
- One 30-minute professional interview with a loved one of their choice
- Polished edit
- Sound mixing and mastering
- Dedicated coordinator
- Curated musical overlay
- Narrative intro
How to Enter
- Click the button below
- Tell us who you are nominating for Storyteller of the Month
- Tell us why you are nominating them and why you would like their story recorded
- Cross your fingers 🤞
Our Mission
6,000 people die every day in the United States, taking their stories with them. It's a tragedy that so many of these memories will fade and be forgotten with the passage of time.
Our mission at Tales.com is to do our best to make sure those stories live on. Here's how we do it...
What We Do
Our professional interviewers speak with your loved one and record their stories. Then we edit it and deliver a professionally-produced podcast episode that your family will treasure forever.
Here's an example.
Meet Carl Santoro.
Carl is a husband and father of two. His sons, Carlos and Brock, were on a vacation with their father when he started telling stories they had never heard before. At that moment, they realized that almost all of their family's history and stories were in their father's head and none of it was recorded anywhere.
So they went searching for an easy way to record these stories and found Tales.com.
Kevin, one of Tales' professional interviewers, spoke with Carl asking him about his childhood and his memories of his immediate and extended family.
With one interview, this is what we are able to produce:
- One professionally-produced podcast episode at personal webpage
- Two sharable clips for social media
- One animated clip for social media (additional charge)
This is the exact same process we will be doing with the winner of the Storyteller of the Month contest.
We are incredibly excited to choose a winner and record their stories. We hope it's your loved one!
FAQ
Tales is the easiest way to record your family's most important memories.
Our professional interviewers speak with your loved one (over the phone or over Zoom). Then that interview will be edited and polished and you will receive a professionally produced podcast episodes so that you'll have their stories forever.
Think of your favorite podcast or radio show (e.g., This American Life or Howard Stern).Now imagine that focused on a person, relationship, or life event that matters to you.
That’s Tales.
Still not sure what it is? Have a listen to some of our sample Tales.
Tales conducts interviews about a subject of your choice.
Step 1. You choose the subject.
Tell us who to talk to (e.g., family, friends, or colleagues) and what subjects you'd like us to explore with them.
Step 2. We do all the work.
We will handle all of the scheduling and professional interviewers will conduct the interviews either over the phone or over Zoom, whichever is easiest for the guest. Then we edit the episode and add a curated musical overlay to make it sound like something that wouldn't feel out of place on NPR.
Step 3. You get a personal podcast to gift or share with friends and family.
Waiting at a private webpage that is easy to share with family or friends or keep to yourself. It's up to you!
All you need to do is:
1. Click the button above that says "Nominate your loved one"
2. Tell us who you are nominating for Storyteller of the Month
3. Tell us why you are nominating them and why you would like their story recorded
4. Cross your fingers that they are chosen to be the Storyteller of the Month!
The Storyteller of the Month contest will end September 30th at 11:59pm MDT.
The winner will be announced the following day.
The Storyteller of the Month will be chosen at random using a random number generator.
