AudioPortraits©

Founder, Margaret Evans

United States

An AudioPortrait is a sound investment in the past for the future. It's the legacy of a lifetime.

Your AudioPortrait could be the story of an individual or family, or an oral history of your organization or company. We customize your recollections for a commemorative event, anniversary, retirement, or anything and anyone you choose as the focus of your AudioPortrait.

Our producers preserve your memories in state-of-the-art audio with your selection of personalized production options.

Feel free to listen to some of our samples below. And, if you're interested in hiring us to produce an AudioPortrait for you, please email [email protected].

Portfolio
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Selma, an AudioPortrait

Selma Sternstein was the beloved only child in an extended family that forged early Jewish history in Boston. Listen as she recalls her life of privilege and adversity.

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Helen, An AudioPortrait

Helen Strieder grew up in Boston, one of three close sisters. As Helen reflects on her life, her family takes center stage: "It means warmth and comfort and being loved without being judged."

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AudioPortraits© excerpts

This is a sampler file of excerpts from some AudioPortraits-style interviews, features, and documentaries on which I've worked. Choose your own AudioPortrait production options.

MIT Media Lab audio profiles
Meet the Labbers

This series of mini AudioPortraits takes you inside what 60 Minutes called "The Future Factory." Each episode profiles a different member of the Media Lab community.

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"One team, one fight"

U.S. Navy veteran Ricardo Figueroa continues to serve in many ways, including taking part in the Run to Home Base every year because, as he says, “it’s one team, one fight.” [Photo: Cullen McIntyre]

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Patritia ... "with a t"

Patritia Eileen Sebastian Nagle loved family, home, reading, and opera (especially Joan Sutherland.) In this AudioPortrait, she reflects on a life well lived.

SoundCloud oral history
1914: A Nurse's Chronicle

Barbara Jean Roberts was a young nurse when she traveled from England to Australia at the outset of WWI. This is a dramatic, sound-rich recreation of her journal from that voyage.

ABC Radio oral history
Tea & Wireless

Tea & Wireless is a three-part audio series about serials and soapies on Australian radio — from before WWI to the WWII heyday to the end of the era in the 1970s. Listen to Part 1: The Early Days.

ABC Radio oral history
Changi Concert Party

Talk about a captive audience. This is an oral history about the Changi Concert Party. Mostly Australians, they formed the group after being captured as POWs during WWII.

Boston University oral history
Legacy of Leadership

Boston University's School of Nursing had its beginnings in the wake of World War II, growing until its abrupt closure in 1988. But the school's influence endures to this day.