The key to a meaningful Legacy Interview are the questions we ask to guide your loved one to share their experiences. Our questions have a sense of flow to them, but since each guest is unique, no two people get asked the exact same set of questions.

Online interviews can look and sound great if you focus on your microphone, where you place your camera, the lighting and the background.

More than 70% of Legacy Interviews guests are from outside of the St. Louis metropolitan area. If you’re traveling from out of town, these tips will help you make the most of your visit to St. Louis.

I am writing these Conversation Field Guide with the hopes that it can be used to one day train another Legacy Interviews host. Even if we had 100 great hosts, we could not capture all of the stories that need to be recorded.

Humanity started snapping pics about 200 years ago.

Today, we are inundated with photos, sounds, and videos, assailed by screens from all sides. Television ads, movies, trailers before movies, ads before trailers, trailers for the ads…

Legacy Interviews reveal stories that families have never heard before. Watching the interview with your family you will be able to stop, answer questions, clarify details and laugh with your family.

Editing Legacy Interviews, I get to know clients much better than I ever do when they are in the studio. They tell me all about themselves, and I don’t say a word. I’ve learned that people are more than the sum of their experiences.

Anxiety about recording a Legacy Interview is normal.

If a guest sees their role as the protector of the family image or is a person that avoids the spotlight, a Legacy Interview can be intimidating.

Every family has stories recounted at holidays and birthday parties. We tell stories (sometimes repeatedly) because we believe they are important. Why they are important, however, is not always apparent – not even to the storyteller.

The first question in a Legacy Interview, sets the tone, builds confidence, and provides valuable insights into your family history. This helps preserve the past and guide future conversations while revealing details about your guest.