Group Crying (almost)

Training in Fairbanks has been going well so far. There are many technical aspects to the job. Each team will be bringing $10,000 worth of equipment into each town, none of which has been tested in -40 degree weather or withstood a bumpy snow machine ride.

My favorite part of training so far has been learning about production because we got to just listen to a bunch of StoryCorps clips. And that’s when it hit me, how great this whole thing is. In the training room, I was surrounded by other people who got choked up and a bit teary-eyed listening to these 2-3 minute clips of other people’s stories. It was such a great feeling to know that, while I’ve only just met these people and will most likely never see them again after we all go our separate ways, we all had this thing in common – the knowledge that StoryCorps is important and that what we’re about to embark on has the potential to be truly remarkable.