Dave Isay is an author, radio producer, and the founder of StoryCorps and Sound Portraits Productions. He has won numerous awards for his work, including six Peabody Awards, two Hillman Prizes, a TED Prize, and a MacArthur fellowship. Some of Isay’s most notable edited collections include Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project and Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps.