Your family’s stories deserve to be heard.
Professional audio storytelling that captures the voices, memories, and moments that define your family—creating a lasting connection across generations.
Why audio?
Your grandmother's warmth comes through in her laugh. Your father's thoughtfulness lives in his pauses. The accent that connects your family to another place and time becomes part of the permanent record. Audio captures these elements naturally: the rhythm, emotion, and personality that make each voice distinct and irreplaceable.
Audio preserves the person behind the story.
Stories become part of your family's daily rhythm: during morning commutes, while cooking dinner, on long drives. Audio creates opportunities to stay connected to family history in the moments that make up your life.
For future generations, audio creates an irreplaceable connection. Your great-grandchildren won't hear about your grandfather, they’ll hear from him. They'll hear his voice, feel his presence, understand who he was as a person, not just a name in a family tree.
Audio is accessible and intimate.
There's something irreplaceable about hearing their story in their own voice.
Services
Story Capsule: For the story your family never gets tired of hearing. $700
One polished 20-minute podcast episode capturing a specific meaningful story—professionally edited and produced.
Choose your style:
Oral History: Just your family members’ voices telling the story, edited to flow naturally.
Narrated: Their voices woven with professional narration that adds context and shapes the memory into a complete narrative.
Family History Series: Your family’s full story, told across five episodes. $2,000
A comprehensive audio documentary series with five 20-minute episodes, professionally edited and produced.
Choose your style:
Oral History: Their stories flowing naturally across episodes, beautifully edited but not narrated.
Narrated: A fully produced audio documentary featuring their voices with narration that connects threads, adds historical context, and shapes memories into a cohesive narrative.
Want something else? Let’s talk.
Every family has a story worth preserving—and sometimes that story doesn't fit neatly into a standard package.
Let’s design something that fits your family’s story.
Audio Heirloom's custom projects are designed around your vision. Whether you need more episodes, specialized interview approaches, or a unique format entirely, we'll work together to build a service that honors your family's particular story.
All services include unedited interview audio, and private digital storage.
How it works
Discovery & Consultation
We start with a conversation about what you hope to learn, which memories matter most, and who you'd like me to interview.
Recorded story sessions
Each family member participates in a couple of 1-hour recorded interviews—guided conversations designed to surface the rich memories and stories that uniquely define your family.
Narrative crafting & Production
I transform these raw interviews into an audio series, weaving together voices, moments, and themes into something intimate, polished, and deeply meaningful.
Timeline
This process takes place over the course of 3-5 months, depending on the service, with check-ins along the way. However, the timeline for each project can vary, based on family members’ availability for interviews.
About me
Sam Zachar
I’m a journalist and podcast producer based in Brooklyn, NY, with a passion for storytelling and story preservation.
The combination of my background in journalism, podcast production, women’s and gender studies, and mental health advocacy gives me the ability to effectively and thoughtfully collect and preserve human-centered stories in an audio format. I’m a passionate storyteller, capable writer, and empathetic interviewer, creating content that is meaningful, centered on lived experience, and engaging for each family I work with.
My own family’s story
I captured my family’s stories in a podcast series, Shattered Glass, available wherever you listen. My own experience interviewing my older relatives reinforced the importance of not waiting to get loved ones “on the record”. There is so much to learn by asking the right questions, in a comfortable environment.
Contact Me
I would love to hear from you, and help collect and preserve your family’s stories. I view each opportunity to learn about another family’s history as an immense honor, something to be handled with care, curiosity, and respect.