The laugh, the pauses, the way they tell it. A patient AI interviewer draws out their stories, and we turn them into an audio heirloom your family keeps forever.
Have a short, private conversation with the interviewer, right in your browser. No signup required.
From gift to heirloom in three unhurried steps. You do the giving; we do the rest.
A short form after purchase: who they are, the stories you hope to hear, anything to steer around. We send them a private link, or you can hand it to them yourself. Recording your own story? That works too.
The interviewer listens, follows the threads that matter and never rushes. It feels less like an interview and more like a good conversation. They can stop whenever they like and carry on another day; the interviewer remembers where they left off.
We master the audio and write it up as their story on a private heirloom page. Your family reviews it, suggests any corrections, and keeps it for generations.
Not a recording sitting in a folder. A finished heirloom, ready to listen to, read and pass on.
Every word, professionally mastered so it sounds like them on a good day. Play it from the start, or jump straight to a chapter or a favourite moment.
A private heirloom page that tells it in chapters, with highlights, themes, a timeline of their life, family photos and, where the story suits them, painted illustrations. The full transcript comes as a Word document.
Download the audio and transcript to keep forever, or print the page and save it as a PDF. Share the private page with the family, and tell us about any names or spellings to fix before it's final.
Two samples, built exactly the way a real heirloom is. The storytellers are fictional; every real heirloom is private to its family.
From a small house in Ballarat to the shop on Lygon Street: three conversations about family, faith and what she hopes her grandchildren keep.
Open Margaret's heirloom →
How a fitter and turner mortgaged the house in 1978, built Hartley Engineering in a rented shed, and learned to hand it on to his daughter.
Open Ray's heirloom →A gift for them, and for every generation after.
Give it as a gift →The story behind what your family built.
Their story →The origin story, in the founder's own words.
The founding story →Some stories you can only tell yourself.
Record yours →Children who know their family stories, the facts and also the feelings inside them, show measurably higher self-esteem, resilience, and sense of identity. The research is clear. Preserving a life story is also a gift to the next generation.
Mike Boyd
Host, The Business of Family
For a decade, Mike Boyd has been in conversation with generational business families: first in private, and later on The Business of Family podcast, where dozens of those interviews have been published. The most valuable part was never the structure. It was always the human story underneath, the connective tissue between generations.
Everything he learned from those conversations, what to ask, when to wait, when to follow a thread, when to leave something alone, is built into the interviewer at the heart of Enduring Stories. It is not a generic chatbot with a list of questions. It is a guided conversation, built by someone who has spent years having them.
The interviewer is the heart of it. Choose the voice that feels right, listen, then meet them properly.
"I gave this to my dad for his 75th, not really knowing what to expect. Hearing him tell stories I had never heard, in his own voice, completely undid me. My children will have this long after he is gone. It is the most meaningful gift our family has ever given."
Rebecca Hollis · Melbourne
As many conversations as they need. A lifetime worth keeping.
Up to five hours of conversation, across as many sittings as they like. Nobody is cut off mid-story.
One payment. No subscription.
Start their story30-day money-back guarantee. If it isn't right for your family, tell us within 30 days and we'll refund you in full.
Giving it as a gift? After checkout you choose whether we email them a private link or you get them started yourself. They can start when they're ready.
For an in-person recording with several generations of the family, over one or two days: from US$25,000. Enquire about Legacy
Everything is private and belongs to your family. We do not use your family's recordings to train AI.
Most families mean to record these stories one day. We make it happen now: you give it, they talk, we do the rest.
Start their storyKept for the people who come after them.
