A warm, guided conversation with a patient AI interviewer, from home, over as many sittings as you like. We ask the questions; all you have to do is talk. We turn it into a produced audio heirloom your family keeps forever.
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You remember all of it. The people who come after you won't, unless someone captures it.
The facts of a life are easy to list. What's hard to keep is the inside of it: what you feared, what you chose, what it actually felt like to be there. That doesn't survive on its own. It has to be recorded, in your own voice, while you're here to tell it.
Three unhurried steps. You do the talking; we do the rest.
A short form after purchase: what you'd most like to capture, anything you'd rather leave out, and whether there's an occasion in mind. Then you get a private link.
The interviewer listens, follows the threads that matter and never rushes. Wandering off topic is welcome; some of the best stories begin with a tangent. Stop whenever you like and carry on another day, on the web or, in Australia and the US, by phone.
We master the audio and write it up as your story on a private heirloom page. You review it, suggest any corrections, and share it with your family.
Listen, and choose the voice that feels right for you.
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 you 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 your life, family photos and, where the story suits it, painted illustrations. The full transcript comes as a Word document.
Download the audio and transcript to keep forever. Share the private page with your family, and tell us about any names or spellings to fix before it's final.
Not every life looks the same. A migration, a survival, a family raised against the odds, or an ordinary life lived with extraordinary care. Whatever yours is, it belongs to everyone who comes after. See a finished heirloom →
Children who know their family stories, including what their grandparents feared and hoped and chose, show measurably higher self-esteem, resilience, and sense of identity. The research is consistent. Recording your own story preserves a life, and it helps build 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 fear that came before the courage, the ordinary life lived with extraordinary care.
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.
As many conversations as you need. A lifetime worth keeping.
Up to five hours of conversation, across as many sittings as you like. Nobody is cut off mid-story.
One payment. No subscription.
Start your 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.
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 of us mean to record our story one day. We make it happen now: you talk, we do the rest.
Start your storyDone for you, now. Not “one day”.
