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. $600
One polished 20-minute podcast episode capturing a specific meaningful story—professionally edited and produced.
Who is this for?
Choose a Story Capsule when you want to capture a key memory through multiple voices without a lengthy commitment. Perfect for families starting their storytelling journey, celebrating a milestone, or preserving highlights from one or more loved ones.
Family History Series: Your family’s full story, told across five episodes. $2,000
A comprehensive audio documentary series with five 20-minute episodes.
Who is this for?
Choose the Family History Series when you're ready to preserve your family's complete story across generations. Ideal for families who want to document how they got here—interviewing parents, grandparents, and siblings to create a comprehensive audio archive that connects the past to the present.
Voice Portrait: When one person’s story deserves the spotlight. $800
One professionally produced 45-minute episode featuring one family member.
Who is this for?
Choose a Voice Portrait for one story from one person that needs the full spotlight—a professional legacy at retirement, a grandparent's wartime service, or the experience that shaped everything else in their life. This service goes deep rather than wide.
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 a private podcast feed.
How it works
Discovery & Consultation
We start with a conversation about your goals—what story needs to be told, which memories matter most, and who should be part of the recording.
Recorded story sessions
Each participant joins me for one or more recorded interview sessions. These conversations are designed to surface the memories, details, and moments that make the story meaningful.
Production & Delivery
I craft the raw interviews into a polished audio story—weaving together voices, themes, and narrative into something intimate and professionally produced. You'll receive the final episode(s), unedited interview audio, and a private podcast feed.
Timeline
Projects typically take 3 weeks to 5 months depending on the service and family members' availability for interviews. We'll establish a timeline that works for your family during our initial consultation.
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.