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Eastern Standard

StoryCorps Founder David Isay & Grammy-Winner Ricky Skaggs on Eastern Standard

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Published December 23, 2013 at 6:24 PM EST

In a special holiday program, the founder of StoryCorps discusses the iconic public radio features 10th anniversary and the recently-released book, Ties That Bind: Stories of Love & Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps (2013, Penguin Press) ; and Grammy Winner and Kentucky native Ricky Skaggs discusses his autobiography, Kentucky Traveler: My Life In Music. (2013 itbooks)

StoryCorps Founder David Isay and Grammy Winner Ricky Skaggs are guests on this week's Eastern Standard

StoryCorps Founder & author David Isay

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