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Voice Imprints

Introducing Voice Imprints

KWIT | By Mark Munger
Published September 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM CDT
Mara Hall (host) and her mom, Linda, smile together.
Mara Hall (host) and her mom, Linda, smile together.

Amidst the call back requests in our voicemail boxes are the messages that often go back years, the ones we keep. Mara Hall is hosting a new podcast where we can share these messages, the special recordings that recall a person as they were in a fleeting moment. She talked with us about how the idea came about and how you can take part.

If you have a message you would like to share, send us an email at voiceimprints@kwit.org.
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Mark Munger
Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.
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