Father's Day: the gift he'll actually tell you about

Father's Day is Sunday, June 20, 2027.

Father's Day is coming up.

Dads are hard to buy for and harder to get talking. He doesn't want a gadget, he has plenty of ties, and if you sat him down and said "Tell me about your life," you'd get a shrug. But ask how he got his first job, or who taught him to fix an engine, and it's a different conversation.

This gift opens that conversation. He gets a link with your note. When he's ready, he presses a button and talks. The AI interviewer starts with something concrete, then asks about the people and places he mentions. It doesn't ask him how he feels. It asks what happened next.

You end up with his voice, telling stories you may not have heard, and a written version to keep. Some of it you'll want your kids to hear one day. He'll also probably tell you about it, which is more than you can say for a tie.

How the timing works

1. Today: buy it, write a note and choose the delivery date.
2. On Father's Day: we email the invitation. Or send the link yourself whenever you like.
3. When they're ready: they talk, in one sitting or several.
4. After they finish: the story is usually ready within minutes, with the recording and PDF.

The gift is the invitation, so there is nothing to ship and nothing that can arrive late. How soon you get the story depends on when they choose to talk.

What they will actually do

They open the link on a phone, tablet or computer. There's no app, no account and no password. They see your note, agree to be recorded, and then see one question in large type with one big button. They press it, talk for as long as they like and press it again. The next question follows from what they just said. They can stop at any time, come back another day, take back any answer or delete everything.

If a phone isn't their thing, sit down with them and use yours. You can run the controls while they talk, and you may hear something new yourself.

Three notes you can copy

Dad, you've told me how to do a lot of things. I'd like to hear how you learned them. Whenever you've got a few minutes.

No tie this year. Just a few good questions, and all the time you want to answer them. Happy Father's Day.

I want to know about the years before I came along. Start wherever you like, and skip what you like.

What it costs

$49 once, with no subscription. It covers up to an hour of interview time, the written story, the recording and a PDF, and there's a 30-day refund. See pricing.

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