Today is StoryCorps’s National Day of Listening, the purpose of which is to record the stories of people you care about.

StoryCorps offers a free Do-It-Yourself Guide — plus the video below — to show you how to record interviews wherever you are. (Recording is easy these days, with more devices, such as the iPad, able to record speech.)

You can listen to stories others have collected, such as Sean Lennon interviewing his mom, Yoko One. And you can post your own story to the site’s Wall of Listening.

Today’s a good day to record cherished memories because you probably have family and friends around. But, hey, I didn’t give you much time to prep, did I? Still, you can collect the stories of dear ones anytime. Don’t wait too long, though.