The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time. https://t.co/BYngjemqIQ
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One of the weirdest brand collaborations of 2026 just dropped: The nonprofit organization StoryCorps is teaming up with Prego—yes, the pasta sauce brand—on a device shaped like a pasta sauce lid that will record your family’s dinner conversations.
The device is part of a limited-time offering called the Connection Keeper Bundle, which launches on April 27 for $20. It includes some Prego sauce, a Connection Keeper recording device and instruction manual, and a pack of conversation prompt cards to spark discussion.
StoryCorps, which is dedicated to recording the stories of Americans “from all backgrounds and beliefs,” is billing the Connection Keeper as a “simple, screen-free conversation recorder” designed for the average American family.