Podcast, Season Three, Storytelling

Episode Thirty Five: Between the Pages

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Simon Brooks

Simon Brooks is an award-winning British storyteller living in America – actually, New London, New Hampshire, New England, New World!  He also uses his voice to record audio books. He is also a poet, writer, photographer, and educator.

Find out more and preorder Under The Oaken Bough!

 

 

Steve Lally

Steve Lally has worked as a storyteller and visual artist for over fifteen years. He writes his own fresh material as well as re-imagining folk tales, myths, legends, recitations and story songs, leading participatory storytelling and arts workshops. Lally’s repertoire of tales ranges from ancient Celtic epics of Ireland and beyond, stories of adventure and romance. His faith and love of the fairy folk expresses itself through humorous anecdotes, quirky comic tales and haunting ghost stories and even sings the odd song ot two.

Find out more and order Monaghan Folk Tales!

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Podcast, Season Three, Storytelling

Episode Thirty Three: Upon the Bones

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Kevin Cordi

He has told stories in over forty states,  England, Scotland, Singapore, Canada, Japan and in Qatar.  Kevin shares stories with a highly energetic, animated and interactive style and is considered by many storytelling professionals as one of the most influential and dynamic storytellers and teachers today.  His award-winning story work has been commissioned by The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, American Library Association, National Storytelling Network, Newsweek, and the Qatar Foundation International.

 

Kim Weitkamp

Kim has mastered the craft of blending humor and heartache, seriousness and silliness…all linked together by music. One reviewer stated, “Hard to explain but oh, so easy to enjoy.” She currently has 8 award winning audio collections, the latest one, A Wandering Mind, a much anticipated collection of personal stories and songs that has received rave reviews and airplay on NPR affiliates and Sirius XM. Kim has made numerous television appearances, hosted a successful morning show and has authored numerous articles for periodicals and magazines.

 

 

This episode is also one of the spooky persuasion. If you are the designated driver for sensitive souls you might want to come back to this one later or re listen to another episode. I would suggest Episode Thirteen for a twisted Hansel and Gretel by Ingrid Nixon or get a total throw back to before the show had opening music and listen to Episode Five and hear about brave Molly Whuppie by Megan Hicks. So be bold, be bold, but not too bold.

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Podcast, Season Three, Storytelling

Episode Thirty One: Clever Dames

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Dawn Cromwell

Dawn specializes in classic and lesser-known folk and fairy tales, mixed with the occasional humorous poem or short story. Her immersive storytelling style consistently draws praise and rapt attention from Her audiences. She invites you to settle in, put your listening ears on, and let your imagination reawaken as she tells you a story…

 

Norah Dooley

Norah Dooley is a storyteller, educator, critically acclaimed children’s author and creator of StoriesLive®, a high school storytelling curriculum and story slam program. She is the co-founder of massmouth.org and the Greater Boston Story Slam series.

 

 

Find out more about the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival!

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Podcast, Season Three, Storytelling

Episode Thirty: Tales on Tiptoe

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Find out more about the storytellers!

Laura Deal

Laura is a storyteller, writer, dream reader, and teacher with a wide variety of artistic and social interests. She loves the juxtaposition of images and words to shake loose creative energy. She works to make her neighborhood safe for pollinators, she photographs the beautiful world she lives in, and tell stories to children and adults. She also edits and publishes non-fiction and poetry, and she offers Juxtaprise Writing Classes and dream interpretation (one-on-one and groups).

 

Adam Booth

Adam Booth’s original stories blend traditional mountain folklore, music, and an awareness of contemporary Appalachia. He has been featured at the International Storytelling Center, the National Storytelling Festival, the Appalachian Studies Association Conference, the National Storytelling Conference, the National Academy of Medicine, and has been a Spoken Word Resident at the Banff Centre (Alberta). He is a member of the Recording Academy and recordings have received two Parents’ Choice Silver Honors and four Storytelling World Awards and Honors. He is a four-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest.

 

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Podcast, Season Three, Storytelling

Episode Twenty Six: The Kids Are Alright

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The books Clare Murphy mentions in her interview are
then as a teen she was into the
Lovely patrons of the podcast you have a story by Richard Martin, and the full interview with Clare Murphy waiting for you on Patreon!
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Podcast, Season Three, Storytelling

Episode Twenty Five: Kindness Returned

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In the first interview for the podcast Alton Chung shared his favorite books as a child – The baby whale, Sharp Ears, a tale about a Sperm Whale (hey, that rhymes!) and the Japanese tale The Naughty Badger, a story that he tells on his CD Spider Weaver And other Tales From Asia.
The music was July, by Kai Engel.
The Story Story Short for the patrons of the podcast was “The Snipe and the Mussel” by storyteller Julie Moss and the full interview with Alton Chung, where he talks about how he became a storyteller and how he finds his stories.   To hear the Story Story Short, consider becoming a patron of the podcast!
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