The Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf

By Eric James Wolf

What's The Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf about?

A national conversation from all perspectives on the profession of storytelling with children. Serving all members of the storytelling with children portion of the storytelling movement. Including presenters, listeners, festival organizers, administrators, educators, parents, and storytellers.

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The Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf episodes:

10.27.2011
Interview #122 Odds Bodkin – Storytelling in the Bardic Tradition.
The New York Times dubbed him "a consummate storyteller" while TIMEOUT New York writes, "Master Storyteller Odds Bodkin is the talk of the town with his remarkable one-man Art of the Tale."
05.17.2011
Interview #120 Diane Wolkstein – Connecting with Audiences, Other Cultures and Ourselves
iane Wolkstein is also the award–winning author of 23 books, including The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales and Inanna, Queen of Heaven, and numerous CDs and DVDs.
04.01.2011
Interview #118 Diane Edgecomb – Place Based Nature Storytelling.
In this interview with Eric, I speak about how the various elements of nature mythology can be an enlivening force both for those who hear you tell and for your own journey into this ancient form of meaning.
02.28.2011
Interview #117 Tim Errenta - Bringing Storytelling to the Fringe.
Tim Errenta has performed in Fringe Festivals around the United States using his storytelling who Top Ten Hits from 1349.
02.01.2011
Interview #116 Antonio Rocha Using the Language of the Body in Storytelling.
How does the body without the use of te voice commuicate to an audience?
12.21.2010
Interview #114 Angela Llyod - The Gentle Power of Patience.
Angela Llyod is a California based storyteller who has told at the National Storytelling Festival and at Festivals all over the ountry.
12.02.2010
Interview #113 Octavia Sexton - The Jack Story a Traditional Tale for Everyone.
Octavia Sexton is a raditional storyteller from Kentucky who grewup hearing and telling Jack Stories for as long as she can remember.
10.29.2010
Interview #111 Kathy Collins – Comedian as Storyteller - Storytelling as Comedy.
A discussion on Kathy Collins work as a Comedienne and Storyteller using her persona of Tita to tell stories about the Volcano Goddess of Hawaii.
10.20.2010
Interview #110 Rafe Martin - Zen and the Art of Spiritual Storytelling
Rafe Martin is both a storyteller and a Zen practitioner - a writer of stories and a teacher of the zen tradition.
08.25.2010
Interview #108 Ruth Stotter – Working with Props in Storytelling Performances.
Ruth Stotter has spent years developing hte art of using props and strong in her storytelling performances.
08.05.2010
Interview #107 Laird Schaub - The Application of Story to Group Facilitation and Community Living.
Laird Schaub - excutve director of the Federatin of Intentioanl Communities speaks on how to engage people with in the emotional stories that trap them.
07.07.2010
Interview #106 Michael Reno Harrell on American Folk Music and the Storytelling Community.
Michael Reno Harrell speaks on how the history of Storytelling Revival is connected to the folk music revival.
06.22.2010
Interview #105 Tejumola Ologboni - Walking the Talk with Street Storytelling.
Master storyteller Tejumola Ologboni speaks on Street Storytelling.
06.06.2010
Interview #104 Limor Shiponi - Striding towards Storytelling Mastery
Mastery is an ambiguous word raising the impulse of ownership and recognition, resonating something standing apart while representing a form of wholeness.
05.26.2010
Interview #103 David Ambrose - The International Storytelling Festival of Wales
Brother Wolf speaks with David Ambrose on the foundation and running of the International Storytelling Festival of Wales.
02.24.2010
Interview #099 Emil Wolfgang - Carrying the Pacific Island Storytelling Culture Forward.
Using stories as both a way of sharing knowledge of environment and cultural identity.
02.10.2010
Interview #098 Ben Nind – Storytelling is Essential to Community Health.
We discuss the value of art and storytelling in maintaining and representing community health.
01.27.2010
Interview #097 Lloyd Arneach – A Perspective on Native American Storytelling.
A discussion on the value of oral traditions and native american storytelling in the modern era.
12.02.2009
Interview #093 Gail Herman - Building a Student Storytelling Festival.
Gail Herman speaks about building a student storytelling Festival on the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf.
10.14.2009
Interview #057 Michael Cotter - Farming the Heartland of American Storytelling.
Michael Cotter is the first national storyteller to perform personal stories on the main stage at Jonesborough, TN. He is a semi-retired farmer and winner of the 2009 oracle award for excellence in storytelling.
09.30.2009
Interview #048 Esylltn Harker – Stories out of Welsh History and land of Wales.
Esyllt Harker is a Welsh storyteller who is exploring the connection between landscapes and language in historical welsh stories.
09.02.2009
Interview #090 Doug Elliot - Using Storytelling to support a nature based education..
Doug Elliot talks about the history of natural world and how you can use storytelling to inspire passion in the natural world. He also talks about his herbal walk with a wild badger.
08.19.2009
Interview #089 Anne Glover - Finding your Authentic Storytelling Voice and Performance.
Anne Glover speaks about how she created the character Monkey and how anyone can find their true voice and oh she also talks about string and teaching french using storytelling.
07.22.2009
Interview #087 Kevin Strauss - Applying Storytelling to Environmental Science.
Kevin Strauss is an award winning educator and storyteller who has published five books related to environmental education and storytelling.
06.24.2009
Interview #085 Baba Jamal Koram - Storytelling as Responsibility.
Baba Jamal Koram is a force of nature in the African American Storytelling world - winner of the 2007 NSN circle of excellence award.
05.27.2009
Interview #083 Ben Sota and the Zany Umbrella Circus A Conversation on Showmanship.
Ben Sota and the Zany Umbrella Circus have been traveling around the country for over fifteen years to such places as the white house...
04.29.2009
Interview #081 Tim Tingle - A Historical Perspective of Native American Storytelling.
Tingle is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a sought-after speaker and storyteller, and an award-winning author of Native American fiction and folklore.
04.15.2009
Interview #080 Jay O’Callahan - Discovering Storytelling With My Children.
Jay O’Callahan is one of the worlds most famous and recognized storytellers. His works are available online for sale. He has performed world-wide.
03.18.2009
Interview #078 Elaine Wynne, clinical psychologist - Healing Children with Stories.
Elaine speaks at length of how to use and how she has used storytelling in traditional medical situations to heal the sick and effect the disturbed.
02.04.2009
Interview #075 Loren Niemi - Honoring Elders and Apprentices.
At this point in time, I understand clearly and fondly what a gift I received when I came to storytelling. The gift of generous mentors who encouraged me to find and develop my own voice rather than adopt theirs.
01.21.2009
Interview #074 David Novak - Storyteller’s Compass - Narrative as Guide.
Adult listeners at storytelling events are often surprised by the recognition that storytelling evokes. Listeners tell us,Gee, I haven't thought about that in ages... I'd forgotten what it was like to... I remember when... and so on.
09.24.2008
Interview #061 National Storytelling Network Panel.
A very lively discussion on storytelling in the 20th century - How to use podcasting, blogging, website assistance, mp3 sales and email to support your storytelling practice.
09.17.2008
Interview #060 Jack Zipes - Fairy Tales are still relevant to the children of today.
Jack Zipes writes... At their best, the storytelling of fairy tales constitute the most profound articulation of the human struggle to form and maintain a civilizing process.
04.30.2008
Interview #054 Joshua Safford - Telling to the street – magic for eye.
This is a traditional way of performing storytelling back when storytellers worked in the marketplace in the street or would travel from home to home singing for their supper. Largely I do this in the context of a Renaissance or...
01.30.2008
Interview #041 Alex Feldman, Connecting Quickly (and Managing Behavior) through Physicality.
When telling for young audiences, even the most brilliant story is vulnerable to young audiences if the situation is compromised, or your delivery is not ideal for the setting. In this discussion, Alex reveals how his wild and mesmerizing style...
01.16.2008
Interview #039 Steve Denning, The knowledge-based organization: Using stories to embody and transfer knowledge
Steve Denning you used storytelling to reform the world bank. Good business cases are developed through the use of numbers, but they are typically approved on the basis of stories. A story can translate dry, abstract numbers into compelling...
11.07.2007
Interview #031 Mark Wagler - Reshaping classrooms with narrative pedagogy.
Mark Wagler built up a theory of narrative pedagogy, and a set of teaching practices that helped students experience their lives and the world around them as a story. In this podcast we talk about reshaping classrooms with narrative...
10.17.2007
Interview #028 Brother Blue - Street Storytelling and storytelling from the heart.
Storyteller Brother Blue appeared on the Art of Storytelling with Children to talk about street storytelling and storytelling from the heart. I am very proud to bring you this conversation about street storytelling and everything else related to storytelling with...
08.22.2007
Interview #020 Steve Otto - Bringing Storytelling to New Communities.
Steve Otto describes how the 'Chicken festival' started a traveling storytelling festival designed to help spread the art of storytelling. Traveling to different areas of the state every two years.
08.08.2007
Interview #018 Rev Victoria Burdick - Storytelling in Ceremony.
In this interview with the Reverend Victoria Burdick, M. Div Hospice Chaplain - Celebrant we discuss how storytelling can be used in wedding ceremonies to create the ceremony. We also discuss how storytelling is used in hospice work.
06.13.2007
Interview #010 Kevin Cordi Children Telling Stories and giving Children a voice.
Kevin Cordi is the co-author, with Judy Sima, of Raising Voices: Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes and according to the National Storytelling Network, “the first full time high school storytelling teacher in the country.” and is the founder of both...
06.06.2007
Interview #009 Storytelling in camp settings - with three camp directors.
Stories are a natural for camps. Camps offers an opportunity to create a meaningful and memorable connection to the outdoor environment. Educational research suggests that this connection to the outdoors creates a highly charged environment that facilitates learning.
05.30.2007
Interview #008 Stephen Hollen - Improvisational storytelling with children.
Improvisational storytelling is a teaching tool that is a cross between storytelling that I have been doing for years and improv techniques I learned in my college days. A conversation-with Stephen Hollen about using improvisational storytelling with children.
05.23.2007
Interview #007 Jim Flanagan - Writing and storytelling with children.
Jim Flanagan says that to tell a story, you must write it down. Before you tell it, you must have a point of reference, an outline, and then scratching a script. This is the beginning of using writing and...
05.16.2007
Interview #006 Judith Black - Child Based Storytelling.
Judith Black says that adults edit and censor the stories they share with children. Making them solely out of our wants and objectives instead of based in our children’s needs, might result in robbing them of the greatest tool of...
05.09.2007
Interview #005 Doug Lipman - Marketing outside of the storytelling community.
The Truth About Marketing. Most of the mass marketing we see around us is probably not good marketing - and it’s certainly nothing like what would make sense for a storyteller.
05.02.2007
Interview #004 Lyn Ford - Breaking into Storytelling.
Lyn Ford says that breaking into storytelling isn’t quite the description that fits the beginnings of her career. It was more like leaping off the edge of a cliff, with all the materials to build a strong glider that would...
04.25.2007
Interview #003 Medicine Story - Power of Myth and Children with Storyteller.
What we need to investigate and learn together is healing. In a time of great sickness nothing else should concern us. Healing the earth, healing society, healing our communities, healing ourselves.
04.18.2007
Interview #002 Jonatha Wright - Cross Cultural Storytelling.
Probably we are all aware of the cultural confusions and misconceptions that become evident daily in this world of instant updates. These errors in sensitivity can hurt feelings, and cause outright insults and rage in the offended.
04.11.2007
Interview #001 Mary Hamilton - Working on Our Work Weekends.
Wow Weekends provide an opportunity for storytellers of all experience levels to gather as peers and grow in the art of telling stories. Using an artist-centered process, each participant will be able to use the collective wisdom of the...

What's The Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf episodes:

Interview #122 Odds Bodkin – Storytelling in the Bardic Tradition.

Interview #120 Diane Wolkstein – Connecting with Audiences, Other Cultures and Ourselves

Interview #118 Diane Edgecomb – Place Based Nature Storytelling.

Interview #117 Tim Errenta - Bringing Storytelling to the Fringe.

Interview #116 Antonio Rocha Using the Language of the Body in Storytelling.

Interview #114 Angela Llyod - The Gentle Power of Patience.

Interview #113 Octavia Sexton - The Jack Story a Traditional Tale for Everyone.

Interview #111 Kathy Collins – Comedian as Storyteller - Storytelling as Comedy.

Interview #110 Rafe Martin - Zen and the Art of Spiritual Storytelling

Interview #108 Ruth Stotter – Working with Props in Storytelling Performances.

Interview #107 Laird Schaub - The Application of Story to Group Facilitation and Community Living.

Interview #106 Michael Reno Harrell on American Folk Music and the Storytelling Community.

Interview #105 Tejumola Ologboni - Walking the Talk with Street Storytelling.

Interview #104 Limor Shiponi - Striding towards Storytelling Mastery

Interview #103 David Ambrose - The International Storytelling Festival of Wales

Interview #099 Emil Wolfgang - Carrying the Pacific Island Storytelling Culture Forward.

Interview #098 Ben Nind – Storytelling is Essential to Community Health.

Interview #097 Lloyd Arneach – A Perspective on Native American Storytelling.

Interview #093 Gail Herman - Building a Student Storytelling Festival.

Interview #057 Michael Cotter - Farming the Heartland of American Storytelling.

Interview #048 Esylltn Harker – Stories out of Welsh History and land of Wales.

Interview #090 Doug Elliot - Using Storytelling to support a nature based education..

Interview #089 Anne Glover - Finding your Authentic Storytelling Voice and Performance.

Interview #087 Kevin Strauss - Applying Storytelling to Environmental Science.

Interview #085 Baba Jamal Koram - Storytelling as Responsibility.

Interview #083 Ben Sota and the Zany Umbrella Circus A Conversation on Showmanship.

Interview #081 Tim Tingle - A Historical Perspective of Native American Storytelling.

Interview #080 Jay O’Callahan - Discovering Storytelling With My Children.

Interview #078 Elaine Wynne, clinical psychologist - Healing Children with Stories.

Interview #075 Loren Niemi - Honoring Elders and Apprentices.

Interview #074 David Novak - Storyteller’s Compass - Narrative as Guide.

Interview #061 National Storytelling Network Panel.

Interview #060 Jack Zipes - Fairy Tales are still relevant to the children of today.

Interview #054 Joshua Safford - Telling to the street – magic for eye.

Interview #041 Alex Feldman, Connecting Quickly (and Managing Behavior) through Physicality.

Interview #039 Steve Denning, The knowledge-based organization: Using stories to embody and transfer knowledge

Interview #031 Mark Wagler - Reshaping classrooms with narrative pedagogy.

Interview #028 Brother Blue - Street Storytelling and storytelling from the heart.

Interview #020 Steve Otto - Bringing Storytelling to New Communities.

Interview #018 Rev Victoria Burdick - Storytelling in Ceremony.

Interview #010 Kevin Cordi Children Telling Stories and giving Children a voice.

Interview #009 Storytelling in camp settings - with three camp directors.

Interview #008 Stephen Hollen - Improvisational storytelling with children.

Interview #007 Jim Flanagan - Writing and storytelling with children.

Interview #006 Judith Black - Child Based Storytelling.

Interview #005 Doug Lipman - Marketing outside of the storytelling community.

Interview #004 Lyn Ford - Breaking into Storytelling.

Interview #003 Medicine Story - Power of Myth and Children with Storyteller.

Interview #002 Jonatha Wright - Cross Cultural Storytelling.

Interview #001 Mary Hamilton - Working on Our Work Weekends.