Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we’ve been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers.

You’ve probably heard the saying “Nobody’s perfect”. This is certainly true for us in real life, but it is also true of a lot of our favorite characters. If characters didn’t make mistakes, well, we wouldn’t have a whole lot of stories to learn from, now would we? If Nemo from "Finding Nemo" hadn’t touched the boat, Marlon never would have left the reef. If Ebenezer Scrooge from "A Christmas Carol" hadn’t been so miserly, he wouldn’t have had to go on the journey with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. In today’s stories, we’ll get to see characters navigate their flaws as they seek to accomplish their goals.

On today’s episode, enjoy the following:

“King Midas and the Golden Touch” by Big Joe Pagliuca from 6 Silly Stories (2:41)

Radio Family Journal: "Snake in the Grass" by Sam Payne (14:07)

The Daily Mix: "Mister Rogers Doll" with Andy Offutt Irwin (18:27)

“The Magic Garden of the Poor” by Jill Lamede from Stories from the Tintagel Storyteller (26:19)

“Half-Boy Breadfruit” by Dan Kelin from Talk Story Fest Recording (41:42)

“The Door at the Top of the Stairs" by Big Joe Pagliuca from Spooky Ooky (49:46)