The Apple Seed

We always hope the stories we share with you on The Apple Seed spark memories you can share with your family. And so we thought we'd bring you a special mini-episode jam-packed with Family Stories! 

On today's episode you'll hear the following:

A story about what it's like to be a dad by Bill Harley

"Fighting in the Car" by Antonio Sacre

"Independence" by Dolores Hydock

A story about Christmas pie from Richie Steadman of BYU Radio's "The Lisa Show"

And a rich experience Sam had at Rosa's Cafe

We always hope the stories we share with you on The Apple Seed spark memories you can share with your family. So we thought it'd be fitting to dedicate an entire episode to Family Stories! This is hour number two of family stories for today. 

 

On today's episode enjoy the following:

"The Horse That Saved Six Lives" by Antonio Rocha

"Pedro's South of the Border" by Antionio Sacre

"The Privet Hedge" by Ed Stivender

"Cleaning Out Mama's House" by Michael Reno Harrell

We always hope the stories we share with you on The Apple Seed spark memories you can share with your family. So we thought it'd be fitting to dedicate an entire episode to Family Stories! This is hour number two of family stories for today. 

On today's episode enjoy the following:

"The Horse That Saved Six Lives" by Antonio Rocha

"Pedro's South of the Border" by Antionio Sacre

"The Privet Hedge" by Ed Stivender

"Cleaning Out Mama's House" by Michael Reno Harrell

We always hope the stories we share with you on The Apple Seed spark memories you can share with your family. So we thought it'd be fitting to dedicate an entire episode to Family Stories!

 

On today's episode enjoy the following:

"Truffles" by Syd Lieberman

"First Day of School" by Dolores Hydock

"Jack and the Levitator" by Robin Schulte

"Grandpa Had a Grandpa" by Clive Romney

As well as an entry in Sam's Radio Family Journal!

We always hope the stories we share with you on The Apple Seed spark memories you can share with your family. So we thought it'd be fitting to dedicate an entire episode to Family Stories!

On today's episode enjoy the following:

"Truffles" by Syd Lieberman

"First Day of School" by Dolores Hydock

"Jack and the Levitator" by Robin Schulte

"Grandpa Had a Grandpa" by Clive Romney

As well as an entry in Sam's Radio Family Journal!

In these days of flattening the curve, we’re producing the Apple Seed from a couple of home studios – like you, we’ve been self-isolating, and, like you, looking for ways to reach out to our fellow humans. During this time, Sam took to posting to social media a little song every day – something filled with a little hope and a little encouragement to hang on. We thought we’d bring you some of those pieces here, as Apple Seed Extras. These aren’t studio recordings, and you’ll be able to tell – they’re made with a little Canon SLR camera, aimed at Sam while he sits on the piano bench in his office. But we do hope that you enjoy them.

On today’s extra, an original song, written by Sam, called “Hang On.” It’s a song of hard times, hope, and hanging on. Here’s how it goes:

Hang On

With the darkness all around you

When the river goes too deep

When the wolves are on the threshold

And your angels all asleep

And when every way you turn

Just leaves you feeling like a fool

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do.

Though your friends back down behind you

When you need them most of all

Though it’s loneliness that greets you

When you’re up against a wall.

When the things you always leaned on

Don’t turn out to be so true

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do

Hang on, baby hang on

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do.

Oh I know the waves around you

Come on hard and come on fast

And sometimes there’s nothing for it

But to lash you to the mast

When the weariness and fear

Have had their way inside your brain

Baby, hold to me -- this could be the final day of rain

When the sun is lost in shadow

And it’s beaten down your will

When you see your foes a’coming

Like a bad dream o’er the hill

When there’s trouble next in line

And all the way on down the queue

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do

The pen is mightier than the sword! Or so the saying goes... Either way, the words we say matter and they come in all different forms. There are magical words we learn from bedtime stories, naughty words we probably shouldn’t be learning in the first place, or (best of all) kind words we learn from those we love that soften even the hardest hearts. Today we’ll hear stories all about language and all the confusing and funny ways that it impacts our lives from the great tellers Kevin Carr, Willy Claflin, and Laura Bobrow. And then you can decide for yourself if the pen truly is mightier than the sword.

 

On today’s episode, enjoy the following:

Radio Family Journal: Chocolate Adventure

Daily Mix: Colton Soelberg discusses falling in love with food

Story Spotlight: “Today, Tomorrow” by Kevin Carr on The Big Music (11:12)

Storytime: “So What and Drop Dead” by Willy Claflin on Maynard Moose Live at the National Storytelling Event (9:56)

“Allakazini” by Laura Bobrow on I Wrote These for You (12:15)

 

Storyteller Spotlight: Kevin Carr

 

Kevin Carr tells stories and plays traditional folk instruments. From the Fillmore West to the Oregon Country Fair, from the former Soviet Union to Spain, from Alaska to Mexico, he's traveled to play with and learn from traditional musicians, to gather stories to share and to connect with folks through the ecstatic medium of music. He performs solo shows such as "The Other Pipes - exotic and little known Bagpiping traditions of the World", " Stories from the Musical Realms - Concerning Inspiration and the Music between the Notes", "My Grandfather's Fiddle," and "Fiddle Fables - Stories by and about Fiddlers" with tunes appropriate and appropriated." He also performs with various groups who tour all over the world.

In these days of flattening the curve, we’re producing the Apple Seed from a couple of home studios – like you, we’ve been self-isolating, and, like you, looking for ways to reach out to our fellow humans. During this time, Sam took to posting to social media a little song every day – something filled with a little hope and a little encouragement to hang on. We thought we’d bring you some of those pieces here, as Apple Seed Extras. These aren’t studio recordings, and you’ll be able to tell – they’re made with a little Canon SLR camera, aimed at Sam while he sits on the piano bench in his office. But we do hope that you enjoy them.

 

On today’s extra, an original song, written by Sam, called “Hang On.” It’s a song of hard times, hope, and hanging on. Here’s how it goes:

 

Hang On

 

With the darkness all around you

When the river goes too deep

When the wolves are on the threshold

And your angels all asleep

And when every way you turn

Just leaves you feeling like a fool

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do.

 

Though your friends back down behind you

When you need them most of all

Though it’s loneliness that greets you

When you’re up against a wall.

When the things you always leaned on

Don’t turn out to be so true

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do

 

Hang on, baby hang on

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do.

 

Oh I know the waves around you

Come on hard and come on fast

And sometimes there’s nothing for it

But to lash you to the mast

When the weariness and fear

Have had their way inside your brain

Baby, hold to me -- this could be the final day of rain

 

When the sun is lost in shadow

And it’s beaten down your will

When you see your foes a’coming

Like a bad dream o’er the hill

When there’s trouble next in line

And all the way on down the queue

Hang on, oh without you hanging on what would I do

The pen is mightier than the sword! Or so the saying goes... Either way, the words we say matter and they come in all different forms. There are magical words we learn from bedtime stories, naughty words we probably shouldn’t be learning in the first place, or (best of all) kind words we learn from those we love that soften even the hardest hearts. Today we’ll hear stories all about language and all the confusing and funny ways that it impacts our lives from the great tellers Kevin Carr, Willy Claflin, and Laura Bobrow. And then you can decide for yourself if the pen truly is mightier than the sword.

On today’s episode, enjoy the following:

Radio Family Journal: Chocolate Adventure

Daily Mix: Colton Soelberg discusses falling in love with food

Story Spotlight: “Today, Tomorrow” by Kevin Carr on The Big Music (11:12)

Storytime: “So What and Drop Dead” by Willy Claflin on Maynard Moose Live at the National Storytelling Event (9:56)

“Allakazini” by Laura Bobrow on I Wrote These for You (12:15)

Storyteller Spotlight: Kevin Carr

 

Kevin Carr tells stories and plays traditional folk instruments. From the Fillmore West to the Oregon Country Fair, from the former Soviet Union to Spain, from Alaska to Mexico, he's traveled to play with and learn from traditional musicians, to gather stories to share and to connect with folks through the ecstatic medium of music. He performs solo shows such as "The Other Pipes - exotic and little known Bagpiping traditions of the World", " Stories from the Musical Realms - Concerning Inspiration and the Music between the Notes", "My Grandfather's Fiddle," and "Fiddle Fables - Stories by and about Fiddlers" with tunes appropriate and appropriated." He also performs with various groups who tour all over the world.

Has there ever been a time when you felt foolish? Or maybe you’ve watched someone do something and thought, “what a fool” only to have their wisdom be revealed to you? Well on April Fool’s Day, we celebrate those occasions! Because even the wisest of men will have their moments where they seem a little foolish. Here to tell us about some of these moments are David H. Claunch, Eshu Bumpus, Joel Ben Izzy, and Jenni Cargill-Strong. 

 

On today's episode, enjoy the following:

Radio Family Journal: RFJ title

Daily Mix: “Guest” discusses “topic”

Story Spotlight: “The Peddler” by David H. Claunch on The Circus of Life (9:03)

Storytime: “Wisemen and the Tiger” by Eshu Bumpus on Lion in Love (5:07)

“Hanukkah in Chelm” by Joel Ben Izzy on Lights and Laughter (9:40)

“Reaching for the Moon” by Jenni Cargill-Strong on Reaching for the Moon and Other Wisdom Tales (9:05)