The Apple Seed

On today's BITE, you'll hear a story by Anne Rutherford called "Dark Shadows Made Me" -- a girl's love of a Horror Soap Opera leads her to throw a scare into her best friend, a decision that comes back to bite her. Sam, Producer Jeff Simpson and guest Cole Wissinger then swap their own childhood stories surrounding their favorite childhood TV series.

From time to time, we'll post what we call a BITE ("like a normal episode, only shorter!"). We always hope that the stories you listen to on The Apple Seed will spark memories and thoughts that you can share with the ones you love -- perhaps even the people with whom you listen to the show. In a BITE, we'll listen to a single story -- one that we love -- and invite friends to share memories and thoughts that occur to them as they listen to it.

 

On today's BITE, you'll hear a story by Catherine Taylor called "A Little Princess," a personal experience of how books and museums sparked her imagination as a child. Sam and guests Sadie Anderson and Madison Sheldrake take a moment to reminisce about literary works that influenced their own creative efforts.

From time to time, we'll post what we call a BITE ("like a normal episode, only shorter!"). We always hope that the stories you listen to on The Apple Seed will spark memories and thoughts that you can share with the ones you love -- perhaps even the people with whom you listen to the show. In a BITE, we'll listen to a single story -- one that we love -- and invite friends to share memories and thoughts that occur to them as they listen to it.

On today's BITE, you'll hear a story by Catherine Taylor called "A Little Princess," a personal experience of how books and museums sparked her imagination as a child. Sam and guests Sadie Anderson and Madison Sheldrake take a moment to reminisce about literary works that influenced their own creative efforts.

In this hour, you'll hear stories delivered by folks we heard at the St. Louis Storytelling Festival -- one of he country's grand old festivals, alive and well for four decades! Hear Tim Lowry, Leeny Del Seamonds, and more.

In this hour, you'll hear stories delivered by folks we heard at the St. Louis Storytelling Festival -- one of he country's grand old festivals, alive and well for four decades! Hear Tim Lowry, Leeny Del Seamonds, and more.

Today we feature stories from all over the world. Namely, Hawaii, medieval Europe, and an island off the cost of Jamaica. These stories are so unique to their time and place, you’ll get a great idea of the culture where they come from. Some of them happened centuries ago, and some of them just yesterday. We’re sure you’ll be reminded of your own hometown.

Today we feature stories from all over the world. Namely, Hawaii, medieval Europe, and an island off the cost of Jamaica. These stories are so unique to their time and place, you’ll get a great idea of the culture where they come from. Some of them happened centuries ago, and some of them just yesterday. We’re sure you’ll be reminded of your own hometown.

In this hour, get the story behind "A Hero's Tale," a family-friendly tabletop role playing game designed by a family of gamers. We'll even play a game ourselves! Guiding us through the story-filled world of dragons, warriors, and magic will be Mark Hansen and his sons, Brendan and Jacob. In a community characterized by dungeons, dragons, and more, they've found the storytelling in role-playing games to be a great way to wrestle with questions that fathers and sons ought to be asking each other. They developed he game we'll play on-air today, and you can find the game's website and blog at www.theherostale.com.

In this hour, get the story behind "A Hero's Tale," a family-friendly tabletop role playing game designed by a family of gamers. We'll even play a game ourselves! Guiding us through the story-filled world of dragons, warriors, and magic will be Mark Hansen and his sons, Brendan and Jacob. In a community characterized by dungeons, dragons, and more, they've found the storytelling in role-playing games to be a great way to wrestle with questions that fathers and sons ought to be asking each other. They developed he game we'll play on-air today, and you can find the game's website and blog at www.theherostale.com.

Today we have a variety of stories from tellers about the cities they lived in. Every town is different, and these three tellers, Syd Lieberman, Bil Lepp, and Donald Davis hail from Chicago, Charleston, and Waynesville, respectively. These cities could notbe more different from each other! We hope as you listen to these stories about these cities, one or more of the will strike a chord with you and you’ll remember your own hometown. Every town has a story, and this episode will prove that.