The Apple Seed

In honor of Valentine's Day, the Apple Seed team has collected a heart-melting mix of stories for the week. On this special Marriage Monday episode not only do we have songs and stories from some of our favorite tellers, but we also get to follow a couple here in Provo, Utah preparing for their engagement and wedding. Here is a photo from their engagement, below: 

Stories, interviews, and songs included in this episode:

Maddie Richards and Randy Low

Interview: Maddy Richards and Randy Low

Notes: Maddy and Randy, a couple on the cusp of engagement and marriage, speak with assistant producer, Deidrene Crisanto, throughout the episode about their excitement.

Simon Brooks

Story 1: The Faerie Bride

Teller: Simon Brooks

Site: www.diamondscree.com

Notes: There's something magical about the air, in this story of a man willing to do anything to save his marriage.

Beth Horner

Story 2: The Young Woman of Vietnam

Teller: Beth Horner

Site: bethhorner.com

Notes: A young woman teaches her husband a lesson in love and family.

Jay O'Callahan

Story 3: My Wild Beauty

Teller: Jay O'Callahan

Site: www.ocallahan.com

Notes: Jay visited Ireland with his wife when they were younger- 22 years later, Jay has some worries about this second trip.

John McCutcheon

Song: Old People in Love

Teller: John McCutcheon

Site: www.folkmusic.com

Notes: Love is just one of those things that gets better with age.

Stories included in this episode:

Michael Reno Harrell

Story 1: Sledding Shepherds

Teller: Michael Reno Harrell

Site: www.michaelreno.com

Notes: A sledding mishap turns into a lifechanging event.

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Story 2: The Runaway Horse

Teller: Odds Bodkin

Site: www.oddsbodkin.net

Notes: A telling of the classic folk tale.

Susi Wolf

Story 3: Shaboom and the Gangbangers

Teller: Susi Wolf

Site: www.wolfsongcreative.com

Notes: Susi learns life lessons as Shaboom the clown in a rough neighborhood.

Dolores Hydock

Story 4: Pennies

Teller: Dolores Hydock

Site: www.storypower.org

Notes: The miracle of forgiveness.

John McCutcheon

Story 5: Miracle

Teller: John McCutcheon

Site: http://www.folkmusic.com

Notes: The miracles and blessings of being the father of a teenager.

Stories included in this episode:

Kathy Collins

Story 1: Pele Holua

Teller: Kathy Collins

Site: www.talkstoryradio.com/tellerindex

Notes: A story about about the most renowned Hawaiian goddes, Pele.

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Story 2: Ka-ulu the Strong

Teller: Willy Claflin

Site: www.willyclaflin.com

Notes: A story of brotherly love.

Alton Chung

Story 3: The Great Rubber Band War

Teller: Alton Chung

Site: www.altonchung.com

Notes: A story of a 1920s Hawaiian childhood, passed down from father to son.

Makia Malo

Story 4: Katie's Store

Teller: Makia Malo

Site: www.talkstoryradio.com/tellerindex

Notes: Friendship can be found in the most unexpected of places.

Jeff Gere

Story 5: The Punchbowl Bus

Teller: Jeff Gere

Site: www.jeffgere.com

Notes: A spooky, stormy tale.

Stories included in this episode:

Story: Promises to Keep

Teller: Mary Hamilton

Website: www.maryhamilton.info

Notes: A spooky story told live in Culbertson Mansion.

Story: The Woman Who Fell from The Sky

Teller: Odds Bodkin

Website: www.oddsbodkin.net

Notes: A Native American folk tale.

Story: Mule Humans

Teller: Tim Lowry

Website: www.storytellertimlowry.com

Notes: An Ember Day leads to lots of trouble.

Story: Sledding Punchbowl  

Teller: Makia Malo

Notes: Makia Malo, a Hawaiian storyteller with Hanson's disease shares this story about growing up in Hawaii. This story comes to us from a collection of recordings made over many years by Jeff Gere.

Story: She-Goat

Teller: Laura Simms

Website: www.laurasimms.com

Notes: Once upon a time, there was a girl and her goat.

Story: The Weeping Girl at The Dancing Place

Teller: Liz Weir

Website: www.lizweir.net

Notes: A young woman loses her lover and dancing partner, but he returns unexpectedly.

Today's episode features the enigmatic drama "The Whirlpool" produced by our friends at the Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater. Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater, established in 1982, is a grass-roots theater group on the Cape whose purpose is to revive and extend the genre of radio mystery theater through a series of original mysteries and suspense thrillers. Join us as we follow Captain Underhill and Doctor Scofield as they find more adventure than they sought while vacationing up from Cape Cod in "The Whirlpool."

http://www.ccrmt.com/

Stories included in this episode:

Story: Accentuate the Positive

Teller: Bob Reiser

Website: www.bobtales.com

Notes: A famous tune frames this story of family, coming home from war, and everyday heroes.

Story: Vicki

Teller: Sheila Arnold

Website: www.mssheila.org

Notes: Sheila share some memories, thoughts, and insights about the day her sister passed away.

Story: The White Trout

Teller: Simon Brooks

Website: www.diamondscree.com

Notes: A fairy tale about a magical and mysterious trout.

Story: Waiting for Roy

Teller: Donna Ingham

Website: donnaingham.com

Notes: A story about the day Roy Rogers came to town.

Story: Like a Lotus Flower

Teller: Motoko

Website: motoko.folktales.net

Notes: Motoko recounts attending her grandfather's funeral as a little girl.

Stories and songs included in this episode:

Mary Hamilton

Story 1: Kate Crackernuts

Teller: Mary Hamilton

Site: www.maryhamilton.info

Notes: A Scottish fairy tale.

Andrew Wright

Story 2: Girl on a Train

Teller: Andrew Wright

Site: andrewarticlesandstories.wordpress.com

Notes: A keen observer of life encounters a girl on the train.

Rick Huddle

Story 3: High School Nemesis

Teller: Rick Huddle

Site: www.rickhuddle.com

Notes: A tale about the most intimate of enemies.

Paul Taylor

Song 1: Cooee

Teller: Paul Taylor

Site: www.paultaylor.ws

Notes: "Can you hear the sound of the wind in the eucalyptus tree?"

Paul Taylor

Song 2: Waltzing Matilda

Teller: Paul Taylor

Site: www.paultaylor.ws

Notes: Australia's best-known bush ballad.

Mary Wright

Story 4: Queen Mother's Summer Palace

Teller: Mary Wright

Site: spiritedstories.com

Notes: Mary Wright and her sister have an exciting time in their travels in South East Asia.

Stories included in this episode:

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Story 1: The Interview

Teller: Geraldine Buckley

Site: www.geraldinebuckley.com

Notes: Geraldine gets the opportunity to interview for her dream job with the BBC.

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Story 2: Half Chick

Teller: Tim Lowry

Site: www.storytellertimlowry.com

Notes: A little chick is greatly spoiled.

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Story 3: The Mind Boggles

Teller: Willy Claflin

Site: www.willyclaflin.com

Notes: Great stories start in our heads...

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Story 4: Party Girl

Teller: :Leeny Del Seamonds

Site: leenydelseamonds.com

Notes: Life is really a party when you've got the right attitude.

Frederick Douglass once said described Paul Laurence Dunbar as “the most promising young colored man in America.” Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African-American poets to gain national recognition, and his work and life remains influential to this day. The poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar draws on the African-American experiences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and he is known for writing poems in standard English and in dialect associated with the Antebellum South. In this episode, we feature unforgettable interpretations of this prolific poet's work from some of our favorite tellers, Mitch Capel and Oni Lasana.

In this episode, we pay our respects to the stories that come from and are influenced by the issues associated with the Civil Rights movement. In our first segment, we share stories of childhoods affected by racism with audio from StoryCorps, and the story of Ruby Bridges as told by Kate Dudding. In our next segment, we wish to highlight the heroes and heroines of the Civil Rights movement with more audio from StoryCorps featuring the extraordinary experiences of ordinary men and women, and a story about Elizabeth Eckford as told by Charlotte Blake Alston. Our third segment, features the story "Moon Cookies, Martin & Me" a warm and poignant story in which Lyn Ford shares some experiences that helped her consciousness of the world around her grow. Stories included in this episode:

StoryCorps Audio: John Hope Franklin, the late scholar of African American history, tells his son, John, about being a Boy Scout during the 1920s.

Link: storycorps.org

StoryCorps Audio: Siblings James Hanover Thompson, Dwight Thompson, and Brenda Lee Graham recall James' involvement in the "Kissing Case" of 1958, and their family life thereafter.

Link: storycorps.org(