The Apple Seed

Today on The Apple Seed we're bringing you highlights from the 2014 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival held in Orem, Utah - about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. The festival is one of the most highly accredited storytelling events in the United States, with top tellers from around the world sharing stories over the course of a weekend. The Apple Seed team attends the festival every year, and is excited to bring you highlights from the 25th anniversary of this special event. Tellers and stories featured in today's episode include Charlotte Blake Alston, Bill Harley, and Mary Gay Ducey.

Today on The Apple Seed we're bringing you highlights from the 2014 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival held in Orem, Utah - about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. The festival is one of the most highly accredited storytelling events in the United States, with top tellers from around the world sharing stories over the course of a weekend. The Apple Seed team attends the festival every year, and is excited to bring you highlights from the 25th anniversary of this special event. Tellers and stories featured in today's episode include:

Beth Horner performs the amazing and true story, The Pipeline Blues.

Antonio Rocha and "The Giant Comes to Town"

Connie Regan-Blake with a story of the mischievousness of fairies.

Today on The Apple Seed we're bringing you highlights from the 2014 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival held in Orem, Utah - about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. The festival is one of the most highly accredited storytelling events in the United States, with top tellers from around the world sharing stories over the course of a weekend. The Apple Seed team attends the festival every year, and is excited to bring you highlights from the 25th anniversary of this special event. Tellers and stories featured in today's episode include:

Clare Murphy with "The Fairy Ointment."

Stories and music of Doc Watson performed by David Holt & Josh Goforth.

An interview with Executive Director of the festival, Karen Acerson.

Donald Davis with a tale about bad kids and bad haircuts.

Today's episode features accounts of living with and treating anxiety and depression. Stories include personal accounts collected and adapted for our program from The Anxiety and Depression Association of America, an interview with mental health professional Christy Kane, and conversations from our friends at Story Corps.

Dr. Eric Eliason of the BYU English Department brought in his American folklore students to join us in Studio 6 for a story slam about dates and roommates.

It's Wednesday on The Apple Seed and that means one thing--it's Jambalaya Day! Enjoy this delicious blend of stories from some of today's best storytellers!

Story 1: The Generous Man

Teller: Odds Bodkin

Site: http://www.oddsbodkin.net/

Notes: A generous man gives all he has to the poor--but his donation does not go unnoticed. 

Story 2: The King Has Goat Ears

Teller: Glenda Bonin

Site: http://www.storyworksgroup.com/

Notes: Some secrets are just too juicy to be kept private--particularly about the king.

Story 3: The Conjuring of Bloody Mary

Teller: Alan Hoal

Site: http://www.thehoalstory.com/

Notes: In pursuit of an urban legend, young Alan learns the dangers of trusting his brother.

Story 4: Quackling

Teller: Big Joe the Storyteller

Site: http://www.bigjoe.com/

Notes: When you're a duck on a quest, it pays to make some friends along the way.

Story 5: Bill Greenfield and the Big Ol' Bear

Teller: Joseph Bruchac

Site: http://josephbruchac.com/

Notes: Sometimes you tree a bear. Sometimes a bear trees you.

Story 6: The Beggar King

Teller: Heather Forest

Site: http://www.heatherforest.com/

Notes: Nobody should cut a deal with a demon. Not even someone as wise as King Solomon.

Today's episode features the enigmatic drama from Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater called "The Junebug Mystery", or "Someone is Out to Kill You, Mr. President." 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 Captain Underhill and Doctor Scofield recount their very first case.

http://www.ccrmt.com/

Today we're talking about reading. It was our pleasure to talk to students, teachers, and friends about learning to read, loving to read, and the impact of books, words, and stories. We're also delighted to bring you our conversation with Garth Nix, award-winning author whose works include the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series, and The Keys to the Kingdom series.

Stories and interviews included in this episode:

Interview 1: Trinity, Jordan, Anthony, and their teachers speak with Sam Payne about expanding horizons through reading.

Interview 2: Sam Payne takes us into a high school English class and speaks with teacher, Jarom Murphy.

Interview 3: Garth Nix speaks with Sam Payne about his prolific series, and his new book, Clariel, the latest addition to the Old Kingdom universe.

Story 1: Suzanne Christensen talks to the Apple Seed about learning how to read.

Story 2: Mark Burns talks about a book that became dear to him in junior high school: The Boys of Summer.

Story 3: Maddy Richards talks about living in a world of books and stories.

Story 4: Our assistant producer, Sam Bennion, about how The Hobbit gave him perspective during a wild adventure of his own.

A collection of tales from the African continent.

Stories and songs included in this episode:

Charlotte Blake Alston

Story 1: Nyangara the Python

Teller: Charlotte Blake Alston

Site: www.charlotteblakealston.com

Notes: A Shona tale from Zimbabwe about friendship and the courage of children.

Heather Forest

Story 2: The Red and Blue Coat

Teller: Heather Forest

Site: www.heatherforest.com

Notes:A story from the Congo about two friends who grow a little wiser together.

Christopher Leebrick

Story 3: Strange Animal

Teller: Christopher Leebrick

Site: www.allgoodstories.com

Notes: A tale from Zimbabwe about a strange animal, a loud aunt, and a boy with rhythm.

Bobby Norfolk

Story 4: Anansi and the Rabbit's Drum

Teller: Bobby Norfolk

Site: folktale.com

Notes: A story from Ghana about everyone's favorite clever spider.

Stephanie Beneteau

Story 5: The Name of the Tree

Teller: Stephanie Beneteau

Site: www.stephaniebeneteau.com

Notes: "A long time ago, when the animals could still talk to each other like people, there was a terrible famine in the land."

Eshu Bumpus

Story 6: The Wax Child

Teller: Eshu Bumpus

Site: eshu.folktales.net

Notes: A thought-provoking tale about the power of companionship.

In this episode you’ll hear incredible performances from storytellers Andy Offut Irwin, Dan Keding, Alton Chung, and The Storycrafters and more exclusive audio from the 2014 Four Corners Storytelling Festival held in Farmington, New Mexico.

For more information about the festival visit Farmington Public Library’s website - www.infoway.org/storytelling.