The Apple Seed

Stories included in this episode:

Donna Ingham

Story 1: Bigger Enough

Teller: Donna Ingham

Site: donnaingham.com

Notes: Texas teller, Donna Ingham, tells us about her fiery daughter-in-law.

David Holt

Story 2: The Magic Lake

Teller: David Holt

Site: www.davidholt.com

Notes: A Native American ghost story.

Barry Stewart Mann

Story 3: The King of Cool

Teller: Barry Stewart Mann

Site: www.barrystewartmann.com

Notes: This king is just too cool.

Slash Coleman

Story 4: The Acquisition of Skipper

Teller: Slash Coleman

Site: www.slashcoleman.com

Notes: An unconventional nautical business venture.

Rivka Willick

Story 5: Ghosts of the Living

Teller: Rivka Willick

Site: njstorynet.org/rivka-willick

Notes: Not all ghosts are dead.

Kevin Cordi

Story 6: Gasoline Cat

Teller: Kevin Cordi

Site: www.kevincordi.com

Notes: A mean, ol' tabby cat loves to get in trouble.

Kate Corkery

Story 7: The Tailor and the Hare Woman

Teller: Kate Corkery

Site: www.spudandyam.co.uk

Notes: The first of May is a very special and mysterious day.

Donna Ingham

Story 8: Lost in Cyberspace

Teller: Donna Ingham

Site: donnaingham.com

Notes: C.Y. and his sweet young thing of a wife guide Donna through cyberspace.

Today's episode is dedicated to the beautiful and mysterious seal-people of Scottish and Irish legend.

Stories included in this episode:

Sheila Starks Philips

Story 1: The Seal Maiden

Teller: Sheila Starks Philips

Site: www.sheilaphillips.com

Notes: A handsome young fisherman longs to marry a beautiful woman...

Jenni Cargill-Strong

Story 2: Fisherman's Baby

Teller: Jenni Cargill-Strong

Site: www.storytree.com

Notes: In a small fishing village, on a small island, there was a young couple with a beautiful baby.

Mary Gavan

Story 3: Aioleen

Teller: Mary Gavan

Site: www.marycelticstory.ca

Notes: Aioleen seeks out the senior spirit of the glens.

Paddy Tutty

Song: Island Spinning Song

Teller: Paddy Tutty

Site: www.prairiedruid.net

Notes: A traditional song.

Jess Smith

Story 4: The Kelpie

Teller: Jess Smith

Site: www.jesssmith.co.uk

Notes: Unlike the benevolent selkie, this Scottish water horse creature is traditionally more sinister.

Brian Fox Ellis

Story 5: In the Realm of the Seal King

Teller: Brian Fox Ellis

Site: foxtalesint.com

Notes: The tale of a man who changed his ways, and the brave daughter who loved him.

Stories included in this episode:

Megan Hicks

Story 1: The Shoemaker and the Elves

Teller: Megan Hicks

Site: http://www.meganhicks.com/

Notes: A cobbler show's his gratitude to the mysterious creatures that finish his work each night.

Priscilla Howe

Story 2: The Small-Tooth Dog

Teller: Priscilla Howe

Site: http://www.priscillahowe.com/

Notes: The lesser-known English version of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" story.

Richard Martin

Story 3: The Well of the World's End

Teller: Richard Martin

Site: http://www.tellatale.eu/

Notes: An authentic fairy tale from the Scottish Lowlands about a young girl and a mysterious frog.

Ed Stivender

Story 4: The Princess and the Frog

Teller: Ed Stivender

Site: http://edstivender.com/

Notes: This retelling of the "Princess and the Frog" fairy tale will leave you in stitches, and it just goes to show that Ed Stivender is the master when it comes to retooling classic fairy tales for a modern audience.

Donna Washington

Story 5: Vassalissa and the Babba Yagga

Teller: Donna Washington

Site: http://www.donnawashington.com/

Notes: A Russian fairy tale about a brave girl's journey from subservience to strength and independence.

Today, we're hearing from our audio engineer, Sam Thomson. Sam has contributed to all of our episodes in a behind-the-scenes fashion, and we're delighted to have him on the other side of the microphone. He's picked stories by some of our favorite tellers and then shares some of his own.

Stories included in this episode:

Willy Claflin

Story 1: Ugly Music

Teller: Willy Claflin

Site: www.willyclaflin.com

Notes: Sam T is a mutli-talented artist in all things media, and loves this story for its treatment of music.

Ed Stivender

Story 2: Cinderella

Teller: Ed Stivender

Site: edstivender.com

Notes: Ed Stivender is a funny and engaging storytelling veteran, and this story was one of the first that Sam Thomson heard while working with the Apple Seed.

Andy Offut Irwin

Story 3: Chief Know-Em-All

Teller: Andy Offutt Irwin

Site: andyirwin.com

Notes: A story about road trips with that'll take you for a hilarious ride.

Diane Ferlatte

Story 4: Brer Rabbit's Dance

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Site: www.dianeferlatte.com

Notes: Sam Thomson is a filmmaker and can visualize just about any narrative you throw him. Sam T assures us that you can see Brer Rabbit just hoppin' down the road in this story told by Diane Ferlatte.

Sam Payne interviews storm chaser Warren Faidley and Mariah Smith Healey, a resident of Moorhead, MN during the flooding of the Red River back in 2009. To check out Warren's incredible photos and videos visit his website - http://www.stormchaser.com/.

Stories and interviews included in this episode:

Dale Bascom

Interview 1: Dale Bascom

Notes: Dale Bascom is a Utah treasure hunter and the author of "Following the Legends - A GPS Guide to Utah's Lost Mines and Hidden Treasures."

Heather Forest

Story 1: The Golden Touch

Teller: Heather Forest

Site: www.heatherforest.com

Notes: Heath Forest gives us a retelling of the classic story of King Midas.

Donald Davis

Interview 2: Paul Ramsey

Notes: Paul Ramsey got his start right here studying at Brigham Young University. Paul has worked as a geologist dealing with precious metals and gold, and an engineering geologist. Mr. Ramsey currently teaches at an early college high school in Salt Lake City.

Donna Washington

This episode is entirely dedicated to the work of Donna Washington. As a child Donna traveled all over the world with her parents, and her appreciation for different cultures and people make her a dynamic teller of folktales and tall tales. This episode includes Sam Payne's interview with Donna, and her stories "The West Indies," "Brer Possum and the Snake" and "Isaac and the Glum Drum Bridge."

For more information on Donna and to find her books and CDs visit her website: http://www.donnawashington.com/.

Sam Payne interviews people whose lives were affected by the EF-5 tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013.

This episode of The Apple Seed includes stories by and an interview with Donna Ingham. Donna give's her tellings a sassy Texas twist, and one of our favorite things about Donna is her ability to take tall tales to new heights. She currently holds the titles of Biggest Liar in Austin, Texas (for the seventh time), and Biggest Liar in Texas (for the third time). This episode includes an interview with Donna, and her stories "Fishing for the Big One" and "Pecos Bill."

For more information on Donna and to find more of her stories visit her website: http://www.donnaingham.com/.

Stories included in this episode:

The Apple Seed

Story 1: The Caller on Line One

Teller: Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater

Site: www.ccrmt.com

Notes: Tanya Macklin is the host of “Talk Line,” the weekly, advice-on-the-air radio program. Tonight, however, the problems of her listeners are about to take a back seat to one of her own…a problem so large, it will transform her normally sane world into a nightmarish world of terror.

Regi Carpenter

Story 2: Hidden Treasure

Teller: Regi Carpenter

Site: www.soaringstories.com

Notes: The story of a dream that feels all too real.

Syd Lieberman

Story 3: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Teller: Syd Lieberman

Site: www.sydlieberman.com

Notes: A man stands on a bridge waiting to be hanged. What’s going through his mind?