The Apple Seed

Stories included in this episode:

TELLER

Story 1: The Tell-Tale Heart

Teller: Christopher Leebrick

Website: www.allgoodstories.com

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TELLER

Story 2: The Black Cat

Teller: Leslie Norris

Website: www.welshicons.org.uk/

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TELLER

Story 3: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Teller: Syd Lieberman

Website: www.sydlieberman.com

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This episode features stories by and an interview with acclaimed storyteller Andy Offut Irwin.

Andy is a humorist, singer, songwriter, musician, whistler, and "walking menagerie of sound effects" who was awarded the National Storytelling Network Circle of excellence award just this year. In the interview Andy discusses his process for creating compelling fictional characters, his famous character, eighty-five-year-old-widowed-newly-minted-physician-aunt, Dr. Marguerite Van Camp, and  the power of the audience's imagination.  Along with the interview, today's episode contains a few of our favorite stories by Andy including "Book Every Saturday For a Funeral" and "Spinners."

For more information regarding Andy (and more Aunt Marguerite stories as well!) visit his website.

Our thirty-ninth episode features different perspectives on bullying:

Bill Harley

Story 1: Weezie and the Moonpies

Teller: Bill Harley

Website: http://www.billharley.com/

Notes: A bully is out-smarted by by his clever neighbors.

Dawn Metcalf

Story 2: Standing Tall

Teller: Dawn Metcalf

Website: http://www.dawnmetcalf.com/

Notes: Read by actor Elizabeth Elieson, "Standing Tall" is Dawn's personal story about being bullied all through elementary school, only to find that her height and dry wit make her popular in high school. Dawn is now an author, and her latest book, Indelible, came out in August, 2013. Its sequel, Invisible, is due out April, 2014.

Saundra Mitchell

Story 3: There's a Light

Teller: Saundra Mitchell

Website: http://www.saundramitchell.com/

Notes: This is Saundra's personal story about being bullied from elementary school until high school, when she attempted suicide. "There's a Light" was read by Karli Hall and published in the the book Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories.

Melissa Walker

Story 4: I Was a Bully Too

Teller: Melissa Walker

Website: http://www.melissacwalker.com/

Notes: From the book Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories, and read by BYU Radio's own Peggy Woodruff, "I Was a Bully Too" is Melissa Walker's story of regret as she reflects on the way she ignored a girl name Eliza throughout middle school.

Antonio Sacre

Story 5: Battling Giants

Teller: Antonio Sacre

Website: http://www.antoniosacre.com/

Notes: A story that doesn't minimize the harm that bullies do, but considers the bully's own story as well.

Syd Lieberman

Story 6: David and Goliath

Teller: Syd Lieberman

Website: http://www.sydlieberman.com/

Notes: The classic biblical tale of David the shepherd boy defeating the mighty bully Goliath.

Our thirty-eighth episode features a selection of updated Aesop's fables:

Diane Ferlatte

Story 1: "Aesop Alive and Well" and "Aesop's Story Begins"

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/

Notes: The story of Aesop and how he began sharing his fables.

Sheila Starks Phillips

Story 2: The Lion and the Mouse

Teller: Sheila Starks Phillips

Website: http://www.sheilaphillips.com/

Notes: A lion lets a little mouse go in return for her help later.

Heather Forest

Story 3: The Sun and the Wind

Teller: Heather Forest

Website: http://www.heatherforest.com/

Notes: An argument between the elements leads to a man almost losing his new jacket.

Norah Dooley

Story 4: Aesop's Racing Rabbit

Teller: Norah Dooley

Website: http://www.norahdooley.com/

Notes: A retelling of the classic moral "slow and steady wins the race."

Donna Washington

Story 5: The Grasshopper and the Ants

Teller: Donna Washington

Website: http://www.dlwstoryteller.com/

Notes: A grasshopper finds himself unprepared for the winter.

TELLER

Story 6: City Mouse Country Mouse

Teller: Jim Weiss

Website: http://www.greathall.com/

Notes: City mouse and country mouse try to persuade one another to move.

TELLER

Story 7: The Monkey and the Donkey

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/

Notes: A humble old man finds a way to make ends meet with a positive attitude. "I may not have silver, I may not have gold, but when I laugh I never feel old!"

Our thirty-seventh episode features stories about man's best friend:

Fran Yardley

Story 1: Buster

Teller: Fran Yardley

Website: http://www.creativehealingconnections.org/

Notes: A tall tale about a hunting dog in the Adirondack Mountains.

Leslie Norris

Story 2: The Highland Boy

Teller: Leslie Norris

Website: http://www.storiesalive.com/

Notes: The story of a boy and his first dog.

TELLER

Story 3: Polar Bear and Hunting Dog

Teller: The Storycrafters

Website: http://www.storycrafters.com/

Notes: The friendship between a polar bear and a hunting dog is tested when one is forced to chase the other.

TELLER

Story 4: Bone Day

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/

Notes: An Aesop fable, and favorite of Diane's. This story/song tells of how one bone attracted one too many dogs.

Stories included in this episode:

Laura Pershin Raynor

Story 1: Best Friends for a Day

Teller: Laura Pershin Raynor

Website: http://www.ipraynor.com/

Notes: A story about the fickle nature of friendships.

Judith Black

Story 2: The Evil Prince and the Sleeping Beauty

Teller: Judith Black

Website: http://www.storiesalive.com/

Notes: A trip into the imagination of a girl dealing with friends and her teasing brother.

TELLER

Story 3: May I Have This Dance

Teller: Fran Yardley

Website: http://www.creativehealingconnections.org/

Notes: The story of Esmeralda, a girl who height won't allow her to fulfill her dreams of dancing.

Our thirty-fifth episode features animal tales:

Donna Washington

Story 1: Brer Possum and the Frogs

Teller: Donna Washington

Website: http://www.dlwstoryteller.com/

Notes: The cunning Brer Possum is seemingly out smarted by the frogs he intends to catch. Little do the frogs know that Brer Possum has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Priscilla Howe

Story 2: Fox and Hedgehog

Teller: Priscilla Howe

Website: http://www.priscillahowe.com/

Notes: A tale about a curious fox who, in traditional Bulgarian storytelling, is commonly referred to as Lisa.

Ed Stivender

Story 3: Princess and the Frog

Teller: Ed Stivender

Website: http://edstivender.com/

Notes: A comedic retelling of the classic Grimm Brother's fairy tale.

Tim Lowry

Story 4: Buh Gator Meet Trouble

Teller: Tim Lowry

Website: http://storytellertimlowry.com/

Notes: (Based on the tales of Brer Rabbit) A gator agrees to spend the day with a cunning rabbit and trouble ensues.

The Storycrafters

Story 5: Donkey and Toad

Teller: The Storycrafters

Website: http://www.storycrafters.com/

Notes: A traditional Jamaican story of two close friends who chose to compete against one another.

Diane Ferlatte

Story 6: Brer Rabbit's Dance

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/

Notes: Brer Rabbit is hungry and lies his way inside a farmers garden, with some unintended consequences of course.

Our thirty-fourth episode features stories of fear.

Donald Davis

Story 1: Irrational Fear

Teller: Donald Davis

Website: http://www.ddavisstoryteller.com

Notes: Donald's mother has an irrational fear of snakes.

Beth Horner

Story 2: A Night at Water Oaks

Teller: Beth Horner

Website: http://www.bethhorner.com

Notes: Beth is overworked and for some rest and relaxation she retires to her family's cabin in Water Oaks. However, she soon realizes that being in a cabin in the woods alone at night is the farthest thing from relaxing.

Our thirty-third episode showcases storyteller Pippa White's album "Voices From Ellis Island." In this one-woman production Pippa White retells the true stories of immigrants who passed through those iconic gates into America between 1890 and 1930. Their stories are amusing, frightening, inspiring, and true.

Pictured above: storyteller Pippa White.  For more information regarding Pippa and her storytelling, visit her website: http://www.pippawhite1co.com

This episode of "The Apple Seed," hosted by Sam Payne, visits the theme of "Lessons We've Learned from Those We Have Lost"

Charlotte Blake Alston

Story 1: The Cow Tail Switch

Teller: Charlotte Blake Alston

Website: http://www.charlotteblakealston.com/

Notes: Four brothers try to bring their father back from the dead and learn an important lesson about what it means to truly be gone.

Andy McQuinn

Story 2: Joseph the Knight

Artist: Andy McQuinn

Website:

Notes: Written by Apple Seed supervisor Andrew McQuinn and read by the late Ken Samson (the voice of rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh series). A knight is directed by his dead comrade as he prepares to go to battle for the first time.

Linda Goodman

Story 3: The Punishment

Teller: Linda Goodman

Website: http://lindagoodmanstoryteller.com/

Notes: A mother cooks up a scheme to win back the appreciation of her children.

Diane Ferlatte

Story 4: You Never Know What the End's Gonna Be

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com

Notes: A story about the bond between a woman and her mother-in-law.

Andy Offut Irwin

Story 5: Selections from Andy Offut-Irwin's CD "Crowd Control"

Teller: Andy Offut Irwin

Website: http://andyirwin.com/

Notes: Andy shares his stories of playing with a physically handicapped toddler name Tristan, and their adventures in Andy's small home-town.