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James Ponsoldt talks honoring the social contract, maintaining friendships, and what we need from stories.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 11:53
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What does it mean to really get to know someone? As an adult, it can be harder for us to pull someone aside to talk. So what can we do to bring tha...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
Caption: Kate DiCamillo, Credit: Courtesy: Candlewick Press
A conversation with YA and children’s author Kate DiCamillo about reading and writing.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Join us today on The Apple Seed for a story from the terrific Chicago area teller Dan Keding, a story called Strawberries in Winter from the Czech...

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, KKRN, and WVPE


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 4
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On this episode of the show, you'll hear from Kate Dudding who spends her time as a storyteller researching stories about people who make a differe...

Bought by WCNY, KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, and WVPE


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
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This episode of The Apple Seed features stories about a lot of different questions, and answers. We'll hear from Bill Harley, Mary Grace Ketner, an...

Bought by KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, and WVPE


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In this episode we hear an exciting King Arthur adventure from Heather Forest. We also hear wonderful stories from Mary Gavan and Donald Davis.

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode we share some of the classic tales about journeys that we all grow up with. Join us for some adventures that will take us around th...

Bought by KTXK and WVPE


  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Today's episode is full of stories about horses and the remarkable history that revolves around these animals.

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Join us this episode for a classic story called "How the Whale Got It's Throat" by Rudyard Kipling and several other stories, including an entry in...

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Eric Sayre, Credit: Eric Sayre
Eric Sayre leads jazz performance education at Minneapolis South High School. Music learning has been changed a lot now that distance learning is i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Big Apple Circus
Big Apple Circus founder Paul Binder took the circus to a human scale and found its artistry.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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With her book, Balancing Acts,photographer Lucy Gray takes us backstage with dancers who are mothers.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Theo Taplitz and Ira Sachs, San Francisco, CA 5/29/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ira Sachs and Theo Taplitz talk clarity, process, and not getting into film school.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 22:44
Caption: First-grade docents at Portland's King School, Credit: Courtesy of harrell Fletcher
Harrell Fletcher shares his passion for social practice—creative projects in communities that are by, for, and of the residents.

Bought by WABE, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Jim Mickle, San Francisco, CA 9/30/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jim Mickle talks extreme reactions, the difference between a remake and a re-imagining, and why he wanted to make the prettiest cannibal movie ever.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2013
  • Length: 15:44
Caption: Brie Larson & Destin Cretton, San Francisco, CA 7/31/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Destin Cretton and Brie Larson talk the importance of humor, the power of super-soakers, and the joy of just being.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 14:29
Caption: Scott McGehee, Onata Aprile, David Siegel, San Francisco CA 4/25/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Scott McGehee, David Siegel, and Onata Aprile talk framing shots, casting children, and climbing Alexander Skarsgard like a tree.

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 10:32
Caption: At Common Fence Music, it's bring your own picnic basket and bottle of wine. At the Gathering of Fiddlers & Fishermen, on stage are, from left, Ed McGuirl, Mike Fischman and MC Jacob Haller., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
While America continues to grieve over the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut and search for w...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
Caption: Erica Linz, San Francisco, CA, 12/4/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Erica Linz talks fear as a buddy, transferring the magic from stage to screen, and why she founded the charity, Cirque du Couture.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 16:43
Caption: Sam Fell and Chris Butler, San Francisco, CA 7/27/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-Directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell talk using fantasy to enhance reality, the perfection of the imperfect, and why slugs lend themselves so rea...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 20:39
Caption: Benh Zeitlin, San Francisco, CA 6/5/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Benh Zeitlin talks life, death, and ulterior motives.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2012
  • Length: 12:45
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A short review of the documentary about the influential children's broadcaster.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Taika Waititi, San Francisco, CA 3/15/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Taika Waititi talks childhood, hero worship, and whether or not the Maori are one of the lost tribes of Israel.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:55
Caption: Adam Larkey
Many of the musicians who perform at fiddlers' conventions and music festivals throughout southern Appalachia are, in fact, young kids.

Bought by WMMT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3