The Luxury of Listening: Storytelling Podcasts

A Midsummer's Night Dream
by
Arthur Rackham, 1908

Recently, storyteller Allison Cox asked our colleagues on the Storytell listserv to share some of their favorite podcast sites. Below is a list of suggestions, along with additional links to stories that regularly stream live on radio stations.

While there is no substitute for a live performance, watching and hearing a storyteller weave their magic right before your eyes, these podcasts are certainly treasures in their own right.

I am sure your will find many wonderful stories among the many links below to brighten your days!



Podcasts and Radio Shows

The Apple Seed Storytelling Show http://www.byuradio.org/show/be57d05dde3641708ae85b56c227ff86/the-apple-seed

The Art of Storytelling Show
http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/

Everything is Stories
eisradio.org

The Heart of the Story
http://bayfm.org/programs/heart-of-the-story/

massmouth
http://massmouth.org/
 

The Moth 
http://themoth.org/

Now Hear This
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/nowhearthis/

Porchlight Storytelling Series
http://porchlight.libsyn.com/

Snap Judgment
http://snapjudgment.org/podcast

Stories of the Journey Home
http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/

StoryCorps 
http://storycorps.org/

Tell a Tale

www.tellatale.eu/video.html

The Teller and the Tale
http://www.thetellerandthetale.com

This American Life
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

This American Life

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

True Story
http://truestorytime.org/

World of Storytelling

http://www.live365.com/index.live

 

Many thanks to Allison for asking the question and to the following storytellers for sharing the information:

Wendy Gourley
Jenni Cargill-Strong
Richard Martin

Ingrid Nixon
Nick Smith
Michael Williams

 

 

Karen Chace 2015 ©

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