Stories and Storytelling: Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd are in Jonesborough, Tennessee, at the National Storytelling Festival, where they discuss stories and storytelling.
Thanks to Martin P. for a PayPal donation (1:58)
We are in Jonesborough, Tennessee, the oldest town in Tennessee, home of the International Storytelling Center and host to the National Storytelling Festival. (2:19)
Why do people tell stories? Morality tales, expressions of heritage, stories that break the ice, stories that support the ego (5:14)
Music bumper from “Edgar Meyer Winter” by Shibboleth (13:28)
Different kinds of storytelling performances that we have seen: folk music, reminiscence stories, cowboy poetry, telling traditional tales (15:20)
Song: “The Story” by Jason Silver (22:19)
Rude Word of the Week: “turkey” (25:41)
Music bumper from “Nada” by Jaime Beauchamp. (29:36)
The future of storytelling: what will storytelling look and sound like in future generations? Benjamin Shepherd, Ruthanna Ruben, Caden Watts (30:17)
Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 37:35
size: 34.4 Mb
rating: G (No “adult stories” were recounted in this edition. Furthermore, kids should be told stories all the time.)
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