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The Apple Seed

Gather your family for great stories from great storytellers. Stories bring us together and the stories on The Apple Seed will spark memories that you can share with the people you love. The Apple Seed is a storytelling podcast by BYUradio and is hosted by Sam Payne.

kids & family stories for kids

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EXTRA: The Power of the Horse by Clive Romney

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/21

Who better to talk about horses than a real cowboy poet?

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56:50

A Promise Worth Keeping

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/20

Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we’ve been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers. Many people view promises in many different ways. In many a cowboy movie, a simple handshake was enough to seal an agreement in stone. Spy movies, on the other hand, hold many empty promises, betrayals, and treachery. Ideally, everyone would keep their promises, but

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56:50

Hooves of the Horses

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/19

Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we’ve been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers. Today we're talking about horses! Horses have been a key player in history, in western migration, in poetry, and in storytelling. Songs, short stories, novels and poems have centered around the ‘Cowboy’ and their horse for a long time. Many folktales and songs have been

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56:50

Blonde, Beautiful, and Bubbly

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/18

Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we’ve been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers. Have you ever felt out of place? Whether it was in your family, your school, your workplace, or anywhere else, we have all experienced a sense of displacement at some time or other. In today's stories, you'll find all sorts of other people who feel the same way

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9:12

EXTRA: Utah Liars Contest with George McEwan

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/16

When a cat and a man find themselves at war, who will prevail?

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5:39

EXTRA: The Mule and the Jealous Farmer by Len Cabral

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/15

Join us and Len Cabral for an African folk tale!

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EXTRA: The Golem by Richard Young

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/14

We’re bringing you a story about a fabled figure from Jewish tradition called a golem, a figure often made from mud, clay or stone that exist only to obey the instructions they are given.

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The Invisible Boy

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/13

Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we’ve been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers. Do you ever have days when you feel invisible? No matter what you say, it seems as though people don’t even notice you’re there. What would it be like to be completely invisible, unseen by anyone? Today we’ll hear the story of a boy who was completely invisible and one

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56:50

You Are My Sunshine

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/11

Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we’ve been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers. Life is full of ups and downs, and each moment teaches us lessons that we remember forever. Some lessons we painfully have to learn on our own, but others can be learned through those that are closest to us. Their lives and their stories can teach us about the best parts

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56:50

Give Me A Chuckle

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/11

Come celebrate some wacky stuff as we tell of beetles who become bug brides, escaping one-eyes giants, and the many ways to cook a fish. On today’s episode of The Apple Seed, award-winning storytellers tell us some outlandish, ludicrous, unbelievable stories that will throw you for such a loop, all you’ll think to do is laugh! On today's episode, enjoy the following: "Princess Firefly" by Diane Edgecomb from Pattysaurus and Other Tales (3:35) "Herring's Head" by Doug Elliot from Everybody's

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EXTRA: I Can Do It Too by David Holt

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/09

In this quick little ditty, songwriter and storyteller David Holt sings about the role love plays in helping people find the capacity to change. Sway along to these fun beats!

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BITE: The Scholar's Journey by Shonaleigh

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/08

Have you ever done something crazy in your past that later came back to revisit you? The hero in this story sure has!

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EXTRA: Why Kids Aren't in Charge by Susan Reed

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/07

Susan Reed sings a song about fairness and injustice.

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56:50

The Woman and the Snake

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/06

This episode explores quirky ideas and themes of familial strength, like baby birds finding their mother through song, a snake’s marriage proposal to a woman, even a donkey challenging a toad to a race! This episode includes: "The Woman and the Snake" by Barry Stewart Mann from The Improbable Love of Ethel and Elmer and Other Offbeat Tales of Romance (1:54) "The Three Army Surgeons" by Ingrid Nixon from Grimm's with a Twist (11:19) "Donkey & Toad" by The Storycrafters from Classics with a Twist

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The Princess on the Glass Hill

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/05

This episode includes the following: “Bigger Badder Better” by Kirk Waller from But Why? (2:29) The Daily Mix: "Dulce de Leche" with Lisa Valentine Clark (15:05) “The Princess on the Glass Hill Part I” by Ruth Halpern from She Set Out to Seek Her Fortune (24:38) “Bill Greenfield and the Champion Wrestler” by Joseph Bruchac from Adirondack Tall Tales, Volume One: The Bill Greenfield Stories (35:53) “Why the Sun Comes Up When Rooster Crows” by Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton from How & Why

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56:50

Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/04

Get ready for an hour of inspiring stories about finding what’s most important – even if the characters don’t realize they're looking for it to begin with. This episode includes the following: “Chin Chin Kobokama” by Margaret MacDonald from Tuck-Me-In Tales (2:41) “In Search of Charles Dickens” by Lani Peterson from Stories Within (9:40) “The Beauty and the Melamed” by Susan Stone (25:16) “Golden Thread” by Susan Reed from Songs & Stories About Families, Friendships & Shoes (36:54) Radio

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EXTRA: Legend of Kulintang by Eth-Noh-Tec

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/02

In this legend from the Philippines, a prince finds himself drawn to a strange new music by the river, a “golden sound sailing across the water”.

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Welcome To The Apple Seed - Start Here!

The Apple Seed ·

2022/01/01

Great stories can change your world. Join The Apple Seed for tall tales, fairy tales, folk tales, personal tales, historical tales, and more! Hosted by storyteller Sam Payne. A production of BYUradio.

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EXTRA: The Second Wolf by Sean K. Buvala

The Apple Seed ·

2021/12/31

Did you know that Little Red Riding Hood had more than one encounter with a wolf? This short tale is all about that experience and how she survived.

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56:50

The Shoemaker and the Groundhogs

The Apple Seed ·

2021/12/30

This episode has tales of broken expectations, tales within tales, and even more from great tellers. Enjoy the following: “The Shoemaker and the Groundhogs” by Megan Hicks from No Tricks. Just Magic (4:12) Radio Family Journal: "Moving Elephants" by Sam Payne (17: 53) The Daily Mix: "American Graffiti" with Rod Gustafson (23:44) “The Snail with the Silver Shell” by Len Cabral from Buzz Buzz Once There Was (32:19) “Li Chi Slays the Serpent” by Beth Horner from An Evening at Cedar Creek

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