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Balado: The StorySave Podcast

Conversations with Canada’s Storytellers

E12 Balado Presents: Nonprofit Spotlight, ‘Storytellers of Canada’

Selina Eisenberg in an interview with Tom Kelly of Nonprofit Spotlight

Episode Notes

In this episode of Balado, we're sharing an interview from the podcast 'Nonprofit Spotlight', featuring StorySave’s own Selina Eisenberg. Selina, Co-Chair of the StorySave Committee, spoke with Tom Kelly about the profound art of oral storytelling and the work we do

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E10 Telling and Tenderness in the Prairies: A Conversation About Marie Anne McLean

A group conversation about Marie Anne McLean's album 'Stories from the Prairies'

Episode Notes

A GROUP DISCUSSION ABOUT MARIE ANNE MCLEAN’S ALBUM ‘STORIES FROM THE PRAIRIES’

This episode is an edited version of our StorySave Listening Party (think book club, but for CDs!) on Marie Anne McLean’s 2009 album “Stories from the Prairies”. 

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E9 Jan Andrews & Jennifer Cayley: What Are You Longing For?

Episode Notes

When Jan Andrews died in September 2017, storytelling lost an enormous talent and champion. Widely-recognized as a storyteller who touched her audiences with the depth and power of her work, Jan was a committed member of the Canadian storytelling community. 

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E7 Oro Anahory-Librowicz: The Chain of Transmission

Oro takes us on a journey through the oral traditions that have inspired her life and work.

Episode Notes

With the release of her gorgeous new storytelling album, Being Born Is a Miracle, Oro talks about memory, exile and the jewish oral tradition that has inspired her all her life.

Hosted by Selina Eisenberg Produced by Marion Gruner Technical production by Amanda Klang

E6 Rosalyn Cohen: The Seeds of SC-CC

Storytellers of Canada co-founder, Rosalyn Cohen shares some early memories and the inspiration for SC-CC.

Episode Notes

In honour of SC-CC's 20th anniversary, founding member Rosalyn Cohen talks about what inspired Storytellers of Canada - Conteurs du Canada all those years ago.

Produced and hosted by Marion Gruner

E5 Rita Cox: The Gently Echoed Music

Iconic storyteller, Rita Cox talks about her extraordinary career, and the fascinating history of Caribbean storytelling.

Episode Notes

Iconic librarian, author and storyteller Rita Cox takes us on a journey from her childhood in Trinidad, to her legendary career in New York and Toronto, and discusses the fascinating origins of Caribbean folktales, the profound role of libraries, and how storytelling

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E3 Judith Poirier: Three Threads

Montreal storyteller, Judith Poirier's art is all about the everyday magic and history of her beloved city.

Episode Notes

Montreal storyteller, Judith Poirier's art is all about the everyday magic of her beloved city. In this podcast, she discusses her bilingual album Welcome to My Double Living Room, and explains how music, languages, and the life within Montreal's unique architecture

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