The Heart of Storytelling

In this podcast, we will explore the art of oral storytelling; looking at its history, its relevance today and discovering storytellers who are passionate about bringing stories to you in the oral form. Each week we hear from a new storyteller who will bring a story to life and share their journey into this traditional artform.

The Heart of Storytelling is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 84 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Heart of Storytelling, a arts show with 84 episodes published.

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  Episode #82

  Daiva Ivanauskaitė Brown and Total Unity

  Aug 19, 202649 minS1

  Daiva Ivanauskaitė-Brown is a professional Lithuanian storyteller based in Glasgow, whose background in history and heritage shapes her rich repertoire of Lithuanian and Scottish folklore and its' weaving with biographical tales. Known for her expressive body language, energetic delivery, and traditional Lithuanian singing, Daiva creates vivid, immersive worlds centered on womanhood, empathy, resilience, and the deep connection between people and nature. She performs widely across Europe and the UK at major book and storytelling festivals, museums, and community spaces. As a performance storyteller and a socially engaged practitioner listed in the Scottish Storytelling Forum storytellers' directory and Scottish Book Trust authors' register, Daiva works with The Village Storytelling Centre and regularly collaborates with other arts, culture and education organizations in Scotland and Lithuania bringing untold and lesser-heard voices into the spotlight. www.daivathestoryteller.com ‍ ‍

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  Episode #80

  Diep Tran and Keeping the Inner Child Alive

  Jul 22, 202652 minS1

  Diep Tran is a language teacher, researcher, and storyteller. She earned her PhD in Applied Linguistics from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2021. She has had more than 13 years of diverse teaching experience in Vietnam and New Zealand. Diep Tran is the creator of Sun and Moon Stories, a bilingual storytelling channel on Youtube. As an English teacher, she believes in the power of storytelling in teaching language to young learners. Diep Tran runs courses for teachers and parents on how to teach and connect with children through stories.

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  Episode #78

  Angharad Wynne and mapping landscapes

  Jun 24, 20261 hourS1

  Angharad is an advocate for humanity’s generative connection with the more than human world. She carries the indigenous wisdom tradition of the British Isles and weaves it with ecology, philosophy, creativity and contemporary animism practice. As a ceremonialist, teacher, author, speaker and Cyfarwydd (storyteller), she explores the territory of reclaiming our deep humanity and re-membering a reciprocal relationship with the land, the seen and unseen. Angharad runs a small organisation called Dreaming the Land, an invitation through story, myth and adventures in landscape to connect to our deep humanity and the land on which we stand. She is a member of the Wisdom Keepers collective and creator of Dadeni, a programme that explores the native spiritual traditions of Britain. She is a founder of ‘Animate Earth’, an international animism collective of teachers, facilitators, thinkers, scientists and writers. She regularly speaks at events and festivals across Europe on these and related matters. Her first English language book, Wise Women – Myths and Folklore in Celebration of Older Women, a collaboration with Dr Sharon Blackie was published by Virago in October 2024. www.angharadwynne.com dreamingtheland.com Insta: @dreamingthelandFB: https://www.facebook.com/dreamingtheland Where people can add the word they’re yearning for to describe connection and relatedness with the natural world: www.dreamingtheland.com/words BOOK: Wise Women, Myths and Stories for Midlife and Beyond by Sharon Blackie and Angharad Wynne, published by Virago, 2024, available from bookshops or direct from : www.virago.co.uk ANIMISM: animate-earth.org

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  Episode #77

  Elisa Pearmain and Healing with Stories

  Jun 10, 202644 minS1

  Elisa Pearmain has been telling stories professionally for over 37 years. Her performances have been called, “Dance Poetry.” She is the award-winning author of two collections of world wisdom tales including, Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from around the World (1998), and Once Upon a Time: Storytelling to Teach Character and Prevent Bullying (2006). Her double CD, Forgiveness: Telling Our Stories in New Ways also won a Storytelling World Honor Award in 2014. Elisa is also a licensed psychotherapist in private practice with a specialty in Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Forgiveness. She has been leading storytelling workshops and narrative-based groups for over 30 years and was formerly an adjunct professor at Lesley University teaching storytelling in the curriculum both on and off campus. In her spare time, she is a climate activist who led the charge to ban single use plastic bags, and Styrofoam in her town. Her storytelling resources can be found on www.wisdomtales.com . ‍ ‍

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  Episode #76

  Jay Leeming and a Spiritual Connection

  May 27, 202653 minS1

  Jay Leeming is a performance storyteller adept at bringing ancient myths and stories alive through the power of the spoken word. A regular performer in theaters, schools, libraries and National Parks, he is the creator of the Crane Bag podcast, the author of three books of poetry and the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. More information about his work as well as recordings of his performances of the Mahābhārata, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” numerous Norse myths and the Odyssey can be found at www.JayLeeming.com.

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