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Enriching lives and transforming communities worldwide through the oral tradition at Tennessee’s International Storytelling Center

The International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee was the birthplace of the modern day renaissance of the art and passion of the oral tradition. In addition to the annual Storytelling Festival held annually in October, programs year round, including storytelling Live, and Freedom Stories (unearthing the Black Heritage of Appalachia) empower and inspire people to create healthier communities via shared cultural tales.

Join Ben Weakley, director of development for an overview of the Storytelling Center’s mission followed by kiran Singh Sirah, president who shares powerful tales of transformative oral tradition experiences in Northern Ireland and around the world that enrich lives and help build healthy communities through the art and craft of storytelling.

Funding for Journeys of Discovery is provided by Nashville's Big Back Yard economic initiative focused on rural communities in the southwest quarter of Tennessee and the Shoals Region of Northern Alabama.

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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