Episode 25: Philip and the Pooka: An Irish Tale
When you pull the tail of the pooka, there’s no tellin’ where the tale might end! Kathleen Green’s delightful Irish story of a pooka is brought to lif...
Michael the Storyteller Tells Tales
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Each Friday, Michael the Storyteller shares another story from his vast repertoire of tales. These stories are for kids, families, and everyone who enjoys a good tale!
Episode 24: The Silly Farmer: A Tale from Ethiopia
Children especially enjoy this light-hearted Ethiopian tale of the silly farmer, retold with oohs & aahs & old bones by Storyteller Michael Kasony-O’M...
Episode 23: Why I Tell? (Part 1: First Night Boston with Jay O’Callahan)
Seeing the “Balcony” sign in an old theater at First Night Boston decades ago changed Michael’s life, along with Jay O’Callahan’s Raspberries. (Music:...
Episode 22: Tibetan Phowa Practice with Jesus & HaHa (Aunt Mary): A Buddhist Christian Story
Doing the Tibetan Buddhist phowa practice with Jesus Christ for HaHa (my Roman Catholic godmother, Aunt Mary). Sogyal Rinpoche’s The Tibetan Book of L...
Episode 21: The Wind in the Pine: A Japanese Tale: An Earth Mother Story
This gentle tale from Japan is retold by Environmental Storyteller Michael Kasony-O’Malley (aka Michael R. Malley or Michael O’Malley). It is found in...
Episode 20: Two Farmers and the Carpenter
Storyteller Michael Kasony-O’Malley (aka Michael R. Malley or Michael O’Malley) adapts and tells this tale inspired by Margaret Read MacDonald’s story...
Episode 19: Half a Blanket: An Irish Tale
Irish Storyteller Michael O’Malley (aka “Michael the Storyteller” or Michael Kasony-O'Malley) thinks of his own father whenever he tells this story fr...
Episode 18: An American Folktale: Why Bunny Rabbits Have Long Ears and Short Tails
Michael R. Kasony-O’Malley (“Michael the Storyteller”) shares an American pourquoi tale (aka as an origin story, an etiological tale, or a “reason why...
Episode 17: The Chinese Horse Story
The simple wisdom of a poor, old farmer is highlighted in this Chinese tale of a horse, a son, and a farmer from a small village in China. Retold by M...
Episode 16: A Photograph in Ireland
Beltaine (May Eve) is one of the four turnings of the Celtic year (along with Lughnasa, Samhain, & Imbolc) when the wall between us and the Spirit Wor...