The Storytellers: Recent Episodes

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WSIU Radio hosted a recording booth at the inaugural Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival in April 2008. More than a dozen people tried their hand at storytelling, in a range of styles from retelling oral histories to reading from a book.

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Steve Otto tells a story called "Max and Margaret" and their time at the county fair.

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Anne Haehl recalls a story about the courtship between Joe and Fran, her parents.

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Gary Kuntz restates that "it wasn't his fault" while pleading to get the keys to the car when he was just learning to drive.

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Hope Botwinski explains the unwritten "Family Rules" that she neglects to tell her future husband.

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Sherra Bowling tries her hand at storytelling about growing up in Alabama.

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Mary Garrett recalls growing up with animals and raising them for both food as well as companionship

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Carol Watkins tells a story about her father and his experiences during World War II.

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Jim Goddard tells a poem "The Boon and Crocket Pancake"

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Olivia reads a story about when her dog passed away, entitled "Its Not Okay"

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Luke tells his story, "My First Snake"

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Brenda Appleby tells a story about returning to same places as a near adult as she enjoyed as a child during a cross-country trip with her sister.

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Grandma Superstar tells a story about kids asking whether she had "the dress"

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Pam Dawson tells a story that is rich the lore of her family genealogy.

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Stephanie Lynch tells a story about her father and his times with a BB Gun.