Episodios

  • Episode 24: The People's Flying Ship - A Revolutionary Folktale
    Aug 29 2023

    On this podcast finale, Candace shares a story that incorporates mythic and contemporary elements. She learned this tale from fellow laborers while working on a hops farm in the west of England.

    Music:

    The Internationale - National Red Army School Students in Nanchang, China

    Fifth Symphony - Beethoven

    Socialism is Better - words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    44 m
  • Episode 23: Jack and the Haunted House, a Folktale
    Aug 22 2023

    On this episode, Candace shares a humorous ghost story she heard while doing storytelling work in the coal-mining communities of Appalachia

    Music:

    The Internationale - Workers Party of Jamaica In-House Raggae Group

    Over The Waterfall - Tin Whistle Appalachian Tune

    Thunder Maker Sound

    Socialism is Better - Words and music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    33 m
  • Episode 22: "The Magic Pomegranate", a folktale
    Aug 15 2023

    On this episode, Candace shares a folktale she learned from an antifascist actress while living in a town on the Adriatic coast of Italy

    Music/sounds:

    The Internationale - Multiple Languages

    Chimes

    Fugue in G Minor: Bach

    Socialism is Better - words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    27 m
  • Episode 21: "Three Hairs from the Devil's Beard", a folktale
    Aug 8 2023

    On this episode, Candace shares a folktale she heard while living in the south Mexican state of Chiapas

    Music/Sounds:

    The Internationale - Pete Seeger

    Gong!

    Fifth Symphony - Beethoven

    Socialism is Better - words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    30 m
  • Episode 20: "Grass Cape", a folktale
    Aug 1 2023

    On this episode, Candace shares a folktale she heard while working as a housekeeper at a hotel near the docks of the port city of Bergen, Norway

    Music:

    The Internationale - Alistair Hulett

    Four Seasons - Vivaldi

    Socialism is Better - words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    38 m
  • Episode 19: A Puppeteer Speaks
    Jul 25 2023

    On this episode, a puppeteer tells the story of his childhood under the Nazis, then growing up to construct gigantic puppets to protest wars of imperialist aggression

    Music:

    The Internationale - Alistair Hulett

    Gong!

    Socialism is Better: words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    41 m
  • Episode 18: A Carpenter Speaks
    Jul 18 2023

    On this episode, a carpenter tells the story of how he paid a personal price for his anti-war and anti-racist activism

    Music:

    The Internationale: Pete Seeger

    Imagine: John Lennon

    Get Back, Black, Brown & White - Big Bill Broonzy

    Socialism is Better: words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    33 m
  • Episode 17: A Midwife Speaks
    Jul 11 2023

    On this episode, a midwife tells the story of her experiences advancing women's reproductive health and birthing rights

    Music/Sound:

    The Internationale - Workers Party of Jamaica In-House Reggae Group

    Home Birth Sounds

    Newborn Heartbeat

    Socialism is Better - words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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    44 m