What a treat to have Sage on the show this week.
To be honest, when I started the show earlier this year, there were three lists of people that I wanted as guests:
1) The people who knew me well enough to say yes;
2) The people I kinda knew, but wanted to get to know better; and,
3) People who I had never met, but had admired as storytellers/artists/others.
This 3rd group features the folks that I wanted to reach out to once I was confident enough in the show to feel that it merited their talents. Sage is one of the first guests from that list. She's a very experienced storyteller having taught storytelling at The Second City in Toronto and having won the Moth Grand Slam earlier this year. (Trust me non storytelling geeks, that's kind of a big deal).
If you're interested in learning more about Sage and her work you should definitely check out her web site and follow her on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or check out one of these videos of her telling stories at different events.
Though I am, like Sage, a child of the 70s, I had not heard Free to Be you and Me before recording this podcast (check out that BANJO, tho).
It's an interesting project, though. As Sage describes it was a feminist, children's entertainment project conceived and executive produced by Marlo Thomas which featured some HUGE names (including Michael Jackson and Roberta Flack). The New Seekers were also a mystery to me before my interview with Sage but I WAS interested to find out that they were responsible for I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (which was a number 1 hit in the UK but only after being a Coca Cola commercial). The more you know...
Anyway, as always, I encourage you to listen to the whole song either before or after you listen to the storyteller do their thing!
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If you have a story that you think might be interesting for Season 2 please feel free to send an email to volumeknobpod@gmail.com!
Happy Holidays! I'll see you in the new year.
