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Episode 4: A Coal Miner Speaks

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

Release Date: 04/11/2023

Episode 24: The People's Flying Ship - A Revolutionary Folktale show art Episode 24: The People's Flying Ship - A Revolutionary Folktale

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 23: Jack and the Haunted House, a Folktale show art Episode 23: Jack and the Haunted House, a Folktale

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 22: Episode 22: "The Magic Pomegranate", a folktale

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 21: Episode 21: "Three Hairs from the Devil's Beard", a folktale

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 20: Episode 20: "Grass Cape", a folktale

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 19: A Puppeteer Speaks show art Episode 19: A Puppeteer Speaks

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 18: A Carpenter Speaks show art Episode 18: A Carpenter Speaks

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 17: A Midwife Speaks show art Episode 17: A Midwife Speaks

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

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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Episode 16: A Teacher Speaks show art Episode 16: A Teacher Speaks

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

On this episode, a teacher and former president of the Washington DC Teachers' Union tells the story of her work in the classroom as a radical teacher Music: The Internationale - Alistair Hulett To Be Young, Gifted and Black - Nina Simone Socialism is Better -words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohn

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Episode 15: Two Surgeons Speak show art Episode 15: Two Surgeons Speak

Storytelling on the Road to Socialism

On this episode, father and son surgeons in Cuba tell the story of their work during and after the revolution Music - The Internationale: Cuban Spanish version Ojala: Silvio Rodriguez Socialism is Better: words & music by Bruce Wolf; performed by Bruce Wolf, Noah Wolf, Gaby Gignoux-Wolfsohm

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On this episode, a coal miner in West Virginia tells the story of the history of miners organizing and the struggle to save the Appalachian mountains

Music:

The Internationle- Alistair Hulett

Which Side Are You On? - Florence Reece

They'll Never Keep Us Down - Hazel Dickens

The Mountain - Steve Earle

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