{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Off Off Pod - Episode 009 - Storyteller Saundra Kelley Jonesborough TN","description":"In this episode of Off Off Pod, I interview storyteller, Saundra Kelley.\nAs many of you probably know, I've been staying with my parents in Tennessee for a while since my mother's been going through treatments for cancer.  And while here, I wanted to find some local artists to interview.  Jonesborough, Tennessee is THE place to go for storytelling.\nSaundra is the President of the Storyteller's Guild, an organization in the Jonesborough area, and she and her group perform in a beautiful complex built just for storytelling.  Besides the local "tellers," performers come from all over the world to Jonesborough to perform.  The height of the excitement happens in October during a yearly storytelling festival.  There are links below if you want to find out more about the area.\nI had asked Saundra if she had any local true ghost stories she could tell, and she delivered.  Afterwards I got a tour of some of the old buildings and locations.\nTopics covered in the podcast:\n\nThe introduction (0:00)\nSaundra Kelley, The Story Teller’s Guild http:\/\/storytellersguild.org (5:05)\nThe Jonesborough Storytelling Center http:\/\/www.storytellingcenter.net (6:50)\nBeautiful Historic Jonesborough, Oldest Town in Tennessee (11:12)\nA Master’s Degree in Storytelling ETSU (East Tennessee State University) http:\/\/www.etsu.edu\/coe\/stories (14:40)\nThe storytelling festival in October (18:15)\nHow Saundra Kelley made her way to Jonesborough from Florida (20:11)\nWhy I asked her for a ghost story (26:42)\nGhost Story: “Blood on the Floor” (32:51)\nThe seasonal ghost (48:41)\nAndrew Jackson strolls around town (51:58)\nSome of the mechanics of storytelling -- using images (55:54)\nHow to partake in storytelling in your area http:\/\/www.storynet.org (1:03:17)\n","author_name":"Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich","author_url":"http:\/\/offoffpod.libsyn.com","html":"