First hour: A Season's Griot 2016
Second hour: Living on Earth: Hope for the Holidays 2016
We have special programming from PRI. In our first hour, it's A Season's Griot. This celebration in story and song is public radio's only nationally syndicated Kwanzaa program. Hosted for nearly 20 years by acclaimed storyteller Madafo Lloyd Wilson, this annual special captures the tales and traditions of African American and African peoples. This year’s program celebrates Family & Celebration. The show’s poet laureate, Beverly Burnette, and other members of the Season’s Griot family return and familiar and favorite elements of Griot will also be in place with plenty of music in this 2016 edition!
Then in our second hour, The "Living on Earth" holiday special brings together Celtic and African-American tales as well as original stories on the theme of hope. Once a year we take a break from the news cycle and devote an hour to stories of the season. The 2016 storytelling show features Irish bard Aine Minogue, who'll share ancient Celtic traditions and mesmerizing harp music. Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, story spinners and musicians from Tennessee, bring in a "High John the Conqueror" tale. Israeli Noa Baum tells a true story that underscores the spirit of the season, that people everywhere are related as inhabitants of our planet.
