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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Kiran Singh Sirah
Description: Folklorist, poet and president of the International Storytelling Center, Kiran Singh Sirah is passionate about the power of stories. He heads the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee—the oldest festival of its kind in the world and a driving force behind the renaissance in storytelling. Kiran talks about creating community through stories, the ability of story to transcend petty politics and connect us to what is essential. His own story is pretty interesting: born in England to parents who had been expelled from their home in Uganda and grandparents who were part of the liberation movement in India. He und...