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In Episode One of Story Wok Podcast, we take you to Korea to taste a platter of Korean delights.

On the show, we have storytellers Ahn Sook Kim (Korea), Rohini Vij (India) and Swee Yean Wong (Singapore) telling Korean Stories.

Travel to Korea to understand the history of Korean Storytelling and its place in the modern day. Rituparna and Meher spoke to Korean Storyteller Alicia Dongjoo Bang to understand Korea and its stories.

In the Story Clinic, we have Roger Jenkins answer some vital storytelling queries.

And step into Pantry to listen to the podcast producers talk about the ways in which they begin their shows.

Episode Hosts & Producers:

Rituparna Ghosh - A story digger, story charmer, story extractor, Rituparna is anything but just a storyteller! She is the Founder of Your Story Bag, a Storytelling, Training and Consulting company. She works with listeners, children, adults, businesses and organisations helping them harness the power of stories. Rituparna produces 2 podcasts called Golpo, Stories from Around the World and What\\u2019s in Your Story Bag. She conducted a Podcasting for Storytellers Webinar for FEAST, and is now working on a longer podcasting program specially for storytellers.

Story Wok is a pilot project following the webinar.

Meher Gehi - Meher Gehi is a professional storyteller, story educator and an aspiring voice artist. Her storytelling comes alive through her expressive eyes & voice. She loves to infuse her storytelling with her deep love for music, theatrics & spirituality. She has performed & conducted sessions at prestigious schools & venues in Mumbai & across India.\\xa0Smitten by wanderlust, she can have you travel different worlds through her tales... Ready?\\xa0

FEATURED TELLERS :

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Rohini Vij is a professional storyteller, voice artist, educator, phonics trainer, drama coach, curriculum developer, and founder of NutSpace. She is on a mission to raise readers and is actively engaged with curriculum development for schools and her own ed-tech platform. She regularly creates audiobooks and podcasts for reputed publishing houses in India and has authored several stories for children.

Swee Yean was a former teacher whose students looked forward to their daily does of stories that she told to entertain and educate. She now performs for all audiences in schools, museums, libraries and carries out workshops for teachers, for senior citizens and organizations. She is currently the President of the Storytelling Association (Singapore).

Ahn-sook Kim is a member of the Federation of Asian Storytellers (FEAST) as well as the Korea International Storytellers Association. She helped organise the First Korea International Storytelling Festival in 2018/2019. She tells tales to children and adults. Before that, for twenty-five years she ran an English Academy, helping children learn English after school. She graduated with a Masters in Korean History and then worked as a school teacher and a local newspaper reporter in Daegu. She says that, now she has retired, she has more time to concentrate on storytelling.

Alicia Dongjoo Bang is a professional storyteller and passionate educator based in the Republic of Korea. She has delighted children and adults with her storytelling performances for years, and she now directs international storytelling festivals in South Korea. She is the founder of Story School, which is a unique storytelling school in Korea, and of KISA, the Korea International Storyteller Association.

Story Wok Producers: The podcast is produced by a 6 producers.

Krupa Vinayagamoorthy (Singapore)

Meher Gehi (India)

Ritu Vaish (India)

Rituparna Ghosh (India)

Roger Jenkins (Singapore)

Shereen Saif (Dubai)

Story Wok is produced by FEAST ( Federation of Asian Storytellers), our focus is on spreading Asian stories, celebrating the tellers from the Philippines in the East to Turkey in the West and the storytelling communities that lie in-between.

Write to us at feaststory@gmail.com | storywok@gmail.com