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Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has illuminated culture and amplified voices from around the world. Folk Tales extends the Festival’s storytelling beyond the National Mall and into your headphones. The podcast foregrounds the experiences and passions of Festival participants while also bringing forward voices rarely heard by the public: curators, assistants, and other collaborators working behind the scenes.
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Contact path
Public web form
Booking probability
24%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchSince 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has illuminated culture and amplified voices from around the world. Folk Tales extends the Festival’s storytelling beyond the National Mall and into your headphones. The podcast foregrounds the experiences and passions of Festival participants while also bringing forward voices rarely heard by the public: curators, assistants, and other collaborators working behind the scenes.
Folk Tales is hosted by Smithsonian Folklife. The show has published 9 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "It Takes a Village" (8 April 2026, 18 minutes), "Learning Together" (8 April 2026, 23 minutes), and "Foodways" (8 April 2026, 26 minutes).
Folk Tales publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 9 episodes.
Booking probability for Folk Tales is 24%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Folk Tales requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Folk Tales's contact route on record: public web form.
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Smithsonian Folklife hosts Folk Tales, a society podcast with 9 episodes published.
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Episode #9
<p>The Festival doesn’t appear by magic—it’s built by a vast network of staff, interns, volunteers, and collaborators. This episode reveals what it takes to create a temporary city on the National Mall each...
Episode #8
<p>Outside of classrooms and apprenticeships, families and communities pass on cultural knowledge in their daily and social lives. Curator Rebecca Fenton highlights youth learning skills like weaving and saddlery from...
Episode #7
<p>Food carries memory, identity, and community. In the Foodways demonstration kitchen, participants share family recipes and culinary traditions. Program coordinator Lirit Gilmore introduces the people and stories...
Episode #6
<p>Engines revving, skateboards rolling, DJs spinning—this is street culture in motion. Curatorial assistant Andrea Mayorga tours the Streetwise tent alongside fellow curators and participants, including youth building...
Episode #5
<p>Youth are using radio, podcasts, film, and video to tell their own stories and spotlight what matters most to their communities. Curator Amalia Córdova shares the mic with media makers forging creative paths of their...
Episode #6
<p>Engines revving, skateboards rolling, DJs spinning—this is street culture in motion. Curatorial assistant Andrea Mayorga tours the Streetwise tent alongside fellow curators and participants, including youth building...
Episode #7
<p>Food carries memory, identity, and community. In the Foodways demonstration kitchen, participants share family recipes and culinary traditions. Program coordinator Lirit Gilmore introduces the people and stories...
Episode #8
<p>Outside of classrooms and apprenticeships, families and communities pass on cultural knowledge in their daily and social lives. Curator Rebecca Fenton highlights youth learning skills like weaving and saddlery from...
Episode #4
<p>From hip-hop to oral storytelling to poetry, language becomes a tool for community change. Lead curator Michelle Banks introduces young artists shaping culture through words and rhythm.</p><p>Featured participants...
Episode #3
<p>Native youth are leading efforts to reclaim and revitalize their ancestral languages. Curator Mary Linn introduces four North American Indigenous communities and the paths they are forging to ensure their languages...
Episode #2
<p>Songwriting thrives on collaboration, energy, and shared experience. Curator Cristina Díaz-Carrera spotlights Rebel Song Academy, youth mentorship, and a song composed with help from Festival visitors.</p><p>Featured...
<p>Artisans in the building trades preserve historic spaces by passing their skills to the next generation. Curator Marjorie Hunt and program coordinator Arlene Reiniger explore how youth apprentices are keeping these...
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