S2 E2: Robert B. Jones & The Bible Players

Stories are a way to build and maintain connections to things that are bigger than ourselves: heritage, home, family. Today on the show we've got an hour of stories about staying connected. (3:18) Detroit storyteller and blues guitarist Robert B. Jones talks about how he became an ordained minister (8:11) Rev. Jones tells the story of he built his guitar from the wood from different parts of his childhood home to stay connected to his hometown in the story “Detroit Guitar,” recorded live in the Apple Seed studio (23:52) Host Sam Payne connects with his Greek grandparents by learning to cook Greek food in today’s entry in The Radio Family Journal (32:23) Two New York pals connect to their heritage by performing Torah stories for families as a duo called The Bible Players