What is the secret of true love? What is the meaning of life?
We're Scotte and Toni Burns, storytellers from the Black Hills of South Dakota, and we love the easy questions!
So, several years ago, we began motorcycle touring America, revealing love in American culture and the country’s great love stories from small towns, mountain and coastal communities, to reservations, college campuses and truck stops. From big city streets to prisons, farms, suburbs, and US military bases, Love in America dives deep into love in American history, society and culture, asking Americans of every color, faith and age about the meaning of love in this American life. Our tales from the heart of America reveal that the greatest love stories aren’t just romantic love, they’re also tales of perseverance, lifelong devotion, inspiration, and of the American story itself.
Story is the key to understanding what is love, because throughout human history, the way humans have shared meaning, purpose, culture, even morals, has been through our stories. As one Native American storyteller shared with Love in America, we gain knowledge by being told what something means - but through story, we find our own meanings, and in that way, we truly discover the wisdom we seek.
And through story, we come full circle to those first two questions: What is the secret of true love and what is the meaning of life? There’s a simple answer to both...You get to choose that.
Stories about the choices others have made, the many paths their loves have taken, and especially the laughter they’ve shared, are the places we begin that quest.
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What is the secret of true love? What is the meaning of life?
We're Scotte and Toni Burns, storytellers from the Black Hills of South Dakota, and we love the easy questions!
So, several years ago, we began motorcycle touring America, revealing love in American culture and the country’s great love stories from small towns, mountain and coastal communities, to reservations, college campuses and truck stops. From big city streets to prisons, farms, suburbs, and US military bases, Love in America dives deep into love in American history, society and culture, asking Americans of every color, faith and age about the meaning of love in this American life. Our tales from the heart of America reveal that the greatest love stories aren’t just romantic love, they’re also tales of perseverance, lifelong devotion, inspiration, and of the American story itself.
Story is the key to understanding what is love, because throughout human history, the way humans have shared meaning, purpose, culture, even morals, has been through our stories. As one Native American storyteller shared with Love in America, we gain knowledge by being told what something means - but through story, we find our own meanings, and in that way, we truly discover the wisdom we seek.
And through story, we come full circle to those first two questions: What is the secret of true love and what is the meaning of life? There’s a simple answer to both...You get to choose that.
Stories about the choices others have made, the many paths their loves have taken, and especially the laughter they’ve shared, are the places we begin that quest.
We start On the Road right here in Deadwood, South Dakota with a colorful in-studio talk with the Deadwood Alive history troupe's own Martha "Calamity" Jane Cannary, actress and historian Jena Sierks. Jena discusses Jane's story, her place in Deadwood's history and the grit it takes to be a thespian in the Dakotas. Toni also takes listeners on a whirlwind tour of a few other notable tough gals from the Dakota Territory! Our Love is History feature this week is a courageous and heartfelt love with life itself, through the eyes of both comedy and tragedy, in the ongoing story of comedienne and actress Carol Burnett. Finally, the narrative from our upcoming book, Tales from The Heart of America, shares the treasure of Margo, waitress at the Goshen Diner in upstate New York, and her path from a forced marriage as a teenager in Russia, through hunger, abuse, neglect, traveling to America alone, and emerging from it all with a profound and enduring love for life and the people she meets everyday - a tale called Karma Margo. Links:· Lead in song: Lovity Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID720jiPELY) by Something Underground (http://somethingunderground.com/)· Strong Women of Deadwood· The Madams:· Mollie Johnson a/k/a Queen of the Blondes (https://karibovee.com/2018/07/08/mollie-johnson-queen-of-the-blondes-part-one/ (https://karibovee.com/2018/07/08/mollie-johnson-queen-of-the-blondes-part-one/))· Dora DuFran (https://sites.google.com/site/samanthapattersonamh/marriage-among-prostitutes/madam-dora-dufran) (https://sites.google.com/site/samanthapattersonamh/marriage-among-prostitutes/madam-dora-dufran (https://sites.google.com/site/samanthapattersonamh/marriage-among-prostitutes/madam-dora-dufran))· Kitty LeRoy (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134214586/kitty-leroy) (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134214586/kitty-leroy (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134214586/kitty-leroy))· Eleanore Dumont (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-eleanoredumont/2/) a/k/a Madame Mustachio (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-eleanoredumont/2/ (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-eleanoredumont/2/))· Poker Alice Tubbs (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice/) (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice/ (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice/))·
Show Notes:South Dakota storytellers Scotte and Toni Burns share tales of Love in America, including deep devotion and imagination from the neighborhood of Fred and Joanne Rogers! Then, a dangerous idea from Deadwood, love from a Buddhist monk offering wisdom from Michael Jackson in Woodstock, NY and an original Tale from The Heart of America called, Can You Imagine? All coming up on Love in America!Show Links:· Lead in song: Lovity Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID720jiPELY) by SomethingUnderground.com (http://somethingunderground.com/);· Buffalo Run from RoadsideAmerica.com: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/news/13252 (https://www.roadsideamerica.com/news/13252); (https://www.roadsideamerica.com/news/13252;) · Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist Monastery in Woodstock: https://kagyu.org (https://kagyu.org/)· Khenpo Karma Tenkyong: https://kagyu.org/khenpo-karma-tenkyong (https://kagyu.org/teachers/resident_KhenpoKarmaTenkyong);· Love Story of Mrs. and Mr. Rogers· Mr. Rogers Neighborhood opening song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL3xSctTB5c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhAJnx5uwUU)· From YouTube, the FWBH Channel: Mr. Rogers on the Tonight Show (1980), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Kp5YeqrlE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Kp5YeqrlE) (5:36)· From Misterrogersandme.com: http://www.misterrogersandme.com (http://www.misterrogersandme.com)· From Post-Gazette.com: Music plays key role in Mrs. Rogers' relationship with husband Fred (http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20020409rogers0409fnp3.asp), http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20020409rogers0409fnp3.asp (http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20020409rogers0409fnp3.asp)· From www.TodayIFoundOut.com: 15 Interesting Mr. Rogers Facts, http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/02/15-interesting-mr-rogers-facts (http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/02/15-interesting-mr-rogers-facts)· From Wikipedia.com: Fred Roger’s Asteroid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26858_Misterrogers), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26858_Misterrogers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26858_Misterrogers)· From Amazon.com, Mister Rogers & Me:
What is the secret of true love? What is the meaning of life?
We're Scotte and Toni Burns, storytellers from the Black Hills of South Dakota, and we love the easy questions!
So, several years ago, we began motorcycle touring America, revealing love in American culture and the country’s great love stories from small towns, mountain and coastal communities, to reservations, college campuses and truck stops. From big city streets to prisons, farms, suburbs, and US military bases, Love in America dives deep into love in American history, society and culture, asking Americans of every color, faith and age about the meaning of love in this American life. Our tales from the heart of America reveal that the greatest love stories aren’t just romantic love, they’re also tales of perseverance, lifelong devotion, inspiration, and of the American story itself.
Story is the key to understanding what is love, because throughout human history, the way humans have shared meaning, purpose, culture, even morals, has been through our stories. As one Native American storyteller shared with Love in America, we gain knowledge by being told what something means - but through story, we find our own meanings, and in that way, we truly discover the wisdom we seek.
And through story, we come full circle to those first two questions: What is the secret of true love and what is the meaning of life? There’s a simple answer to both...You get to choose that.
Stories about the choices others have made, the many paths their loves have taken, and especially the laughter they’ve shared, are the places we begin that quest.
