Jo Radner

Jo Radner is a folklorist, oral historian, and award-winning storyteller who has been studying, teaching, telling, and collecting stories most of her life. She has performed from Maine to Hawaii; her stories favor characters whose lives defeat simple explanations. Her recent CD, Yankee Ingenuity: Stories of Headstrong and Resourceful People, won a 2013 Storytelling World Award. Jo is past president of the American Folklore Society and the National Storytelling Network.