The White Rose Podcast
The White Rose Podcast explores the true story of why university students Hans and Sophie Scholl, Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, and Willi Graf and their professor Kurt Huber resisted the Nazis, as well as Jennifer Rosenfeld's journey of writing a musical on the topic. Music by Jennifer Rosenfeld, performed by Nathan Cole, Gloria Lum, Emmanuel Ceysson, and Jennifer Rosenfeld. Music recorded, mixed, and mastered by Louis Ng, Lenson Productions. Podcast mixing by Sam Bird. Podcast Creative Direction by Elkhanah Pulitzer.
Episodes
6 episodes
Part 5: The White Rose, a musical concept recording
Featuring Maren Montalbano as Josephine Pasternak and Magdalena Scholl, Liv Redpath as Sophie Scholl, Ben Fankhauser as Hans Scholl, Randal Keith as Kurt Huber and Robert Scholl, Nicholas Ward as Alexander Schmorell, Jon Lee Keenan as Willi Gra...
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1:10:39
Part 4: A field of roses
Jennifer and her high school best friend, Julia Levitan, discuss Jennifer's multi-year creative journey bringing the White Rose to life as a musical.Featuring musical performances by Liv Redpath, Maren Montalbano, Lawrence Jones, Thomas...
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51:28
Part 3: All roads lead to Russia
Jennifer speaks with Stanford University Professor Lazar Fleishman, a leading scholar of the life and works of Boris Pasternak. They discuss the many unexpected connections between the White Rose and the Pasternak family, as well as the strange...
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42:49
Part 2: They were all romantics at heart
Jennifer speaks with Professor Elizabeth Bernhardt, Director of the Stanford Language Center, about the perception of the White Rose in Germany, the writings of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and more. Featuring readings by Maren Montalba...
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40:40
