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

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...

February 21, 2022 • 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...

February 20, 2022 • 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...

February 19, 2022 • 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...

February 18, 2022 • 40:40

Part 1: Windlicht

Jennifer Rosenfeld describes how discovering an unpublished essay by Josephine Pasternak in the Hoover Archives at Stanford University led her on an unexpected journey writing a musical about the White Rose. This episode explores the surprising...

February 17, 2022 • 19:03

Trailer: The White Rose

Tune into the White Rose Podcast beginning February 18th to learn about an inspiring instance of resistance in Nazi Germany, as well as Jennifer Rosenfeld's journey of writing a musical on the topic.

February 10, 2022 • 1:47