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Planet Storytime Podcast

Thomas Mitchell & Paxton Stanley

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The Planet Storytime Podcast (PSP) is a wonderful story narration and music program for kids of all ages that provides listeners the invitation and opportunity to use their imaginations to see all the things they're hearing in each of our shows. We divide our time between providing fully original content and adaptations of timeless classics. Thomas Mitchell provides amazing narration while Paxton Stanley provides all the music and sound effects. Bringing these two talents together creates wo ...
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Greetings from Planet Storytime! (While we continue development on the new Beatru stories and several other originals, we are proud to bring back one of our favorites, and one of TM Ganim's greatest stories, How The Bald Man Came To Be!) IN this episode of the podcast, we are proud to present another original story by TM Ganim, How The Bald Man Cam…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! In this episode of the podcast, Thomas Mitchell and Paxton Stanley deliver one of L. Frank Baum's often overlooked classics, The Wonderful Pump, a story that dramatically illustrates how greed taints best possible outcomes and the crucial need to remain mindful when opportunity presents itself. We also learn how pr…
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How did the camel get its hump anyway? And how important is it to pull your own weight and to work hard in life? In this Rudyard Kipling story, Thomas Mitchell seeks to answer these questions with yet another amazing example of his wonderful narration. Paxton Stanley brings another gorgeous music soundtrack to this classic tale. We hope you enjoy t…
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Greetings fellow, Planet Storytime Listeners! It's been far too long since our team has provided the PSP Universe with a hard update on the state of the show, our future and plans for 2024. For those of you who have been with us since the beginning back in the late summer of 2019, we salute and thank you! Without your support, we wouldn't have a sh…
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We're going back to our 3rd episode ever - we hope you enjoy this remixed version! Four animals, faced with overwhelming changes in each of their individual lives, team up to seek adventure and new opportunities as town musicians. Along the way, they come across the likes of robbers! How will each one of them respond to the robbers? How will the te…
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Greetings, beloved denizens of Planet Storytime! IN this episode of the podcast, we bring you an encore presentation of The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, one of the world’s greatest writers. This is the tale of a very selfish giant, his wonderful garden, the curious and playful village children, and, of course, the little child who changes the gian…
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Greetings and Happy New Year! The Planet Storytime team welcomes you to the new year with 4 of our greatest songs performed by Planet Storytime's own Rubber Plane: 221 Whippoorwill Livelong Galaxy Hopper Victor Surf Theme You can enjoy each track separately with the capter markers. We'll be back soon with more songs, more stories and more fun - sta…
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Greetings and happy holidays! In our second podcast featuring the amazing, Beth Bacon, she and Thomas share narration duties for A Visit from St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)! NOTE: learn more about Beth Bacon in the notes below! This is the last in our holiday series for 2023, and we once again thank Beth for sharing both her time a…
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We are very happy and proud to present you with the brand new Christmas story from renowned children's author, Beth Bacon, The Family Santa Almost Forgot! Beth was kind enough to stop by the PSP Studio and provide us with our first guest narrator and she did a wonderful job! About our author: Beth Bacon is an author for young readers. She was born …
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This is our new single, written and performed by TM Ganim and Rubber Plane. This is a beautiful song featuring TM Ganim on vocals and piano with Paxton Stanley on bass and drums. ***the ethereal, cosmos-sized strings are complements of Livelong*** We hope everyone is having an enjoyable holiday season this year and encourage you to check out our tw…
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We have you enjoy our annual Christmas Story! PSP Holiday Crew Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of those categories. We encourage any content providers and/or fans of online content to check out the website: https://www.fe…
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Happy holidays! PSP Holiday Production Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of those categories. We encourage any content providers and/or fans of online content to check out the website: https://www.feedspot.com/publishe…
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Greetings, Planet Storytime listeners!! For the first time since 2021, we are happy to give you our classic Thanksgiving story once again! Our old friends, Crow and Beetle team up once again to help save Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving to all! PSP Development Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and…
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Planet Storytime listeners, we're happy to present another gem from our friend and sometimes contributor, Mitchell Von Gemmigen! Mitchell gives us a wonderful bedtime poem with Now It's Time to go to Sleep, with narration by Thomas Mitchell and music by Paxton Stanley. Enjoy and sweet dreams! PSP Production Team Nocturnal Sleepytime Crew - division…
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Feeling lost in the crowd, uncomfortable in your own skin, or simply out of touch with your true self? Well, isn't it about time we all embraced our unique colors, shapes, and sizes! This episode is your motivational mantra for self-love and self-acceptance. We're combining poetic expressions with insightful perspectives to help you find the joy of…
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This one is all Thomas Mitchell and his lovely take on making ANY day a GREAT day with a bit of perspective-shifting and positive attitude! We hope you enjoy it! PSP - Galápagos Away Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each o…
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Greetings, friends! Welcome back to Planet Storytime. As we gear up for more and more episodes and put finishing touches on new material, we wanted to re-release one of our favorite song podcasts from Summer of 2020 as we come to the end of Summer 2023! Enjoy!! PSP Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and…
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Greetings! Two years ago we released a series of podcasts for TM Ganim's, Livelong - Galaxy Hopper, a 6-part series following the adventures of Livelong, “the good cloud,” who drifts from galaxy to galaxy to respond to those in need. With narration from Thomas Mitchell and an amazing musical score and soundtrack from Dave Halverson, this complete e…
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Another burst of minimalism, happy thoughts and groovy beats. Happiness, health and goodness to each of you - have a wonderful week! All lyrics and music created by Thomas Mitchell and Pax Stanley. PSP Production Team North by Northwest Division Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in rele…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! This episode is the first of our new, bite-sized, song-based show format. Thanks for your continued support for almost 4 years! PSP Production Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of thos…
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More to come. Stay tuned! PSP Production Team. Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of those categories. We encourage any content providers and/or fans of online content to check out the website: https://www.feedspot.com/publi…
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This will be our last encore presentation of one of our most beloved podcasts (Rikki-Tikki-Tavi) as we ramp up towards new content in 2023 which marks our 5th season! As you may have noticed, we have stripped away our intro/outro content to help shorten the time of each of our podcasts. We've also remastered each of the encore releases in December …
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! Please enjoy this classic TM Ganim story! Thanks, PSP Production Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of those categories. We encourage any content providers and/or fans of online content…
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Happy holidays! PSP Production Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of those categories. We encourage any content providers and/or fans of online content to check out the website: https://www.feedspot.com/publisher/home…
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Merry Christmas from everyone on Planet Storytime! PSP Production Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of those categories. We encourage any content providers and/or fans of online content to check out the website: https:…
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Our 4th episode from season 1 and arguably one of our best ever. Enjoy! PSP Production Team Support the show FeedSpot organizes the world's best Blogs, Podcasts, Youtubers, and Influencers in relevant categories and publishes a top-ranked list for each of those categories. We encourage any content providers and/or fans of online content to check ou…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! We return almost three years later, to Oscar Wilde's, The Selfish Giant, adapted for the podcast by Thomas Mitchell with music by Pax Stanley. This is a gorgeous story about the importance of overcoming selfishness, learning how to give and serve others, and the kind of magic that happens when you learn to share no…
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Long time no talk, PSP listeners! 2022 was a big year of transition for most of our team and for a while we felt it was maybe time to move past the Planet Storytime Podcast. But our subscriber base has continued to grow this year and we've decided to begin providing new content in 2023! For now, we will be re-publishing our favorite episodes from t…
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Greetings! Yes, it's been a long time since we've published any episodes. Covid finally caught up with members of our production team and did so at a time when we've been pondering the future of our podcast. For now, our production schedule remains in a slow-down mode given circumstances somewhat out of control. Regardless of our reduced production…
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We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season! This week we feature two of our best stories and both are wonderful stories for this year's holiday enjoyment. Season's Greetings!! PSP Wonderful Team Wild Interest Wild Interest is an audio magazine created by kids for curious minds of all ages.... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show Feed…
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'Tis the season to be thankful! Welcome back to the podcast! We're happy to present our 3rd annual re-broadcast of the A Crow & Beetle Thanksgiving! In this episode of the podcast, TM Ganim brings us another wonderful story about the need to have perspective in life when considering the numerous things all of us have to be thankful for, from the ey…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We are pleased to be present you with a re-release of TM Ganim's classic, The Tale of the Pumpkin House! October 28, 2019: Who loves a good, scary Halloween story? On Planet Storytime, the weather is starting to cool off, the leaves are changing colors, and holiday season is approaching! Halloween …
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! This week our intergalactic friends find themselves traveling to Planet Earth, where they meet Malcolm MacMinus. Helpful as always, Livelong and his faithful companion, Gonquik offer their friendship and guidance to young Malcolm, in an attempt to restore order to this stop in the universe before continuing their j…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! In this episode of the podcast, we're featuring the amazing music of Dave Halverson, composer for all of the Livelong music. Dave came onboard the podcast a few months ago and his work no Livelong is some of the best music you can hear anywhere, let alone a storytime podcast. We are so lucky to have Dave on our tea…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime and the cosmos of Livelong and Gonequick! In this episode of the podcast, we present the 5th Livelong Episode, part 2 of "Into The Fire"! What will happen to the dogs? What of the fire? Much to be resolved! Tom and Dave deliver another amazing espisode. Thank you for your continued support! PSP Team Sector Alpha Bet…
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Welcome back to the podcast! Super happy to present the 4th episode in the Livelong series, "Into The Fire"! These just keep getting better and better! Once again, Thomas and Dave deliver another stellar episode as Livelong and Gonequick continue their trek thru the cosmos in their effort to back to their home galaxy! Enjoy! PSP Production Team Sup…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! This week we have the amazing third chapter from Livelong Galaxy Hopper! This time around, our friends meet one of the most unique forces in the universe!! We love the new Livelong stories and we truly love how TM Ganim's brain works and how well it ties to Dave Halverson's brain - this has been an awesome partners…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime!! We are very happy to present a long overdue STELLAR podcast, our first Stellar podcast in almost a year! Our Stellar episodes have been some of our most popular and they’re awesome for long road trips, long walks with headphones, lazy days, rainy days, sick days and any other time our listeners need more than just…
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Welcome back Planet Storytime friends! Today we return to the farthest reaches of the cosmos with TM Ganim’s Livelong, Galaxy Hopper, episode 2: “Gonquick and the Black Hole.” As Livelong searches to get back home to the Galaxy of Wuntune, we are introduced to Livelong’s longtime friend, Gonquick. It doesn’t take long before the two friends find th…
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Welcome back Planet Storytime! On the heels of our wildly popular, Beatru Chronicles by JS Blue, we are excited to launch another serial/episodic podcast series with TM Ganim’s, Livelong Galaxy Hopper! Follow the adventures of Livelong, “the good cloud,” who drifts from galaxy to galaxy to respond to those in need. Our pilot episode sets the stage …
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! As promised, we present the brand new story from our new friend, Mitchell Von Gemmigen, Sam's Secretly Special Skills, a story about never giving up and continuining to push through challenges. We think you'll really like Mitchell's new story! We also want to encourage everyone to pay a visit to our website and sig…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! We're busy in production for several new stories for upcoming podcasts, including a brand new story from Mitchell Von Gemmigen, who provided us the wonderful, Wilhelmina's Wonderous Wardrobe for PSP46! Mitchell's new story will be out in the next week for PSP48. But for this episode of the podcast, as we try to do …
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! Today we present, Wilhelmina's Wonderous Wardrobe, a story by Mitchell Von Gemmigen! Mitchell provides us a gorgeous story about the opportunity patience allows us to recognize the diverse beauty of life. With a stellar narration by Thomas Mitchell and sublime soundtrack by Pax Stanely, our first story collaboratio…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime and another classic TM Ganim original! This marks the first time this year that we've returned to our classic format with our classic intro and a story for all ages that harkens back to our first year of production, which we know many of our listeners will appreciate! Heavely is a story about the challenges of stick…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! Four months ago, Thomas and Paxton took a chance on a new story model for the podcast, releasing the first of six chapters for their new serial story, The Beatru Chronicles - Act I. As much as our production team has used the PSP podcast format as a creative sandbox for compelling children's content, and done so wi…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime!! In this episode of the podcast, we present the conclusion to ACT I of The Beatru Chronicles with "Chapter 6 - Clarity and Purpose"!! Three months after we presented chapter 1, we've gone all the way thru to the end of ACT I of Beatru's amazing story (with two more ACTs to come out later this year!) and couldn't be…
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(NOTE: please forgive some of the digital distortion that pops up from time to time - this does happen occasionally on Zoom calls!) Welcome back to Planet Storytime! In this episode of the podcast, Thomas and Paxton interview the legendary, Fred Mollin! Fred's career began back in 1972 and has spanned the bulk of his lifetime... From his Wikipedia …
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! In this episode, we revisit Tom Woof & Max The Owl, an amazing story written by the amazingly talented, Jane Owen! We were so happy to have Jane on our podcast for an interview a few episodes ago, where performed an awesome reading of her story, but given the limitations of using Zoom for recording, we all agreed t…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! In this episode of the podcast, we present "Friends In High Places", chapter 5 from The Beatru Chronicles! Thomas Mitchell and Pax Stanley deliver another exciting episode in the adventure of Beatru as she confronts greater challenges in the river. Thank you for your continued support of Beatru and all of our shows…
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Welcome back to Planet Storytime! In this episode of the podcast, our first Artist Series show, we proudly present our interview with the amazing Jane Owen - founder of Jane Owen Public Relations - and first time children's author of Tom Woof and Max the Owl, an amazing children's story! We had the pleasure of interviewing Jane to learn more about …
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