The White Rose Podcast

By: Jennifer Rosenfeld
  • Summary

  • 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.
    © 2024 The White Rose Podcast
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Episodes
  • Part 5: The White Rose, a musical concept recording
    Feb 22 2022

    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 Graf, Abdiel Gonzalez as Christoph Probst, Jennifer Rosenfeld as herself.

    With Nathan Cole (violin), Gloria Lum (cello), Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), and Jennifer Rosenfeld (piano.

    Music and Lyrics by Jennifer Rosenfeld
    Additional Lyrics by Josephine Pasternak and Wayne Self

    Music Direction: Larry Pressgrove
    Casting: Paul Hardt

    Produced by Jennifer Rosenfeld
    Associate Producers: Sam Bird, Larry Pressgrove
    Engineered, edited, mixed, and mastered by Louis Ng, Lenson Productions
    Additional engineering by Charles Mueller, Oktaven Audio

    Podcast Editing & Mixing: Sam Bird
    Podcast Creative Direction: Elkhanah Pulitzer

    Cover Artwork and Illustrations: Jennifer Rosenfeld
    Graphic & Booklet Design: Alex Allen
    Web Design: Beth Beauchamp


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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Part 4: A field of roses
    Feb 21 2022

    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 McCargar, Arunima Kohli and Eric Tuan


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    51 mins
  • Part 3: All roads lead to Russia
    Feb 20 2022

    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 influences that Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany had on each other during the 1930s and 40s, despite their animosity.

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    43 mins

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