What's Ray Saying?
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Sinopsis
Raymond Christian's storytelling is born out of his own life experiences: inner city poverty, race relations, military, family, travel, and adventure.
Episodios
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Black Medicine
08/11/2023 Duración: 30minTo better understand the treatment of the ills, injuries and minds of Black Americans, Ray reflects on his first experience of going to the doctor. What’s Ray Saying? is created, hosted, and written by Ray Christian and recorded in the great state of North Carolina. Mark Pagán is the senior producer. Jonathan Cabral is the associate producer. Story editing by Mark Pagán with development support from The Moth. Sound design by Rebecca Seidel. Original music comes from RJ Christian and Blue Dot Sessions. To find out more about What Ray’s Saying? visit us on Facebook, Twitter, or at whatraysaying.com. This series is supported by PRX, The Moth, and listeners like you.
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What's Ray Saying is Back!
01/11/2023 Duración: 02minWhat’s Ray Saying is back! Immerse yourself in a world of Southern-baked personal narratives, interwoven with Black American history, all told through the lens of Ray Christian's remarkable life. In each episode, the award-winning storyteller, combat veteran, historian, and devoted father of six, invites you to become part of his community, as he shares stories from the scenic mountains of Appalachia. What’s Ray Saying? is created, hosted, and written by Ray Christian and recorded in the great state of North Carolina. Mark Pagán is the senior producer. Jonathan Cabral is the associate producer. Story editing by Mark Pagán with development support from The Moth. Sound design by Rebecca Seidel. Original music comes from RJ Christian and Blue Dot Sessions. To find out more about What Ray’s Saying? visit us on Facebook, Twitter, or at whatraysaying.com. This series is supported by PRX, The Moth, and listeners like you.
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WRS Classic: Childs Play
18/04/2021 Duración: 38minIn this episode, Ray explores the legacy of Black Children taken as slaves from Africa, growing up on plantations and the impact on their social worth and development in America.
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WRS Classic: Blacks and Indians
21/08/2019 Duración: 30minRay explores the complex history and relationship between Black Americans and the Native people of America.
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WRS Classic: Black Leadership Part 3—Challenging Authority
06/08/2019 Duración: 16minRay explores Black leadership from the 1940s to now to reflect on it challenges and its legacies.
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WRS Classic: Black Leadership Part 2—The Elite Class
21/12/2018 Duración: 33minRay explores Black leadership from the emergence of an elite class, with varying perspectives and experiences.
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WRS Classic: Black American Leadership Part 1—Sources and Origins
14/06/2018 Duración: 33minIn this episode part one of a three part series on Black leadership, Ray explores the origins of Black influence and authority in America.
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WRS Classic: Black Hair Issues
26/02/2018 Duración: 28minRay explores the cultural and historical significance of Afro textured hair.
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WRS Classic: Black Americans and the Police
11/02/2018 Duración: 26minRay explores the history and complicated relationship with Black Americans and the police.
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WRS Classic: Black in the City
31/01/2018 Duración: 29minRay explores Black American association with the South and why Black are concentrated in urban areas of the country.
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WRS Classic: Black American Naming Practices
24/01/2018 Duración: 26minRay talks about Black American naming practice, history, traditions and conventions from slavery to the 20th century.
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WRS Classic: The Storyteller's Journey Part 3
13/01/2018 Duración: 24minRay completes the long journey of getting his stories heard, tells his life story and puts storytelling in context.
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WRS Classic: The Storytellers Journey Part 2
17/04/2017 Duración: 26minRay continues to explore his storytelling journey after the RISK! show. He talks about his appearance on The Moth Radio Hour, a story in Readers Digest and his performance on Snap Judgment, the impact of this story and his reflections on storytelling.
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WRS Classic: The Storytellers Journey Part 1
29/03/2017 Duración: 41minThis episode traces storytelling in African American culture, from its roots in Africa, through the Middle Passage and slavery, and continuing through time until today. Ray shares which stories white people hear, which stories are just for “family”, and reflections on Ray’s introduction to the art of storytelling.
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WRS Classic: An Imaginary Past
08/01/2017 Duración: 24minRay looks at the origins of a false narrative of Black American history, its racist origins, the founder of revisionist history regarding the Civil War and Reconstruction, along with its influence on American society today.
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WRS Classic: Changes and Adaptation
30/12/2016 Duración: 25minRay examines the nature of Black American assimilation into white culture.
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WRS Classic: Education—in Black and White
19/09/2016 Duración: 31minWhat, when, how, and why Blacks learned in the US as well as what others were taught about them, from the slave quarters to HBCU’s.
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WRS Classic: Dying While Black
26/07/2016 Duración: 24minWhat happens after death? Not in the metaphysical, existential sense. But quite literally, what happens after death? The history of the handling of bodies of Black decedents has been filled with interesting twists and turns, from blatant desecration to unusual rituals. Explore this topic with me in this episode of What's Ray Saying?
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WRS Classic: Line of Departure
18/07/2016 Duración: 31minThis special episode marks a dividing line between the old and new, where you were and where you're going, what was and what will be. Follow the journey from "seasoning" of slaves, to the life of a domestic worker in the 60's to current questions of assimilation and acculturation.
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WRS Classic: Brothers in Arms
14/06/2016 Duración: 35minFrom the birth of this nation until today, Ray explores the complexities of life as a soldier of color in the US.