Feature GRIT Storyteller: Dr. Ray Christian
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Ray is a retired Army Paratrooper, Combat veteran, Doctor of Education, Fulbright Specialist Expert in Education and Storytelling Narrative and former Adjunct professor teaching African American History and Storytelling at Appalachian State University.
His stories have appeared in Reader’s Digest’s 2016 Best Stories in America and 2017 American Hero’s editions. As a competitive storyteller, Ray is a 12 time Moth Story Slam Champion, and winner of the 2016 National Storytelling Festival Story Slam. He has toured with the Moth Main Stage and the Snap Judgment Live tour. His stories have been featured multiple times on the “Moth Radio Hour”, “Snap Judgment”, “Back Story Radio” and the “Spooked”, “Story Collider” “AdultISH”and “Risk” podcast among many others.
He resides in the remote, mountains of Watauga County, NC where he hosts and produces the podcast What’s Ray Saying, a show that uses history and story to explores the Black American experience from a unique perspective.
What is Grit: True Stories That Matter?
A weekly podcast (plus some other very cool stuff) about stories - the contemporary, personal narrative kind - and the people that craft and tell them.
Why you ask? Well, we want to feature these tellers and their GRIT stories. Also, to help you - our listeners - craft and tell better, more engaging, more relatable and more memorable stories (that matter!)
Sean Wellington is a teacher, speaker and story coach. He lives in Chapel Hill, NC
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