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What's Ray Saying?

Ray Christian

Storyteller Ray Christian shares personal stories as a sixty-something combat veteran, historian, and goat-wrangling father of six living in the rural mountains of Appalachia, all told through the fabric of centuries of Black history.

Storyteller Ray Christian shares personal stories as a sixty-something combat veteran, historian, and goat-wrangling father of six living in the rural mountains of Appalachia, all told through the fabric of centuries of Black history.

25hr 48min
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February 19, 20251hr 32min110.12 MB
Thumbnail for "The Making of a Moral Leader: The Story of Chaplain Colonel Shabazz".
March 25, 202616min 56sec20.32 MB
Thumbnail for "Bonus: Gear - Articles of Interest".
March 18, 202648min 21sec58.04 MB
Thumbnail for "Obedience, Loyalty, and Survival".
February 11, 202618min 32sec22.25 MB
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October 1, 202517min 38sec21.18 MB
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August 20, 202552min 4sec62.49 MB
Thumbnail for "Tropes - That Sounds Familiar".
August 6, 202511min 34sec13.89 MB
Thumbnail for "Bonus: Our Ancestors Were Messy - Oscar Micheaux and the Family Feud That Launched Black Hollywood".
May 14, 20251hr 9min83.15 MB
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March 26, 202522min 5sec26.5 MB
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January 22, 202510min 44sec15.46 MB
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January 8, 202531min 1sec37.22 MB
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new podcast
December 18, 202437min 57sec45.54 MB
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What's Up with Ray?
December 4, 20243min 27sec4.99 MB
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Did Ray miss a meeting?
September 25, 202411min 52sec14.24 MB
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Story, memory and song
August 28, 202425min 11sec30.23 MB
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Adult children
August 14, 20249min 50sec11.82 MB
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with Nadia Bolz-Weber
July 31, 202430min 57sec37.16 MB
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Disappearing into the back room
July 17, 202414min 3sec16.87 MB
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July 3, 202410min 57sec13.14 MB
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A Ray story from Spooked
June 19, 202419min 59sec28.8 MB
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Boys vs Girls
June 5, 20249min 52sec14.23 MB
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A Ray story from Snap Judgment
May 22, 202422min 19sec26.78 MB
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Getting through a crack in the door
May 8, 202410min 17sec12.36 MB
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An unexpected trip
April 24, 202417min 9sec20.58 MB
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"Can I talk about this?"
April 10, 202410min 40sec12.8 MB
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stories from the stage
March 27, 202456min 37sec67.95 MB
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"He looked just like me."
March 13, 202411min 3sec13.27 MB
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Ray goes home.
December 27, 202329min 18sec70.34 MB
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Ray revisits the crossroads of becoming a man.
December 20, 202327min 33sec66.09 MB
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Ray gets a response from a 30-year-old letter.
December 13, 202331min 13sec74.94 MB
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Ray talks about performing in public. And not the fun kind.
December 6, 202333min 50sec81.22 MB
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Reintroducing the voice of Ray Christian.
November 29, 202329min 27sec70.7 MB
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Ray joins the military and his life changes in ways he never expected.
November 22, 202331min 22sec75.32 MB
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Ray interrogates his wardrobe.
November 15, 202334min 50sec83.64 MB
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Ray gets a shot. It wasn’t always this easy.
November 8, 202330min 45sec73.82 MB
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A new season of stories and history from Ray Christian.
November 1, 20232min 40sec6.44 MB
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In this episode, Ray explores the legacy of Black Children taken as slaves from Africa, growing up on Plantations and their social worth and  development in America
April 18, 202138min 14sec91.78 MB
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Ray explores the complex history and relationship between Black Americans and the Native people of America.
August 21, 201930min 23sec72.93 MB
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Ray explores Black leadership from the 40s to now to reflect on it challenges and its legacies.
August 6, 201916min 13sec38.93 MB
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Ray explores Black leadership from the emergence of an elite class, with varying perspectives and experiences.
December 21, 201833min 49sec81.19 MB
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In this episode part 1 of a 3 part series on Black leadership, Ray explores the origins of Black influence and authority in America.
June 14, 201833min 57sec81.5 MB
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Ray explores the cultural and historical significance of Afro textured hair.
February 26, 201828min 8sec67.54 MB
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Ray explores the history and complicated relationship with Black Americans and the police
February 11, 201826min 38sec63.95 MB
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Ray explores Black American association with the South and why Black are concentrated in urban areas of the country.
January 31, 201829min 37sec71.1 MB
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Ray talks about Black American naming practice, history, traditions and conventions from slavery to the 20th century
January 24, 201826min 4sec62.59 MB
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Ray completes the long journey of getting his stories heard, tells his life story and puts storytelling in context
January 13, 201824min 3sec57.73 MB
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Ray 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...
April 17, 201726min 16sec63.07 MB
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This 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 touches on interesting topics like which stories White people hear and...
March 29, 201741min 16sec99.07 MB
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Ray 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
January 8, 201724min 44sec59.37 MB
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Ray examines the nature of Black American assimilation into White culture.
December 30, 201625min 53sec62.13 MB
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Miseducation of the American Negro Revisited
September 19, 201631min74.43 MB
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What 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...
July 26, 201624min 56sec59.86 MB
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This 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...
July 18, 201631min 20sec75.21 MB
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From the birth of this nation until today, Ray explores the complexities of life as a soldier of color in the US.
June 14, 201635min 23sec84.96 MB
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This episode is about food stamps and gov'ment cheese, what it meant, how it helped, how we felt about it then, and what we think about it now.
May 11, 201626min 31sec63.67 MB
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From the paper bag test and one drop rule to Rachel Dolezal, who is Black and why?
April 21, 201625min 32sec61.31 MB
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Ray details the hardships that Blacks experienced after slavery and explores the themes and patterns of struggle that continued through the generations and into his own life.
April 2, 201621min 55sec52.61 MB
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An introduction to Ray Christian.
March 26, 20162min 34sec2.93 MB

Bonus - Best of RISK! 15

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February 19, 20251hr 32min

Let us introduce you again to another show we think you'll enjoy. RISK! is a live show and weekly podcast where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public, created and hosted by Kevin Allison (MTV, Comedy Central, HBO, Netflix). In this best-of episode,  you'll hear stories, including one from Ray, that examine ideas of exposure, vulnerability, reunion and death. To find out more about the show, visit risk-show.com.

*Listener discretion is advised.

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