While working on this post, I dug out my high school yearbook from 1998, the year that I graduated from Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. Flipping directly to my senior photo – in which I am posing…
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Episode 4: “New ‘Round Here” Storyteller Jennifer Hill
Being 16 years old is difficult, no matter where you are. At our March 2014 live event, a collection of stories that shared the theme “New ‘Round Here,” storyteller Jennifer Hill told a cinematic tale of coming of age as…
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Episode 3: “New ‘Round Here” Storyteller Esther Kennedy
On Saturday, March 8, 2014, the All Y’all podcast took a giant, flying leap forward, into the realm of live storytelling events. Sara and I recruited nine storytellers, all of whom told entertaining, true stories with the theme of “New…
Read MoreEpisode 2: “Vanilla Ice? Heck Yeah!”
When my mom and dad invited me to join them in taking part in a 70-family garage sale in Sarepta, La. – my home town – I said “sure.” In true Chris Jay fashion, I didn’t really prepare until the…
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Episode 1: “What Do You Look For in a Hot Dog?”
Well, here goes nothing: The first episode of the All Y’all Podcast is in the can. What we mean by that is, it’s done. Not like it’s in “the crapper,” or “the hiney.” You know what we mean! You are…
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