If you were asked to conjure up the most American meal possible, you might dream up a Thanksgiving Dinner shared with silver screen cowboy John Wayne. Storyteller Bonne Summers actually shared a Thanksgiving with Wayne, during an idyllic American holiday…
Read MoreThe Skin I’m In: Roxann Johnson, “Midnight and Sunshine”
All Y’all Podcast · Haunted: Kathryn Usher, “Flies” Through her work as a diversity consultant, Roxann Johnson helps people have difficult conversations. Through her activism and leadership, she has become a recognized leader of Shreveport’s efforts toward racial reconciliation. Every…
Read MoreMomma and Daddy: Luke McClung, “Sneak Attack”
All Y’all Podcast · Momma and Daddy: Luke McClung, “Sneak Attack” Sometimes thoughts and feelings from the past can hit you out of the blue, like Imperial Japanese fighters on a December morning in 1941. Storyteller Luke McClung’s tale of…
Read MoreLadies Night: Annie Kendig, “Flying Into Lubumbashi”
All Y’all Podcast · Ladies Night: Annie Kendig, “Flying Into Lubumbashi” Annie Kendig is a badass. At our 2015 live event, “Ladies Night,” Annie bravely took the stage to share the incredible true story of how she and her family…
Read MoreMomma and Daddy: William Joyce, “A Mother’s Love”
All Y’all Podcast · Momma and Daddy: William Joyce, “A Mother’s Love” William Joyce may be Shreveport, Louisiana’s most celebrated storyteller. He’s won an Academy Award, several Emmys and countless other honors during his career as an author, illustrator and…
Read MoreMomma and Daddy: Jaya McSharma, “#DaddyIssues”
Few All Y’all storytellers have ever seemed so comfortable in the spotlight as “Momma and Daddy” storyteller Dr. Jaya McSharma. Jaya had our sold-out audience in the palm of her hand from the moment that she stepped onstage, eliciting roars…
Read MoreMomma and Daddy: Daniel Ukpabi, “This Is America”
We first met Daniel Ukpabi on an unseasonably cold October morning at Shreveport Farmers’ Market, where he was ladling out steaming bowls of spicy Nigerian stew and telling anyone who’d stop to listen about his fledgling not-for-profit organization, The Pacemakers.…
Read MoreBrush With Fame: Tom Ayres, “Trying To Make It Work”
Have you ever met an honest-to-goodness celebrity? All Y’all dedicated an entire night of live storytelling to the topic of celebrity encounters at our June 2015 event, “Brush With Fame.” Tom Ayres’s story from that night – a well-told tale…
Read MoreKate Archer Kent, “Keep Your Hands On the Rope”
If you live in the Red River Radio listening area, chances are good that you’re familiar with the friendly voice of News Producer Kate Archer Kent. As a morning news host, she is the first voice that many of us…
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