Annie Andersen thought that she was pretty bad, but when she was cast in the Oxygen Network’s hit reality television series Bad Girls Club, she realized that there’s bad — and then there’s really bad. Annie shared a few of…
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New ‘Round Here: Randall Ross, “The Articulated Dream”
The idea of a permanent home – a place that becomes a part of your identity – has always felt totally unnatural to me. It’s hard to imagine early humans having any desire to “settle down,” what with everything that…
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New ‘Round Here: Pamela Raintree, “Signs”
On January 31, 1996, professional sign painter Pamela Raintree pulled into Shreveport, Louisiana in a battered Datsun station wagon, with $1.20 in her pocket and a quarter tank of gasoline. Her plan was to get to the Gulf of Mexico…
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Episode 5: Jon Mackey, “Plus ça Cheng’s”
Jon Mackey is a naturally charismatic guy. Whenever I cross paths with Jon, he’s either returning from some thrilling adventure or planning his next personal or professional move. The world just seems like a more interesting place when he’s around.…
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Episode 5: Chris Jay, “Belated Apology to Tim Chuang”
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…
Read MoreEpisode 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…
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