All Y'all Podcast · Haunted: Cristal Willcox, "Cat People" You can tell a lot about someone from the way they treat the animals in their lives. When storyteller Cristal Willcox’s beloved cat Kashmir passed away, her friends gathered for the…
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So, let’s say it’s your day off. You get some friends together, make some plans, and head out for a day filled with anything – anything – but work. You know what comes next, right? Your services are required. Duty…
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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…
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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…
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All Y’all Podcast · Wildcard: Charnae McDonald, “We Met Online” Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or another player of your choice. Sometimes, we get the impression that folks are embarrassed to say “we met online” when they’re unspooling…
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All Y’all Podcast · The Skin I’m In: Coleen McKechnie, “A Colorful Dying Leaf” On some level, we all know that we’re dying. But Coleen McKechnie, who assisted with her mother’s end-of-life care – her mother was battling Huntington’s Disease…
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All Y'all Podcast · Farah Cowley, "American Girl" The first time we met Farah Cowley, at a business networking event in Shreveport, her warm smile, Southern drawl, and friendly demeanor won us over. We’d never have guessed that Farah had…
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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…
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Laura Crawford’s father, Dr. Robert Popper, narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Nazis during the antisemitic pogrom known as Kristallnacht. The unbelievable journey that ensues is a globe-spanning journey of courage, luck, endurance and love. Crawford, who founded…
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During the second half of our July 2016 storytelling event, “I Fought The Law,” we featured stories from three attorneys who shared an insider’s perspective of our complex legal system. Our last storyteller of the evening, Meghan Shapiro, moved to…
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