Ray Christian

Ray is a Southern ghetto kid, a combat-decorated retired Army paratrooper, storyteller, audio producer, and wrangler of goats. He has an MA in Public History and an EdS & Doctorate in Education Leadership. He is a Fulbright Specialist expert in Education, specializing in oral history and personal Storytelling Narrative. He is also the creator and host of the award-winning podcast What’s Ray Saying? a show that uses history and story to explore the Black American experience from the unique perspective of the many worlds Ray inhabits.

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updated: 01/28/2025

Grit

Ray watches a childhood friend get corrupted by hunger. Many wonder why the kid became violent, but Ray knows it was fro...

07/19/2021

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Gorillas In The Night

Ray is a sergeant in the military when a few of his subordinates have a drunken accident with a shotgun and one of them ...

03/09/2020

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The Lady

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01/07/2019

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Going Native

Ray drops his wallet down the hole in a port-o-john in Korea and has to fish it out....

10/03/2017

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The Razor’s Edge

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03/21/2017

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The Long Ride

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10/11/2016

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The Candyman

(Content warning: child sexual abuse) When Ray was a small boy, he used to hang out at the candy shop with all the other...

02/22/2016

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The Hole

Ray drops his wallet down the hole in a port-o-john in Korea and has to fish it out...

06/08/2015

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Child’s Play

As a kid, Ray and his friends would play with stuff they found on the street that he would not recommend as toys todayâ€...

02/16/2015

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Comfortable in the Water

(Content warning: child sexual abuse) As a poor Black kid growing up in rural Virginia, Ray tried to avoid the pack of b...

06/23/2014

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