What's Ray Saying? from The Moth & PRX

Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution

Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Fiction

4.4 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re introducing our Radiotopia Presents listeners to a brand new show out now from PRX. It’s called What’s Ray Saying?.

In this first episode from the newest season, Ray Christian looks at the history of Black medicine and to better understand the treatment of the ills, injuries and minds of Black Americans, he reflects on his first experience of going to the doctor.

What’s Ray Saying? is created, hosted, and written by Ray Christian and recorded in the great state of North Carolina. Mark Pagán is the senior producer. Jonathan Cabral is the associate producer. Story editing by Mark Pagán with development support from The Moth. Sound design by Rebecca Seidel. Original music comes from RJ Christian and Blue Dot Sessions.

To find out more about What Ray’s Saying? visit us on Facebook, Twitter, or at whatraysaying.com.

This series is supported by PRX, The Moth, and listeners like you.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Radiotopia presents from PRX's Radiotopia.
0:07.0	What kinds of things did you write growing up?
0:11.0	Diaries, love letters, melodramatic poetry
0:14.8	about the fate of mankind? Could you ever imagine getting on stage and reading those out loud? Well that's precisely what happens to hilarious effect on our fellow radiotopia show
0:25.3	The Mortified Podcast. It's back with new episodes celebrating a 20th anniversary of
0:30.9	the stage show that inspired the podcast. More laughs, more teenage
0:35.8	writings, more awkwardness. To celebrate, Mordified is hosting its first ever
0:40.7	tournament of teen angst where participants like this
0:44.4	person compete for the title of Most Mortified. January 12th I keep looking at
0:50.7	Matt and he then stares at me. I wish he stared at me because he likes me not because he knows I stare at him.
0:57.0	Here the podcast that Salon named one of the decades best with past guests that include actors like Maya Erskine,
1:05.6	Retta and Martin Starr, musicians like Sylvan Esso, Johnny Mar, and members of the Killers,
1:11.2	and acclaimed filmmakers like Bo Burnham and Mike Mills.
1:14.4	Subscribe to mortified today.
1:17.0	Hi, it's Mark Pagan from Radiotopia presents, and I want to tell you about a new show that's out now from PRX called What's Ray saying?
1:30.0	If you're a fan of storytelling, then you may be familiar with the name Ray Christian.
1:35.6	His stories have appeared on the moth, risk, and snap judgment,
1:40.1	but he's not just a storyteller.
1:41.9	He's also a historian, father, and a combat veteran from the rural south who finds himself floating between life in academia, public speaking, storytelling, parenting, and tending to the goats in his backyard. He's got a lot of stories,
1:57.9	really good ones, and stories that will make you think a little bit differently about the world. In each episode of
2:05.0	what's Ray saying, Ray shares his love of cultural history, personal narrative, and social
2:11.1	justice that explores and connects the past and present
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