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What's Ray Saying?

WRS Classic: Line of Departure

What's Ray Saying?

Ray Christian

Blackhistory, Storyteller, Blackculture, History, Story, Storytelling, Arts, Slam, Africanamerican

5625 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This special episode marks a dividing line between the old and new, where you were and where you're going, what was and what will be. Follow the journey from "seasoning" of slaves, to the life of a domestic worker in the 60's to current questions of assimilation and acculturation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to a throwback edition of What's Ray Singh, recorded during the early development of the show.

0:06.4

If it sounds different, well, I used to do this whole damn thing on my own.

0:11.7

I've got a bigger team now, but these early episodes were made with love and are absolutely worth listening to.

0:18.8

Enjoy the show.

0:20.4

You're listening to What's Ray Singh, the podcast?

0:26.7

This is a special episode.

0:29.1

It's special because it marks a line of departure.

0:33.5

In the military line of departure is a line on a map that defines a point at which you start your movement toward action, a change in the environment.

0:45.3

Now during the first four episodes, we had a, well, I had a chance to experiment with the production of the podcast, and actually I was learning on the fly by doing.

0:57.7

But there was some really, really unexpected and great and immediate interest in the show that resulted in a lot of informative feedback from listeners and supporters.

1:10.1

And some of that feedback included technical advice and suggestions like reducing the music

1:16.1

volume and increasing the volume of the host's voice to topical suggestions, content,

1:24.4

suggestions that there are more personal content be added, more personal commentary,

1:32.5

and some more current issues.

1:34.9

And a lot of people had an interest in hearing the podcast on a more regular basis.

1:39.8

So, based on this great listener feedback, do you expect some changes?

1:47.0

And I'm very thankful for all of you who reached out and stuck with me, stuck with us.

1:55.3

So you can expect the podcast to be released weekly for the next 10 weeks or 10 more weeks of this first season.

2:05.6

Expect music elements to be softened.

2:10.0

Expect a little more personal commentary from me about relevant and current topics.

2:17.2

And we will probably remaster the first four episodes

2:21.5

in a way that takes away some of those distracting elements or volumes or maybe I'll leave them

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