Beat Poets, Leaps of Faith, and Raising the Dead with Dwight Williams
Release Date: 04/26/2023
A Tale of Two Storytellers: Season One Finale
Emerald Coast Storytellers
Join hosts Ali and Kristy in the finale episode of Season One as they take a nostalgic journey through a full year of Emerald Coast Storytellers. In this episode, we'll delve into the triumphs and challenges that marked the first year, while also revealing our enthusiastic anticipation for the chapter ahead. Discover quirky tidbits about Kristy's life as a new mom and Ali's enduring love for all things feline. Relive the launch of our first-of-its-kind Story-Pairing Dinners and the unforgettable experiences of hosting at 12 remarkable venues across the scenic Santa Rosa Beach area and beyond,...
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Trailblazing and Being the Hero of Your Own Journey with Mike Ragsdale
Emerald Coast Storytellers
Meet Mike Ragsdale. Entrepreneur. Explorer. Father. Husband. Trailblazer. Throughout his life and career, he’s picked up a thing or two along the way; though how he defines success goes well beyond the traditional sense. By day, he’s the Founder of the 30A Company and publisher of Beach Happy Magazine, two businesses that sprung from a small beach town and flourished into household names. His true résumé, however, extends well beyond this, with life experiences that have taken him across the globe to over 50 countries and counting. And, trust us when we say, he has the stories to prove...
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Let's Talk About Sex with New York Times Best-Selling Romance Novelist Meredith Wild
Emerald Coast Storytellers
Did that grab your attention? We thought so. Time to sit down and buckle up as your hosts, Ali and Kristy, invite New York Times Bestselling romance novelist, Meredith Wild, into the podcast booth. #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author, Meredith Wild has written over 22 books including The Red Ledger series, Blood of Zeus series, The Bridge series, and more. After publishing her debut novel Hardwired in 2013, Wild used her ten years of experience as a tech entrepreneur to push the boundaries of her “self-published” status, becoming stocked in...
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Dating (and Breaking Up) in a Small Town with Kyle Petit
Emerald Coast Storytellers
Jumping into the podcast booth with a “splash,” published author and professional waterskier Kyle Petit talks love, divorce, and dating in a small town. Author of Thirty ShAdes of Grayton, her book is a "culmination of years of observation and later, participation in, the unique world of small town singles.” She sheds humor and hope on being single, even when the dating pool is filled with slim pickings and, um, convicted felons? As for her advice, besides having your friends Google your dates? Learning to love yourself. Whether you're single, dating, married, or something in between, we...
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All Aboard the Hot Mess Express: A Live Storytelling Special ft. Artist Bradley Copeland
Emerald Coast Storytellers
All aboard the Hot Mess Express. In our latest Live Storytelling episode, we asked our readers to “tell us a story about a time that life got turned upside down, a time things didn’t go as planned, but the only choice was to pick up the pieces and carry on––in all that messy glory.” Hop on, buckle up, and journey along for tales of drunken alter egos, solo travel struggles with a six-month-old baby, a soccer coach being cussed out by a kid, a billionaire with daddy issues, 23andMe discoveries, and so much more. Complete with commentary from Kristy and Ali, we begin this episode...
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Beat Poets, Leaps of Faith, and Raising the Dead with Dwight Williams
Emerald Coast Storytellers
Dwight Williams is the author of the novel “From the Garden of Memory” and the coauthor of several books of nonfiction, including “Raising Lazarus,” with Robert Pensack, M.D., and “The Way of the Explorer,” with Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell who walked on the moon in 1971 with Al Shepard. In this interview with hosts Ali and Kristy, Williams takes us through his time at the University of Colorado at Boulder, as well as his first writing gig as a newspaper reporter for the Steamboat Pilot, which led to the leap of faith that launched his writing career to new heights and...
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Writing Struggles, Story-Pairing Dinners, and Other Life Updates
Emerald Coast Storytellers
Ali and Kristy are back in the SOWAL House podcast booth to “shoot the shit” and look back on all things life, Emerald Coast Storytellers, the future and beyond. It’s been almost six months since we recorded our very first episode and, boy, did we have a lot to cover. In this episode, Kristy gives her latest pregnancy update including a mini gender reveal and the fact that her little one is apparently the same size as a Mr. Potato Head. Ali shares the latest report from “The Kitty Palace,” aka the land of a million cats and counting, in which we reveal the fun fact of what our...
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What Is Your Origin Story? (Part Two of the Live Storytelling Special ft. Kuk Harrell)
Emerald Coast Storytellers
In Part Two of our first-ever Live Storytelling episode, we dive back into our January Open Mic Night at Fonville Press. We were blessed to have 5x Grammy Award winner and one of the most sought-after vocal producers in the game, Kuk Harrell, as our Featured Storyteller. Described as “defining the role of the modern vocal producer,” Kuk has worked with artists such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Camila Cabello, Cher, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Lorde, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Sting, and many others. As an ode to this musical storyteller and the places we’ve all been and will go,...
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What Is Your Origin Story? (Part One of the Live Storytelling Special)
Emerald Coast Storytellers
New beginnings, fresh starts, re-dos, and do-overs, this Open Mic Night was a call to the place of where you (or your character) came from and how the journey began. Listen along to Part One of the live audio of the January Open Mic Night, as our readers spin tales of connecting with their inner child, the search for their birth parents, and a hilarious miscommunication in a Brazilian favela. Complete with commentary from Kristy and Ali: listen, laugh, and fall in love with the ten brave readers who took the mic that night. With the help of Isacks Imagery, this Open Mic Night audio was...
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The Story Behind Storytellers
Emerald Coast Storytellers
Welcome to the Emerald Coast Storytellers Podcast. We’re your hosts Kristy and Ali, and, here’s our story for a change. Storytellers began with the idea and universal truth that everyone has a story to tell. Our goal is to provide one of the world’s many stages. It started in the backyard of our own 30A beach community, and now, with this podcast, we’re so excited to bring Emerald Coast Storytellers to wherever you are in the world. In Episode 1, “The Story Behind Storytellers,” we share a bit about ourselves. We talk about the joys and, oh yeah, those many, many pitfalls of...
info_outlineDwight Williams is the author of the novel “From the Garden of Memory” and the coauthor of several books of nonfiction, including “Raising Lazarus,” with Robert Pensack, M.D., and “The Way of the Explorer,” with Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell who walked on the moon in 1971 with Al Shepard. In this interview with hosts Ali and Kristy, Williams takes us through his time at the University of Colorado at Boulder, as well as his first writing gig as a newspaper reporter for the Steamboat Pilot, which led to the leap of faith that launched his writing career to new heights and eventually paved the way to his work on Raising Lazarus: A Memoir.
Other topics of conversation:
- His college years alongside the beat poet scene and crossing paths with legends like Allen Ginsberg.
- Witnessing in real time a literary movement that started in a small mountain town and led to spiritual revolution, sexual liberation, and a thirst for individualism that spread throughout American society.
- Linking arms as coauthor for some of the brightest in the biz like Robert Pensack, M.D. and Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell. (Not to mention, during his work with Dr. Mitchell, he had the opportunity to hold a real-life moon rock. Tune in for his confession on what he did with it.)
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