It's not a game, ya'll.  Black storytelling is a calling, a balm, but it is also a career. In this episode, we learn more about the essential role of black storytelling from tellers Len Cabral and Valerie Tutson.   For Len, storytelling breathes life in a lush Cape Verdean family legacy that goes back as far as the 1800s. To Val, who identifies as a biracial, storytelling was the deliberation space of her childhood,  the place where she engaged her embattled family legacies. Len and Val affirm that our storytelling chronicles, heals, and bridges generations. 

“Horror” is the search term that yields the most results for this Afro-futurism novelist , screenwriter, and documentarian. Tananarive Due has contributed to increasing the African American presence in a genre that, for decades, killed us off early if we made it to the big screen at all. To this end, she’s partnered with Jordan Peele (Nope, Get Out, Us) and her husband Steve Barnes. Story Culture Live podcast was blessed by her wit, her talent, and her personal story of actionable anti-racism work in this fanciful, horrific realm - Hollywood.

Here's to our powerful storytelling lineage and legacy! Story Culture Live Podcast celebrates the craft of storytelling and honors its tellers. In this episode, I will share details about the birth of Story Culture Live Podcast: In Augusta, Georgia on the front porch of an Eighth Street shotgun house. And, how a lamp made of popsicle sticks lit the way.