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 t...

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...

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 pub...

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 pi...

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 ba...

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...

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 appar...

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, C...

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. Com...

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 Storytelle...

In part two of a very special interview, we welcome back Prudence Farrow Bruns who dives deeper into the benefits of positive thinking, radiating good energy, and how to make the world a better place. Join us for an unflinching look at the trauma and abuse that's been cycled through the world's generations since the earliest World War, and how we have started to turn back the tide with goodness an...

The story of how one woman became the subject of a hit Beatles song may not be what you think. In part one of our interview, we sit down with Prudence Farrow Bruns who takes us through the inspiration behind her book, "The Story Behind the Song." From growing up in Hollywood to living in Europe, New York and beyond, Prudence will be the first to tell you the most enlightening journey of all was th...