Bring Your Own is a nomadic storytelling series that takes place in living rooms, backyards and other intimate spaces within the community. Each month, seven storytellers have 7 minutes to respond to a theme. BYO airs on All Things New Orleans and is a biweekly podcast on WWNO.org.
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This was the winning story on December 5, 2013, told in the courtyard of 3020 Royal Street. The theme of the evening was ‘The Passion”. Here, Carli Raben proves how a true fan is born… to run.
*Bring Your Own is brought to you by Liam Daniel Pierce, Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman. For details and more stories, go to bringyourownstories.com.
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