Introvert Dara M Wilson and her mathlete friend Claudia travel to New Orleans, where Dara meets Claudia’s attractive friend, Scott. Dara keeps trying to connect with this handsome nerd on a pub crawl, but it just isn’t working - until Dara and Scott bond over social justice, institutionalized oppression, race relations, fighting the good fight, and the school to prison pipeline.

Dara’s story was told live onstage at Bawdy Storytelling's 'Jackpot' show at the Verdi Club in San Francisco, June 2018.

This episode’s storyteller: Dara M Wilson is a writer, producer and tech nerd hailing from San Francisco, California. She’s a TWiB! (This Week in Blackness) Media Fellow where she is a regular guest host on the TWiB! Prime podcast in addition to hosting Next Big Thing with Courtney & Dara. A Harvard University grad, Dara’s 9-5 background is in eCommerce Merchandising and Customer Marketing as a frequent video contributor for Musicians @ Google, The Black Googler’s Network. and Google Play.
Support Next Big Thing with Courtney and Dara: https://www.patreon.com/nbttheshow
Read Dara's writing at http://www.whatwoulddarado.com/
Follow Dara M Wilson on Twitter at @DaraMWilson

Opening Music: 8 Miles Wide by Storm Large

Original Live Song is from Shirley Gnome: ‘Pillows’, from the album ‘Taking It Up the Notch’ (#1 Album on iTunes with @604Records, nominated for Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedy Album)

Shirley Gnome website: http://www.shirleygnome.com/

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShirleyGnome

Buy Shirley’s music at http://smarturl.it/takingitupthenotch

Podcast Host: Dixie De La Tour

Podcast Producer: Marty Garcia

Sound Engineer: David Grosof

Project Manager: Dana Hanna

Archivist / Video: Joe Moore

Tickets to upcoming live Bawdy Storytelling shows:

‘Metamorphosis’ Sept 20th in San Francisco http://bit.ly/BawdyMetaSF

‘Packs a Wallop’ Sept 27th in Seattle http://bit.ly/pawsea

‘Never Say Never’ October 18th in San Francisco http://bit.ly/bawdynsnsf

‘Wicked’ October 25th in Seattle http://bit.ly/bawdywicked2018

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