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A podcast about People Interacting with People. In April 2015, I became homeless. I decided to embrace this homelessness and what followed was five years of nomadic life, over 250 moves in Canada and the United States, on an average budget of roughly $22 a day.
While sitting in a 24 hour diner in Toronto on my first two homeless nights, a young man sat beside me and when I told him about my experience - spending 9 hours each night at the diner, getting a free coffee and a brownie on my second night - he turned to me and asked:
"Do you think you'd be having the same experience if you were Black?"
Over those next five years, I had a series of "chance" encounters with Black people and had some very interesting conversations. I documented some of them in writing but when I compiled them into a 300 page script during the pandemic, I realized that - in writing it myself - I had lost the authenticity of the other person's voice.
And so, I decided to hit the road and reconnect with some of these wonderful people while also leaving myself open to meeting new ones. These are our conversations.
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S3 EP7: Spotlighting Unsung Heroes, Meeting Madeleine, Breaking Out of the "Black Box", Learning to Laugh, & Bringing Balance w/ Kesha
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Nov 22, 2023 |
S3 EP6: Selling Real Estate, Brokering Car Deals, Navigating Canada's Healthcare, Making Music, & Working with Celebrities w/ Destiny
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Nov 15, 2023 |
S3 EP5 Part 2: Pursuing Artistic Endeavours, Finding the Right Support, Understanding the Black Man, Having the "Black Talk" & Moving with Grace w/ Anna in Fort Lauderdale
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Nov 08, 2023 |
S3 EP5 Part 1: NAACP Advisories, Food Deserts, Housing as a Human Right, Getting Political, & Growing Up in the South w/ Anna in Fort Lauderdale
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Nov 01, 2023 |
S3 EP4 Part 2: Money, Power, Rap Music, Pop Culture, & The Black Family w/ Gordon in North Carolina
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Oct 25, 2023 |
S3 EP4 Part 1: Having the Whitest Name Ever, Serving in Iraq, Surviving in the Chain Gang, Liking Yourself, & Living in the Moment w/ Gordon in North Carolina
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Oct 18, 2023 |
S3 EP3 Part 2: Five Minutes of Fame at The Apollo, Becoming Mr. D, Paid Line Ups, Police Encounters, & Personal Choices w/ Danny aka Mr. D
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Oct 11, 2023 |
S3 EP3 Part 1: Coming Up in the Bronx, Being a First Generation B-Boy, Originating Moves, The Evolution of Hip Hop, & Showing Up to Show Out w/ Danny aka MC Ski Jump
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Oct 04, 2023 |
S3 EP2 Part 2: Living in Your Authenticity, Being Blessed But Bullshit, Performing Poetry, Living as a Same-Gender-Loving Male, & Liberating Yourself w/ Artis aka DJ ART.IS
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Sep 27, 2023 |
S3 EP2 Part 1: What Art Is, Learning to Pivot, Planting Seeds, Finding Your Tribe, & Saying YES to Opportunities w/ Artis aka DJ ART.IS
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Sep 20, 2023 |
S3 EP1 Part 2: The Oldest Known Religion, Rap Music as Therapy, Lost Souls in Prison, The Evolution of an Artist, & Shooting Music Videos on the Fly w/ DeMar aka Fly Guy Impulse
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Sep 13, 2023 |
S3 EP1 Part 1: Petty Crimes, Police Brutality, Gang Banging, Prison Life, Trauma, & Reintegrating Back into Society w/ DeMar aka Fly Guy Impulse
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Sep 13, 2023 |
SIZZLE 5: Introducing... Mac, Allison, & George
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Oct 22, 2022 |
SIZZLE 6: Introducing... Damien, Namel, & Fferé
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Oct 22, 2022 |
SIZZLE 3: Introducing... Jerry, Alex, Quatae, & Lisa
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Oct 22, 2022 |
SIZZLE 4: Introducing... Marq, Dominion, Maya, & Daijon
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Oct 22, 2022 |
SIZZLE 2 - Introducing... Aleathia, Myles, Judith, & Kerric
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Oct 22, 2022 |
SIZZLE 1: Introducing... Cat, Dray, Leka, & Kumei
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Oct 22, 2022 |
S2 EP10: Working at a Boys' Maximum Security Prison, Healing Male Trauma, Owning a Gun, Playing Baseball & Being Yourself w/ Leka
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Aug 24, 2022 |
S2 EP9: Becoming a Minister at Ten, Recognizing Trauma, Doing the Work, Loving Yourself & Living Fearlessly w/ Cat
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Aug 15, 2022 |
S2 EP8: Starting a Juice Business, Serving Your Community, Taking a Risk, Following Your Passion, & Understanding How Energy Works with George
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Aug 03, 2022 |
S2 EP7: Growing up in the Bronx, Living in a Psych Ward, Traveling the World, Having Run-ins with the Police & Making it Happen with Jerry
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Jul 25, 2022 |
S2 EP6: Guns, Getting Shot, Disability Culture, The Grammys, Working with Snoop Dogg & Being Ahead of One's Time with Namel
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Jul 20, 2022 |
S2 EP5: Hair Freedom, Beauty Standards, Learned Behaviours in Childhood, The Value of Lived Experience & When Art Goes Beyond the Artist with Aleathia
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Jul 13, 2022 |
S2 EP4: Hypnosis, Sound Healing, Generational Trauma, Past Life Regression & The Power of the Spoken Word with Quatae
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Jul 05, 2022 |
S2 EP3: Alter Egos, How Rap Music Perpetuates Stereotypes, Life in DC, Self Discovery & the Need to Evolve with Maya & Fferé
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Jun 29, 2022 |
S2 EP2: Spoken Word Poetry, Rap, The Ancestors, Synchronicity & Staying True to Oneself with Lisa aka Magena the Poet
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Jun 24, 2022 |
S2 EP1: Healthy Living, Content Creation, Christianity, Building Generational Wealth & The Multitasking Mind with Dominion
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Jun 15, 2022 |
S1. EP11 - The Beauty of Having Younger Friends, Fear, Trauma & Healing, Living Mathematics, and the Everyday Concerns of Being a Black Man with Kerric
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Apr 20, 2022 |
A QUICK UPDATE
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Apr 13, 2022 |
A QUICK PAUSE
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Apr 01, 2022 |
S1. EP10 Part 2: Art as Therapy, Lessons from Travel, Speaking Black & White, Perpetuating Stereotypes & Recognizing Conditioned Beliefs with Myles
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Mar 23, 2022 |
S1. EP10 Part 1: Livin' the Dream, Discovering Drag, Being Black AND Queer, Surviving the Pandemic & Being the Only Black Voice in a White Space with Myles
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Mar 16, 2022 |
S1. EP9: Owning a Business at 13, What it Means to Be an Activist, Why Black Lives Matter, Art School & Animé with Kumei
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Mar 09, 2022 |
S1. BONUS #3: "I AM the Dream" w/ Alex (aka ATG)
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Mar 04, 2022 |
S1. EP8: Life as a Boxer, Lessons in Losses, The Racial Dynamics in Boxing, Getting Hacked Online, Mental Health & Stepping Into Your Faith with Alex (aka ATG)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
S1. EP7: The Mandalay Bay Shooting & Violence as a Universal Language, Johnny Tocco's Boxing Gym, Bad Hair Days & Black Representation in Comic Books with Daijon
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Feb 23, 2022 |
S1. BONUS #2: Why Colour Matters w/ Marq
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Feb 18, 2022 |
S1. EP6: Music, Energy, Diversity, the Concept of Time, Living with Intention & the Importance of Communication with Marq
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Feb 16, 2022 |
S1. EP5: PART 2 - The Birth of the Las Vegas Arts Scene, My Life as a Nomadic Artist, How this Podcast Came to Be, The Responsibility of the Media, and Life as a Black Man in Vegas with Dray
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Feb 11, 2022 |
S1. EP5: PART 1 - The Survival Tactics of Being an Artist, Being a Black Artist, The Vegas Arts Scene, Weed as a Tool & Women as Inspiration with Dray
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Feb 04, 2022 |
S1. EP4: The Bronx, What It Means To Be Black, Mental Health, The Black Man in a Hoodie & The Judicial System with Damien
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Jan 26, 2022 |
S1. EP3: Racism in America, Travel, Health, Home Ownership & Living Life as a Black Woman with Allison
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Jan 19, 2022 |
S1. BONUS #1: The N WORD w/ Damien
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Jan 17, 2022 |
S1. EP1: Motherhood, Metaphysical Healing, Mental Health, White Privilege & the Black Community with Judith
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Jan 12, 2022 |
S1 EP2: Private Aviation, Restaurant Ownership, Heart Health & Creating Community with Mac
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Jan 12, 2022 |