Local Color: A Baltimore Podcast

Self reflection can come at any time. For Justin Temple, it comes several times a day. As a yoga teacher and student, Justin believes principles taught in yoga have crept into his everyday life. He thinks it’s making him a better person. Yoga has international appeal but it wasn’t always this way. Two Indian yogis...

**note** I had the mic levels a little too high on this one, so my narration will sound scratchy/gainy. Everyone’s riding their own horse. C Harvey’s hustle is undeniable. She was a working professional at age 19, but the cold unflinching hand of life grabbed her by the neck and in its own special way...

​​​​I’m a fan of The Crown (the other one, not the Netflix show) and every so often when I go there, either Abdu is about to go on stage or he just ripped another set. His presence in Baltimore’s music and arts scene is well known, so I was excited to sit down and talk...

Audio from Local Color’s second live show at ExittheApple Artspace! I sat down on a comfy couch with artist and filmmaker Pierre Bennu to talk about making art, growing up in a foreign household, saying “uhh” a lot, and what it takes to be an artist. IGs for everyone involved: @localcolorpodcast, @exittheapple, @_regularblack (new episodes...

Everyone wants to be an entrepreneur nowadays; in lieu of becoming an actor or musician, some of us think it’s easier to build a business or start a podcast that gets wildly popular overnight (it’s not easier). Enter McKeever Conwell. The college dropout turned tech investor started  his career at the Department of Defense. By...

Chef Green’s always on the move. If she isn’t working a food demo and showing people how to cook vegan and vegetarian inspired meals, she works as a private chef for her clients in the DC area. I met Chef Green at a gallery opening for local artist and previous guest on the pod, Jerrell...

From this point on, assume 25% of the guests on the podcast I met at Dovecote Café; it’s where I met Randi. Randi’s venture into community building and education with Art of Healthcare represents a union between community based care with professional and practical training. We talk about growing up in West Baltimore, her choice...

Jess’s name definitely rings out in Black Baltimore’s arts and culture scenes. She’s always on the move working on creating. After years of nonprofit work and consulting  Jess struck out on her own with Art in Praxis. AiP is a consulting and creative firm that works with companies to develop better working conditions through art...

I first got in touch with Devlon through Robert “Scholar” Simmons (listen to his episode here), so this episode’s been in the works for a while now. Devlon gives off a confident but vulnerable energy. Knot You Vintage was a dream turned reality for Devlon, but it took him a lot of self reflection and working on...

*THIS EPISODE CONTAINS POLICE SIRENS! AND AN EASTER EGG IF YOU’RE PATIENT!* Art is something I was never good at; painting, drawing…even sketching a still life was always a struggle. Instead of being a tortured artist, I became a tortured…podcaster. Luckily there’s plenty of talented artists in Baltimore I can talk to death, and Jerrell’s...

Jimmie Thomas and the Curators of Hip Hop are on a mission of utmost importance. Through their online catalog and documentary series, COHH is giving exposure to artists that are on the verge of breaking through to national acclaim, and presenting hip hop as a universal language. A Tallahassee native, Jimmie’s path in life may have...

The 2016 Brioxy Innovation Summit was a four day excursion into the hearts and minds of the “Ready Generation”; minority millennials (with some Gen Xers and Baby Boomers) who want to own their future. The final day of the summit was a trip to the Eisenhower Building at the White House, where summit attendees participated in...

On the back of the United States one dollar bill is two seals. One seal, an unfinished pyramid with the “all seeing eye” at its summit, has been interpreted as a masonic symbol. Whether you believe in D’evils and the Illuminati wanting your mind soul and body, the pyramid is unfinished, because as a nation and...

The 2016 Brioxy Innovation Summit was a four day excursion into the hearts and minds of the “Ready Generation”; minority millennials (with some Gen Xers and Baby Boomers) who want to own their future. The third day of the summit held discussions about migration, gentrification, food justice, and a lot of breathing exercises. Special thanks to...

  30 EPISODES!! Most trash podcasts don’t make it this far, guess I’m just really persistent. Shout out to everyone who’s come on the show, and an even bigger shout out to the people that haven’t! I’ll find you, and when I do….I’ll just ask you to be on the show again. Subscribe: iTunes |...

If you frequent the Farmer’s Market under the JFX or in Waverly, you’ve had to maneuver your way around some long lines. The longest line usually belongs to Blacksauce Kitchen. Their handmade biscuits are buttery and flaky, and when they make them into sandwiches with stuff like applewood smoked pork, onion jam and a farm...

The 2016 Brioxy Innovation Summit was a four day excursion into the hearts and minds of the “Ready Generation”; minority millennials (with some Gen Xers and Baby Boomers) who want to own their future. The second day was at The Loft at 600 F in the nation’s capital, where discussions about knowledge of self and Black...

I feel like I interviewed D. Watkins at the perfect time. His newest book and memoir, The Cook Up was just featured in the holiest of black scriptures, Oprah Magazine. Although an amazing achievement, D. is a very down to earth guy with no plans to leave anytime soon. Coming from a place where the price for...

For a man in his early twenties, Kondwani is incredibly driven. Before the age of 25 he’s traveled around the nation giving lectures and performing spoken word pieces at various schools, and when he has the time, subs at City College, his alma mater. A graduate of Virginia State University, Kondwani  grew up in East Baltimore...

The 2016 Brioxy Innovation Summit was a four day excursion into the hearts and minds of the “Ready Generation”; minority millennials (with some Gen Xers and Baby Boomers) who want to own their future. The first day was at Baltimore’s Exit the Apple Artspace, where discussions about innovation, economics and race were paramount. Special thanks to...