Local Color: A Baltimore Podcast

I didn’t meet Kyle until 2016, but I’ve known his uncle Harold Pompey since 2013. I learned a bit about audio editing from Harold when I started working at iHeartMedia. I didn’t spend a lot of time watching Harold work, but what he did show me had a lasting impact, and some of the stuff...

Fox’s Empire has been a smash hit since it premiered two years ago. Some say it’s a modern day telling of Shakespeare’s King Lear. I don’t really like Shakespeare and don’t have cable, so I’ll have to take their word for it. An aspect the show is constantly praised for is its Afrocentric art. Where’s...

As the Creative Alliance’s Operations Director for almost ten years, Andre’s seen and done it all. Organized events, rent out venue space, and even had to deal with a performer having a stroke on stage. Andre’s life is an interesting one, with beginnings in Jamaica and travels to the U.S. by way of Miami. Listen...

What started as an innocuous post on Reddit’s (relax) Baltimore board turned into me checking out MissionFit Baltimore’s spacious and lofty work out area. I met with MFB’s trainer Geoff Blake, who taught me a new way to do squats (Bulgarian Split Squats) and alked about MissionFit’s vision. After our conversation I got to meet...

I met Rob last year at an Impact Hub event organized by Jermaine Bell (listen to his episode here) and hosted by Edgar Reyes (listen to HIS episode here). It was about how Blacks and Latinos could benefit from organizing and grouping together to create change. The message resonated with both Rob and I, and...

Jay Rags is a great guy, and I learned a lot about him and house music with this interview. It was interesting listening to him talk about a Baltimore that was, in the 80s before I was born. On the upside Baltimore is a lot less violent than it was as Jay describes it. On the downside...

TWENTIETH EPISODE!! Just hit “Play”, I need a moment to congratulate myself. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

The song my guest was named after…it’s super dreamy. Growing up I liked chocolate, but liked it way more when it was paired with peanut butter. Even today if I have some change in my pocket and succumb to the candy aisle at checkout, I’ll grab a Reese’s and finish it before I get to...

At their core, Jason Bass and Aaron Jones are just two buddies building a dream. The rapport they have with one another would make you think they met five minutes after they were born, but they were already adults when they became friends. They crack wise during the interview, making themselves laugh as much as...

JERMAINE BROKE MY PHONE AFTER I INTERVIEWED HIM WHAT A JERK DON’T EVEN LISTEN TO THIS.   Just kidding. He was there when it happened though. I knew of Jermaine for a couple years through my sister and other people in Baltimore’s black arts scene. I finally got to meet the man, myth and legend...