Season 3
S3E2 -Engineering, Design, Rock, & Rap ... all Creativity by Volcano
Detroit is Different episode 235
Engineering is a very creative discipline. Volcano's work to the masses for years was Hip-hop Artist & Rock & Roll Emcee. For over 15 years The Fillmore, CroFoot, The Emerald, are only a few venues in the area crushed by Volcano. As a recording engineer, rapper, music producer, and musician he's touched thousands.
S3E3 -Detroit Diaspora Day Party with Drake Phifer
Detroit is Different episode 236
Urban Organic is the brand and it was a vision of Drake Phifer. The vision was a place and space for cool Soul and people to vibe together. In the early 2000’s the space for Neo Soul, Afro Beat, House, and Future music from a Black lens was rare.
Today 20 years later the brand has traveled the Metro Detroit area, Michigan, the Nation
S3E4 -Why do Detroiters feel unheard Today? with Orlando Bailey
Detroit is Different 237
Detroit, and particularly Detroit's Eastside fills the mind, heart, imagination, and ambition of Orlando Bailey. A voice for the Authentically Detroit Podcast, host of the Urban Consulate community conversations, and journalist for Bridge Detroit Orlando speaks life to the history while embodying the present and future of the city.
S3E5 -Community Voice & Relationships are Detroit Councilmember Tate’s Keys to Success
Detroit City Council Pro-Tem James Tate
Radio, Television, Broadcast, and Media were the life James Tate led before serving the city of Detroit as a council member. Entering a third term in the seat today Tate’s understanding and perspective for what council is expected to do, what council does, and how that balance is anchored is key.
S3E6 -Putting in Work and getting Results, Director Kwende "Street Lord Rook" Ried
Detroit is Different Podcast episode 239
Independent films from Detroit have taken the industry by storm. The narratives of street life are being captured in live-action with the minds of Detroit’s historic Hip-hop scene at the helm. Filmmaker Kwende "Steet Lord Rook" Ried, joined Detroit is Different to talk about his new feature ‘Chedda Boys’ premiering next Friday, June 24 at Bel Air Luxury
S3E7 -Alyssa Space is making up a standard of Beauty
Detroit is Different episode 241
Beauty is a philosophy in Western studies. Aesthetics make up the study of what Western scientists have written and expressed as the standard of beauty. The challenge in this philosophy is that the objectivity of beauty is dependent upon background, taste, and culture.
S3E8 -Gary Anderson Artistic Director of Plowshares Theater Company
Detroit is Different episode 242
Hastings Street is a work that Plowshares Theater Company is in the best position to present. July 21 – 31 at Detroit’s Music Hall the company re-launches post-COVID-19 welcoming audiences to a very special show. The show captures the story of the center of Detroit’s historic Black Bottom community.
S3E9 -Building Community Value and the work with Chase Cantrell
Detroit is Different episode 243
Building Community Value is beyond conceptual for Chase Cantrell. The visionary leader of the organization has taken his talent and skill set and applied this ethic. The Building Community Value Detroit organization has been providing lessons in property development for Detroiters for years now.
S3E10 -Family, Community, Farming, and Black make up Erin Bevel
Detroit is Different episode 244
From the East Coast to Metro Detroit was the journey for a young Erin Bevel. Today the Howard University professor and law school graduate is driven by family and towards Black Liberation. Black Farmers Land Fund, Detroit Black Food Security Network, and Mollywop are creative, cultural, and professional works for Erin, but family is first.
S3E11 -Changing the Narrative Live Discussion with Jazz Legend Stanley Clarke and Mutual Aid leader Stephanie Rearick
Detroit is Different episode 245
Detroit is Different supporter Kim Sherobbi invited me to co-host a discussion held at Marygrove College Sunday, July 24. Jazz icon Stanley Clarke performed and spoke in support of his son Frank for the How We Will Change conference hosted in Detroit this past weekend. I hosted this discussion with my podcast network partner in creativity Piper Carter.