It's Complicated With Orlando Bowen
This podcast is deliberate conversations with business leaders, educators, youth, former professional athletes, former professional CFL Coach, regarding racism in Canada. The conversations are open, honest and transparent and complicated yet from the perspective of encouraging conversations that empowers ally-ship and anti-oppressive practices. Every conversations is driven by the spirit of Ubuntu (I am human, because you are human).
To book Orlando to speak to your organization contact us at www.orlandobowen.com
Episodes
10 episodes
Final Thoughts - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
Orlando Bowen transparently shares his heart and reiterates his 'why' for this podcast again. He leaves you with inspirational, empowering words that will move you to action as we get off the sidelines of being non-racist and grow/learn h...
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Episode 9
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4:31
The Talk - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
ow do you know when you should have "The Talk" with your kids about what is happening in our world, our society, our communities. Systemic racism is embedded in every area that is inevitably going to impact our children and if we don't pr...
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Episode 8
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20:21
Restorative Justice - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
Skye Bowen, an educator of 20 years teaches us all the POWER behind Restorative Justice practices in schools. Mistakes are things that we all are prone to as human beings, especially in our teenage years. When youth make mistakes in...
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Episode 7
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17:39
The System - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
Orlando and his white defence attorney David Humphreys have a very open and honest conversation about the legal system that is impacted with institutionalized racism, how black people (specifically black men) in that system, are targeted and ho...
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Episode 6
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25:58
Fear or Faith? - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
Orlando shares his story and asks us all the question that we all have to answer at some point. When we are faced with racism in any form do we respond from a place of fear or faith. If we respond from fear, racism will be what we e...
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Episode 5
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14:10
Educate or Enlighten - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
Robin Whalen, President of Church + State & Ron Tite, Founder of Church + State as well as the author of Think Do Say, speak about how they have been affected by George Floyd's murder and how it has impacted the way they lead their teams an...
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Episode 4
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31:00
I'm Angry, Now What! - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
In this episode Orlando speaks with two seasoned educators, Skye Bowen and Antonella Kalaitzis, who talk about the frustration they experience as educators in a system embedded with racism. Listen as they speak on how we as a society, esp...
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Episode 3
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14:46
Intro - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
Orlando Bowen, former CFL football player explains the purpose for these complicated conversations. In our present social racial climate much has been said and seen regarding racism and most of it has been because of what is released on s...
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Episode 1
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5:55
People Like Us! - It's Complicated with Orlando Bowen
Orlando shares what he went through when he was looking for legal representation during his traumatic experience with police brutality. He shares how, after he was acquitted of all charges, he was compelled to go back and train police wit...
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Episode 2
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14:41
Where You At? - It's Complicated With Orlando Bowen
Orlando speaks to two black young people, Rylie Clemmons & Taijah Armstrong, as they express what their personal experience has been during the pandemic and during the heightened racial climate. They talk candidly about where they are...
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Episode 3
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22:52