People Interacting with People
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.
People Interacting with People
S1. EP10 Part 2: Art as Therapy, Lessons from Travel, Speaking Black & White, Perpetuating Stereotypes & Recognizing Conditioned Beliefs with Myles in Hollywood
In this second part of my conversation with my fabulous friend, Myles, we continue to talk about Myles' journey into the world of drag, the idea of art as therapy, the things we learn from travel, the ridiculous notion that there is a "Black" way to speak and a "White" way to speak, what actors like Myles can do to prevent perpetuating harmful stereotypes, our conditioned beliefs, and so much more.
We hope you enjoy this episode.
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