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
SIZZLE 5: Introducing... Mac, Allison, & George
IN this clip, meet Mac in North Carolina, Allison in Atlanta, and George in New York.
Episode 2 Season 1:
Mac and I met at Toronto Airport when I was living there for nine days. He was a flight attendant working in private aviation who was 'stationed' at the Sheraton Hotel there for a month. Upon learning I was sleeping on a bench in one of the departure lounges, he very kindly offered me his hotel room while he was in flight. We remember this story, talk about his job in private aviation, heart health, and his new restaurant.
Episode 3 Season 1:
Allison and I met in Las Vegas in 2017. She works for the government parks departments so has lived in many states around the US so has some interesting views about racism in the US. We talk about her love of the outdoors, travel, what it means to be a vegan, yoga, crystals and she tells me about buying her first home.
Episode 8 Season 2:
George and I met when I walked into his juice shop in Catskill, New York. He tells me about how he started his business, serving his community, and clean living.
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