Down Home

Outtakes

In this episode Jay and D give listeners a sneak peak at clips from their development meetings. The first clip is from one of their first development meetings back in 2020, so excuse the audio quality. In the second clip they discuss the horrible mass shooting in Buffalo that happened in May of 2022

Critical Race Theory, with Heather Chandler

In this episode D's Mom, Heather Chandler, discusses why CRT is such a hot button issue. Heather has an extensive 30 plus year resume working in Equity and Diversity.
 
If you listen to Down Home in the past you might remember Heather, she joined Jay and D in episode four to talk about Halifax back in the 1970's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNYQYttO2I&t=416s
(this is one of the early episodes of Down Home, audio quality isn't great)
 
#equity #criticalracetheory #crt

Better late then never

Jay and D take time to fully explain the origins of their friendship over the years, from the church to high school, through their twenties and separate moves to Toronto. In this episode they also explore what it means to them to be Scotian.

The art of the spoken word with Dwayne Morgan

In this episode Jay and D have a conversation with two time Canadian National Poetry Slam Champion Dwayne Morgan about how he started performing spoken word, mentoring, and his talent production company Up From The Roots.
 
 
Dwayne Morgan
https://dwaynemorgan.ca/
 
 
#spokenword #artist #entrepreneur #poetry

Empathize Others, with Augy Jones

Jay and D have a conversation with Augy Jones about his path to mentoring and social activism.
 
 
Check out Augy's Empathize Others Platforms: https://empathizeothers.com/

Travis Lindsay, it’s true The Kid is Alright.

Jay and D have a conversation with homegrown Scotian comedic talent Travis Lindsay.
Travis is a winner of the CBC Open mic Comedy Contest at the HUBCAP Comedy Festival. His debut album called “The Kid is Alright” hit number one on the iTunes Comedy Charts, and he has joined the cast of This Hour Has 22 Minutes as an on air correspondent.
 
Listen to Travis's very funny debut album https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-kid-is-alright/1492935970
 
 
#comedy #novascotia #canadiantalent

The 106th Battalion

Jay and D discuss The Black Battalion, and the heroic military service Jay's great grandfather, Sydney Morgan Jones, performed as a member of the 106th Battalion during World War 1
 
#Blackbattalion #WWI #militaryservice #novascotia #africannovascotia

Jim Crow north of the 49th

Jay and D have a conversation with Leonard Paris. Author of the book Jim Crow Also Lived Here, which dispels the myth that segregation was unique to the Southern United States.
 
Follow the link to take a look at this ground breaking book https://www.amazon.ca/Jim-Crow-Also-Lived-Here/dp/1525576674 #segregation
 
#jimcrow #canada #endracism #wecandobetter

Race is a social construct

“Race is not biological. It is a social construct. There is no gene or cluster of genes common to all blacks or all whites. Were race “real” in the genetic sense, racial classifications for individuals would remain constant across boundaries. Yet, a person who could be categorized as black in the United States might be considered white in Brazil or colored in South Africa.” - Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig, The New York Times 06\09\2016
 
 
In this episode of Down Home Jay and D explore the concept of race with the two senior reporters who produced the Quirks & Quarks: Black in science special, Nicole Mortillaro and Amanda Buckiewicz.
 
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-black-in-science-special-1.5928333
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-black-in-science-1.5909184.
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#CBC
#racisminscience
#canada
#socialconstruct
#racialidentity

The community building power of sports

In this episode Jay and D talk with Nathan Thompson and Tony Marsman to explore the role that sports played in cementing the bonds to their neighbourhoods in Halifax.