Life Is More And Than Or with Royal Harris

In today’s episode I sit with Royal Harris. It is my belief that communities need ambassadors. Someone from the community that has the understanding, drive and awareness to plug you in. Royal is that dude in my opinion. Always a good talk and willing to let you know what you need to know. We move through topics from fatherhood to serving the community in this episode. Please enjoy. Peace

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When we taped this episode it was a week or so prior to the Black Thought delivering the freestyle performance of decade and the passing of Combat Jack Reggie Osse. On the first Black Thought speaks for himself, but I feel his performance shortly affirms my point of view. On the great Combat Jack I just wanted to send our respects to his family and friends. I was a fan of his work and looked forward to the day that maybe I could have him sit with me for a discussion about his life and his perspectives on manhood. Condolences and respects to all who knew him and thank you for what you did for the culture Combat. 

The Surly Urbanist

In this episode I sit down with Jamaal Green. I met Jamaal via the listener community surrounding the Morning Jones Radio Show a few years back. While listening one day Bomani gave a shout out to Jamaal’s pending move to the Rose City for graduate school. Being a Portland transplant myself I went to the twitter machine and extended a welcome to the city offer. Portland is a solid town, but it can be quite the culture shock depending on your history. I figured the least I could do is extend a hand to the brother. Over the years we have connected around our shared interests in cities, black people, public policy and being curious about the world in general. We got into the weeds on a few interesting topics including honesty in relationships, black twitter, and martial arts movies. A few good reads came up in the conversation, which can be found below. Please take the best part for yourself.

Find Jamaal on twitter:

@surlyurbanist

Books We Discussed:

Economic Revitalization - Joan Fitzgerald and Nancy Greenly

Mis-measuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn’t Add Up - Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi

Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For Profit Colleges in the New Economy - Tressie McMillian Cottom

Thank you to www.streampdx.com and www.opensignalpdx.org for a great recording space right in the community.

You can find me at:

@just_ife

No Quit

 In this episode I share my thoughts on perseverance and persistence.  #noquit is the theme of the month and the rest of the year for me.

#takeaknee

I share my thoughts on the police brutality protests in the NFL. 

I close with some reflection on being the father of a middle school age daughter. My children are getting older and at every step in their growth their are new concerns for me as a father. 

Intro - How I Got Over - The Roots

Midtro - That's The Way I Feel About 'Cha - Bobby Womack

Outro - Desire - Kamasi Washington

Because It's Dope - Laila's Wisdom - Rapsody 

Links to make you think:

@blackmangreenplan - #noquit

@wallo267 - the check 1-3

1 - https://instagram.com/p/BZi4J2hh9vl/

2 - https://instagram.com/p/BZi6eeCBc9R/

3 - https://instagram.com/p/BZi9HWmB-v1/

#smile The Rams - @tonybakercomedy

Show Notes: Not Alone In The Woods

The audio short on my year building my forest skills.