Local Color is a podcast dedicated to telling the stories of Black artists, business owners, and community leaders in Baltimore City and in the DMV. If you're looking for insightful interviews, heartfelt stories, and sometimes a good laugh, Local Color has you covered. Local Color is hosted and produced by Jason V and is distributed by Your Public Studios.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 2 hours 36 minutes
episode 123: Fran Ngong of Fran’s Organic Bodycare
Fran Ngong worked in corporate America and suffered from venous insufficiency and extremely dry skin. After discovering shea butter, Fran decided to start a business, Fran’s Organic Bodycare, that shares the wealth of “good health” with the world.
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episode 124: Author and Journalist A’Lelia Bundles (Rebroadcast)
Names hold power in our lives, and life has a weird way of moving in a circle. For A’Lelia Bundles, her name shaped her life, and in turn, her life circled back to her name. She’s the great great granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker, but it was something she kept to herself because she wanted to be her own person...
episode 125: DaQuan Brown, founder of Woo’s Miracle Moss
DaQuan Brown, founder of Woo’s Miracle Moss, learned about sea moss while researching holistic medicine to help his grandmother recover after a surgical procedure. He took his knowledge of the subject and turned it into a business, where he packages and sells sea moss and educates clients on alternative medicine.
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episode 126: Donta and Will Henson of Los Hermanos Tequila: Part I
Brothers Donta and Will Henson are the founders of Los Hermanos Tequila. They’d each taken a different path in life, but they shared a love of tequila. The pandemic brought them back together, and they decided to turn their passion into a business, naming their tequila brand after the unbreakable bond of their brotherhood.
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episode 127: Donta and Will Henson of Los Hermanos Tequila: Part II
Jason V.’s conversation continues with brothers Donta and Will Henson, the founders of Los Hermanos Tequila. The brothers had each taken a different path in life, but they shared a love of tequila. The pandemic brought them back together, and they decided to turn their passion into a business. They named their tequila brand after the unbreakable bond of their brotherhood.
Local Color is hosted and produced by Jason V. and is distributed by Your Public Studios.
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episode 128: Tonya Miller Hall, Senior Advisor of Arts and Culture at the Baltimore Mayor’s Office
Tonya Miller Hall is currently Senior Advisor of Arts and Culture in the Baltimore Mayor’s Office. Tonya returned home to Baltimore after building a PR career in New York City. Though NYC gave Tonya many professional experiences, coming home to Charm City gave her one experience she never expected — her name in the local paper.
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episode 129: Entrepreneur Tony Jia
Jason V. talks with entrepreneur Tony Jia. When he was young, Tony’s parents moved from Beijing, China to North America, living first in Vancouver, Canada then putting down roots in Fairfax County, Virginia. As those roots took hold, so did the idea of entrepreneurship take hold in Tony’s mind...
episode 130: Kelli Redmond Bagby of Mova Nature Juice Bar
Kelli Redmond Bagby of Mova Nature Juice Bar discusses her early life in Baltimore City, the painful life event that lead her to healthy eating and why salads and fresh pressed juices are more similar than they are different.
*This episode is branded content for Tastewise Kids, and features ads as well as a brief interview with Linda Richardson, Development Director of Tastewise Kids.
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episode 131: Entrepreneur Victoria Buggs
Victoria Buggs is an award winning nurse, entrepreneur and two time combat veteran. Victoria grew up in Gary, Indiana, and at 18 decided to serve her country and joined the armed forces.
After an honorable discharge from a celebrated 20 year career in the military, she opened the Center for Health Educators and Safety Specialists, providing courses and certifications on CPR, AED and other life saving training...
episode 132: Juneteenth Luncheon at The Center Club Baltimore
On this episode, Jason V. hosts a panel discussion with Dr. Johnny Graham of Howard University and Vic Carter of WJZ 13 about the history of Juneteenth, its impact on Black American culture and the state of Black business and commerce in Baltimore City at the Juneteenth Luncheon at The Center Club Baltimore.
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