Be More Open Podcast

Ezekiel, Elijah and Andre discuss how self quarantine has been affection those with mental health challenges specifically withing brown communities in Baltimore. They suggest some solutions on how communities can leverage technology to get the help they need. They also talk about how African American communities have to strengthen their information networks as this will not be the last situation that hits Brown communities harder, disproportionately.  System Unknown is a new mini series within the Just Talking Podcast and will be covering the COVID pandemic and its effects on Baltimore until the issue is resolved. We hope you all are enjoying the content.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com 

Andre, Elijah, and Ezekiel discuss what has changed over the past weekend in terms of how COVID is effecting Baltimore and the greater surrounding areas. They also discuss the direct impacts to children who are at home but also suggest that maybe now is the best time for organizations and schools to partner with parents and support more education at home .System Unknown is a new mini series within the Just Talking Podcast and will be covering the COVID pandemic and its effects on Baltimore until the issue is resolved. We hope you all are enjoying the content.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com 

Ezekiel and Andre discuss the importance of maintaining a sense of community during these troubling times as well as how history seems to be repeating itself. They remain hopeful that the United States and Baltimore will learn from this situation, and that young people will continue to be more involved in political discourse.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.comCategory

Ezekiel, Andre and Eli discuss potential solution to the challenges returning citizens will face as the Covid 19 pandemic rises. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.comCategory

Elijah, Andre and Ezekiel discuss some of the Covid 19 developments and what they mean or don't mean for Baltimore and Maryland.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more. Stay updated on all of our latest content! Follow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia) Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen) Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com

Andre and Eli talk about how as humans all have the ability to be the good wolf or the bad. They discuss the importance of us investigating ourselves about the moments we aren't always at our best and how we must actively resist our more primal instincts and look to progress. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more. Stay updated on all of our latest content!Follow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com

Eli and Andre discuss the power of collaboration especially in times like the one we're in. How many privileged communities are feeling what underprivileged communities have been feeling since inception. They also discuss how Baltimore has laws that have only recently been changed 40+ years ago. Why haven't we figured out how to eliminate poverty in our society? In our communities? Are there ways to think about those solutions now?Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more. Stay updated on all of our latest content!Follow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com 

Andre and Eli sit down to begin the discussion on what the Coronavirus may mean for Baltimore. Just Talking: System Unknown is a new series posing difficult questions and asking for Baltimore citizens to respond to COVID 19 and the ways our local and federal government are handling it.  Be More Open is a Hyper Local media channel covering topics that affect your everyday life and conversation.

Zeke and Tamira sit down and talk about growing up in a single parent home, what happened to a lot of the programs that helped young women in Baltimore City have a chance at graduating from college, and how small businesses need to be more involved in the communities that support them. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Zeke and Mary sit down to talk about how her graduate school experience informs how she looks at systemic issues facing marginalized communities, what does trauma mean for the African-American community in Baltimore, and what are solutions that will lead Baltimore to be a more equitable city for all residents.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Ezekiel and Ray sit down to talk about diversity in Baltimore, the struggles of building community, the challenges of raising children, and the importance of having confidence in your own choices. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Ezekiel and Brandon sit down to talk about his plan for increasing the political participation of Baltimore's citizens, why he thinks the current system of city government is corrupt, and how he plans to bring Baltimore to the 21st Century.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Zeke and Stokey talk about his journey growing up in Baltimore, where the lack of an opportunity in the city can lead a youth, and what he's doing now to redirect the current youth.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Ezekiel and Matan sit down to talk about housing politics in Baltimore, the importance of mentorship, and the need for transparency from politicians to the citizens.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Just Talking's first Live Panel Episode recorded at Bird in Hand Cafe on January 24th 2020. In this episode Ezekiel engages a diverse panel of Baltimore citizens, developers, artists, entrepreneurs, and community organizers in conversation about some of the major issues facing our city. Tune in for a conversation about progressive solutions for issues surrounding literacy vs. fluency, education, food access, and equity for Baltimore's citizens.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

This week we get a sneak peek behind the scenes with Andre, Eli, Matan, and Ezekiel talking about what diversity, representation, and race means. How diversity of experience might be more important for the progression of society. How do you prove an experience? Do we need to validate an experience? Is empathy fatigue inevitable?Ezekiel and Andre then sit down and talk about what the current president represents depending on where you are in America; how the system evolves; and how Baltimore institutions should look to change the talent pools they draw from. Andre brings his experience to every conversation creating a longitudinal perspective that's needed.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Ezekiel and Emma sit down to discuss the importance of making books accessible for everyone, in particular children; how it's more beneficial for citizens within a capitalistic system to be educated up to a point and then completely ignorant of anything that could lead to real systematic change. The conversation starts with Emma telling the crew a story about how a friend of hers was hired to be a psychologist for a reality television show.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Ezekiel and Denzel sit down to talk about: what it means to be a a black farmer in Baltimore, what some of the false perceptions about heating healthy within poor minority communities are, and how someone with no prior experience can begin to live off of food grown in their own front or back yard.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Ezekiel and Candace start the conversation around relationships and how your childhood can cause you not to mature no matter how old you are. Candace brings up some of the systematic issues that face the black community and where those stem from. They talk about whether there is diverse representation of Black Men in Hollywood and how we can do more to support each other as a local community. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Four brothers sit down to have an open and honest discussion about how their respective upbringings shaped who they are. They talk about the ways Baltimore City is being neglected and propose some solutions to the problems of homelessness and the lack of education. They think about what role the city government should strive to play and how Black communities in Baltimore can achieve economic independence and empowerment.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Ezekiel sits down with Akio Evans to talk about Baltimore, inventing his own style, the housing crisis, and what it's like to be forcibly bi-coastal.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open bringing you open and honest conversation with thinkers, makers, creators, and more.www.bemoreopen.com