Podcast appearances and mentions of Darell J Hunt

Quintin invites Carmen Jones, Darell J. Hunt, and Daniel Stokes to discuss the subject of being Black in America. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're bringing you a whole chuckle pyramid this time 'round, manifested immediately, in fact.  Michael Cherry also refuses to apologize for the music that takes him back.  Darell J. Hunt refuses to lower his dining-out standards.  Selena Coppock refuses to forget that Obama charm.  And Garry Hannon refuses to put up with your stank bar shenanigans.  

We're all dressing correctly for the cold weather, and welcoming Darell J. Hunt to the guest star chair this time.  He and Sharon discuss learning from documentaries and the glory that is the gem stone exhibit at the museum.  Darell then loves on the concept of the flowy housecoat, and stresses the importance of foundation garments.  The two compare stories of talking to strangers, to older people, and dealing with people on museum tours who try to take over.  We then wrap up by tuning in to hear the obituaries on the radio.

If you'll pardon a hold-over from last time, we would like to start this episode with an ode to November.  Look out, it's big!  Following that, we'd like to have Jamie Cruz Velazquez speak of a Ren Faire-y roommate he once had.  Darell J. Hunt then paints a picture of his high school senior photo.  The return of The Convo cozies in next to ask the question, "Shall we get started?"  And lastly, the lovely Rebecca Vigil speaks the truth we're all thinking about airport security.

Happy New Year! WDEK enters 2015 on the day after the NYC blizzard bust called Juno. Ain't no stopping us. Darell J. Hunt joins Shonali as our special guest co-host as Christian is acting in a hit off-Broadway play called Great Lakes.  Shonali has been stalking Darell on the internet since she saw his video Soul Train Babies! Owww! on YouTube this past summer.  You should stalk him too.  We were joined by four incredibly talented people in this episode. Comedian Greg Barris talks starting comedy at age 9, young roommates, and Mind Warriors.  Work life balance coach Tevis Trower teaches people how to chill out.  Comedian Seaton Smith has been smoking too much weed, sworks it and discusses the ups and downs of show business. Musician Dawn Landes a former Kentuckianan has been working on a musical called Row and is playing at Lincoln Center on Valentine's Day. Go see her in her new cape! Here Dawn sings two of her original beautiful songs, Bluebird and Money In the Bank. Thanks to DJ Duane Harriot for bringing his WDEK playlist for the after party and  thanks to everyone who made it out to the show! We luv it!  We will see you at the February show when we discuss Katy Perry's Super Bowl wig! 

For only the second time ever, We Don't Even Know was taped in front of a live audience (1st time being on the eve of Hurricane Sandy), but for the first time ever, this was in a bar with a proper sound system and a full bar in close proximity to the audience.  The lineup for our special live edition of WDEK was a dream come true for us.  And the show was a blast.  First, we must disclose that we had some technical difficulties at the top of the show.  Let's just say, it was the first time Justin, did live sound in such a setting and Christian had train issues - along with 50 people staring at them while we were trying to get everything working right.  It may have been for the best, because Christian and Shonali's rendition of You Don't Have To Be A Star is probably something that doesn't need to preserved for eternity. Let's just say this was a special gift for the audience who joined us in the new backroom of Hi Fi, formerly the legendary rock n' roll venue Brownies, located in the East Village.  We will probably be doing many more shows in this venue - while also continuing to do our regular in studio episodes.   In terms of the show, we are happy to share with you actor extraordinaire, Jason Butler Harner, who just co-starred with Greta Gerwig in the play, The Village Bike, and is currently finishing up work as a young Christopher Walken in the new feature, The Family Fang with Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman.  Most importantly Jason had a nice segue to Christian's story about wanting privacy in the bathroom.  Who doesn't?  Our next guess, was Shonali's longtime friend and musical talent Chris Maxwell.  He sings for us and shares his witty stories of days in Arkansas playing rock n' roll as a teenager and more recently as a guitar player in a band called Skeleton Key in Brownies in the mid 90's.  We were lucky to have the smart, witty, and stylish comedian Aparna Nancherla perform and talk to us about many things, including her general state of anxiety.  Lastly, Shonali took it upon herself to find the gentleman who created one her favorite videos, Soul Train Babies.  She clicked and clicked until she found a message link on the YouTube video, and asked if by any chance he lived in NYC.  That's all it took!  Ladies and gentlemen, Darell J. Hunt, the genius behind, the YouTube video, Soul Train Babies, was our final guest, and shared lots of his wisdom including, his nostalgic view of "Hood" life.  Please be sure to look up all these amazing people including yourselves.  It was wonderful to be in an intimate space with you, laughing, talking, and drinking!  Thanks to all of you that came to the show!  We look forward to seeing you at our next show. Please share this show with your frenemies.