🎙️ #MyBmore: What’s The 410? | Featuring Jaela “Young Elder” Morris of HeartSmiles In this episode, we sit down with Jaela “Young Elder” Morris—a healer, artist, barber, poet, social worker, and community force whose wisdom runs deeper than her years. A daughter of Baltimore and a leader shaped by service, she moves with a grace, honesty, and purpose that makes people stop and listen. Young Elder opens up about: 🔸 How identity, wisdom, and the name “Young Elder” became her

🎙️ #MyBmore: What’s The 410? | Featuring Math Educator, Founder & Thought Leader Akil Parker In this episode, we sit down with Akil Parker — mathematician, educator, founder of ALL THIS MATH, and a national voice reshaping how children see themselves in numbers. His passion fuels his method of teaching. His mission is liberation through math. And his work? Rooted in love, truth, and community elevation. Akil opens up about: 🔸 How math becomes a tool for empowerment, confide

🎙️ #MyBmore: What’s The 410? | Featuring Photographer & Storyteller Daisy Brown In this episode, we sit down with Daisy Brown — Sandtown-Winchester native, self-taught photographer, caregiver, and the artist behind Dark Beauty, an exhibition honoring women of color in all their shades and stories. Her lens is her language. Her work, a record of truth. And her journey? Baltimore through and through. Daisy opens up about: 🔸 How art becomes a tool for truth and visibility 🔸 H

🎙️ #MyBmore: What’s The 410? | Featuring Micky Wolf & Arondae Morning of Dent Education In this episode, we sit down with Micky Wolf, CEO of Dent Education, and Arondae Morning, a proud “Denter” shaping what’s next for Baltimore’s youth. Since 2017, Dent Education has empowered young innovators through paid programs that blend design thinking, entrepreneurship, and making. Their mission: make Baltimore the Youth Innovation Capital of the World—because the proof is in its peo

🎙️ #MyBmore: What’s The 410? | Featuring Maurissa Stone, Founder of The Living Well & Iona Concepts, Inc. In this episode, we sit down with Maurissa Stone  — founder of The Living Well , a Baltimore hub for health, healing, and community connection. Through her consulting firm Iona Concepts, Inc. , Maurissa bridges policy, equity, and wellness to cultivate spaces where people and ideas thrive. She opens up about: 🔸 How lived experience sparked the vision for The Living Well

🎙️ #MyBmore : What’s The 410? | Featuring Rich Rocket, Artist, Designer & Founder of Vintage Thrivals Meet Rich Rocket — a Baltimore-born artist, designer, and visionary who turns fashion into philosophy. As the founder of Vintage Thrivals, he proves that self-expression is survival and style is storytelling. Rich opens up about: 🔸 Why staying real is his greatest creative advantage 🔸 How Baltimore’s energy transforms struggle into style and purpose 🔸 The spark behind The

🎙️ #MyBmore :  What’s The 410? | Featuring Bryan Robinson, Founder & Creative Director of the Black Genius Art Show Director of the Black Genius Art Show Bryan Robinson is a cultural architect, creative strategist, and the visionary behind the Black Genius Art Show, a movement that reframes brilliance and builds space for reflection, connection, and creativity. Bryan opens up about: 🔸 Why defending Baltimore matters more than money 🔸 Turning rejection into resilience and

🎙️ #MyBmore: What’s The 410? | Featuring Eze Jackson, Artist, Cultural Curator & Community Organizer In this episode, we sit down with Eze Jackson—a lyrical architect, griot of the grind, and one of Baltimore’s most trusted voices across music, media, and movement. Eze opens up about: 🔸 The Beats Not Bullets program which allows youth to express themselves through music 🔸 How hip-hop, protest music, and cultural organizing go hand-in-hand 🔸 The emotional weight artists ca

🎙️ #MyBmore: What’s The 410? | Featuring Ngozi Olandu Young, Celebrity Makeup Artist In this episode, we sit down with Ngozi Olandu Young—Baltimore-born visionary, proud alum of Western High School and Morgan State University, and Hollywood’s go-to Makeup Artist for iconic films like The Color Purple, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Wonder Woman, and Spike Lee’s highly anticipated Highest 2 Lowest. Ngozi opens up about: 🔸 Being a vessel for story, spirit, and self-expression behi

🎙️ #MyBmore : What’s The 410? | Featuring Nneka N'namdi, Founder of Fight Blight Bmore In this episode, we sit down with Nneka N'namdi—organizer, systems thinker, and digital abolitionist—on a mission to confront the root causes of blight and build pathways to Black land liberation in Baltimore. Nneka breaks down: 🔸 Why residents should read the fine print before backing new housing bills 🔸 How Black communities can move from surviving blight to owning the tools to end it

🎙️ #MyBmore : What’s The 410? | Featuring Dr. Joanne Martin, Co-Founder of The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Joanne Martin—visionary, vessel, and voice behind one of Baltimore’s most sacred institutions. For decades, she and her late husband, Dr. Elmer Martin, built The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum brick by sacred brick—a place where Black history doesn’t whisper, it witnesses. Dr. Martin opens up about: 🔸 The untold storie

🎙️ #MyBmore : What’s The 410? | Featuring Dr. Dominic “Farmer” Nell, Visionary Behind City Weeds In this episode, we dig deep—literally and spiritually—with Dr. Dominic “Farmer” Nell, the visionary founder of City Weeds. A farmer, healer, and truth-teller, Farmer Nell is cultivating more than crops—he’s cultivating community, wellness, and opportunity in Baltimore’s most underserved neighborhoods. We talk about: 🌱 Why City Weeds is about healing, not just harvesting 🌱 How

🎙️ #MyBmore : What’s The 410? | Featuring Ashley Esposito, Executive Director of Baltimore Unity Hall In this episode, we sit down with Ashley Esposito, a self-proclaimed "geek for change," civic technologist, and the powerhouse behind Baltimore Unity Hall—a reimagined community hub dedicated to equity, education, and empowerment in West Baltimore. Ashley opens up about: 🔸Her personal journey from community advocate to executive director 🔸How Baltimore Unity Hall is cultiv

Get the “410” with DJ, Culturist, and Curator Meagan “Ducky Dynamo”! She launched a community crowdfunding campaign to raise $500,000 to preserve a vital part of the Station North Arts community: the Trip’s Place/Gatsby property (formerly Club Choices), a historic nightlife and cultural landmark. Join Ducky Dynamo in Preserving Baltimore Club & Culture by donating today.

Get the #MyBmore 410! on “The Body Politic” documentary with Film Director Paz Goodenough and Erricka Bridgeford, Executive Director of the Baltimore Peace Movement.