Changing The Narrative

This week Stephanie Pronk, of the Social Enterprise Institute sits down with Terrence and Duane to learn all things social enterprise. We talk more about what a social enterprise is, how it works, how to create and operate one and how to change your current ways of doing business to be create more social, environmental or cultural impact. We also dispel some myths around social entrepreneurship and we talk of the work of social enterprises both in Atlantic Canada and around the globe.

This week we chat with Dexter Nyuurnibe, a 26 year old journalist and mental health advocate about 'Code Switching', being a 'Third Culture Kid' and what it's like being a person of colour in a predominantly white work environment. We also talk mental health in the black community, the US midterm elections, avoiding tokenism and Rest in Peace to Stan Lee. 

With Lauren out sick and Duane on daddy duty, we invite back Kyler Crawford and welcome Placemaking 4G co-founder Bradley Daye. This week we chat about the bi-racial experience, the probability of bringing a CFL team to Halifax, the benefits of potlucks and eating food together, as well as victim culture. We also talk about the upgrade in production, the development of CTN and Briell Fraser stops by to snap some pics!

With the growth of our team, it's only right to introduce you to those making the magic happen! We start the show with Mike Tanner, fellow podcaster & web developer, to get an update on the CTN website. We also chat with our writer Sandra Hannebohm and Tunde about the school-to-prison pipeline & their new show, The Objective. Next, we chat with Parrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, our NEWEST member who will be doing a little bit of everything. THEN we welcome Lauren's hubby, Kyler Crawford, the newest and biggest brain on the team. AND Sean McMullen talks HSN and creates some promo content out of love for what we do! 

Tune is as co-host Terrence Taylor fills you in on the past 2 months, why the structure changed, what's coming next, the upgrades in equipment and new additions to the team you'll hear ALL about next week. 

But most importantly, listen in as Peter Hemsworth of BZLY and Duane Jones of Art Pays Me, chat about their planning and plotting for Atlantic Fashion Week 2018. Listen in on their behind the scenes processes, secrets to be revealed and what it takes to present your brand at a fashion show!

This week we invite Mesh Media Network founder Jody Euloth to the show to talk about pitching your business, retired athlete life and of course, Atlantic Fashion Week. We also talk about Serena Williams and what it means to be an "intimidating woman", the beauty and challenges of being a strong woman, masculine and feminine characteristics and much more!

We conclude our three-part conversation with entrepreneur Alfred Burgesson. We talk eating dinner as a family, empowering ourselves to have control of your experiences, educating our children on "blackness", perceived blackness in Nova Scotia, black men dating white women and more!

Lauren and Terrence sit down for a dive into the backstory of the young GQ, Alfred Burgesson. We talk about Alfred's experience moving to Canada from Ghana, the Halifax Grammar School, almost dropping out of university, quitting basketball to follow his passions, starting a digital media company and building successful business stories in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We also get into his role with the Halifax Social Network and what individuals can to do to help transform their communities from a grass roots level.

We continue part 2 our conversation with Alfred Burgesson and talk systematic racism, being black in Nova Scotia, the balance of trading and charging for services, generational wealth, World Basic Income, the comparisons of North American vs. World poverty, the relevancy of podcasting and MORE!

We also get into Alfred's role with the Halifax Social Network, the monetization of artistic skills and what is coming next for the Halifax Social Network!

On this week's episode, Lauren and Terrence chat with The Social Shift Documentary filmmaker and fellow member of the Common Good Solutions team, Joseph Huyer. We learn about the ups and downs of creating a documentary, driving across Canada in an RV, self love, rural and urban business development and we tease the next documentary in both Joseph and Terrence's filmmaking careers. Enjoy!