Columbus Can't Wait

In our second to last episode this season, Columbus Can’t Wait spotlights the recording studio that makes this podcast possible, The Dreamcatcher’s Recording Studio.

Rizo, who with David Mason is a part of a production group called The Dreamcatchers and co-owner of the Reynoldsburg-based studio, talks about living in Nashville, moving back to Columbus to be a part of the city’s growing arts and music scene, the changes and investment needed in the scene, music’s use in addressing political issues and more.

Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman.

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Episode 7 of this season is a two-parter, as we highlight the challenges disabled folks, particularly Black folks, face in different spaces.

In part 1, we talk with Tabitha Woodruff and Travis Daluz-Cates of Disability Rights Ohio about the services it offers and the organization's policy work, including issues around racial issues and policing. They discuss the misconceptions around disability, how racial and cultural differences affect one's ability to get aid, how barriers affect these populations and much more.

In part 2, we speak with Chana Wiley and Angie Williams about their experiences with mental illness and policing. Wiley’s brother, Jaron Thomas, was killed by the Columbus Police Department in 2017 during a mental health crisis. Wiley walks us through who her brother was, the mental challenges he faced, what happened the day he was murdered, and the long, drawn-out fight to this day to get justice for her brother and prevent similar outcomes for others in crisis.

Angie Williams, chair of DRO’s PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) Advisory Council, discusses her lived experience as someone who was arrested during a mental health crisis, and how the unfair charges and repercussions still affect her today.

Columbus Safety Collective: https://www.facebook.com/cbussafetycollective

Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality: https://www.ofuapolicebrutality.com

For more information on how you can get support for yourself or a loved one, contact Disability Rights Ohio at 1-800-282-9181

Episode 6 of this season features Earn of The Royal Oak Initiative.

Earn talks with us about his journey and how he came to start the initiative, the lessons to come out of chess, using chess to discuss leadership and attitude with young people, building culture for Black folks, winning and losing, planting cultural seeds, the meaning behind the name of the initiative and much more.

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Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman.

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Episode 5 of this season’s Columbus Can’t Wait features Khamall Jahi of The Citadel, a Black-owned event venue with a mission to provide a safe space for people to create and thrive on the city’s South Side. Khamall talks about returning to Columbus from California and what that experience has taught him about himself and his path, the importance of having a space on the South Side; the process of creating the Citadel and challenges running the space, especially during COVID; civic engagement and being intentional about collaboration; running the space with his family and community in mind; and much more. 

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Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. 

Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman. #ColumbusCantWait #TheCCWShow #CCWSeason4 #CCWBlackSpaces #ProtectBlackSpaces #HonorBlackSpaces

Episode 4 of this season features Yohannan “Yogi” Terrell (Columbus Fashion Alliance, Warhol & WALL ST.) and Bobby Fame (Summer 614, The Forum, Headquarters bar) longtime figures in Black Columbus, who discuss their work creating, bringing up talent, uplifting Black creatives and encouraging Black ownership. The two longtime friends also discuss their early beginnings, their missions now and what kind of barriers continue to stand in their way, even as some of Black Columbus’ most successful and recognizable faces.

Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman. #ColumbusCantWait #TheCCWShow #CCWSeason4 #CCWBlackSpaces #ProtectBlackSpaces #HonorBlackSpaces

On episode 3 of this season's Columbus Can't Wait, Tareya and EhKees chat with Deja Redman and Monique McCrystal of Replenish and The Yoga Carriage. Redman and McCrystal discuss Replenish's mission to provide restorative care, revolutionize self-care, and build an intentional space that is more than just a spa. The group also discusses care as an education, giving yourself permission for self-care, prioritizing rest and much more.

Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman. #ColumbusCantWait #TheCCWShow #CCWSeason4 #CCWBlackSpaces #ProtectBlackSpaces #HonorBlackSpaces

Episode 2 of this season's Columbus Can't Wait has Tareya and EhKees chatting with Adam Troy, Chief Engagement Officer of the Community Of Caring Development Corporation and Director of Missions at New Salem Baptist Church, about the church's history, the church's nonprofit Community of Caring Development Foundation, and the impact of the church.

Adam talks about the church's responsibility to the community, their nonprofit's work in housing and food scarcity, creating connected communities, the church's political involvement and whether politics belong in the church, the lack of communication and guidance among generations in Black Linden and much more.

Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman. #ColumbusCantWait #TheCCWShow #CCWSeason4 #CCWBlackSpaces #ProtectBlackSpaces #HonorBlackSpaces

"We all have a little bit of hero and a little bit of human."

In our final episode of Season 3 of Columbus Can't Wait, we talk with Pastor Mike and Pastor Rick from City of Grace church. We talked about the meaning behind the church's name and mantra of "no perfect people allowed," hypocrisy and attachment to tradition in the church, Millennials in the church, the community involvement and relevancy of the church, how both arrived to preaching and ministry, social justice, inclusivity, and much more.

Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman. #ColumbusCantWait #TheCCWShow #CCWSeason3 #CCWBlackSpaces #ProtectBlackSpaces #HonorBlackSpaces

On this week's episode, we had the pleasure of sharing space with Chris Poindexter, owner and founder of Haus DaVinci Hair Salon.

Chris chats it up about how she got into the beauty industry, the importance of beauty and self-care in the Black community and salons for Black women specifically, the spiritual and cultural context the salon exists in, how identity is closely related to the Black woman's experience and the salon as a safe space and community space. The conversation delves into hair insecurities, natural hair journeys, beauty standards, respectability, self-acceptance and more.

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Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered at The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio. Executive Producers: Tareya Palmer, Malcolm White and Jenn Nielsen. Associate Producer: Taijuan Nichole Moorman. #ColumbusCantWait #TheCCWShow #CCWSeason3 #CCWBlackSpaces #ProtectBlackSpaces #HonorBlackSpaces