Those People

This week brings us another Those People installment of “Pod People” where we’re joined by podcasters who cover the types of people we’re talking to.

In volume 2 we’re kicking it with creatives & this week we’re joined by Uncle Vick - a Podcast Host, former MC and lifelong hiphop head who’s been covering the culture, and it’s creators, for a LONG time.

As it’s black history month, we start focusing on the black experience Vick’s closeness with it, and the circumstances that estranged Mitch from it, before diving into giant families, being raised by drug dealers, interracially dating and SO much more.

Vick is a fellow founder of Blank Kanvas, a collective of creators ranging from rappers to podcast hosts, fashion designers to videographers helping one another create, grow and finance their dreams.

We were first brought together through a fan group of the Joe Budden Podcast and have since become close friends, and I was super excited to share this interview back to back with the Matthew Harris one, as a Ying and Yang of the black experience in close proximity - despite being in two entirely different countries and eras.

Vick is self described as one of Those…#Passionate, #longwinded, #misunderstood, #artsy, #selfaware People.

You can check out Blank Kanvas on Facebook @ https://bit.ly/2S4rPcH or on Twitter @blankkanvasCMPN.

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This Podcast was Recorded Remotely in Detroit MI & Winthrop MA in August 2019.

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Learn more about Those People, Mitch’s newest projects, and Matthew + other guests from the show at www.mitchgayns.com.

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Support the show:

Buy some merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns

or

Buy Mitch & the Team a cup of coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Trigger Warnings for this Episode:

Gangs, Drug references, death, racial tension

Hey Peoples!! Welcome back to Those People, a Podcast with people about people. I wanted to jump in here to apologize for our 3 week hiatus in episodes this month.

We’ve been working on a whole bunch of stuff for Volumes 3 of the pod including hitting the road to record some live episodes in New York with candidates running for house and senate in the the big apple! We’re also going to highlight some more candidates here in my home state of Massachusetts and are finalizing our guest list for Volume 4 which we’ll announce shortly.

I say all the to say - it’s been a very busy start to the year, and We wanted to take a little extra time after the holidays to get some ducks in a row, get some bills paid and spend some time with the family and friends that mean a lot to us.

Thanks for bearing with us during the break and we’ll be back next week to kick off February & Black History Month with an awesome conversation on hip hop, black culture, the midwest and more with Podcaster & Culture Critic @UncleVick.

Til Then,

Be Good People.

This week brings us a Those People installment of our “Pod People” section of the volume we’re joined by podcasters who cover the types of people we’re talking to.

In volume 2 we’re kicking it with creative professionals so this week we’re joined by Matthew Harris - a Podcast Host who covers hip-hop culture through a “True North” point of view. Based in Toronto he’s a financial planner and amateur boxer by day and his show “True North Views” is a weekly breakdown of the culture with a heavy focus on music along with his co-host Shola.

Harris and I were first brought together through a fan group of the Joe Budden Podcast and together with some others from there and outside have established a community of fellow creators from the Culture called Blank Kanvas to share work, ideas, inspirations and resources.

Harris is self described as one of Those…#Feminist-ally, #alwaystriestoseeBothSidesoftheArguement, & #black People.

You can follow him on on Twitter @M2H4 & the show @truenorthviews on Twitter, IG or Youtube.

You can also learn more and find new episodes on your preferred platform at http://www.truenorthviews.ca/?i=1.

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This Podcast was Recorded Remotely in Toronto ON & Winthrop MA in August 2019.

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Learn more about Those People, Mitch’s newest projects, and Matthew + other guests from the show at www.mitchgayns.com.

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Support the show…

Buy some merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns

or

Buy Mitch & the Team a cup of coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

In this episode of our 2nd Volume of Those People exploring “Creative People” Mitch is joined on the show by Maverik - a Radio Personality, Musician, Rapper, and Lifestyle Entrepreneur based here in Boston MA.

Mav has been a mainstay on Boston’s #1 Hip-Hop station for years and has carved out a growing niche as an artist himself along the way. We met in person recently for the recording of his music video for “Pharrell” his newest single, and he was gracious

enough to carve out an hour for me to break down his journey throughout Massachusetts schools, arts scene, and black culture.

Man is self described as one of Those…#Black, #Caribbean, #Intellectual, #fun-loving, #charismatic, #creative, #Gracious People.

You can follow him on on Instagram & Twitter @moneymav & check out his music on Spotify Here: https://spoti.fi/2tl0QQq

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This Podcast was Recorded @ iHeartStudios in Medford MA in August 2019.

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Learn more about Those People, Mitch’s newest projects, and Maverik + other guests from the show at www.mitchgayns.com.

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Support the show by buying some merch at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns or

Buy Mitch and the Team a cup of coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Trigger Warnings for this Episode:

In the 3rd episode of our 2nd Volume of Those People exploring “Creative People” Mitch is joined on the show by Jazz Saxophonist, Photographer & creator, Ben Dulong!

Ben is a lifelong friend dating back to childhood, but we fell out of touch for the middle 15 years or so. We catch up to discuss the absurdity and privileges of growing up on Massachusetts’ North Shore, unique arts education programs, meeting young Bo Burnham & trying to define math rock as we meander our way through equal parts memory lane and exploration of identity.

Ben is self-described as one of Those…#Mustached, #CarGuy #SteelyDanFan, #creative, People.

You can follow him on on Instagram @gearndriven & @Megadodo_pub and elsewhere on the internet, and find Mo Daash’s music on Bandcamp: https://modaash.bandcamp.com/

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This Podcast was Recorded on Aug 2019 In Roslindale MA.

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Learn more about Those People, Mitch’s newest projects, and Jackie + other guests from the show at www.mitchgayns.com.

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Support the show by buying some merch at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns or

Buy Mitch and the Team a cup of coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Drug Usage

This is a VERY special 2 guest bonus episode where Mitch addresses some of the criticism of Pete Buttigieg with Black voters, his outreach and his Douglass Plan for Black America.

In this episode Mitch chat’s with Ryan Grim of the Intercept about where he grew up, his foray into covering racial inequality and some of his criticisms of Buttigieg’s campaign including the 400 questionable endorsements he received for his Douglass plan in South Carolina.

In the second half of the pod, we run the second segment of a full episode we did with Nina Smith, Pete’s National Press Secretary where she response to some of Ryan’s critiques as well as my own questions and a few from you listeners out there in the twitterverse!

If you’re looking to read up on what we covered in this episode:

You can read Ryan Grim’s Article (Published 11/15/2019) on the South Carolina Endorsements on The Intercept Here: https://theintercept.com/2019/11/15/pete-buttigieg-campaign-black-voters/

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/18/pete-buttigieg-black-american-douglass-plan-kenyan-photo/

You can follow Ryan & Nina on Twitter @RyanGrim & @ninasophia81.

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Learn more about Those People, and other guests from the show at www.mitchgayns.com.

Support the show by buying some merch at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns or

Buy Mitch and the Team a cup of coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Trigger Warnings for this Episode:

This is the FIRST episode of Volume 2 of Those People exploring “Creative People”.

In this episode Mitch sits down with Boston’s (by way of Singapore, India and Middlebury College) Most Handsome Comic, Anjan Biswas.

Me and Anjan cover A LOT in this episode, so much so that we broke it up into two chunks!

Part 1: We explore Anjan’s early life and childhood, the restrictive culture of Singapore, his abusive mother and getting engaged at 19 after just 6 months of dating. Plus Moving to America and a whole lot more.

In Part 2: We pick up around where we left off chronologically and where Anjan’s American comedy journey picks up and touch on everything from his comedy career, to his politics as a Green Card holder, and appearing in the Wall Street Journal while still enjoying a day job as an Escape Room “Cluemaster” (which serves as the backdrop of his new comedy album out 12/2 preorder here: https://smarturl.it/CluemasterPreorder?fbclid=IwAR05-U3Nh4M7m7YhBDSINLmuOsTTQiQ6KqZm712EPcO9kDryGmNQe6dtpTg)

He’s generally one of the funniest people I’ll probably ever get the pleasure of having on the podcast, so I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.

Anjan is self described as one of Those... #Funny #PoorMisanthropic #Apathetic People.

You can follow him down on Instagram & Twitter @WhatsAnAnjan or come see him perform live in Boston at Cityside Comedy and Hideout Comedy each week.

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Learn more about Those People, and other guests from the show at www.mitchgayns.com.

Support the show by buying some merch at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns or

Buy Mitch and the Team a cup of coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Trigger Warnings for this Episode:

Sexual Themes & Content

Suicidal ideation (4:25 of Part 2)

This is the FIRST episode of Volume 2 of Those People exploring “Creative People”.

In this episode Mitch sits down with Boston’s (by way of Singapore, India and Middlebury College) Most Handsome Comic, Anjan Biswas.

Me and Anjan cover A LOT in this episode, so much so that we broke it up into two chunks!

Part 1: We explore Anjan’s early life and childhood, the restrictive culture of Singapore, his abusive mother and getting engaged at 19 after just 6 months of dating. Plus Moving to America and a whole lot more.

In Part 2: We pick up around where we left off chronologically and where Anjan’s American comedy journey picks up and touch on everything from his comedy career, to his politics as a Green Card holder, and appearing in the Wall Street Journal while still enjoying a day job as an Escape Room “Cluemaster” (which serves as the backdrop of his new comedy album out 12/2 preorder here: https://smarturl.it/CluemasterPreorder?fbclid=IwAR05-U3Nh4M7m7YhBDSINLmuOsTTQiQ6KqZm712EPcO9kDryGmNQe6dtpTg)

He’s generally one of the funniest people I’ll probably ever get the pleasure of having on the podcast, so I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.

Anjan is self described as one of Those... #Funny #PoorMisanthropic #Apathetic People.

You can follow him down on Instagram & Twitter @WhatsAnAnjan or come see him perform live in Boston at Cityside Comedy and Hideout Comedy each week.

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Learn more about Those People, and other guests from the show at www.mitchgayns.com.

Support the show by buying some merch at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns or

Buy Mitch and the Team a cup of coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Trigger Warnings for this Episode:

Sexual Themes & Content

Suicidal ideation (4:25 of Part 2)