A culture & community podcast created by Aaron Dante to record the fascinating life stories of his friends, family and people that have stories that need to be told! Come along on this journey with Human Interest Stories
Episodes
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
EP 135: Aaron sits down with Shelonda Stokes - the President & Executive of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore. We talk about her growing up in Baltimore and her favorite childhood memory. We discuss her first job out of college and how she became an entrepreneur. We talk about being the first Black woman as President of Downtown Partnership. We also discuss the Boost program and Baltimore Restaurant Week. You don't want to miss this amazing interview!
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, www.GoDowntownBaltimore.com
Facebook: DowntownBaltimore | Twitter: @DowntownBalt | Instagram: @DowntownBaltimore
LinkedIn: Downtown-Partnership-of-Baltimore
YouTube video:
Baltimore Sun Best of Baltimore 2020 & 2021 Podcast
Baltimore Magazine Best of Baltimore 2020 Podcast
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
EP 134: Aaron interviews Graham Projects CEO & Founder Graham Coreil-Allen. You can find Graham Projects public art work all over Baltimore City. He had done many design for distancing art installations throughout the city from Hamilton- Lauraville main street to York Rd Corridor for pedestrian safety and improving the looks of sidewalks and streets. He has converted on street parking into pediatrician space. We talk about how he became an entrepreneur and how he only saved up 5 months of rent hoping his business took off. We talk about an array of things from being a project manager to going to MICA for grad school.
IG: Grahamprojects
graham projects.com
Contributors: Charmayra E. Fleming, Garry O Neal, and Laurel Ady ft Jed
Contributors to the show.
Comedian Ivan Martin, Urban Planner Amber Wendland, Life Coach/ Podcaster Garry O’Neal.
- Put on your party hat and join dozens of your friends and neighbors at @LiveBaltimore’s Birthday Bash on July 30. Tickets to the hottest party of the summer are on sale now. Enjoy an open bar, lite fare, live entertainment, birthday treats and many birthday surprises. Get tickets at birthdaybash2021.eventbrite.com. #iheartcitylife
www.nopixafterdark.com
Sponsors: Zeke's Coffee www.zekescoffee.com
Pipe Wrench Mag: www.pipewrenchmag.com
Indu Wellness www.induwellness.com
Maggies Farm www.maggiesfarm.com
FoundStudio Shop www.foundstudioshop.com
Charm Craft City Mafia www.charmcitycraftmafia.com
Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com
Fishnet. www.eatfishnet.com
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Aaron Dante interviews Katie Pumphrey a Baltimore Artist and Open Water Swimmer.
Katie discusses her love for swimming and how she kept that love of swimming from childhood until now. We talk about being an open water swimming and what that means.
We discuss her being an artist, and her entrepreneurial journey and how her work has been sold all over the world.
We talk about new project she is working on and how you can see her art in at certain Baltimore Brewery.
Katiepumphrey.com
IG Katiepumphreyart
Contributors to the show.
Comedian Ivan Martin, Urban Planner Amber Wendland, Life Coach/ Podcaster Garry O’Neal.
- Put on your party hat and join dozens of your friends and neighbors at @LiveBaltimore’s Birthday Bash on July 30. Tickets to the hottest party of the summer are on sale now. Enjoy an open bar, lite fare, live entertainment, birthday treats and many birthday surprises. Get tickets at birthdaybash2021.eventbrite.com. #iheartcitylife
www.nopixafterdark.com
Sponsors: Zeke's Coffee www.zekescoffee.com
Pipe Wrench Mag: www.pipewrenchmag.com
Indu Wellness www.induwellness.com
Maggies Farm www.maggiesfarm.com
FoundStudio Shop www.foundstudioshop.com
Charm Craft City Mafia www.charmcitycraftmafia.com
Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com
Fishnet. www.eatfishnet.com
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
🗣Greetings and Good Morning, Loyal and Faithful Listeners of the @nopixafterdark #podcast, you are in for a treat! If you’re reading this it is likely, that Aaron is off to an amazing, much needed vacation this week, but before he left, his comrades took over the No Pix After Dark Podcast! Today, fellow podcasters, and members of the @CharmCityCollectiveMedia, Garry O’Neal, Jr., Life Coach, DJ, CPR Instructor, Entrepreneur and host of the @SeePlanDoShow along with romance author and motivational blogger, Charmyra E. Fleming (MAI) and host of @thepurplecharmexperience podcast sits Aaron down before his vacation for a heart-to-heart discussion! During this episode, Aaron reveals a rare side of himself, where he reflects and shares heartfelt thoughts on being acknowledged for the second year in a row as the Baltimore Sun’s Best: Readers Choice 2021 People & Media Honoree, and thanking all of you, his loyal listeners! You get a peek behind the curtain, where this time Aaron is in the “guest hot seat”! He drops gems about the business of podcasting, shares how he’s felt about some of his stand out, stellar interviews, and we even get him to tell play, “Fuego Rapido!” This is just a taste of this outstanding conversation amongst friends. So tune in today, you will not want to miss this episode!
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Sponsors: Zeke's Coffee www.zekescoffee.com
Pipe Wrench Mag: www.pipewrenchmag.com
Indu Wellness www.induwellness.com
Maggies Farm www.maggiesfarm.com
FoundStudio Shop www.foundstudioshop.com
Charm Craft City Mafia www.charmcitycraftmafia.com
Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com
Fishnet. www.eatfishnet.com
RYKMS: https://www.facebook.com/RYMKSBaltimore/
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Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Aaron welcomes one of Baltimore's biggest Food Bloggers - EatmoreBaltimore's Chris Franzoni. The EatmoreBaltimore IG account has 94 thousand followers. Chris and I discuss many topics on this episode from what was his greatest memory of growing up in Baltimore and how he was convinced by a friend into food blogging on IG. We talk about the right light for the picture - the camera always eats first. We discuss our LOVE for BALTIMORE. You don't want to miss this episode! A special thank you to Garry from SeePlanDoShow and Abdul the owner of Maggies Farm.
IG: EatmoreBaltimore
Side note the Cicadas are in the background.
Contributors on the show: Amber Wendland Urban Planner, Garry O'Neal Life Coach, SeePlanDoShow host, Charmyra E. Fleming Romantic Author, Podcast Host of The Purple Charm Experience
- Put on your party hat and join dozens of your friends and neighbors at @LiveBaltimore’s Birthday Bash on July 30. Tickets to the hottest party of the summer are on sale now. Enjoy an open bar, lite fare, live entertainment, birthday treats and many birthday surprises. Get tickets at birthdaybash2021.eventbrite.com. #iheartcitylife
www.nopixafterdark.com
Sponsors: Zeke's Coffee www.zekescoffee.com
Pipe Wrench Mag: www.pipewrenchmag.com
Indu Wellness www.induwellness.com
Maggies Farm www.maggiesfarm.com
FoundStudio Shop www.foundstudioshop.com
Charm Craft City Mafia www.charmcitycraftmafia.com
Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com
Fishnet. www.eatfishnet.com
RYKMS: https://www.facebook.com/RYMKSBaltimore/
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
EP 130: Chef David and Chef Tonya Thomas H3irloom Food Group.
featuring: Comedian Ivan Martin, Laural, Charmyra
Aaron sits down with Chef David and Chef Tonya Thomas at The Sinclair.We talk about how Chef David was the Grand Champion of Chopped on The Food Network. We talk about how traveling Africa blew their minds. We discuss "The Shores of Us" a special dinner they are having July 10th. We talk about how they got into the food industry.
David Thomas is a chef and entrepreneur from Baltimore, Maryland. He has been in the industry for over 25 years and has opened and operated several restaurants including the nationally recognized and award-winning Herb & Soul Gastro Café and Ida B’s Table. His goal is to bring his mission to reclaim the narrative around African American cooking, sharing this legacy and helping to push it forward.
In 2019, Chef David was asked to be part of a James Beard Foundation Juneteenth celebration dinner that brought together African American chefs from all over the country who are solidifying the roots of soul food. He was also given the opportunity to collaborate and cook with world renowned chefs from all over the globe at Guinness Meatopia, taking his culinary community global.
Chef David has now competed on Food Network’s Chopped competition three times. Ultimately, he earned the title of Chopped Grand Champion in February 2020. He has gone undefeated three times in the Chopped Kitchen.
In March of 2020, at the beginning of the shutdowns due to Covid-19, Chef David Thomas and his wife, Tonya stepped away from Ida B’s Table. This decision came just after they went to West Africa with Roots To Glory where they went to explore their heritage and their roots in food.
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Aaron Dante welcomes Jasmine Norton the owner of The Urban Oyster to the NoPixAfterDark podcast.
Jasmine is the only black female owned oyster bar in the United States. Baltimore is lucky to have this amazing restaurant. Jasmine discusses her story of how she got into the restaurant and hospitality industry.
We talk about the trials and tribulations of being a entrepreneur.
She talks about the moment when she found at the Guinness wanted to do beer collaboration to pair with Oysters.
The release date of this beer in June 24th. Please come out and celebrate the release of this beer.
Thank you Guinness Brewery for continuing there allyship series.
All proceeds go JOTF Job Opportunity Task Force.
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Aaron Dante has an amazing conversation with the Meghan McCorkell the Marketing and Communication Director at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. since 2017
We discuss what the Library has been up to during the pandemic. How they helped with mobile hot spot throughout the pandemic. For people applying for jobs or kids that needed to do schoolwork while at home.,
How they have hired more people during the pandemic.
We talk about the programs that the library offers to residents in Baltimore City. This blew my mind when Meghan told me all of the resources.
We have Amber an Urban Designer talk about Harlem Park
Laurel talks about confession Thursday
Charmyra gives her words of wisdom.
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Aaron Dante sits down with Breai Mason Campbell for a riveting conversation.
We talk about how she grew up in Baltimore, riding the local MTA bus around the city.
How she went to college at Temple University and did her graduate school at Harvard Divinity.
We discuss how she wrote an article "Seeing in the Dark for Pipe Wrench Magazine. How
writing for Pipe Wrench Magazine was so amazing and fulfilling. Pipe Wrench Magazine she
says is like having a dinner party with friends reading your article.
Sit back relax and enjoy this amazing episode. Happy Juneteenth this week coming up
https://pipewrenchmag.com
Contributors Ivan Martin, Laurel, Charmyra E. Fleming
www.nopixafterdark.com
Sponsors: Zeke's Coffee www.zekescoffee.com
Pipe Wrench Mag: www.pipewrenchmag.com
Indu Wellness www.induwellness.com
Maggies Farm www.maggiesfarm.com
FoundStudio Shop www.foundstudioshop.com
Charm Craft City Mafia www.charmcitycraftmafia.com
Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com
Fishnet. www.eatfishnet.com
RYKMS: https://www.facebook.com/RYMKSBaltimore/
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
EP 126: Aaron Dante sits down with Christina Delgado and we speak about an art show she is curating this weekend at her house in Northeast Baltimore.'
We discuss about her moving from New York to Baltimore. The reason why she loves this city so much. The art show that she is hosting June 12th. Her family will be cooking authentic Puerto Rican food during the event.
Puerto Rican Passion is a culture museum curated with the Nuyorican flavor of artist, educator, and community organizer Christina Delgado. Drawing on cultural perspective, lineage, experience, and Boricua sabor, Puerto Rican Passion will tantalize the senses and invoke feelings of family and home through food, music, and interactive art.
The link to the event
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pr-passion-tolas-room-tickets-155549146685
This episode is sponsored by Fishnet
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Welcome to the new season of the NoPixAfterDark Mixtape Volume 2
Contributors: Ivan Martin, Laurel, Charmyra E. Fleming and Amber Wendland
Aaron Dante welcomes State Delegate Brooke Lierman from the 46th District Baltimore CIty
We find out if Brooke is from Baltimore? Her love for her city. The moment that she decided to
a run for state delegate. We discuss about bills that have passed and what committees she
has been on.
She talks about running for Maryland State Comptroller 2022. Buckle your seatbelt and
enjoy this amazing conversation.
https://www.brookelierman.com
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Sponsors: Zeke's Coffee www.zekescoffee.com
Pipe Wrench Mag: www.pipewrenchmag.com
Indu Wellness www.induwellness.com
Maggies Farm www.maggiesfarm.com
FoundStudio Shop www.foundstudioshop.com
Charm Craft City Mafia www.charmcitycraftmafia.com
Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com
Fishnet. www.eatfishnet.com
RYKMS: https://www.facebook.com/RYMKSBaltimore/