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Episode 10: D. Watkins

Release Date: 02/02/2017

Episode 33: Cheresse Thornhill-Goldson and Liz Connelly

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Donte and Ronald are joined by Cheresse Thornhill-Goldson (Design Director of Adidas S.E.E.D. and No Shoes Creative) and Liz Connelly (Co-founder and program manager of Adidas S.E.E.D.). The BRNDD duo get to chop it up with Liz and Cheresse about their history in design, forming the S.E.E.D. program and more! Highlights: 5:50 - Introductions 17:29 - What is Adidas S.E.E.D.? 20:15 - Taking a Leap of Faith 25:58 - Creating a Comfortable Space 31:39 - The moment of Clarity 33:56 - Getting into Adidas S.E.E.D. 38:00 - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number 42:34 - Working at the Brooklyn Farm 50:05...

Episode 32: Dexton Deboree

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Dexton Deboree is a filmmaker and branded content creator who has worked with the likes of Nike and Jordan Brand. He's also the founder of Falkon, a creative production agency. Ronald and Donte sit down with Dexton to talk about his journey into becoming a director, working with Will Smith, his Unbanned: The Legend of the AJ1 documentary and more. Time Stamps: 6:21 - Finding Sports 12:03 - Moving from Athlete to Artist 17:41 - From Cigar Talk to Commercial Work for Jordan Brand 32:20 - Unbanned: The Legend of the AJ1 38:24 - The Importance of Minority Storytelling 48:45 - Will Smith's "Best...

Episode 31: Numa Perrier

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Numa Perrier is a creative whose artistry extends to curation, acting, producing, directing and beyond. Her movie Jezebel , distributed by Ava Duvernay's Array, is now streaming on Netflix.

Episode 30: Jazerai Allen-Lord

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Jazerai is a Sneaker Strategist, Designer and writer. She's worked with the likes of Reebok and is featured on "You Ain't Got These" now streaming on Quibi.

Episode 29: Tommie Battle

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Tommie Battle is a professional photographer who got his start shooting sneakers for fun and Baltimore Night life in college. Over the years he's progressed to shooting for the MLS in New York, podcasts and more.

Episode 28: Jacques "Kustoo" Slade

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Jacques Slade is one of the biggest personalities in Youtube Sneaker media. His tour of Michael Jordan's famous Illinois Mansion recently hit 16 million views.

Episode 26: Patrick Horvat

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

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Episode 25: Arvay Adams

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

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Episode 24: Currency Michaels

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Donte' and Ronald catch up with an old friend, Michael Haskins Jr. Better known as Currency Michaels. Michael is the owner and founder of Currency Studios, a staple brand in Baltimore, established back in the late 2000's. They got a chance to talk about the history of Baltimore Streetwear, break down old industry beefs and more! Highlights: 4:15: The Legend of Garth 12:12: "The Cool" 16:57: Baltimore to Ball Harbor 22:33: Building a Legacy Brand 29:27: Respect Your Wealth 37:15: PedX and Gentai 48:06: The importance of a team 55:23: Helping by not helping 59:57: Ronald vs. the...

Episode 23: Season 2 Wrap-Up

BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives

Ronald and Donte' reflect on the podcast up until the last released episode and what happened in life in between.

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The BRNDD podcast has reached double digits! To celebrate, they bring on one of their most successful guests to date. Two-time New York Times Best selling Author, Editor-At-Large for Salon.com, and contributor to a hosts of publications; from ESPN, to Rolling Stone, to the New York Times, D. Watkins.

Ron sparks off the conversation with asking D to speak on the moment he realized it was important for someone to speak on black culture from the inside, opposed to other outlets controlling the narrative(6:38). D. also speaks on how things like police brutality affected his writing experiences and how he didn't even think reading was for him growing up, being only exposed to white literature.

Later, D. Speaks on getting into Johns Hopkins for his Masters, being inspired to write and submitting his work to 500 agents before getting his first deal(20:55)! He also speaks on the process of getting his work out through essays such as Too Poor for Pop Culture, which had over one million hits in one day. This lead to a three hour wait for his first book deal(24:34). D. also speaks on planning his future projects, and how hard it is to release a book when he's working on writing for movies such as; Mike Brown's biopic, a possible Netflix series and Jada Pinkett-Smith's directorial Debut(50:45). He ends the podcast by being the first guest to ever give his BRNDD 10 playlist live(1:12:35)!

D. Watkin's

Website:

http://d-watkins.com/

Salon.com Articles

http://www.salon.com/writer/d_watkins/

Twitter:

@dwatkinsworld

Instagram:

@dwatkinsworld

BRNDD 10: Playlist

https://play.spotify.com/user/brnddpodcast/playlist/3vyfxlj7LBpQtudLMNx4jb

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