THE OZ BROOKLYN/BROWNSVILLE

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON THE 88 WAYS TO LOVE AN LIVE IN BKLYN  1. NAME SOME OF THE WAYS YOUVE LEARNED TO LOVE & LIVE IN BKLYN.  2. HAS BKLYN SHOWN YOU ABY LOVE LIVING HERE? 3. HAVE BKLYN COMMUNITIES EMBRACED THIER CULTURE & CREATED A BLUE PRINT FOR LIVING & LOVING THERE? 4. DO YOU BELIEV THERE MORE LOVE IN BROOKLYN THAN THE OTHER BOROUGHS ? 5. HOW IS LOVING & LIVING IN BKLYN AFFECTE...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON BKLYN HUSTLE OFF THE BOOKS. 1. HOW DO YOU MAKE ENDS MEET OFF THE BOOKS? 2. HAS THE ECONOMY IN YOUR COMMUNITY FORCED YOU TO MAKE CHANGES? 3. HAS YOUR SIDE HUSTLE PROVED PROFITABLE TO HELPING MAKE ENDS MEET? 4. ARE YOUR SIDE HUSTLES MORE LEGAEL THAN ILLEGAL? 5. HOW DO YOU SEE LIFE IN YOUR IN YOUR COMMUNITY WITH YOUR ADDED HUSTLE OR DRIVE? 6. WHAT ADVICE WOULD GIVE IN PURSUING...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON BKLYN CITY PROJECTS, AND HARLEM CITY PROJECTS 1. LETS EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC HOUSING. 2. HOW HAS THE MAKE UP OF THE PROJECTS CHANGED? 3. WOULD CTY PUBLIC HOUSING EVER BE AN OPTION FOR YOU? 4. DO YOU FEEL THERES ANY POSITIVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PROJECTS 5. HAS THE OPINION & VIEWS WITHIN THIS PODCAST EPISODE STRENGTHENED  OR ENLIGHTENED YOUR VIEWS OF CITY HO...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON THE BKLYN COMMUNITY & POLITICS 1. HOW THOROUGH DO WE EXAMINE BKLYN POLITICS 2. DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DO THEY UNDERSTAND YOU? 3. HOW WELL HAS THEIR EFFORTS AFFECTED YOUR COMMUNITY? 4. WHO PLAYS THE BIGGEST PART THE COMMUNITY OR THE POLITICIANS  5. DOES CULTURE PLAY A CLEAR PART IN BKLYN POLITICS? 6. DOES THE MAN LINE UP WITH THE PLAN?

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS BKLYN STREETBALL LEGENDS.  1. HOW MANY STREETBALL LEGENDS DO YOU KNOW? 2. WHAT KIND OF THINGS DID THEY DO THAT MADE THEM STREETBALL LEGENDS? 3. DO YOU THINK THE THEIR LEGENDARY STSTUS HAS INSPIRED A COMMUNITY AT ALL? 4. DO YOU THINK THE COMMUNITY RESPECTS THEM FOR BEING A STREETBALL LEGEND OR JUST FROM BEING  FROM THE COMMUNITY? 5. DO YOU THINK THEIR LEGENDARY STATUS HAS...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON BLACK LOVE & BKLYN 1. WHAT DOES  BLACK LOVE IN BKLYN MEAN TO YOU? 2. DO YOU BELIEVE THE YOUTH AND THE OLDER GENERATION SEE BLACK LOVE DIFFERENT IN BKLYN? 3. DO YOU BELIEVE THE COMMUNITIES CULTURE PLAYS A ROLE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF BLACK LOVE IN BKLYN? 4. HOW MANY BLACK STRONG COUPLES DO YOU KNOW? 5. WHATS BEEN YOUR HOUSE HOLD SECRETE TO BLACK LOVE WHILE LIVING IN BKL...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON HOW SAFE YOU FEEL IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY 1. DO YOU FEEL YOUR COMMUNITY PROVIDES THE SAFETY THATS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN A DECENT LIFE. 2. WHAT DO YOU FEEL ARE THE BIGGEST SHORTFALLS OF SAFETY IN YOUR COMMUNITY? 3. WHAT'S YOUR VEIW ON INDEPENDENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR COMMUNITY? 4. DO YOU FEEL CULTURE PLAYS A PART IN SAFETY WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY? 5. WHAT MEASURES HAV...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON BROWNSVILLE VETERANS "IRON MIKE TYSON' AND "SHANNON BIG DOGG BRIGGS" PERSPECTIVE ON THEIR EXPERIENCE GROWING UP IN BROWNSVILLE BROOKLYN,

IN THIS EPISODE I TOUCH ON BROWNSVILLE THE STORY & BEDSTUY GENTRIFICATION 1. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE STORY OR PERSPECTIVE? 2. TELL ME YOUR STORY OF BROWNSVILLE? 3. HOW MUCH OF BROWNSVILLE HISTORY DO YOU KNOW? 4. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE VIEW POINT OF GENTRIFICATION? 5. HAS GENTRIFICATION AFFECTED YOU OR YOUR COMMUNITY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW? 6. DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR COMMUNITY & CULTURE IS BEING T...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON INCARCERATION 1. DO YOU BELIEVE INCARCERATION IS WORKING? 2. HAS THE STAGGERING NUMBERS AFFECTED THE CULTURE OF COMMUNITIES? 3. WHAT ARE YOUR HONEST THOUGHTS ON THE DESIGN OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM? 4. DO YOU BELIEVE COMMUNITIES SHOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE TRANSITION BACK TO SOCIETY? 5. HAS WORKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM AFFECTED YOU IN ANY WAY? 6. IF OU HAD INPUT IN THE DESI...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON HBC's & BROOKLYN STUDENTS 1. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND AN HBC FOR YOUR HIGHER EDUCATION? 2. WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE AT ATTENDING AN HBC? 3. WHAT THOUGHTS COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY IN BKLYN? 4. COMMUNITY SERVICE? DO YOU SEE ANY BENEFIT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS A HBC STUDENT? 5. HAVE YOU BEEN INSPIRED IN ANY WAY BY YOUR EXPERIENCES...

1.HOW DO YOU SEE STREETBALL IN THE COMMUNITY NOW? 2. DO YOU BELIEVE THE YOUTH SEE IT AS A WAY OUT OR A WAY TO COPE WITH THIER SITUATION? 3. WHAT STREETBALL PLAYERS DO YOU THINK MADE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY? 4. DO YOU THINK THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTERS (P.A.L) 5. DO YOU THINK THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN STREETBALL & EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY? 6. WHAT ARE YOUR T...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON NOTABLE BROOKLYN CELEBRITIES GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES:  1. STEPHON MARBURY  2. ROSIE PEREZ 3.CARMELO ANTHONY

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON THE BELOW ISSUES.  1.HOW DO YOU THINK STREET JAMS  IDENTIFY WITH THE CULTURE O F THE COMMUNITY. 2.DO YOU THINK STREE JAMS HELPED OR HURT THE COMMUNITIES IN BKLYN OR BROWNSVILLE 3.WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE DANCE FROM BAK IN THE DAY. 4.DO YOU THINK STREE JAMS COULD THRIVE TODAY IN BROOKLYN & BROENSVILLE THE WAY THE ONCE DID. 5.WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR THIS SONG?...

DISCUSSING THE ISSUES OF BLACK BARBERS AND COMMUNITY WEALTH. 1.DO YOU BELIEVE THE BARBER SHOPS ARE THE PILLARS IN THE COMMUNITY. 2.WHY DID YOU BECOME A BARBER? 3.DO YOU BELIEVE YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 4.DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR SKILL CASTS WEALTH FOR YOU AS WELL AS YOUR COMMUNITY. 5.HAVE YOU HAD MANY ROUGH SPOTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IF YOU HAD TO START FROM THE BEGINING TODAY,...

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON THE OLD BROWNSVILLE PERSPECTIVE AND THE NEW BROWNSVILLE PERSPECTIVE. HITTING ON CHANGES IN THE VILLE COMMUNITY CONCEPTS CAN THE COMMUNITY BE BROUGHT BACK HAS OUR CULTURE WEAKEND OVER THE YEARS IN THE VILLE HOW DOES BROWNSVILLE RATE AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES HOW COVID -19  HAS AFFECTED THE VILLE