The Punk Rock Barbershop

This is the other Eugene Reid. He's my dad. He's retired now, but he used to work as finance manager, primarily for CitiBank. Growing up my dad played a lot of jazz records. A lot. LIKE, A LOT. He also is the first (and only) person to explain to me that the monolith from "2001: A Space Odyssey" represents the evolution of humanity. Finally, make sure to pay close attention as I share my "Bob Newh...

Eugene Reid has the same last name as me, because to paraphrase De La Soul, "he's my brudder." Gene works as an aeronautical engineer, who is a big science fiction fan. He's the first person I knew that watched Dr. Who, and read Tolkien. He's also seen literally every Terminator movie (even "Rise of the Machines","Salvation" and "Genisys". We also have a very confusing - or confused- conversation...

Hannah Wallace works at the African-American Museum in Philadelphia, and the Colored Girls Museum. She's originally from Easton, PA (shout out to Larry Holmes) and came to Philly (Marian Anderson City) for college. Her mothers family is originally from Sweden (we were both raised as Lutherans), and she actually comes from a long line of rug weavers. She is a fifth generation rug weaver!!!) In this...

Brett Mapp is another friend of mine whom I've known since 2006 from when we worked at Whole Foods together. Brett grew up in Brooklyn Heights. This interview is full of surprises. All this time I never knew that he has a brother and a sister, or that he spent half of his life in boarding school. There is a possibility that his mom dated a young Herbie Hancock, and one of his childhood neighbors d...

Cory Dulaney is a friend and former co-worker of mine that I've known for about six years. During the day he works in youth and community development, moonlights as a dj. In this interview we learn about Cory's childhood in western Pennsylvania, and his journey of self discovery. We also hear his thoughts on Hunter S. Thompson, a young - and very revolutionary - Nelson Mandela, and the Ghanian War...

Tatijana grew up in Washington state, Germany, and Texas with her Black father and white German mother. She engages in woodcarving for the purpose making prints, and in this interview she shares her feelings about political propaganda posters and the Fratellis. (The band, not the movie characters.).

Homer Jackson is a Philadelphia native and the Director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project. In this episode we learn about Homer's upbringing in North Philadelphia, and his time as a student at the Philadelphia College of Art. Also learn why Homer considers himself a "Jack Kirby disciple." https://www.whitmanat200.org http://www.philajazzproject.org

Michael O'Bryan is the Director of Learning at the Village of Arts and Humanities, an Urban Innovation Fellow at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, and on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. In his career he works to unpack and understand the science of human development, critical race theory, and human thriving. In this interview we learn Michael's thoughts on what he feels is th...