How to Grow Creativity, Vulnerability and Community with Charlie Dark

Show host Ryan Nell chats to Charlie Dark, the Run Dem Crew founder, DJ, musician, poet, father, speaker, mentor, yogi, and all-round renaissance man. Charlie lays bare the challenges of parenthood, starting something huge from your kitchen table, making music, turning 50, falling in love with running, creating a community, mental health setbacks, the '90s rave scene and present day clubbing, collaborations with big brands, getting it right with social media, viewing vulnerability as a superpower, exploring gentrification, loving meditation, recovering childhood dreams, and more in this wide-ranging conversation with Levitate founder and podcast host Ryan Nell.

Episode links:

• Charlie on Instagram: @daddydarkrdc
• Run Dem Crew on Instagram: @run.dem.crew
• RDC on Twitter: @rundemcrew
• RDC webpage at: rundemcrew.com

Also referenced in this episode: Mo' Wax, Attica Blues (read an interview about it with Charlie here), Brixton Street Gym (watch a documentary about it here), The Champion Agency, KAWS, RZA "Guided Explorations", Dr Gabor Mate, Printworks, DJ Koze, Floating Points and Manoj Dias.

Show notes:

On the podcast, Levitate® founder Ryan Nell chats to people who are changing the world for good. Whether they’ve overcome personal hardship, launched a social enterprise, or changed the way we think about a subject, all of them are united by passion, purpose, and the desire to make the world a better place.

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Credits & copyright:

This show is hosted, recorded and edited for Levitate by Ryan Nell (Instagram: @ryannell)
Original theme music by Nic Nell (Instagram: @casuallyhere)
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