konversations
Konversations is a Kompleks Creative production hosted by its Principal and Creative Director, Tobias Rose. This new podcast discusses creativity, business and all things in between. We're talking to tastemakers, movers and shakers about what inspires them and how they balance the right brain/left brain battle.
- Update frequency
- every 54 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
“Accepting the New Terms and Conditions” | Toriano Fredericks
Serving up food, heritage and culture. Toriano Fredericks, owner of Euro-African restaurant Boricua Soul, speaks with Tobias Rose about the challenges of owning and operating a restaurant. Learn how …
“Realigning the Stars” | Cicely Mitchell
Biostatistician by day and festival runner by night! Cicely Mitchell, artistic director of SummerStage at Golden Belt Campus, sits down with Tobias Rose to discuss how she turned her passion for jazz…
“Against the Concrete Horizon: For the Community” | Erin Kauffman
Creating space for community is harder than it sounds. Tobias Rose and Erin Kauffman, executive director of Durham Central Park, discuss the challenges of retaining the Park’s identity while Downtown…
“New School Rules” | Michael J. Schoenfeld
How did higher education adapt to the societal changes caused by the pandemic? Michael J. Schoenfeld, vice president of public affairs and government relations at Duke University, sits down with Tob…
“Will the Kids be Alright? Classrooms of the New Economy” | Caroline Brickhouse
From learning how to teach virtually to caring for the mental health of our young people, teachers are the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Caroline Brickhouse, 2021 Durham Public School teacher of the…
“Making the Airport Fly Again” | Mike Landguth
Traveling during a global pandemic? Tobias Rose speaks with Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority CEO Michael Landguth about how he managed one of the top 10 large airports in North America during the pan…
“Hustle, Flow and Bodega Flowers” | Skyzoo
How do you approach music from a business standpoint? As an entrepreneur, musician and writer, Brooklyn rapper Skyzoo is the epitome of a one man band. Since becoming friends in 2005, he and Tobias R…
“Do They Really Want that Old ‘Thang’ Back? Post-Pandemic Policy” | DeDreana Freeman
Fighting with love for social, economic and environmental justice for all Durham residents. Durham City Council Member DeDreana Freeman sits down with Tobias Rose to discuss how it felt to govern the…
Episode 5.1: The Politics of BS (Part 1)
In this episode we talk about Durham's housing crisis and the politics around it. John White is a former lobbyist based in Durham and has participated in multiple political campaigns. Kristi is a bus…
Episode 4: Art, Beats and Afrofuturism with Dubelyoo
Dubelyoo and Tobias sit down again to discuss their perspectives on the future and the role of the artist in diversity and inclusion.
Episode 3: Something Black, Something Durham
This one starts in the middle of our intros (we were live baby...).
Episode 2 - Me, Myself & Us: The Folly of a Creative Economy with Maseo of De La Soul
*Recorded from a Live Broadcast and a Studio Audience: Tobias Rose and Maseo from De La Soul hold a live broadcast of konversations from Durham, North Carolina at WeWork on Black Wall Street. Their c…
Episode 1 - At the Intersection of Creativity and Divine Intervention w/ Phonte
Phonte of the Foreign Exchange sits with Tobias Rose to discuss everything from HBCUs to spirituality and the creative process.