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.

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)
Special thanks to Charlie Dark for his participation in this episode (Instagram: @daddydarkrdc)

Copyright Levitate 2020. Levitate is a trademark of Levitate Meditation Ltd.