White Dude Dreads - Third Space Indy LIVE with Jesse Brown

Jesse Brown is a City-County Councilor for District 13 on Indianapolis' Near East Side and one of the loudest progressive voices in local government. Recorded live at Patina Art Gallery & Alley Cat Ceramic Studio in front of a crowd for Third Space Indy's one-year anniversary, Michael sits down with Jesse to talk about his unlikely path from punk anarchist to elected official, the frustrations of fighting a rubber-stamp city council, and why a better world is actually possible.Sponsors: City Rising (cityrising.org) Proformus Urban Planning & DesignIntro music: Scared Rabbit by JennasenTimestamps0:51 — Welcome & sponsors (live at Patina Art Gallery & Alley Cat)3:03 — Happy birthday, Third Space Indy5:32 — Introducing Jesse Brown6:32 — Who is Jesse Brown?9:49 — Pike Township to Irvington11:52 — Cathedral High School and dreadlocks13:55 — Turning down Princeton15:28 — The Sam Masarikia Scholarship17:00 — Teaching19:52 — Salting at the Westin Hotel25:08 — On Burnout28:13 — Late Intro30:52 — How local government fails to build community37:26 — What is a third space to you?40:33 — A third space that no longer exists42:22 — If you were a plant, what plant would you be?44:15 — Q&A: How do you grow good villagers in a third space?49:33 — Q&A: What's missing from leftist organizing in Indianapolis?54:21 — Q&A: Cronyism and city contracts1:02:09 — Q&A: How do you actually follow through?1:06:01 — Q&A: What's giving you hope today?1:06:45 — Q&A: Is Indiana any closer to legalizing marijuana?1:10:34 — The Socialist Party of Indiana and building a new ballot line1:15:42 — Where to find Jesse Brown