The Offshoot Podcast

It was just after her first birthday that the parents of Journee Perry noticed that she was not verbalizing as expected for a one-year-old. Her father, Ira Perry, comes to The Offshoot Podcast to tell what it was like learning that his youngest child of nine was on the spectrum for autism. There was a lot of waiting for professional assistance and a lack of resources, so instead of passing the time waiting for appointments, he turned to artificial intelligence. Perry is uti...

From Angela Harper, daughter of Archie Harper Archie Harper is 91 and still hitting the gym three times a week. That tells you something about his approach to life. Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, he made a decision at 18 that would shape everything: he joined the U.S. Air Force. What followed was three decades in uniform, with deployments that took him across the globe - including service during the Vietnam War. After military retirement, his service continued: first as a procurement s...

Emmy nominated and executive producer of movies and television shows like "A Match Made In Heaven," "Call Me Zaddy," "False Advertisement," and "Sorry About That," Lena Jenkins-Smith doesn't give a lot of interviews. She is more comfortable being behind the camera, managing a team of creatives, to produce non-traditional content - films different from typical Hollywood stories. She has been in the game for more than 20 years, having got her big break working for ...

Dating isn't what it used to be - at least not prior to the advent of social media and reality TV dating shows. It seems that in today's world of dating, there is an over emphasis on romance, which is not always a bad thing, when it is genuine, but it is certainly not a good thing when it is expected to be what is seen in the fictional world of motion pictures. On this episode of The Offshoot, the discussion is about the fantasies surrounding dating in a time of heavy social media...

Baltimore, that once thriving industrial city caught between the nation's capitol of Washington, D.C. and the city of brotherly love Philadelphia, is again making noise with music. A new form a house music and club music, that is unique to Baltimore, is drawing dancers and club goers to the city, and the musicians behind it all are now taking their creations to wider audiences globally. DJ and producer S.DOT is among the artists bringing attention to Baltimore's new and growing mu...