Mano, the Community Investments Strategic Advisor for the Seattle Office of Civil Rights, joined Trae Holiday on The Day With Trae to talk about The People’s Budget and the work they’re doing with community to create what they hope will be a more representative budget.

Afua Kouyate of the African Cultural Arts Center joined The Day With Trae to discuss their 2023 campaign kickoff and the work the center has been doing in the community to uplift and elevate the arts.

Entrepreneur and Community Leader Keanna Pickett joined The Day With Trae to talk about the legacy of her husband D’Vonne Pickett Jr., who was tragically murdered in October. She spoke about the ways she’s been channeling her grief into purpose, as well as how she plans to continue forward with her business, The Postman.

Tomorrow morning, Keanna Rose Pickett will join Trae Holiday in our Black Media Matters studio for a special #TheDayWithTrae. Pickett’s husband, D’vonne, was murdered in October. She will join Holiday ahead of the re-opening of The Postman, which is set to resume operations tomorrow as well. It will be an impactful interview as Pickett and Holiday reflect on D’Vonne’s contributions to the community and look ahead to how his legacy will be continued.

Small Business Advisor for the Seattle Office of Economic Development Domonique Meeks joined Trae Holiday to talk about his work with the department and the ways small business owners can get involved.

The Director of the Office of Economic Development Markham McIntyre joined Trae Holiday to discuss the things the OED is doing to help small businesses, as well as the Storefront Repair Fund, which helps business owners who’s businesses have been damaged or vandalized.

On Friday, Jay Martin Jr. sat down with Trae Holiday on The Day With Trae to talk about his recent announcement that he’ll begin hosting nationally with PBS. A journalist and host at Seattle’s KCTS 9 as well as the host of The Drive Project Podcast on the Converge Media Network, Martin will split time between Seattle and New York as he continues to work in both cities.

As a theater kid, I’ve grown up with the common knowledge that Michelle Lang-Raymond and Isiah Anderson know what they’re doing when it comes to putting shows together. I’ve attended several Teen Summer Musicals to see their collective work in action. Over the last few years, I’ve been able to connect with them in a multitude of ways. But when I tell you I was beyond blown away by Tia Naché’s one-woman show, That Talk You Do, I thoroughly mean it! 

Director Reggie D. White joined The Day With Trae to talk about his current show, The Amen Corner. The show is currently running at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute through November 20th.

On October 24th and 25th The Day With Trae hosted by Trae Holiday, and Rewind With Besa hosted by Besa Gordon will broadcast LIVE at the Paramount Theatre thanks to our friends over at Seattle Theatre Group! And YES, you can be live in the audience during the broadcast See below for who will be on The Day With Trae, and Rewind With Besa below, and head over to whereweconverge.com/paramount to RSVP!

Converge Media’s Besa Gordon and Trae Holiday travelled to LA for the beginning of the Hadestown national tour, part of Broadway Across America. They brought Converge’s brand to the red carpet as they talked to actors from the show and writer Anais Mitchell.

Last month, Trae Holiday and Besa Gordon took over LA. During this trip, Holiday got to interview Kimberly Marable and Kevin Morrow, the star-studded Persephone and Hades of Hadestown.

Hadestown is an eight-time Tony Award-winning musical and is now taking its talent on tour. Hadestown is a musical with a complex story and spectacular vocals, especially from Marable (Persephone) and Morrow (Hades).

Levi Kreis is Tony Award winning actor from Tennessee and spoke to Trae Holiday and Besa Gordon about what he brings to the role and his experience with the show.

“Not only is this in my world as someone who has been a singer-songwriter for years,” Kreis said. “But also the message of Hermes really spoke to me.”

Morgan Siobhan Green and Nicholas Barasch play Eurydice and Orpheus in Hadestown, but their on-stage chemistry is a product of a deeper bond.

“We definitely embody our characters a lot,” Barasch said. Both he and Green say their off-stage presence mimics what viewers see during the show, adding an air of authenticity to this stunning production.

Trae Holiday and Besa Gordon got the opportunity to interview Anais Mitchell, the writer of the eight-time Tony award-winning musical Hadestown, at its Los Angeles red carpet premiere.

Hadestown is widely considered as musical theater royalty. The show first started in 2006, but it didn’t debut on Broadway until 2019, almost 13 years after its conception. Now, in 2022 Hadestown has finally made its way to a national tour.

Converge Media’s JC aka DJ Humble was at the Seattle All-Star Classic at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. Hear from Jordan Babineaux, Budda Baker, Lil Mosey, Myles Jack, Kam Chancellor, Demetrious Johnson, Salvon Ahmed, and host DK Metcalf in the video above. Video by @bronxdeadeyez and @wrightscorsese

Join Trae and Proof as they experience the Juneteenth festivities at Jimi Hendrix Park. Proof gives his food takes and more, and Trae talks to community figures Emijah Smith, Paris Alexa and Wyking Garrett.

When JC moved into the world of DJing five years ago, he knew he wanted to move outside the bounds of a traditional 9-5 life. Now working for the Mariners and as iHeart Radio promotions director, JC is moving even further in his quest as he joins Converge Media as our newest on-air talent.

The Soul Pole has stood tall outside The Seattle Public Library’s Douglass-Truth Branch for almost 50 years. Now, the 21-foot tall artwork – which the Black Heritage Society of Washington State has called a “beacon of Black pride” in the Central District – is starring in a short documentary produced by Seattle’s Converge Media.

Trae Holiday spoke with Jennifer Kilmer, the director of the Washington State History Museum, and Gwen Whiting, the lead curator of the history museum. Recently, the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma opened its Green Book exhibit, and Whiting and Kilmer were here to explain the details behind the exhibit's conception.