This is an archive of videos created in Facebook Live by Mike George along his journeys.
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Two months after getting his laptop AND phone stolen, Mike gives a brief update, using his replacement device.
Mike presents his first improvised dwelling, a "camp" site created to accommodate his overnight stays in the Clintonville district of Columbus, Ohio.
Mike presents on Street|SMART, a Shared Map of Aid, Resources & Tips made to aid folks on the streets with locating free resources nearby.
Mike shares a stroll with WANDA through the University District.
Mike pauses to reflect on some of the obstacles encountered with developing WANDA for market and asks how to overcome them.
The streets downtown are so peaceful at night. It’s like having an entire city to yourself.
Mike reflects on the little ways that WANDA has made a difference, and finds inspiration taking stock on all the positive changes in our communities that often don’t get shown on TV.
Mike performs with WANDA at the Columbus Commons, while illuminated and adorned with Christmas lights.
To my relief, my former home in our first Crimson House site, above the Corner Stone wine shoppe on Oak & Parsons Ave, remains relatively intact due to project delays on the nearby Interstate 71 overhaul.
Mike strolls down High Street in Columbus’s Short North neighborhood, which has been at the center of the city’s rapid development.
Mike strolls down Oak St in the Olde Towne East neighborhood of Columbus, while reflecting on the changes and development throughout the neighborhood.
Mike marvels at the transformation underway in Columbus and around The Ohio State University since moving away in 2017, including acres and acres of parking garages.
Despite the stigmas of not owning a car, walking affords a much more intimate relationship with the places I live.
Today’s children enjoy far nicer playgrounds than were around when I was a child.
Mike highlights some of the projects he’s been working to develop while in Natchez, as he shows off his latest incarnation of WANDA and discusses a mobile app he’s working to develop.
Mike reflects on a spiritual moment he had during Sunday service at the First Assembly of God in Natchez, Mississippi.
Despite living in an age in which everyone has a cellphone (with a clock), folks cannot be bothered to respect each other’s time and show up.
A riverboat serenades Mike with its onboard calliope, as it travels up the Mississippi River from its former port in Natchez.
Mike visits the Natchez police department in a vain attempt to retrieve his belongings, after his hotel inexplicably turns them over to the police instead of returning them to their rightful owner.
Finding an unlocked door to the presidential suite of the flagship hotel in Natchez, Mike steps inside…
Mike seeks refuge from the rain beneath the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge spanning the Mississippi River.
In this first-person POV of downtown Alexandria, Louisiana, Mike marvels at some of the small towns and unexpected places that have made efforts at better connecting their communities with transit and other pedestrian-oriented measures.
GLADYS is the wireless audio network powering all bluetooth speakers in Crimson House. WANDA is a musical baton comprising 2 of those speakers.
Mike reflects on how social media and the internet has fundamentally changed the way we talk to each other in real life - listening to respond vs. listening to understand.
Perhaps a dose of humility would enrich this form of conversation. Divided we fall - to some of the worst people imaginable…
We are almost always our worst enemy. We tend to obsess over our imperfections and shortcomings, and we tend to overhype the accolades of others.
To those growing up in small towns or otherwise overshadowed places, know that even the most glamorous and affluent places in America are filled with people wanting to leave.
A double rainbow unexpectedly greets us while enjoying some music from Hairspray the Musical, days following the 2020 election.
Celebrations in downtown Portland in November 2020, following Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's presidential election victory.
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Mike embarks from Montreal on Canada Day, for a roadtrip to visit NYC during US Independence Day.
Mike shows Paula around his former stomping grounds in Columbus during her first time visiting the United States.
Mike gawks at the neighbors from his apartment balcony overlooking the streets of Montreal.
Mike takes a drive on the new/improved I-75 segment into downtown Dayton to visit a couple of his beloved bars from his undergrad days at Wright State.
Driving in Pittsburgh is like driving in a pinball machine, but it offers the most dramatic approach into its downtown.
Mike drives into his beloved hometown of Steubenville, Ohio, and shows us around.
While crossing over North America’s continental divide, Mike and Matt discuss the political divides in our country and how we can better forge consensus among diverse people.
From a truck stop in Phoenix shortly after a dust storm, Mike reflects on learning his rider duties assisting with truck deliveries. Also discussed are the commonly mistaken distinction between power and energy, as well as procrastination habits, and remembering back when talking about nazis used to be comical.
