Love is in the air #41: Chad Harper

One Quart Magazine

Love is in the air (Rakkautta ilmassa, Det ligger kärlek i luften) is a podcast where Johannes Romppanen sits down with people and talks about love. What is love and how does it appear in our lives? In the eighth of a series of 10 New York based love podcasts, Johannes talks to Chad Harper from Hop Hop Saves Lives. Love is in the air #41 - New York 8/10 In the last episode of Love is in the air I sat down with Maria; https://soundcloud.com/onequartmagazine/love-is-in-the-air-40-maria-alma Here me and Maria go together to meet Chad Harper. The connection was made by Maria and she really wanted to join the chat. Why not, the more the merrier! We are meeting in a restaurant, so bare with the noise in the background. In this discussion Chad takes us on a journey telling us about how he helps kids around the world. Chad is doing some amazing work through his charity “Hip Hop Saves Lives” https://www.hiphopsaveslives.tv/ He speaks about the history of Hip Hop, he warmly recommends everybody to see the documentary “Rubble Kings” on the birth of Hip Hop https://youtu.be/BxYGhrwsle0 Chad tells us the story about Johnny Barnes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Barnes , who for many years stood at a roundabout waving at people driving by and saying “I love you”, here is a music video made in the honour of Johnny Barnes: https://vimeo.com/132043642 Photo by Johannes Romppanen. Sound and mastering by Jyri Pirinen. www.lovepodcast.fm