by Chantal Allam — January 20, 2020 .

RALEIGH – For Rob Shields, executive director of ReCity, when it comes to understanding other people’s suffering, it’s all about proximity.

“You cannot understand the most important things from a distance. You have to get close,” he has said, referencing social justice activist Bryan Stevenson.

“Otherwise we end up drawing conclusions about communities in which we’ve never been.”

That’s where “Just Podcast” comes in.

Shields has teamed up with Jes Averhart, co-founder of Black Wall Street Homecoming, to launch a new bi-weekly podcast that aims to do just that.