Survival Episodes

Rahman Oladigbolu came out of a seven-year illness battling sickle cell and began pursuing his dream of making movies. Rahman's battle with sickle cell will bring back memories to me and at the same time remind me of the need for more awareness about this disease. Rahman is now an award-winning director, whose next movie is The Private Experience, an adaptation of Ms. Chimmanda Adichie. Fun fact: this is the second guest with whom I was in the same city during my younger days. It wasn't planned,...

In honor of Women's History Month, I decided to bring back one of my favorites recorded just before the pandemic became global. This episode originally aired in January 2020. I learned so much from this amazing actor and fabulous human being called Isra, I hope to have her back on the pod soon. Isra opened my eyes to segregation, and education in Sweden, barriers to foreign-born actors, and IKEA. This is a woman that I'm always rooting for, follow her and support her work. For more on Isra along...

We need people like Safi Lynch Wilson in our lives. Another favorite of mine on Instagram that I highly recommend to EVERYONE! Safi is a clinical social worker, therapist, military spouse, and mother. I love listening to Safi cause I always come out feeling positively human every time she speaks. In this week of Indigenous Day, we get to see there are Migrants from Africa with Indigenous roots here in America. Lots of artificial walls were taken down in this episode concerning mental health, awa...