Travel Episodes
Jan. 26, 2022
EP 109: Peacemaker & Dadclub ft Vadim Shepel
Vadim takes us around the world in this amazing episode of a beautiful story that involves his great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents' struggles. We talk war, immigrants, tech, writing, a little economics and so much m...
Jan. 19, 2022
EP 108 : You Have To Navigate The Waters ft Cesar Benoit Jnr
Cesar is one of Brooklyn's coolest dads, he is also a romantic. Cesar blesses us with more love stories than I was expecting. This man loves his daughter, wrestling, hockey, Valencia CF, and more. If you frequented the sports...
Nov. 24, 2021
EP 104 : There‘s No Deadline For Growth ft Denis Maronga the General Mutombo
Meet my able General, the one and hilarious Denis Maronga aka Fresh Prince of Africa. Denis is the host of the African Excellist Podcast, an event curator, thespian, producer, the founder of the Kicheko Project Foundation. De...
Nov. 17, 2021
EP 103 : We Can All Be Seen & Should Celebrate That ft Amanda & Rumbi
Amanda and Rumbi are two friends who also double as the co-hosts of It's Layered Podcast. “It’s Layered” is a podcast focused on bridging the gap between their experiences as Zimbabwean women living in the diaspora. It is anc...
Nov. 10, 2021
EP 102 : Trusting Your Friends To Get You Through ft Archiebald Raphulu
Archiebald Raphulu is a man from the art world, a curator, an art advisor, gallerist, and a dealer that taught what it means to be a cultural agent. Archie reminded me of some forgotten pleasant childhood memories too. Connec...
Oct. 20, 2021
EP 99: Black History Is Global History ft Fayida Jailler
Fayida Jailler is without a doubt one of my favorite people of 2021. Fayida is a YouTuber, educator, activist, linguist, and travel curator. Fayida's channel "Freedom is Mine" is fun and informative content about the African ...
Oct. 6, 2021
Ep 96: We Need To Start Documenting Our Stories ft Siaji Otieno
The first time I heard Siaji Otieno aka The Kikombe speaking I was blown away as I knew without a doubt that I had to bring him on the podcast. Siaji has a voice made for airwaves, eyes that can capture the beauty at any angl...
Sept. 8, 2021
EP 92 : Any Point In Time We Can Be Disabled ft Dr. Olufemi Adigun
Come meet my classmate from secondary school days in Ibadan (high school). Dr. Adigun is based in South Africa teaching at the University of Durban. Dr. Adigun is a man with a zeal for research and development geared toward t...
Sept. 1, 2021
EP 91: Everything Makes You ft Busingye Matsiko-Andan aka Busie
Welcome to September, come visit South, East, and West Africa in this episode along with NYC in our conversation.
Busingye Matsiko-Andan is an Entrepreneur, a Global Strategist at Pont Global, Executive Director at the Africa...
May 19, 2021
EP 77: Wellness Is Accessible to You ft Tawanda Asamaowei "The Namaste Bae"
Tawanda Asamaowei is one of the coolest women in my family and I am super proud to call her my cousin. Come meet the only Tawanda Asamaowei in the world as we dive into her immigrant story that begins in Northeast USA with sprinkles of Nigeria and Zimbab...
March 17, 2021
EP 70: Passion Will Give You Authenticity ft Sarah Haruna Moda
It's an honor to have a woman who I have known since my virgin days on the internet who has always been an inspiration along with an example for friendship, motherhood, boss levels, philanthropy, and all-around awesomeness as the guest for this episode. ...
Oct. 7, 2020
EP 50: Don‘t Be A Lady Be A Legend ft Verena Thoene
We are back for a new season, what better way to kick it off and launch our 50th episode than to have the Mrs in the studio. In fact, two of my favorite people in the world were in the studio for this episode and it's a moment that I shall always cherish...
April 22, 2020
EP 28: Crown of The British Empire & Land of Five Rivers ft Gajinder Singh
Gajinder Singh is an internationally renowned architect based in New York.
Gajinder takes us to Colonial India, WWII, before, during, and after the Partition of India, working and living in '60s England, M.I.T in '60s, 9/11, and why Sikhism is a big part...
Feb. 19, 2020
EP 20: It's Football or Soccer ft Azam Ayub & Mark Butler
Welcome to the 20th episode. I decided to try something unique and get a panel to have a chat around the largest sport in the immigrant community, which is football, also known as soccer to many. Two friends of the podcast in returning guests, Azam Ayub ...
Feb. 12, 2020
EP 19: Forgive For Yourself ft Kari Carter & Karrel Huggins
Heads Up: There's some talk of trauma and abuse during this episode!
We have a returning guest in Karrel, and she is not alone this time, her sister Kari Carter is in the house as we return to the beautiful Trinidad and Tobago. Kari made me laugh so much...
Jan. 29, 2020
EP 18: Life Overseas as a Marine ft Daniel Perez & Ephraim Agbenor
On my way to the studio, I got the news that basketball great Kobe Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna, her teammate, her family, coaches, and pilot, had lost their lives in a crash. Kobe, during the early years of his life, got to experience life ove...
Jan. 22, 2020
EP 17: NY is Your Best-friend (weird but you love it) ft Isra Elsalihie
Isra Elsalihie is a dropper of GEMS! If you are an actor interested in coming over to break into the acting world, this episode is for you.
Isra Elsalihie is the first actress to be a guest on our podcast. The talented and future award-winning actress ed...
Jan. 15, 2020
EP 16: Radio, Music, & Sack of Beans ft Matthias Roeckl
Matthias Roeckl is an award-winning freelance correspondent journalist, who also produces podcasts such as Funny Feelings, Puls, Host, and producer of Bayerischer Rundfunk (Germany's most significant public tv and Radio station based in Munich). Matthias...
Jan. 3, 2020
EP 14: Meet Your Host ft Raphael Harry
Welcome to a New Year and what better way to kickstart 2020 than with myself as your guest.
In this episode, Julienne B Ryan takes over as the host and helps to bring more of my story to the audience. Julienne works with individuals and group clients and...
Nov. 28, 2019
EP 10: Legacy & Neighbors ft Ernest Bhabor
Ernest Bhabor is an author and filmmaker who lives in New York. He writes unique, everyday real-life stories. He sheds light on relevant topics with his books, which capture the stories of the common man. Ernest is an avid reader, writer, and connoisseur...
Nov. 15, 2019
EP 8: Be More Acceptable to New Things featuring Wenbei
*Apologies, I named the director of OKJA as the same that for Old Boy, that was a mistake. Both movies were by different directors (not Spike Lee I'm talking about the South Korean directors).*
In this episode, Wenbei shall be taking us on a visit to Wen...
Nov. 13, 2019
EP 7: Navy Discipline & Culture Shock Galore ft Amaechi Ben Nwajei
Due to some technical difficulties along with matching in the veteran's day parade yesterday, I couldn't release this episode earlier as planned.
We get to meet Amaechi Nwajei, an enlisted officer and shipmate of mine in the United States Navy born in L...
Oct. 25, 2019
EP 4: Red Sky & Pan African Cuisine ft Linda Adria Moscovitz
NYT featured Linda was born and raised in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a city that's right by the border with Rwanda.
Linda would begin her food enterprise while at college, where she was a biology major. She always had an interest in entr...