New Immigrant Stories Episodes
Oct. 13, 2021
EP 98: Stop Villainizing People Who Need Help ft Safi Lynch Wilson
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 Saf…
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 ang…
Sept. 22, 2021
EP 94: Let‘s Live & Not Just Exist ft Rasheed Ojerinde
If you aren't following Progressive Migrant on Instagram, you are missing out on a lot! I start most of my mornings with the affirmation statements from Rasheed.
Rasheed Ojerinde LMHC, LMFT, is a dedicated bicultural mille…
Sept. 15, 2021
EP 93: You Could Build Your Own Village ft Moji Solar-Wilson
Moji Solar-Wilson is an LGBTQIA+ advocate, certified inclusion & diversity specialist, certified life coach, real estate investor, and co-founder of Solar-Wilson Village. A private and cooperate events venue giving you a tas…
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 …
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 Afric…
Aug. 4, 2021
EP 88 : A Place Where Your Leg Sinks Into The Mud ft Rodney Jehu-Appiah
Rodney Jehu-Appiah may have been raised in a country that I have links to, however, his ancestral ties go beyond West Africa and into three continents. Plus he is now in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, so dig in and find out ab…
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 s…
April 29, 2021
EP 74: Kenyan Plug American Story ft Shiro
I did not endorse Danko the former governor of Nairobi in this episode. Shiro is a sister of this podcast and mine. A woman with an amazing story that takes off in Nakuru, and is a version of the American story that is witho…
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 a…
Dec. 30, 2020
EP 60: Positivity with the Bantu Boyz ft Bileko Wissa & Julien Tshikuna
This year I have been fortunate to have a few comedians amongst the guests on the podcast. It felt right to wrap up the year 2020 with not one but two of my favorite friends of the podcast in the studio (remotely) to take us…
Dec. 2, 2020
EP 58: Mamadou et Bineta + Handling a Career in Media & Nursing ft Nathalie Beasnael
Nathalie is taking Black Girl Magic to a new level. Nathalie's impact on both the medical and media spaces has impacted lives across many countries, cities, and continents. She tells you that she is small in size, however, s…
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 mome…
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,…
March 4, 2020
EP 21: Working for Yourself ft Linda Adria Moscovitz
It's always fantastic to have Linda Adria Sebasiho join us in the studio. For this episode, we dived into the world of entrepreneurship and dating based on Linda's experience. From influences on Linda to the contradictory na…