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New Immigrant Stories Episodes

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 Tob…
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 stat…
Jan. 8, 2020

EP 15: What is Death & The World is a Supply Chain ft Brian Laung Aoaeh

I was mad late to the recording as everything from Uber, and the cold weather conspired against me. Brian had a field day (deservedly so), reminding me of my lateness.  Our guest today has been a longtime target of the podc…
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 in…
Guest: Raphael Harry
Dec. 20, 2019

EP 13: Energy Flows Where Attention Goes ft Amina Marong

Welcome to our Christmas episode, and thank you for being there all of this journey. I shall be taking a break until the first weekend of January 2020 after today's episode. In this episode, we get to meet the fabulous Amina…
Guest: Amina Marong
Dec. 13, 2019

EP 12: Everyone Has a Story in Their Own Language ft Brian Asingia

Brian Asingia grew up in Kasese, a border town of Uganda, with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Being introduced to cross-border trade early in life before he moved over to the United States would sow the seeds of entrepren…
Guest: Brian Asingia
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 r…
Guest: Ernest Bhabor
Nov. 22, 2019

EP 9: Where the King Resides ft May & Soe

May and Soe take us on a journey to Myanmar, a part of the world that I honestly knew zero about, then over to NYC. The funny thing is that I have known Soe's cousin for over a decade online (never met her in person), and s…
Guests: Soe Pyae Htoo , May Oh
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…
Guest: Wenbei
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 t…
Nov. 8, 2019

EP 6: Be a Person of Solution ft Asif Haider

It's veterans day week, lots of immigrants have and are currently serving in the various military branches of the USA. There will be a bonus episode on Monday with someone from the Navy. Asif was born in Bangladesh, served …
Guest: Asif Haider
Nov. 1, 2019

EP 5: Engineering to Banking & Johnny Cash ft Azam Ayub

Azam was born in India works in the financial sector in the NY/NJ area after a few years around different states. A classical music lover, and big-time Johnny Cash man! Azam allowed me to finally ask someone born in India a…
Guest: Azam Ayub
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…
Oct. 18, 2019

EP 3: It's not Sauce, It's Gravy ft Josephine & Anton Carrera

The first husband and wife to appear on the show. Anton is an educator in New Jersey. He was born in Vigo, Pontevedra, in the Galicia region of Spain. He is married to Josephine, who was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to a fa…
Oct. 11, 2019

EP 2: Know Your Worth & When To Walk ft Karrel Huggins

Karrel Huggins was born and raised in a beautiful Caribbean Island nation. A governess, estate manager, full-time student at Medgar Evers College, and also an entrepreneur. She's no ordinary childminder and will make you wan…