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April 20, 2022

Public Announcement

We will be back early in May with hot and fresh episodes for you. In the meantime, go catch up on the episodes that you haven't listened to, and don't forget that you can join our Patreon and access loads of exclusive conten…
Guest: Raphael Harry
April 18, 2022

White Label American Trailer

A reintroduction for our new listeners and a refresher to our current listeners about who and what this podcast is about. Show your support by visiting https://www.whitelabelamerican.com you can leave feedback (audio or writ…
April 13, 2022

EP 120 : The Idea Of Making Films Started Early For Me ft Rahman Oladigbolu

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 nee…
April 6, 2022

EP 119: You Can Use Critical Methods To Design Technology Better ft Ashwin Goutham Gopir

Before he became one of the co-founders of Rise Products, and a husband, dad, Brooklynite, Dravidian, Teacher, and so much more Ashwin Goutham Gopir had a beginning. We take one of the most exciting human journeys going way …
March 30, 2022

Ep 118 : Women’s History Month 2022

As we wrap up women's history month for the year 2022. This episode is a celebration of the diversity and identities of the wonderful women from Episodes 70 to 103. These are only snippets from our conversations, check out t…
March 23, 2022

EP 117: Diversity In Brooklyn Makes Me Feel At Home ft Verena Thoene

As we continue to honor and celebrate women throughout this month of March. I decided to revisit one of the most popular episodes featuring my partner in crime and romance; Verena Thoene. Verena and I also have a daughter to…
Guest: Verena Thoene
March 16, 2022

EP 116: NY Is Like My Hometown But Cranked 10x ft Isra Elsalihie

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 fab…
March 9, 2022

Ep 115: Write down the Questions that You Have For Yourself ft Brenda Chuinkam

Happy International Women's Day! Had to go up north to our next-door neighbors for today's illustrious guest; a true royalty, the Ankara queen Brenda Chuinkam. Come meet the Afroprenuer, Libreville born, Yaounde & NY raised,…
March 2, 2022

Ep 114: My Name Has Served Me Well ft Michelle Ngome

As Women's History Month kicks off, I have the honor of hosting Michelle Ngome, an Inclusive Marketing Consultant/Speaker who is the founder of the African American Marketing Association and a podcaster. Michelle teaches us …
Feb. 23, 2022

EP 113: I Want To Bridge The Gap With The Diaspora ft Corey Gumbs

We wrap up Black History Month with the founder of the Black Podcasters Association Corey Gumbs. Corey walks us through amazing family history, high school, and so much more leading to the birth of The Black Podcasters Assoc…
Guest: Corey Gumbs
Feb. 16, 2022

EP 112: It’s Impossible To Talk About American History Without Black History ft Shawn Connors

Shawn Connors is the creator, founder, & host of the '757 Renaissance Man' Podcast and 'LVAD Talks' He is also the brain behind the C4 Challenge that I'm currently participating in with the Content Creators of Colour Creativ…
Guest: Shawn Connors
Feb. 9, 2022

EP 111: Art Is The Truest Expression of Oneself ft Shawn Hill

Welcome to an episode with an artist extraordinaire. Shawn Hill was introduced to me by a fantastic friend of the podcast and guest, Ian Dorian. Shawn is an illustrator, digital creator, and amazing New Yorker. He is part of…
Guest: Shawn Hill
Feb. 2, 2022

EP 110: I Can Be The Bridge ft Martine Kalaw

The CEO & Founder of Martine Kalaw Enterprises joins us to share her very powerful and inspiring story as we kick off Black History Month. Martine is an undocumented survivor focused on building bridges between those who hav…
Guest: Martine Kalaw
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 …
Guest: Vadim Shepel
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 sport…
Jan. 12, 2022

EP 107: Do The Things That Make Life Worth Living ft Rodney Jehu-Appiah

The artist that took us to Navrongo is back to officially say goodbye to 2021 with a wrap-up of the entertainment that we enjoyed and what we are looking forward to in 2022. Rodney also throws his hat in the ring with the on…
Jan. 5, 2022

Ep 106: Always Chose The Best Route Even If It May Be Difficult ft Ian Dorian

Welcome to 2022, we begin the year with the illustrious and greatly talented Ian Dorian who is also a good friend. Ian is a must at any comics convention, just look for the PKMM Entertainment stand. Ian drops some of the bes…
Guest: Ian Dorian
Dec. 1, 2021

EP 105: End of Year Episode ft Raphael & Kelvin

This is the last episode of 2021 (on Patreon there's more). Thank you for your support & love. Kelvin will return in 2022, check him out on DadTalks & The Kulcha ZA podcasts. Enemy of Progress was from The Harder They Fall h…
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. D…
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 an…
Guests: Amanda , Rumbi
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. Conne…
Nov. 3, 2021

Ep 101: Women Should Own Their Feminity ft Ms.Preseta

I love Preseta as talking to her is just a pleasant experience. We explore diversity in the Indian (South Indian) community, antiblackness, racism, college, divorce, having a positive + inspirational relationship with her ex…
Guest: Preseta Susan
Oct. 27, 2021

EP 100 : 2nd Year Anniversary & Milestone Episode ft Raphael Harry

Thank you to everyone that sent a shout-out. I wasn't able to respond to all due to some logistical issues. However, this episode is for YOU, the fans, the guests, friends, and family. I wouldn't be able to make it to Two ye…
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…