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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…
Guest: Siaji Otieno
Sept. 29, 2021

EP 95 : Someone Who Plays Strings ft Nalasi Mendy

I have known today's guest for close to a decade back when I lived in Texas. Nalasi Mendy always struck me as a simple yet fun-loving gentleman whom I could crack jokes with but I never dug into his background. After I left …
Guest: Nalasi Mendy
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. 25, 2021

EP 90: Put Me In A Desert & I'll Find Water ft Joe Dabo

I'm back from quarantine, although vaccinated I still had to be in quarantine after my family got exposed to COVID hence my allowing my body to recover. Today's guest is Joe Dabo, a man whose love for the arts is so strong t…
Guest: Joe Dabo
Aug. 11, 2021

EP 89: My Heart Is Always In Angola ft Dr. Connie DePinho

What a crazy few days it has been, first, my daughter contracted the virus and the whole family had to be under quarantine, then in the end I test positive and have to isolate. So plans had to change and I decided to bring b…
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…
July 28, 2021

EP 87: Never Say Never ft Amaka Abara & Jennifer-Anne Stodel

This is another first for the podcast. I am so honored to present the first cousins to appear as the guests of the podcast. Amaka Abara & Jennifer-Anne Stodel are proof that lots of immigrants don't do cousins, we just do br…
July 21, 2021

EP 86 : Lover of Languages ft Marie Valerie Placide

Marie Valerie Placide is the host of The Immigration Blogger on Instagram. A show that gives voice to fellow immigrants, I have had the honor of being featured on the show last year. Marie is a proud daughter of Haiti and Ne…
July 14, 2021

EP 85: We Give More Than We Take Wherever We Go ft Derrick N Ashong (DNA)

Sometimes you reach out to someone interesting to be a guest on the podcast and they instead introduce you to a couple of people who you never realized that you needed to have a conversation with and that my friends are how …
July 7, 2021

EP 84: You Can Live & Breathe Art ft Laudelina Martinez

Laudelina Martinez opened my eyes to the world of art in ways that haven't been done before, from her name to defining art, Nuyoricans, and life. Art is beyond everything that I had assumed it be, it is our life. Laudelina b…
June 30, 2021

EP 83:A Writer Writes To Be Read ft Maurice D.B. Tamman

It's not every day that I am fortunate to have in the studio a sailor and Reuters journalist as a guest. A great honor to have Maurice D.B. Tamman whose work I love. When I first made contact with Maurice, I did not expect t…
June 23, 2021

EP 82: We Get The Children We Deserve ft Rodney Jehu-Appiah, Cesar Benoît & Mark Butler

An Immigrant's path is heavily influenced by our fathers in the shaping when it comes to our evolution and how we approach being a father. For our official Father's Day episode I had three girl dads living in Brooklyn join m…
June 16, 2021

EP 81: You Have Got To Be Open & Honest With Yourself ft Michael Burhan

Every time a guest opens up and shares a part of their journey that a few years ago, I would have done my best to hide, I am always honored that my guests chose my platform to do so and will forever be grateful. Michael Burh…
June 9, 2021

EP 80: The Universe Will Conspire To Help You ft Sekou Cox

Sekou Cox blesses us with history that covers his name, the country of his birth, the favorite sports of his generation, and then his story beautifully evolved after his arrival in NYC. Sekou is a great dad, tech entrepreneu…
June 2, 2021

EP 79 : I'm Already Not At Home ft Matilda Bakare

Matilda Bakare is amongst the best people to have adopted me into the podcast family since we became acquainted. Matilda is not your average Nigerian-born mechanical engineer, neither is she your average podcaster. In this e…
May 26, 2021

EP 78 : Take That Bold & First Step ft Nosa Iyare

Prepare to "obtained" in this conversation with the host of the amazing Culture Class Podcast Nosa Iyare. A lot of Bendel and Nigerian slang were used in our chat. Nosa's life so far has taken him through many cities and exp…
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…
May 12, 2021

EP 76 : Making Your Voice Accessible & Authentic ft Josephine Karianjahi

Last year by fortune I came across a virtual event called Africa Podcasting Festival (Africa Podfest). Opened my eyes to my blind spot when it came to connecting with fellow creatives in the podcasting community. Josephine K…
May 5, 2021

EP 75: If You Aren't Hungry For Justice, You Are Full of Privilege ft Uchechukwu Onwa

This was a long-overdue episode. This might be one of the deepest  It is often said that "heroes don't always wear capes," Uchechukwu Onwa is proof that we do not require a cape or uniform before stepping up and doing what i…
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…
Guest: Shiro