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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…