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 back one of the golden epis...

 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 about this fascinating man...

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 brothers or sisters. The...

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 New Yorker to the core along...

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 I got lucky to be introduc...

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 broke art down on a beautif...

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 that this would lead to a g...

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 me in the studio to talk ab...

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 Burhan is an actor, director,...

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 entrepreneur, teacher, innovator, and...