New Immigrant Stories Episodes
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 individuals and group clients and...
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 Marong, who was born in Banju...
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 entrepreneurship. Brian covers a wide r...
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 reader, writer, and connoisseur...
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 she introduced me to Soe on his ...
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 be taking us on a visit to Wen...
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 the United States Navy born in L...
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 in the Air Force after he compl...
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 about the infamous soccer story ...
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 always had an interest in entr...
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 family that's entirely from Molfe...
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 want to buy a tick...
Oct. 4, 2019
EP 1: Kindness is key ft Brenda Sarai Zuniga
Brenda is the American dream that a few years ago, you wouldn't see nor hear about on most media. Today, she is the face of an America that is here to stay. An entrepreneur, beauty pageant, mental health, and positivity coach, along with being a comedian...