Welcome to our new website!

Episodes

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 millen...
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 taste of Africa in the heart
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 tast...
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 the positive well-being of Sig
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 t...
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 Africa Future Summit, Creator of RE
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 Africa...
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 that even when he tried to go a
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 th...
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 back one of the golden episodes
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 ba...
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 about this fascinating man who
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 abo...
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 brothers or sisters. Their b
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 bro...
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 New Yorker to the core along wit
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 New...
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 I got lucky to be introduced t
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 I...
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 broke art down on a beautiful l
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 br...
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 that this would lead to a great
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 th...
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 me in the studio to talk about