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Dec. 6, 2022
Exactly 10 years ago in 2012, I joined a class to help me write my one-person show, Stamp of Approval . Renรฉ Peรฑa, a former guest on this podcast, was also part of this class. Kimleigh Smith , our amazing teacher in this claโฆ
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Nov. 29, 2022
The sounds of his grandfather's guitar under a clear sky, the sounds of crickets at night chirping; recalling how the dirt made circles in the air as trucks drove by while sitting on a porch, waving to cars because no one isโฆ
๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง
Nov. 22, 2022
"I come from a family of people who know how to figure it out and make it work." ~ Meryl Johnson "There is something unique, even spiritual, when you have a grandmother, daughter and grandchild under one roof." ~ Curtis Burkโฆ
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Nov. 15, 2022
Knowing where you start in life does not determine the finish line. Raised in what he refers to as a broken two-parent home by a very hard-working mother and an alcoholic father who worked in the Jamaican police force, Dr. Rโฆ
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Nov. 8, 2022
Founder of ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ and ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, Lara Blume McGee, was born and raised in Little Rock - Arkansas, in a progressive Jewish family. The challenges and cultural shock they experienced during their inteโฆ
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Nov. 1, 2022
A nationally & internationally recognized accomplished motivational speaker, podcaster, middle school assistant teacher and disability advocate, David Figueroa is a proud graduate of the University of Central Florida. David โฆ
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About the Host
Curtis Burke
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My name is Curtis Burke. I am married with twin toddlers and live in Los Angeles, CA.
I was born in Charleston, SC (known as the Low Country), and moved to Atlanta, GA, as a young teenager. I graduated from Tennessee State University with a bachelorโs degree in speech communication and theater. I later moved to Los Angeles where I received a masterโs degree in human development and social change from Pacific Oaks College.
During my time in graduate school, I developed a particular interest in studying how humans grow, change, and socially evolve. After taking an ancestry DNA test, I experienced firsthand the limitations that I and many other Black Americans have when learning about our backgrounds. Investigating my own family legacy, along with studying human development and social change, I became inspired to start the Uncovered Legacy podcast.
Uncovered Legacy provides a platform for those like me, who do not have an overwhelming social media presence or the benefit of fame to widely share their own stories and family legacies. My goal is to provide a voice to ordinary people from a wide array of backgrounds who want to highlight themselves, the people around them, or the ancestors whose memory they want to maintain and preserve.