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Scripting Her Success with Britt Matt

May 16, 2023

Scripting Her Success with Britt Matt

A Chicago native, the young and fearless Britt Matt charged the walls of Hollywood at an early age determined to become a writer for television. Britt had a love for the arts and knew at an early age she was no actress, but m...

Standing on the Shoulders of Tuskegee Airmen with Fred Patterson

May 09, 2023

Standing on the Shoulders of Tuskegee Airmen with Fred Patterson

Growing up in Montgomery, Alabama in the 50s & 60s as a 2nd grader, Fred Patterson remembered seeing white-only and colored water signs. It was an environment of change with protests, riots, and violence against African Ameri...

The Call to Lead with Charles Galbreath

May 02, 2023

The Call to Lead with Charles Galbreath

Charles Galbreath had it all planned out. Travel the world and become an entertainer. But God had different plans for him. One night, in a dream, Charles had a vision of him attending Tennessee State University. The same scho...

Remember You Must Evolve with Tauska Trusaun-Kennedy

April 25, 2023

Remember You Must Evolve with Tauska Trusaun-Kennedy

Being an interior designer you learn how to start over, rip off the old paint, strip down the walls, and replace broken ceilings to provide a safe space and create new memories. This takes on a deeper meaning for Tauksa Trusa...

Twinning & Traveling: The Journey to Motherhood feat. Ne'Chell Bowens

April 18, 2023

Twinning & Traveling: The Journey to Motherhood feat. Ne'Chell Bowens

Neโ€™Chell Bowens wasnโ€™t exactly โ€œflying highโ€ after realizing her goal of becoming a child psychologist had taken an emotional toll on her. However, the stars aligned after she was laid off from her job and encouraged to becom...

Swimming Through Life's Journey with Bruce Bradford

April 11, 2023

Swimming Through Life's Journey with Bruce Bradford

It was the 70s, towards the end of the Vietnam War. College was the way out of the draft for Bruce Bradford, taking on "sink or swim" to a whole new level. As a young black man and self-taught swimmer, Bradford shares the imp...

History Before Us with Frederick Murphy

April 04, 2023

History Before Us with Frederick Murphy

We all carry the torch, the legacy of those that came before us. History can be complicated with pain, anger, misunderstanding, and appreciation for learning the truth. However, you decided to uncover your legacy is something...

Saved Through the Fire with Ms. Ethel Youngblood

March 28, 2023

Saved Through the Fire with Ms. Ethel Youngblood

At the age of 4 years old, Ms. Ethel Youngblood was burning trash with her siblings when a strong wind came through her town, engulfing her in flames. She spent 2.5 years in rehab fighting for her life. The doctors told her p...

๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐’๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก

December 06, 2022

๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐’๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก

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 clas...

๐€ ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ

November 29, 2022

๐€ ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ

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 is ...

๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง

November 22, 2022

๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง

"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 Burke...

๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง - ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐‘๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐—ช๐ข๐ ๐ ๐š๐ง'๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ

November 15, 2022

๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง - ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐‘๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐—ช๐ข๐ ๐ ๐š๐ง'๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ

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. Ry...

๐”๐ง๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐, ๐”๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž - ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐œ๐†๐ž๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ

November 08, 2022

๐”๐ง๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐, ๐”๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž - ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐œ๐†๐ž๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ

Founder of ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ and ๐˜ˆ๐˜“๐˜š ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, 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 integ...

๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐š - ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฒ

November 01, 2022

๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐š - ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฒ

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 a...

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ

October 25, 2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ

By shining a light on uplifting stories in the media, the narrative of how our community, culture, race along with social bias will only bring more jobs, better schools and safer environments for us. This is something that Ja...

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ค

October 18, 2022

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ค

! Warning: This episode contains discussions of physical and mental abuse. If you or anyone you know needs help, please contact the National Abuse & Domestic Violence Hotlines at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-656-4673! This a story...

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: ๐€ ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฒ

October 11, 2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: ๐€ ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฒ

โ€œWhatever you choose to do, attempt to be the best at it, attempt to put your own stamp on it, attempt to bring your lived experience to it, and therefore make it something that folks who experience it can never forget.โ€ ~ Dr...

๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž

October 04, 2022

๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž

โ€œWe have this inherent power as journalists because when people tell us a story, we are the ones that get to decide how itโ€™s processed and distributed. Thatโ€™s a huge responsibility and I take it really seriously. โ€ ~ Sarah Ve...

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฏ๐š๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง

September 27, 2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฏ๐š๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง

Meet Ivan Houston, a 4th generation California native whose family left their mark on a little-known area of Los Angeles called West Adams, a once-thriving historical black neighborhood.โฃ If you look for the location of West ...

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ƒ๐‰ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ˆ ๐š๐ค๐š ๐ƒ๐‰ ๐‘-๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ

September 20, 2022

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ƒ๐‰ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ˆ ๐š๐ค๐š ๐ƒ๐‰ ๐‘-๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ

An internationally acclaimed DJ hailing from Los Angeles California, Ronald Turner II aka DJ R-tistic has become the most sought-after DJ when it comes to delivering live experiences; he has hosted virtual parties for establi...

๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ

September 18, 2022

๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ

Take a sneak peek into what's coming up in season 3 of the Uncovered Legacy Podcast. It's gonna be epic! For more information, check out my website on uncoveredlegacy.com or follow the podcast on Instagram @uncovered_legacy_p...

๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐ฌ, ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐—ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ

December 21, 2021

๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐ฌ, ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐—ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ

Get transported back in time to discover the untold stories and roots of a railroad town called Clinton, in South Carolina...as told by our guest in this episode, Albert "Vision" Williams. A passionate historian, ancestry hob...

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ

December 10, 2021

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ

Born and raised in Memphis - Tennessee, Meridith Miller Rucker @meridithrucker is a true 3rd generation Memphian. Having had the career of her dreams as a magazine journalist with the likes of CosmoGirl, Glamour (as a freelan...

๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐€ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐…๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ

December 03, 2021

๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐€ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐…๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ

From one decision made by a visionary grandfather - decades ahead of his time - generations of families and students are being nurtured. Our guest in this episode, Dr. Carlene Fider, comes from that very lineage of passionate...