Black Gold Podcast: Stories of Black Dreamers and Doers

In this episode I interview Akilah Newton, the CEO of Big Dreamers, an all-ages activity book and an organization that celebrates Canadian Black History through educating and engaging students in tours around the nation that is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

 In our conversation, Akilah and I discuss the people that’ve influenced her starting Big Dreamers, how she started a non-profit that offers performing arts training (singing, theatre, music) to youth in Montreal, and her incredible project Beyond February, a web series that focuses on the lives of ordinary Black Canadians that have done extraordinary things. 

Learn More about Akilah: bigdreamers.ca

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In this episode I interview Angela Lewis, an author and a PR consultant who specializes in booking her clients on podcasts, who lives in Medellin, Colombia. In our conversation, Angela and I discuss the her transition to PR from her previous career as a professional basketball player, she then shares her secret sauce on how she pitches and books exclusive podcasts for her clients, and how accidentally missing a single event completely changed her trajectory in life…for the better.

In this episode I interview Sheria Stallings. She is the founder and managing director of She Soars LLC a Manhattan based organization that helps women launch their dream businesses the right way. In our conversation, Sheria and I discuss what she calls the new economy that is relationship based rather than monetary, and then we go off on a tangent talking about a recent book she read called the Archer and the principles it teaches, we then close out the conversation giving an example of the new economy that you can start using today.

Learn More about Sheria here:

www.SheSoars.com

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In this episode I interview Dr. Danielle Peebles, owner of Pro Health Family Chiropractics in St. Louis Missouri. In our conversation, Danielle and I discuss how she got into chiropractics, methods to counter the negative effects of long-term sitting with various simple at home exercises, and a not so well-known adjustment technique that's used to increase fertility. 

Resources Mentioned:

Straighten Up America 

stlprohealth.com

In this episode I interview Shaun Banks, the Founder of the motivational youth magazine and conference You Can Have It All, and Camp Warrior King, a summer camp program for Georgia youth to experience all the beauty that nature has to offer. In our conversation, Shaun and I discuss the origins of Y.C.H.I.A, how to set up a vision board, and creating the first motivational youth magazine in the nation.

Learn more about the magazine here: www.ychiamag.com

In this episode I interview Brandon Jakes. He is a high school chemistry teacher, youth basketball coach, and the founder of the premium apparel company State of Mind Collections, that he runs out of his Houston home. In our conversation, Brandon and I discuss how to balance your career and business, empower those that are around you, and gain a perspective that you are the one that you’re waiting for.

Connect with Brandon here:

https://www.stateofmindcollections.com

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In this episode I interview Michael O. Benjamin, the founder of Consumer Ammunition Tactics, a credit repair and education agency based in Washington. In our conversation, Michael and I discuss the 3 principles that allowed him to pay off his student loans within a year after graduation, why you should start your business with credit, and how the rich are able to turn credit into cash.

Resources Mentioned

https://linktr.ee/michobenjamin

In this episode I interview Chancellor Jackson. He is an author of a book series about his experiences in a Chinese jail called 14 Days In Beijing. In our conversation, Chancellor and I discuss how he ended up in Beijing, the differences between his experiences and what he wrote, and how adversity can be one’s greatest teacher in learning life lessons.

To learn more about Chancellor, you can visit the link below:

https://linktr.ee/Korleh

Follow him on social @korleh

In this episode I interview Donald Owens. He is an engineer, CEO and author of the book Burn Fuel Better about the main cause of climate change, a substance that isn’t widely known to the general public called Black Carbon.

In our conversation, Don and I discuss his first encounter with black carbon, how we heavily depend on the current methods of energy production that is polluting the earth, and the solution to eliminate the climate crisis worldwide.

To learn more about Don and Black Carbon go to:

Burn Fuel Better: https://amzn.to/3lNQIs8

www.BurnFuelBetter.com

www.hnogreenfields.com

Follow him on social @DonClimateOwens

In this episode I interview Donald Owens. He is an engineer, CEO and author of the book Burn Fuel Better about the main cause of climate change, a substance that isn’t widely known to the general public called Black Carbon.

In our conversation, Don and I discuss his first encounter with black carbon, how we heavily depend on the current methods of energy production that is polluting the earth, and the solution to eliminate the climate crisis worldwide.

To learn more about Don and Black Carbon go to:

Burn Fuel Better: https://amzn.to/3lNQIs8

www.BurnFuelBetter.com

www.hnogreenfields.com

Follow him on social @DonClimateOwens