Getting 2 Know U Pod

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  • 39-Cliff: Proud HBCU Alumni and Professor, Proprietor of CHNN, Photographer, Unapologetically Black, Southern DE Local

    Cliff share stories about growing up in Lewes, De  and the African American history of the “Upper South” (5:24), the need for people to code switch and Obama’s impact on African American’s perspectives (43:48),  Segregation on Lewes Beach  and  community policing within a small town (1:09:33),  importance of attending a HBCU and racial hurdles he overcame to get there  (1:30:00), historical misconceptions,  perspectives, and WTF’s!!!!  (1:50:46),  “Best 1st For Last” 1st job where he was called the N-Word in public (2:21:22)

    2 hr 32 min
  • 38-Jorge: Accountant, Founding Member of the Medellin Cartel, Christian, Narco, Businessman, Nerd, Mentor,

    Jorge share stories about how becoming a poor immigrant from Cuba still has him waking up at four thirty every morning (4:55), how he went from the definition of a nerd accounting for the federal bank in Miami to becoming in charge of North American cocaine distribution for the Medellin Cartel (28:44), digs a little deeper into how he gradually cross the the legal line including an encounter with Noregia in Panama (57:08), “Best 1st For Last”  when he went lost millions and found meaning  (1:34:27), ENCORE session: diving into the glorification and life of the Narco culture  (1:42:04),  his attorney informing the government of Jorge’s “illegal” actions and money laundering because of 5th amendment source income provision  (2:29:58), buying influence with government officials and Pablo Escobar’s violent militant mentality (2:56:34)

     

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    3 hr 36 min
  • 37-Laura Lea: Singer, Song Writer, Musician, Teacher, Future Left-Handed Guitar Player, Joyful Self-Checker-Outer, Occasional Shunner.

    Laura Lea shares stories about the joyful grind of regularly performing and juggling relationships while traveling all around the east coast (4:20), dealing with acceptance breaking into the music scene and in her other "day jobs" including some catty @$$ car dealership chicks (17:43), Quitting her day job, joining a band as the lead singer, and making her own music (39:41), how she gained confidence to become a singer and her spiteful mental paragraph to one of the mean girls from the dealership (1:04:00), grandma asking if she had feelings for girls her family's acceptance of her bisexuality, and a 1st date with her now fiancé... and their kids (1:19:34), being pregnant and being sued for being pregnant by a bar owner, and other parenting stories (1:43:40), "Best 1st For Last"- the 1st song she wrote that made her cry while singing it (2:26:04)

    2 hr 40 min

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