This week in our interview series, I had the pleasure to interview my father, Rudi Mwongozi. It's surprising how little we know about our parents, so I took the liberty to get to know my father a little better as a man and to understand how I got here in the first place!

Content:

• Growing up in Oakland/San Francisco during the Hippie and Black Power movements
• The influence of music
• Converting to Islam
• The relationship between fathers and sons

This week in Roc's World we discuss being young, dumb, and driving drunk.  We also explore putting women in the Friend Zone

Content:

0:00 - Drunk Driving

14:44 - This Week's Vibes

17:48 - Putting Women in the Friend Zone

29:51 - Song of the Week

(Temporary Me: Lyrics by Tamla Frater)

This week in Roc's World, we discuss the highly subjective nature of morality, we explore the levels of porn stardom, and what I would do with one wish

Content:

0:00 - Subject Morality

9:20 - Pornstar Leagues

16:50 - This Week's Vibes

19:03 - If I Had One Wish

This week we're talking to my brother from another mother, Colin Glaum.  Colin recounts growing up in the Philly exurbs, imposter syndrome, and surviving the concrete jungle of New York; all with a smile on his face and a pep in his step.

Content:

0:00 - Interview with Colin Glaum

33:40 - Song of the Week (The High Life)

This week I recount my narrow escape from Istanbul while drunk, dodging the Russian mafia and the Butterfly Effect

Content:

0:00 - Drunk in Turkey with the Russian Mafia

16:32 - This Week's Vibes

18:31 - Stepping on the Butterfly Effect

26:28 - Song of the Week (Czech Experience: Track 3)

I want to be sensitive to the tragic events that occurred in Las Vegas over the past day, but I also think that words of encouragement must be shared at this time.

This week we're discussing the anguish of gambling and losing, how money makes everything better, and betting that you'll be in this life for a long time; about 70 years worth...

0:00 - Gambling, losing, and how money makes everything better

13:26 - This Week's Vibes

16:27 - You Should Probably Bet on Being Around

27:24 - Song of the Week (Track 13 Czech Experience)

This week, it is my pleasure to speak with Vanessa Komara - Marketing Expert:

• about her time as an ex-pat on international assignments throughout Europe
• her love of language and how it changed her life
• community efforts in the Tulsa metro area

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0:00 - Interview with Vanessa Komara

45:25 - Song of the Week (Who I Am)

This week we're reminiscing on growing up in the Black church and all the antics my boys and I got into (please don't mind my singing ;-).  We're also discussing men getting in touch with their vulnerable sides.

0:00 - Sunday morning church and the trouble we got into

11:54 - Weekly Vibes

17:40 - Men being vulnerable 

26:44 - Song of the Week (Smile: written by performed Tamla Frater)

This Week's Topics:

0:00 - Raising a teenage daughter is like eating glass

12:36 - This Week's Vibes

14:39 - My Immigrant Story

27:31 - This Week's Song (Happy Place)