The Gumbo Pot Podcast

Nigel & Omar chop it up with the Founder of Mills Avenue Media, Inc. Tiffany Mills. Nigel & Omar chop it up with the Founder of Mills Avenue Media, Inc. Tiffany Mills. Tiffany Mills is a storyteller whose passion for captivating unscripted narratives has led to a dynamic 20 year career. With credits ranging from Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow to USA’s Chrisley Knows Best, T.Mills has played a role behind the lens of some of TV’s most groundbreaking series. It is her “story first” approach to producing that has made her one of the most trusted show runners in reality television.

As a company Mills Avenue Media, Inc. conceptualizes, expounds, and amplifies ideas set forth by passionate artists; turning real-life situations into high-quality content. Mills Ave. will always lean into the rawness of non-fiction and never shy away from pulling back the curtain on the art of storytelling.

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Deniese Davis, a Las Vegas native, graduated from LA's famed American Film Institute and is the producer on HBO's hit show Insecure. She sits down with Nigel & Omar and discusses hustling her way through 3 cities to make it in Film & TV.

Listen to Deniese's journey from navigating internships in NYC to building a production company, Color Creative, with Issa Rae. Deniese breaks down vegas tacos, her recipe for the delicacy that is “Greasy Gravy Chicken,” her cultural backgrounds, racial abiguity, and drops a little advice for the current generation on the come up.

This episode is full of laughs and whiskey as old and new friends catch up while chatting about the creative processes, & life.

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Actor Marque Richardson sits down with Nigel Henderson & Omar Alcibar on The Gumbo Pot Podcast. The Dear White People star discusses his humble beginnings, starring on the Netflix show Dear White People, working with Bernie Mack, past roles, his creative process, and of course Food!

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Brandon Broussard is a screenwriter with 15 years of writing experience. In 2006 he was a writing fellow at USC in the Guy Hanks & Marvin Miller screenwriting program. He received his first TV writing credit in 2008 on Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

In 2015, Brandon started Murder Ink, a feature film writing company with Hudson Obayuwana and Jana Savage. Since then, Brandon has written and produced screenplays with several major studios including The Perfect Match with Lionsgate, #RealityHigh which he wrote and Executive produced for Netflix and is his most recent film, Praise This, a musical comedy for Universal Studios and Will Packer Productions. Brandon has several other feature and television projects in development at Macro, Revelations and Lionsgate. The short film, Run, is the first project he's written and directed since his graduate film, The Epicureans.

Brea Stinson is an influential fashion visionary who creates cultural moments through her signature wardrobe styling and inventive costume design. Stinson is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University with a business degree, in her early years she worked under the tutelage of Patricia Field. Under her own brand, Stinson HAUS, she has created epic moments such as Beyoncé’s shimmering goddess gold parka, ZAYN’S L.E.D. Illuminated leather and suede jumpsuit, & recreating David Bowie’s infamous British Flag trench coat for Rita Ora during Fashion Rock’s. The Gumbo Pot Podcast sits down with Bria to discuss her beginnings, lessons learned, creative inspirations, and future endeavors.

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Singer-songwriter & producer Nicholas Pimentel, otherwise known as Nonchalant Savant, recently released his new EP. ¡Spark! under his brother Miguel’s Schedule 1 imprint. Hosts Chef Nigel Henderson & Omar Alcibar sit down with Nick to discuss his creative process, culinary background, and music.

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Yunalis binti Mat Zara'ai, professionally known as Yuna, is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman. Yuna was born and raised in Kedah and Selangor, she began writing songs at age 14. She soon taught herself to play guitar, and by 2006, in need of a creative outlet while attending law school, performed for an audience for the first time. Yuna made her recorded debut album in Malaysia in 2008 with a self-titled EP, which went on to snag five Malaysian Music Awards nominations (the Malaysian equivalent of the Grammy), where she took home four trophies, including Best New Artist and Best Song. Most recently Yuna released her latest album Chapters, the album features the collaboration from Usher, Jhené Aiko and DJ Premier. As of December 2016, the album had been selected by Billboard in 7th place of its 2016 Critics' Picks for Best R&B Album. During her interview on The Gumbo Pot Podcast she discusses entrepreneurship, her creative process, Malaysian food, and balancing life.

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Leah Chase is a world renowned chef, author and television personality. She is known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine. Her family restaurant, Dooky Chase, was known as a gathering place during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and has been in operation for 76 years. Mrs. Chase is also well known for her extensive African-American art collection and philanthropic work in the community. In 2010 Mrs. Chase was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America. At Dooky Chase, Leah has fed her creole cuisine to the likes of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Ray Charles, Hank Aaron, Jay Z, Beyoncé, & Solange to name a few. In this episode of the Gumbo Pot Podcast we discuss what drives her, the musical roots of the restaurant, and she delivers a few pearls of wisdom.

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Chef Nigel Henderson sits down with chef, restauranteur, & heir to the Dooky Chase Restaurant family legacy, to discuss growing up in the family business, entrepreneurship, and following your passion.

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Nigel & Omar chop it up with the multitalented Actress Dana Gourrier on The Gumbo Pot Podcast! Dana is a native of New Orleans, LA and has graced the big screen with the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Walz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Kerry Washington. She delivered memorable roles in several Quentin Tarantino films and as had Guest Star and/or Recurring Roles on networks such as HBO, FOX, F/X, ABC & Netflix (to name a few).

We dug into her early days, her career, the hustle, her creative process and of course her New Orleans Food Roots. Grab a frosty beverage and check out the homies in the Gumbo Pot with Dana!

Dana Gourrier - @Danagourrier

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