White Label American

For my birthday week, I decided to have one of my cousins as the guest. Jordan Harry is one of my coolest cousins and the most inspiring people that I know. Jordan navigated a speech impediment, being the only black kid in town, an athlete (check out his photos and videos he is a god of beauty), became a memory coach, speed reader, and CEO at a young age. Jordan's Ted talk has over 2 million views on YouTube. Jordan has appeared on the BBC, LBC, Virgin Media amongst other media houses. 

This young man continues to grow and makes me proud as he teaches students, corporate leaders, and academia across Europe and North America. It's always fun talking to Jordan, and I would say a lot more. However, I plan on interviewing other cousins who are from different countries, and I don't want them to get envious of the love that I have for Jordan. If you couldn't tell, I love this guy a lot!

Check Jordan Harry out on Instagram @jordannharryy and http://studyfast.uk. 

I've known Abdulafees Abdulsalam, aka Afeez, since 2011, when we met in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Afeez stood out from a couple of athletes that I was introduced to while stationed in the Middle East. Afeez life, his experiences are a window into a world that many of us are familiar with but only on the outside as lovers of the beautiful game. 

Afeez has played and lived in many countries from West to North Africa, then mostly in the Asian continent. Afeez takes us into culture shocks, surprising encounters, and obstacles that footballers face where there is no union protection along with other barriers that soccer players who aren't from Europe and North America face in their careers.

Follow Afeez on Instagram @abdulafeez10.

Carmen Neta is a friend and host of a great podcast that I enjoy listening to The Immigrants Journey, and she has been a supporter since a mutual friend (The Irish Jesus) introduced us. Carmen's story takes us from South America to North America and Europe. Carmen walks us through her experiencing America as an illegal immigrant, adaptation, mental health, food, and podcast advice. It's always a pleasure talking Carmen, who also works on the frontlines while wrapping up her degree in Psychology at Dublin City University.

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 Joy Chukwudi is an artist, author, and a fantastic lady to talk to, what an honor it was to go on this journey from her boarding school days in Nigeria to Georgia, Texas, and California—coming to terms with racism, accepting herself as a woman and a singer. A lot unpacked as our experiences intertwined. 

Be sure to go on Joy's Instagram and Facebook tag @makingtheband, @diddy, and @boomkack in the comments of her songs. Let's help Joy get on the show!

Gajinder Singh is an internationally renowned architect based in New York.

Gajinder takes us to Colonial India, WWII, before, during, and after the Partition of India, working and living in '60s England, M.I.T in '60s, 9/11, and why Sikhism is a big part of his identity. Due to time constraints, we skipped over lots of stories. We shall find time to revisit those stories in the future.

Gajinder blesses us with a lot of history and a trip down memory lane. I will always be grateful to future guest Harprit for introducing Gajinder to me very early in the setting up of this podcast. Enjoy this extra special episode.

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Elena Torres is a telenovela actor who turned into a stand-up comedian. From performing artistically on-screen in Spanish (including one of the biggest telenovela Teresa), Elena started performing stand-up comedy in English and has performed all over Washington DC, Los Angeles, and New York. However, Elena's story began on the East Coast before moving overseas to Madrid and Mexico City until she would return to the States as a young adult. This is a fascinating and hilarious episode that takes us on a full cycle from and back to the East Coast of the United States with food, music, housing, entertainment industry, culture shocks, amongst topics covered. 

Big thank you to Three Guys On Podcast  

Follow Elena on Instagram @elenablondita

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Abraham kicks off the 26th episode taking us from Niamey Niger to Zaria Nigeria, Bristol United Kingdom, and back to Niamey before arriving in New York. Being born in an area that's popular for nomadic tribes may have been the beginning of the shaping of his identity: large fishes, zouk music, culture shocks, getting into acting, and so much more. Abraham also brings us into his motivation for performing, creating stories, and inspirations. Abraham has worked on TV and movie projects, and his journey is just getting started. Abraham is based in LA.

Be sure to catch Abraham on BET's Boomerang Mid-April. Abraham also offers coaching services to actors and can be reached at  https://www.thescriptcoach.net/

PS: I'm still working on improving the remote interviews, so bear with me for the sound quality issues.

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Welcome to a new phase of White Label American, the first recorded remotely. It's an honor to have David Amoyal as the guest for this episode. David has been one of the inspirations and role models for me since I got into podcasting. His podcast Calcioland is not just entertaining to listen to; it's informative and has introduced me to a fantastic community of beautiful people around the world. A lot of podcasting help that I have gotten just on a peer-to-peer level has come from this community. We shall get to meet some of these fantastic people down the line.

David takes us through what it's like to have an identity forged where you weren't born, along with how one can end up not being seen as belonging to both worlds anytime he stepped away from one. Despite that, he still shares and has a fantastic journey that includes food, music, movies, and football, specifically Calcio. If you are a student of accounting, business, finance, management, economics, and political science, you best be listening to Calcioland with David Amoyal. Guaranteed A+ worth of material and also check out David's articles on various sporting publications for extra hidden gems.

Stay Safe Everyone!

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Episode 24 was my last recording at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio as the studio had to shut down as a precaution over the Covid-19 pandemic that we are all facing (this was before NY state issued the statewide lockdown). I'll be putting out episodes, don't worry friends. Please be safe and avoid any careless behavior in these trying times.

Special thanks to Lorena Ramos. The wonderful actor blessed us with her presence and experience in the studio. It's not been a comfortable journey despite starting in what's considered a privileged background. Lorena would, at one stage, have to choose between pursuing her career and service to her God. We shall see the importance of having the right spiritual guide, frustrations with the entertainment industry, and how double standards cut across sectors. Luckily, Lorena hooks us up with excellent spots for food in both New York and Mexico City, along with other great experiences in her life. 

Lorena is also part of Something From Abroad. A production house put together by immigrant women. I'll be checking out a play or two of theirs in the future

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Something-from-Abroad-Productions-Presents-ABROAD--A-Night-of-Short-Plays-20180814

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We visit the former Soviet Union for today's episode. Our guest Namik takes us to Kaluga, a city that has been around for about 600 years and has played a significant role in the history and study of cosmology and space travel. Namik introduces us to hospitality in Azerbaijan, which triggers a forgotten memory in me, a reminder of similar generosity existing around the world.

Namik also touches on food, his love for Tupac Shakur (his wife loves Tupac just the same way too), his culture shocks, along with advice for writers and how he has trolled me once or twice. We didn't touch much on football because it was on the eve of El Classico that we recorded. I like to think that he did not want the smoke, Hahaha.

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