The Real Stuff Podcast

The talented BRYCK ROSE will be our Poetry Corner guest KAREN “The Bryck Rose” MORRISON, formerly K Vibes on the Reggae scene, is a gifted international Reggae recording artiste. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised by a Jamaican mother, her roots are deeply embedded in the Caribbean-American experience. She has performed extensively on the Reggae circuit, including opening for artists such as Maxi Priest, Luciano, Sanchez and The Mighty Diamonds. Among her notable hits are ‘Frenemies’, ‘Bye Bye Rebel’ (Studio One – Sir Coxsone Dodd); ‘Reggae Music I Am’ (King Jammys); ‘Raggamuffin Soldier (Digital English); ‘Time’ (Clive Chin); ‘As He Made You’ (Strictly Yard Music) and ‘Pull up’ (I Love Sound).   https://sites.google.com/site/tapiocaretreat/

Now as a writer/poet, Bryck Rose connects with her fans and lovers of poetry with her first anthology, DEWDROPS: HEARTICAL POETRY (English & Jamaican Patwa). This publication is a skillfully crafted reader-friendly, an anthology of 52 “heartical” poems: each poem opens a window into the heart and soul of the poet and takes the reader along a meandering path of true-to-life emotional experiences; love and loss; joy and pain; happiness and grief; but with every dewdrop, hope and inspiration rise and lift the spirit higher.

Carlston Medford, Queen Angela, & Dr Pauline Wallner CONVERSATION ON MENTAL HEALTH.  Carlston Medford is a Medical Practitioner in London, England,  Angela Rugara is also a Medical Practitioner and known as Queen Angela, Zimbabwe, Africa and Dr Pauline Wallner, USA.

Poetry Corner is a signature segment on The Real Stuff Podcast and features some of the best Poets in the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and North America. Our Poetry Corner "Dub Fi Dub" shows the versatility of the Poets and much more. Tune in and see for yourself.

Christena Antonia Valaire Williams is a Jamaican Poet, Multiple award-winning Author, Youth volunteer, Self-Publisher, Historian and Philosopher. She originates from Portmore, St. Catherine. She is the recipient of the International Spoken Word Artist of the Year Award 2020 from Chicago based organization P.O.E.T. (People of Extraordinary Talent) and Blaq Ice productions.

She is expected by December 18, 2020, to receive a Certificate of Excellence from Sarabita Masters Awards that will be held in New York. She is a member of Life Circle Poets and 876 Poetry Platform. She is a contributor to One wakand in the US and Literary Editor for Pearls Magazine in Nigeria. Also, she holds a BA (Hons.) in History and Philosophy from the University of the West Indies. For more on Antonia Valaire view the video on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoEqONyxpOU 

A part of Maxwanette A Poetesses (aka - Maxine A. Moncrieffe), life goals are to link poets, artists, arts & literature, people and humanity across the globe, by assisting, uplifting, encouraging, and spreading love and positivity as much as possible.   She is a Kissimmee, Florida resident, business owner: P.L.O.T.S.~PROOFING & PROMOTING SERVICES, LLC (aka P.L.O.T.S. PROOF & PROMO SERVICES LLC - also located in Dallas, Georgia), writing her first poem, a Haiku, at the age of 5, she is also a published poet of, “Poetry, Language Of The Soul, Volume I.” & “The Poetic Storm, Volume II.”  Maxwanette wishes to be a consistent reminder, that, “We’re All In This Thing Called Life, TOGETHER.”

2020 blast off with YANGA, released February 7 on the Natty Congo Records label, the first independent Reggae label in Mexico. Then March 6, Evidence Records a Swiss-based label released THE BEGINNING.

2021 will see Oku Onuora blasting away in his indelible style, dubwize and otherwise; blazing trails, setting the pace Dubpoetrywize and otherwise…

Music Video YANGA

https://youtu.be/LjHfRG5PPGk

See full episode on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRNX33AAJw 

Pelle Hybbinette is a Swedish Filmmaker who lived on and off Barbados last 9 years. He is a self-taught Photographer and Filmmaker with several award-winning short and documentaries

Nämndemansgården, Blentarp. Medicinavdelningen, terapeutiska samtal               Stödboendeenheten, Lunds Kommun, kontaktperson med socialsekreterare, MI samtal      

·       PEAK, Burlövs Kommun, Arbetscoach, stödsamtal                                   

·       Fontänhuset, Malmö, stödperson, MI samtal                                            

·       Stabbarpsgården, HVB hem                                                            

·       Personlig assitent, främst på långresor utomlands                                    

·       Biståndsprojekt i egen regi, för handikappade i Nicaragua  

The full episode is available on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/reggaenostalgia-therealstuffpodcast   

James Elijio is a Garifuna educator, researcher, writer, born in Belize, and holder of a Master of Arts degree in Leading Innovation and Change from the York St. John’s University of England. He is a member of the Baha’i Faith and presently works as an editor of scientific texts. A prolific writer, James has drafted over 40 books and thousands of poems. 

Among his published works are "We are with you at all times" by way of George Ronald of England, and "Man is My Mystery" by way of the Baha’i Publishing Trust of India. 

The full episode is available on our YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/c/reggaenostalgia-therealstuffpodcast 

Nehanda Helmker is a skilled motivational life coach skilled in family/relationship building and financial competence. She advocates for people of all walks of life to live their dreams through careful listening and patience accompaniment through their lives’ discovery process. 

As a customer service team lead at The Office Gurus, she used her skills to motivate her team to be the top sales performers by spending one on one time with each sales representative to help in their self-development. 

The full episode is available on our YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-Mp5X-uvU

In Asante Amen part 2 series we talked about his catalogue of music and the bond he has with other Artistes and the many countries that he has travelled. Some of Asante's projects that he worked on with Reggae Artists in Jamaica and Europe he considers them to be fruitful works that certainly will be remembered for generations and generations to come. The full episode is available on our YouTube channel at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQXmyi6qOu8

Mrs Berthia Parle is considered Saint Lucia's first lady of tourism. She is a retired GM of Bay Gardens Resort & Spa. Join us LIVE & DIRECT. . In 2012 Berthia was appointed by the Governor-General to serve as an independent Senator and elected by her peers to serve as Deputy President of the Senate.  Senator Parle has been an esteemed member of the tourism industry for more than 30 years, and among her many achievements, was her election as the first female president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). Berthia Parle is an admired tourism guru, a trendsetter and fashionista. She has judged several local and regional pageants including Miss World local, Miss Universe, Miss Carnival Queen Show over the last 25 years.  Mrs Parle is the recipient of several awards- namely...

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Egbert R. Higinio is the President of the Garifuna Nation of Belize. He will be our Chat Session guest today. Egbert R. Higinio has taught at the high school level in Belize, Oakland, Tracy and San Jose cities. Now he teaches and lectures adults on English composition, comparative literature, logic, critical thinking and introduction to philosophy at institutions such as San Jose Evergreen Valley College, Los Angeles City College and San Jose State University. He appreciates applying critical theory to literature readings and topical concepts such as racism, justice, immigration, poverty and liberation theology.  He has attended literature and philosophical international conferences where he published and presented controversial pieces including “The Caribbean: Mimicry, Imitation, or Mimesis through the poetry of Derek Walcott,” “Ecotourism Gone Awry (in Belize),” “The Phenomena of the Anglo-Guatemalan-Belize (territorial) Claim”, and a concept paper for Harvard University Africana Studies project on “Afro-Belizeans of Los Angeles”.  Presently he is collaborating on documentaries, and on topics that utilize the literary tools of deconstruction and hermeneutics. He is passionate about students learning the fundamentals of academic research so that they recognize themselves in the importance of their intellectual productivity and their contribution to the academic community.    He is a cultural activist, and his hobbies are reading, soccer, travelling, gardening and beekeeping.  Egbert earned his BA in English Literature from the University of Belize and continued these studies in Comparative Literature at San Jose State University from which he obtained his MA degree in philosophy.  He is presently President of the Garifuna Nation, an advocacy group that promotes the indigenous rights of its people now presently live along the coast of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The Garifuna people are victims of European’s colonialism,  deterritorialization, and genocide. Approximately 800,000 Garifuna people are inhabiting the Caribbean and the Americas, including the USA.

Cynthia Ellis-Topsey is a community advocate who works to promote sustainable development by building on the achievements of previous generations for future generations.  Much of Ms.Ellis-Topsey’s professional experience centred around placing women and families at the centre of sustainable development. She began her career working in Kingston, Jamaica, where she trained in project management and development with the United States Agency for International Development and served in the Office of the Prime Minister as an advisor on women’s issues and women in development.   Ms Ellis-Topsey went on to join the United Nations as a representative of Belize where she worked to develop the first Five-Year National Development Plan for Belize. In the nineties, Miss Ellis-Topsey served as a Deputy Programme Manager for Women, Youth, and Community Development with the Caribbean Community in Guyana, and later, in 2005, she continued her work with CARICOM as a consultant at the Regional Forum on Youth, Crime, and Violence.

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Today's podcast Teddy Laidley deal with the most current news headlines in Jamaica, the Caribbean and around the world. Singer|Songwriter Pam Hall join us in a discussion about hair, plus she wrote an article a few years ago titled "HAIR TERRORISM"  On July 31st, 2020 on the eve of Jamaica Emancipation Day. The Jamaica Supreme court rule against an eight years old little girl for wearing dreadlocks hairstyle to school. #hair #hairstyle

Watch the full episode on www.youtube.com/c/reggaenostalgia-therealstuffpodcast 

Grupo Canela De Cuba is an All Females Band of some of the most talented musicians from our Caribbean neighbour Cuba. My co-host Flavius had the pleasure of meeting and seeing their magnificent shows up close. The band leader Ms Zoe Fuentes and her daughter Melodie Spartacus took time to do our famous "Chat Session" on The Real Stuff Podcast on Friday, July 31st, 2020, season 1 episode 75.

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Mr Russ Fielden, originally from the UK and Magdalena Fielden, from Mexico, worked together in the Yacht Chartering and Hospitality industries for almost 20 years in Mexico, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. Along with their two daughters, Marie and Renatta, they moved to Grenada and purchased the hotel in 1998.   excerpt taken from   In a publication magazine True Blue Bay Resort’s co-owner, said, “It is my belief that here in the Caribbean if we are to maintain our tourism sector we must provide destinations that offer net carbon zero accommodation to offset the carbon used in flying to the islands…I believe it is quite possible.” True Blue Bay Resort is also dedicated to reaching into the island’s communities in a hands-on way by spearheading campaigns like the recent Green Up Grenada Coastal Cleanup Project.

Special guest Wayne Armond leader of Reggae Band CHALICE, Played with Byron Lee Band toured with Jimmy Cliff,  written songs for Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley, Richie Spice. Produced Rootz Underground and recorded with Monty Alexander, Alpha Blondy, Burning Spear and much other Reggae greats.