Carry On Friends: The Caribbean American Experience
Carry On Friends has an unmistakable Caribbean-American essence. Hosted by the dynamic and engaging Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown, the podcast takes listeners on a global journey, deeply rooted in Caribbean culture. It serves as a melting pot of inspiring stories, light-hearted anecdotes, and stimulating perspectives that provoke thought and initiate conversations.
The podcast invites guests who enrich the narrative with their unique experiences and insights into Caribbean culture and identity. With an array of topics covered - from lifestyle and wellness to travel, entertainment, career, and entrepreneurship - it encapsulates the diverse facets of the Caribbean American experience. Catering to an international audience, Carry On Friends effectively bridges cultural gaps, uniting listeners under a shared love and appreciation for Caribbean culture.
Episodes
314 episodes
New Year Perspectives
Are you excited about the New Year or are you apprehensive? In this episode, Kerry-Ann and Chris kick off the 2022 season with their feelings about what the New Year brings and how their experiences in 2021 has shaped their initial view...
Caribbean Christmas Traditions
It's the holidays and every year the nostalgia of the Christmas past brings many long strolls down memory lane. Especially as we enjoy the Caribbean traditions that can be done in the US, mostly in the form of food.In this bonus episode,...
COF 2021 Season Wrap Up
It's the end of the year already! Thank you for listening and supporting Carry On Friends in 2021. And I look forward to your continued support in 2022. Here's a quick message to say THANK YOU as well as the episodes that were the fan f...
Small Axe(s)
In the bonus episode, of Carry On Friends we’re doing an episode swap with Style & Vibes featuring the Small Axe episode. Small Axe is a British anthology...
The Results Are In!
Have you ever wondered what our listeners think about the show?We’re excited to share with you some of the results from our May audience survey and focus group. The results have influence recent episodes topics (Dual Citizenship) and fu...
Exploring Jamaican Dual Citizenship
One of the topics that came out of the Carry On Friends audience focus group was connecting with roots. I will talk more about the survey and focus group results in an upcoming episode. But this week Ashley from the AshFiMon ...
Researching Jamaican Family History
Have you been ever curious about your Caribbean Family History? Perhaps you'd want to do research about your family tree but not sure where to start. Listen to this episode where I share how I began doing research in the Caribbean, (J...
Caribbean Climate Consciousness
This week’s guest is Trinidadian, Derval Barzey. Derval highlights changes in the Caribbean climate that has made the region extremely vulnerable. She also explained the urgent need for sustainability, what it should look like in the Caribbean,...
Business Lessons from Corporate America
In this episode my guest and I explore the dynamics of being a Caribbean multi-national, and how working in corporate America influences business, even in the Caribbean. We dived into all of this with Guyana-born businessman, Jay Warde, who res...
The Burnout Struggle is Real
This is a follow up to the “Summer Time & Self Care” episode because the struggle with self-care, focus, productivity, stress and creativity is real. In this episode, in addition to recognizing burnout and struggles with crea...
How Can I Serve My Community?
How can I truly serve my community? Knowing that not everyone’s call to service is the same. What does service to the community look like to in a time like this?Listen to this quick episode and share your thoughts.
Summer Time & Self-Care
In this episode, Kerry-Ann shares reflections on what self-care looks like during the summer and yes, during a pandemic. Plus Kerry-Ann looks back at an earlier episode
The Friendship Episode
In our latest episode, Kerry-Ann and Chris talk with Clive Williams and Mikelah Rose on friendships. Mr. Williams explains that in friendships you not only go through good and bad times, but you must also face them together.
Growing the Audience for Caribbean Films
In this episode we explore the Caribbean film industry and the challenges Caribbean filmmakers face in reaching their audience.We chatted with Jamaican-born, Rachel Osbourne, who is dedicated to helping Caribbean filmmakers reach their a...
Embracing Fear to Birth a New Vision
"...the unknown is very very scary. But you know what's more scary? Living an unfulfilled life, not doing all the things that you want to do." ~ Dr. Nicole Grimes. People are often afraid of the unknown, but that doesn't have to be a ba...
Leveraging Social Media Platforms & Advertising
Cavel Khan is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Tumblr responsible for global revenue, revenue operations, business marketing, and revenue strategy company-wide. In this episode we discussed:The value of advertisin...
How to Build an Extraordinary Career and a Life of Freedom
Dalan Vanterpool is a financial educator, private banker podcaster and now author from the British Virgin Islands. He helps modern professionals connect their career moves to their wealth goals via his blog and podcast - Careers and Cash Flo...
Real Talk about Race, Ethnicity & Nationality
When describing what she does, Jennifer Tomlinson would say, "She helps people find pathways to their aspirations through her strengths of communication and teaching". She is able to live for this purpose as a professor and interim dean o...
Intentional Parenting for a Different Generation
Hailing from the small beautiful island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dr. Anne-Louise Lockhart is pediatric psychologist, author, parent coach speaker and business owner of a thriving practice in San Antonio, TX:
At the Cutting Edge of Technology & Sports with Marlon Anguin
Jamaican born Marlon Anguin, is an engineer leading a product team at Verizon with a focus primarily on sports and technology.In this episode we talk about 5G, or as he coined it, the fourth industrial revolution. As well as his team at ...
Reimagining the American Dream
Trinidad born, D'shawna Bernard has spent almost a decade shaping a career that is dedicated to progressive politics and partnerships. Her passion for public service has allowed her to work across a range of issues within the public and private...
Personal Branding as an Introvert
Gizelle Riley is a communications strategist, author of MASTER YOUR MESSAGE LIKE A BOSS BABE, and the founder of DigitalBOSSBABE, a Caribbean podcast turned copywriting studio for mission-driven brands.In this episode Gizelle and I talk...
Interviewing Kerry-Ann
In this bonus episode - Christopher Williams flips roles to be a guest host on the podcast. Today he is interviewing the regular host and founder of Carry On Friends, Kerry-Ann.Tune in and listen to Kerry-Ann being in the guest chair of...
From Corporate America to Sauce Boss
Debra Sandler, Founder of Mavis Foods, LLC, a startup of Caribbean sauces and marinades. Debra has over 30 years of innovation experience as a seasoned Corporate America Executive at PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, most recently as the Chief He...