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
Caribbean Languages Matter
Dr. Kari-Lee Grant is an educator and entrepreneur. She is the president and CEO of the Center for Research and Equitable Development LLC, which offers coaching and consulting services to help educators, students, and personnel in education-bas...
What Now?
What happens when you've set a goal and achieved said goal? Why do we put pressure on ourselves to figure out the next thing to conquer?In this episode I ask - What Now?Action Items:Check out
2021 Season Opener
Happy New Year and Welcome to the 2021 Season of Carry On Friends!The new year brings some familiar things and some new ones but I want to hear from you! What topics would you like to hear? Which guest should I interview? Something else...
One for the books!
Get the Carry On Friends JournalThis one is definitely for the books...a history making milestone year. The start of 2020 the was filled with high hopes of an amazing year. Fo...
Harness the Power of Relationships and Self-Awareness
In this episode I chat with Bajan American Tiffany Yarde about self-awareness, personal growth and the intersection of these with our professional growth. Tiffany is the founder of a NYC-Certified M/WBE professional development company,...
The Journey into Venture Capital
In this episode, I chat with Jamaican American Marlon Nichols where he shares his story of moving to the US and his journey into Venture Capital. Marlon Nichols is a founding managing pa...
Ingrid Murray: Not Your Ordinary Caribbean Success Story
“When life give you lemons you have to make lemonade. It doesn’t need to be sweet, it just has to be drinkable.” ~ Ingrid Murray. Could you imagine the gut-wrenching agony of searching for your kidnapped child for seven years? ...
Caribbean Americans Vote 2020
This is a special bonus edition of Carry On Friends the Caribbean American Podcast. This episode is a recording of the Virtual Town Hall - Caribbean Americans Vote: The Power of Our Vote and Voices in 2020 which occurred ...
Get Moving and Wukkout
Krista Martins is an ACE certified group fitness instructor, professional choreographer and founder of Wukkout!® - a high energy soca-based dance fitness experience designed to get you out of your head, into your body, and make you have fun, sw...
How to Have Difficult Conversations
Is your manager adamant that your video must be on for all team calls? Are you having way more meetings than necessary and not getting your work done?How do you and your partner have difficult convos while working an...
Exploring Caribbean Identity & Culture
Maëlla Kancel is from the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe now living in Paris. She is the host of the podcast Karukerament, a podcast available in French and English - about the representation of...
Dis Too Much!
What happens when a lot of things are coming your way? Death, life changes, job changes all the changes? In this episode I share some personal stories during a very difficult period in my life and the lessons I've learned from that period of ti...
How To Bounce Back from Setbacks
Born in Antigua and raised in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands., Michael K. Jackson is an inspirational speaker, trainer, and author with an expertise in the area of emotional resilience and well-being. Since losing his father during Hurricane M...
Lifting as She Climbs: An Immigrant's Journey
Jackie Glenn "hails from the sunny island of Jamaica." She is also the author of
Mastering Reinvention
In this episode I chat with the energetic entrepreneur and first generation Jamaican American, Jessica Sinclair. Jessica created Sinclair Master of Ceremonies Inc, the umbrella under which she provides MC services and in addition to on-...
There's Still Epicness to Unleash
Every now and then we re-read books or watch a good movie over and over. A podcast is no different. In this brief episode, I talk about an episode with Felicia Hatcher worth re-listening to because after everything that has happened so far - it...
The Journey of a Change Maker
In this episode I chat and laugh with Camir Ricketts about his journey from Jamaica, Atlanta to New York and all the work he is doing now.Camir is a PhD candidate in Computational Biology and Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New Yo...
Solidarity
In this episode of the podcast Alexandria Miller, a PHD Student at Brown University joins me to discuss the legacy of Caribbean Americans in Civil Rig...
Unschooling & Self-Directed Education with Akilah S. Richards
Jamaican Akilah Richards hosts Fare of the Free Child, a lifestyle and parenting podcast about the connection between liberation, learning, and parenting, particularly among BIPOC (Black Indigenous...
Peace in a Pandemic: Figuring out What Works for You.
In this episode, Jamaican born Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician, Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen and Shawna Marie Aarons-Cooke, LCSW-R, a native New Yorker of Jamaican heritage discuss mental wellness during the pandemic. Specifically we discuss:...
Living a Life of Service
In this episode I chat with Nadia Theodore, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta. We talk about her dream of being in service and her journey to fulfilling the goal of a life of service. We also discuss:Staying open to opportunities ...
The New Reality - A Candid Conversation Among Friends
In this episode of the podcast, I am joined by friends, sistrens and collaborators - Mikelah Rose of Style & Vibes and Rachel Osbourne of Isle and Indies.&nb...
You Good?
Are you good? How are you coping during the COVID-19 pandemic? This is a quick episode to check in with you. I've been labeled the hand washing police at home. In addition to being diligent about clean hands and avoiding touching my fac...
Caribbean Americans share tips on Working From Home
The spread of COVID-19 has enabled more people to work from home and in other cases figure out how to work from home with kids also learning from home. In this episode, some friends and I share tips on working from home in 5 catego...