Are You Maat Material?

Nyair A Maat

Art is an expression. Empowerment and love is all around us. Assist the self-published author Nyair Asante Maat in spreading positivity and enacting discussion with real people and extraordinary stories. Enjoy the journey by listening to local artists, business owners, authors, entertainers, and more.

Episodes

  1. Building Legacy Through Literature: A Conversation with Naseema Maat from Nefertiti Book’s & Gifts (Life)

    04/02/2025

    Building Legacy Through Literature: A Conversation with Naseema Maat from Nefertiti Book’s & Gifts (Life)

    In this enlightening episode of Are You Maat Material?, presented by JEMOT (Just Expressing Me Over Time), we sit down with Naseema Maat—the powerhouse behind Nefertiti Books and Gifts, a mother, an educator of African American culture, and a vital force in her community. We dive deep into her journey as a bookstore owner, exploring the motivations that led her to create a cultural hub dedicated to literature, empowerment, and education. Naseema shares insights into the significance of African culture, the evolution of bookstores in the digital era, and the challenges and triumphs of entrepreneurship. From discussing personal and spiritual balance to revealing the book that transformed her perspective, this episode is acelebration of literature, legacy, and the power of knowledge. Tune in for anengaging conversation filled with wisdom, inspiration, and good vibes!   When you're in Jacksonville, Florida, be sure to stop by 6035 Fort Caroline Road, Suite 21 Jacksonville, FL 32277 Reach out and find her on Facebook and Instagram @Nefertiti Books & Gifts  https://www.facebook.com/people/Nefertiti-Books-Gifts/61568122113632/ https://www.instagram.com/nefertitibooksandgifts/

    43 min
  2. Life: With your body and Soul in Mind, Beauty to Business w/ Coastal Sol

    12/13/2022

    Life: With your body and Soul in Mind, Beauty to Business w/ Coastal Sol

    We stepped out of our comfort zone for this week's episode. We managed to interview our first female guest, Amber Cedroni, a beauty connoisseur, entrepreneur, and CEO of Coastal Sol. They are one of the newest additions located in Jacksonville Beach, right next to Surfer the bar. Coastal Sol holds a unique atmosphere with an eccentric variety of athleisure, wellness, and body care products inspired by an on-the-go lifestyle at its cusp. We took it as a chance for her to open up about her business, her journey in entrepreneurship, the behind-the-scenes, her background, what it takes, and what others should do if they want to elevate their ideas to the next level. With your body and soul in mind, make Coastal Sol a destination. Feel free to give them a follow and look at their products and services @ Coastal Sol (shopcoastalsol.com) Social Media Insta: Coastalsolfl (Coastal Sol FL) Facebook: Coastal Sol CEO of Coastal Sol personal instagram Insta: amberisreal Podcast page: jemot.co Personal page: theonlynyair

    35 min
  3. Life: Changing Perspective w/ Ghetto Seeds still Grow (non-profit)

    07/17/2022

    Life: Changing Perspective w/ Ghetto Seeds still Grow (non-profit)

    We made the trip once again! With the help of one of our previous guests, The Pick-Up, we managed to interview Jelani, the creator and one of his first mentees Shemar, to open up with us about Ghetto Seeds still Grow and their impact on predominantly African American families. Ghetto Seeds still Grow, is a mission-driven non-profit focused on improving the lives of African American children located on the Northside of Jacksonville through financial literacy, mental health, giving back, mentoring, entrepreneurship, volunteering, life skills, and more. Their goal is to change the trajectory of these kids in challenging neighborhoods to shed new light and alternatives to life and their environment. We discussed his background, military, his young mentoring career, what motivated him on his journey in creating such an organization, the impact of his mentors, what the future looks like for him, volunteering opportunities, the soul of Christ, and ended the episode with prayer. He is attempting to break generational curses! Feel free to give them a follow and look out for future products!  Ghetto Seeds still Grow: Insta: theghettoseeds Founder: Jelani Jelani_success Mentee: Shemar Insta: smcnair15 The Pick-Up:  Insta: @thepickupjax Founder: Adam Barso Insta: a_baraso

    1h 33m
  4. Life: Christ in Community, The Pick-Up

    07/09/2022

    Life: Christ in Community, The Pick-Up

    For the first time in our podcast history, we pulled up. We went to the guest's kingdom to get the story behind "The Pick-Up", a faith-based nonprofit: gathering and building community one pickup game at a time. We welcomed the founder, Adam Baraso, and guest Nyjah Maat, my brother and creator of Savoir Faire, to create an extravagantly friendly conversation about patience, God's wisdom, and life.  The Pick-Up is a way to build community, it is similar to the neighborhood sports with friends we all were a part of as kids. These were the initial learning objectives we gained as working in teams, learning to be around people, being exposed to individuals of various backgrounds, and most of all, dealing with various personalities. We all shine amid his glory. No task is impossible when you have him in your corner. Feel free to give them a follow and look out for future products!  The Pick-Up:  Insta: @thepickupjax Founder: Adam Barso Insta: a_baraso Guest: Nyjah Maat Insta: imagodei_umbra

    1h 14m

  5. 04/04/2022

    Art: Empower Yourself! The Not so Attractive side of a Clothing Brand

    We interviewed Donovan Devaughn, founder of Empowerfashions, a local brand centered around Freedom, Unity, and Diversity. It was a much-needed conversation between friends and creators discussing entrepreneurship, brand image, and life.  The building blocks to a successful brand can take an ample amount of resources and support. We discussed the real behind-the-scenes problem that could arise with starting your brand, and what it takes as you build such as social media, catalog, and more.  We made history by conducting the first interview with Empowerfashions Feel free to give them a follow and look out for future products!  business: @empowerfashions personal page: _donthedon

    32 min

  6. 11/02/2021

    Life: Let's Talk! SWIPPA & Cyriac Changed the Game (School, Life, and Music)

    We made history by conducting the first joint episode featuring GHerbo sound-alike SWIPPA AKA Tabyrious Foreman and Cyriac Adjevi from the Cyriac n Friends podcast. It was a long favorable conversation among friends and content creators with personalities beaming through the microphone. We took a variety of avenues and discussed a multitude of topics including adolescence, college, goals, reflection, music tastes, travel destinations, and more. Swippa is a Chicago rapper and attends Jacksonville University as a communications major. Cyriac is a music education major from Togo, West Africa, and also attends Jacksonville University. Feel free to follow them on Instigram  main account: swippadafox                     buisness inquiries: swipetheceo@gmail.com main account: cyriac.adjevi                      podcast: _cyriac_n_friends_podcast_

    1h 37m

  7. 08/31/2021

    Life: Fellow Poet Mr. Woodson gives FACE

    Nyair sat down with Aaron Woodson, an Air Force veteran, fellow poet, and author, to discuss his book 'The Face of Expression 1 and 2 and other future projects. The two discussed aspects of Mr. Woodson's military experience, his writing journey, personal mantras as well as talk about his creative mind, spread wisdom, and point of view about the world we currently live in. Feel free to follow Aaron Woodson on Instagram @woodrock_707 and visit his website and find out more about his collections.  www.aaronwoodson.com

    41 min

  8. 08/25/2021

    Art: Engineering Buildings to Brands, the story behind LUVDAXX

    For today's episode, Nyair A Maat made history by conducting the first interview behind the owner of LUVDAXX, an Atlanta-based luxury streetwear brand owned by Drezyn Parson. Along with him for the interview was his CMO(chief marketing officer) and creative director, Lena Claudio (CEO of HMCM productions).  We got the chance to discuss the origin and ideas behind the brand, the importance of networking, fashion, originality, and content. It was a room full of good energy and positive vibes were enforced. They have lots of things in store. Be on the lookout and follow their socials. Follow Drezyn Parson on Instigram: @jefekk & @luvdaxx Follow Lena Claudio on Instigram: @leyneezy & @HMCMproductions

    24 min

  9. 07/28/2021

    Life: What's Wellness with Jeffrey Vargas (#Diesel Rican)

    For today's episode, we sat down with Jacksonville University Alum, Kinesiology connoisseur, athletic trainer, and friend, Jeffrey Vargas to talk about his journey into fitness, motivation, and life. We conducted an interview to try to capture details and share about his business, and his passion for health and wellness. During the interview, he takes the viewers through his personal background, a quick sports synopsis, vision on wellness, and advice. And of course, positive vibes were enforced. Tune in next time.

    32 min

  10. 07/21/2021

    Life: Hello World, This is my Cope, This is Jemot! Self-Interview

    Welcome to Jemot world! My name is Nyair A Maat. I am a self-published author, poet, student, son, and entrepreneur. For today's episode, I wanted to take a deep dive into what JEMOT means to me and what is it. I conducted a self-interview to try and capture the details and share them with you all. JEMOT is the journey I gave to my poetry and other creative influences or project that I plan to create in the future.  In a way, it is my mission statement. Just Expressing Me Over Time is the name of my books but, also the journey of what I am achieving and pursuing at a given moment. I hope you enjoy and follow my journey.

    30 min

  11. TRAILER

    Learn The Details (Trailer)

    My name is Nyair A Maat, welcome to my podcast Are You Maat Material! I want to give everyone a quick insight into what we will be discussing and I hope you enjoy it. I want you to know I had an idea and we are going to see it through. Hope you tune in to our next episode. Life, Education, Business, and Art.

    2 min

  12. 07/07/2021

    Art: Camera Up, Designs Down, Interview with Benz47 Videographer and Entrepreneaur

    For today's episode, we welcomed videographer, designer, editor, and entrepreneur Benz47. To share the scoop of his journey into video creation and the start of his astute process. During the interview, he takes the viewers through his personal background, gives advice, instructs the details of his video creation, and personal snippets. Positive vibes were enforced. We discussed raw and uncut conversation. Here on this podcast, we try to have fun but have meaningful conversations with ordinary people. Tune in next time. (This episode incorporates concepts of art)

    56 min

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Art is an expression. Empowerment and love is all around us. Assist the self-published author Nyair Asante Maat in spreading positivity and enacting discussion with real people and extraordinary stories. Enjoy the journey by listening to local artists, business owners, authors, entertainers, and more.

Information

  • Creator
    Nyair A Maat
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Nyair A Maat
  • Show Website
    Are You Maat Material?