
34 episodes

Uncovered Legacy Curtis Burke
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5.0 โข 8 Ratings
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Welcome to the Uncovered Legacy Podcast! Where storytelling is not just left at the kitchen table. Many of us walk through life leaving a silent legacy. But I'm here to change that by keeping those stories alive. Each tale will allow us to learn, discover, listen, and remember. I am your host Curtis Burke โ please join me for a trip around the world, through the smallest towns, biggest cities, oldest communities, and overlooked cultures. Because no matter where you're from, your part of history deserves to be heard.
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An internationally acclaimed DJ hailing from Los Angeles California, Ronald Turner II aka DJ R-tistic has become the most sought-after DJ when it comes to delivering live experiences; he has hosted virtual parties for established companies such as BET.โฃ
โโฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ง๐ง, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ ~ ๐๐ ๐-๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐โฃ
Having started making his own beats by 5th grade and raised by prolific musician parents, you would think that breaking into the deejaying scene would have been a breeze for DJ R-tistic. On the contrary, becoming the star that we see today wasn't so smooth sailing.โฃ
Tune in to find out how DJ R-tistic went from doing part-time deejaying alongside a full-time IT job and making a tiny fraction of what he earns now, to a successful full-time DJ earning 10 times more.โฃ
*๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐จ๐ฅ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ: https://www.podpage.com/uncovered-legacy/the-hbcu-whisperer-with-nicole-ford-miller/ โฃ
๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ ๐-๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐:โฃ
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค: https://www.facebook.com/DJRTistic310/
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ: https://www.instagram.com/djrtistic/?hl=en โฃ
๐ช๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐: https://www.djr-tistic.com/
Connect with me:
Website: https://www.uncoveredlegacy.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncovered_legacy_podcast/โฃ
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๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก
Exactly 10 years ago in 2012, I joined a class to help me write my one-person show, Stamp of Approval. Renรฉ Peรฑa, a former guest on this podcast, was also part of this class.
Kimleigh Smith, our amazing teacher in this class also played the roles of our producer, director, marketer, counsellor and so much more. To say we were grateful would be a huge understatement.
That's why it's so exciting to finally have her on the show in this episode, where she talked about her background, and what drove her to start the class, among other things.
Apart from being a one-person show coach, Kimleigh is also an actress, best-selling author, producer, Sexual Assault Awareness Speaker, philanthropist, and founder of Embrace Your Cape.
More about Kimleigh Smith
Embrace Your Cape: https://embraceyourcape.com/
Website: http://kimleighsmith.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totallykimleigh/ (@totallykimleigh)
Book here to watch her solo show, t-o-t-a-l-l-y: http://kimleighsmith.com/book/
Listen to Grandma's Yellow Suitcase with Renรฉ Peรฑa: https://www.podpage.com/uncovered-legacy/grandmas-yellow-suitcase-with-rene-pena/
๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐:โฃ
Website: https://www.uncoveredlegacy.comโฃ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncovered_legacy_podcast/โฃโฃ
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๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ: ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ
The sounds of his grandfather's guitar under a clear sky,
the sounds of crickets at night chirping;
recalling how the dirt made circles in the air as trucks drove by while sitting on a porch,
waving to cars because no one is a stranger in New Kent county, Virginia, the legacy in this small town.
That is the foundation upon which my guest in this episode, Dr. Wilmon A. Christian, the 3rd, aka AJ, is building his legacy.
Born and raised in New Kent County, Virginia, Dr. Wilmon is he Founder and Executive Director of Resonance Organizational Consulting and Solutions, LLC. He also serves as the Director of Workplace Equity at the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center.
Our conversation touches on Dr. Wilmon's early life in the seemingly magical town of New Kent County, home of the 1st ever First Lady, Martha C. Washington.
Connect with Dr. Wilmon:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilmon3
Let's keep the conversation going:
Website: https://www.podpage.com/uncovered-legacy/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncovered_legacy_podcast/โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ
"I come from a family of people who know how to figure it out and make it work."~ Meryl Johnson
"There is something unique, even spiritual, when you have a grandmother, daughter and grandchild under one roof."~ Curtis Burke
For most people, Mother's Day is a day of celebrating and loving on our mothers and mother figures in our lives. Not so much for Meryl Johnson, our guest in this episode. For her, it is a reminder of the two women that were so integral to her life for many years, but are now not part of it anymore. It is a painful reminder of how terribly she misses them.
Meryl has worked at Warner Brothers Entertainment Group, Country Music Association (CMA) and as Vice President of digital marketing at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
In this episode, Meryl shares about her grandmother and mother's unique relationship, her experience living with both of them since she was 12, and how their love and mutual respect for each other impacted Meryl's life.
The impact her mother and grandmother have imprinted on her life will never change, only guiding her as she now creates her own family legacy.
Connect with Meryl Johnson:
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/merylajohnson/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meryljohnson?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
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Website:https://www.uncoveredlegacy.comโฃ
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/uncovered_legacy_podcast/โฃโฃ
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/curtis.burke.1088โฃ
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Knowing where you start in life does not determine the finish line. Raised in what he refers to as a broken two-parent home by a very hard-working mother and an alcoholic father who worked in the Jamaican police force, Dr. Ryan Wiggan's is not your typical everyday childhood story. The context itself alone sets the scene for plenty of unexpected twists. All that combined with growing up in the "Garrison" โa term used to refer to gang-ridden and volatile neighbourhoodsโ in Kingston, Jamaica, inevitably led to a very unstable and abusive childhood for Dr. Ryan. Thankfully, those experiences, along with witnessing a dramatically contrasting world as he visited his peers' families growing up ignited a burning desire within Dr. Ryan to break this detrimental cycle that had been handed down and unquestioned for far too long. And if you meet him today, you can clearly see that everything that he faced was building him up and preparing him to use his voice as a powerful tool; and subsequently, help others uncover their own legacy. Connect with Dr. Ryan Wiggan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-wiggan-mba-ed-d-44455516 ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐:โฃ Website: https://www.uncoveredlegacy.comโฃ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncovered_legacy_podcast/โฃโฃ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curtis.burke.1088โฃ
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๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ - ๐๐๐ซ
Founder of ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ and ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, Lara Blume McGee, was born and raised in Little Rock - Arkansas, in a progressive Jewish family. The challenges and cultural shock they experienced during their integration into the South were the driving force behind her father's dedication to helping people by fighting hate, teaching tolerance and seeking justice. These principles of tolerance and acceptance shaped Lara's worldview.โฃ
So finding out about her father's ALS diagnosis in 2009 was understandably a huge blow to Lara. His death could have sent her into a total tailspin, but instead, she chose to take that pain and use it to help other families faced with ALS.โฃ
๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐? ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ? ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ?โฃ
Listen to Lara's story and you will walk away much more educated and equipped to help.โฃ
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๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ: https://www.instagram.com/larablumemcgee/?hl=en โฃ
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค: https://www.facebook.com/Iamlarablume/ โฃ
๐ช๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐: http://www.alsinwonderland.com/โฃ
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๐ช๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐: https://www.uncoveredlegacy.comโฃโฃ
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ: https://www.instagram.com/uncovered_legacy_podcast/โฃโฃโฃ
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