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SQR Podcast is designed Educate, Entertain & Encourage via real stories from real people. Tune in every week to hear new podcasts that you won’t hear anywhere else!
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Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Wear Your Crown Challenge creator, Jessica Martinez illuminates SQR with her knowledge and powerful presence. Jessica, inspired by her awareness and journey, confidently shares her background, experiences and mission to educate men and women of their real value and role. Eloquently expressed, she breaks through the stereotypical roles we play with a refreshing appreciation and awakening of the power we all have. Enjoy the truth.
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Mang-Yee "Juicy" Reverie, Air personality & Cannabis Consultant, honors SQR podcast with the most riveting and revealing podcast of this season. The venerability, wisdom and strength to take action expressed via Mang-Yee's life journey is powerful. A refreshing story, that is still being written, enjoy this jeweled filled soliloquy.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
DJ Chef Fred, aka Chef Fred Nesbitt III, a phenomenal force in the cannabis industry, Accolades Too much to mention, from teaching all around the nation, consulting, performing, Catering, Filming TV shows with Hempfest, High Times, National Geographic, Play Boy, Thrillest, Chop.com, CBS National News story Moms for Marijuana, secret cup, Cali Cup, Hempcon. Burning Man, SUPER BOWL W JAMIE FOXX 2015. These accomplishments are just the tip of the iceberg disguised as Chef Fred. Enjoy has he hold nothing back.
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
“I was open to it with no expectation,” states Kimberly Copeland, A.K.A. Reverend Yogi, as she explains her passion for yoga. An ordained Reverend and Hatha (Vinyasa) Yoga teacher, Copeland describes the mantras she lives by and how she’s applied them to her great tragedies and triumphs in her life’s journey. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she is the eldest of three siblings (and the only daughter) of two hardworking middle-class parents who established the following family motto: “Each generation would introduce its successor to a higher plane of living.” Carrying the weight of this knowledge throughout her adolescence, she admits there was a season of rebellion during which she battled identity issues; what it meant to be a black girl, and how she fought to find herself amongst a field of people who were different than her. Copeland also shares the most intimate moments that define her life; such as reciting Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” to her mother, and the journey of healing after losing a loved one. Putting all of her faith in God, she explains how He has allowed her to heal by teaching Yoga and incorporating scripture. Described by Squirrel as “transparent, vulnerable, and real,” Copeland’s journey inspires and shows what it is like to be human. We hope you enjoy her story. Namaste
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
“Pretending was too much work”, as expressed by interdisciplinary artist Nyugen Smith, a hybrid of both Haitian and Trinidadian blood. He graced SQR Podcast with transparency as he delved into his upbringing in Trinidad; including his cultural adjustment after moving back to America during his most formative years, how art chose him, and the visual and physical influences he attributes toward embracing his own aesthetics. Coming from a broken family in Trinidad to attend a boarding school in Pennsylvania, he desperately tried to fit in. This even included trying to lose his innate accent.
Realizing it was easier to be himself, he eventually found acceptance in college via a group of Haitians- an ancestry he was far disconnected from (an emotion better heard and felt at the end of the podcast in his spoken word). Smith, a scholar with straight A’s and B’s as a Political Science major, had his schoolwork all mapped out; until he took two pivotal art classes to fill up his electives. Those two classes flipped his world upside down.
Art became his language. Soon after, he was invested in rapping, theater, painting and sculpture, and his evolution since has been anything but dull. From traveling to study art in Florence, Italy, to selling his art to college administrators and eventually hosting his own art show, Smith says it’s all about his support system. Without support from peers, friends, and family, he claims he would be nowhere.
His whole life story is wrapped into this podcast, as he leaves us with the biggest jewel on this episode: “For those who are struggling to find themselves, and to find that thing in life that makes you want to get up every day, I wish they find that thing because there’s nothing like it.” With his work currently on display at Perez Art Museum, and being part of The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art, this is just the tip of the iceberg for Nuygen Smith. We hope you appreciate his narrative as much as we did. Enjoy.
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Born in Michigan, raised in New Jersey, the multifaceted Corey Dishmen aka @imsoholliwood dreamed of gracing the big screen and television. Raised by a single father, he experienced first-hand determination and resilience throughout the most transformative years of his life. “There is no doubt and no fear.” He believes failure is the most profound teacher. Raised around the grittiness of the streets, he fell victim to the hustle. However, he comes to the SQR podcast born anew and details his journey on cleaning up his act and working for the Division of Youth and Family services (DYFS) after graduating college. Pivoting a complete 180 degrees, he started to transport drug dealers and hustlers from the streets to college campuses for a change of environment; to inspire them. A man of intellect with a passion for the youth, Dishmen now teaches fourth and fifth graders and is known as a “gentle giant” in the classroom. The passion for teaching is reciprocated by his students who love to learn. Be sure to also check out his daughter’s interview on SQR podcast, Remy Girl Ni. Only ten years old, she has been writing and co-producing her own music; a genius in the making. Dishmen has labeled her a “she-nomenon.” Please enjoy this introspective look on Corey Dishmen a.k.a. Corey I’m so Hollywood’s journey that is called life. Be enlightened, be inspired. Enjoy.
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Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Marko Kopic, real estate developer & investor honored SQR with the Highest ROI Podcast yet.“I had one focus: make the money; stack it” expresses Marko. Born into a Croatian family, Kopic built his wealth from the bottom up, there was no silver spoon. His discipline stems from his hard-working father who always said: “If someone wakes up at six o’clock, wake up at five o’clock. Beat them to it.” By the time he was twenty-two years old, Kopic owned over eighty properties in the Paterson area which he fixed and sold to build his fortune. Listen to this jewel-filled podcast to understand how Kopic went from rags to riches; and most importantly, how he stayed grounded throughout this journey. Enjoy.
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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
“I was born to Dj” The Real DJ Gully visits SQR podcast and gave us one of our most fascinating and entertaining podcast yet. A Picasso on the turntables, Dj at 103.9 Middays with LaLoca and a devout father Dj Gully, opens up about his journey holding nothing back. The son to a Mom who was a strong disciplinarian, she worked hard to provide for him and his 2 sisters. Although Mom and Dad where separated, dad played a pivotal role in his life and journey to become a Dj. Mom initially did not want him to have turntables as she did not see it as a viable carrier, however from the age of 3 years old he showed an interest in playing on the turntables. Spinning events at age 6 to his 1st big party at 12years old, Dj Gully was extremely focused. “I have been Dj Gully for over 30 years”
Dj Gully shares of the opportunity to spin at 103.9 and his vast music vocabulary. As a Dj he understands his role at events are somewhat like a doctor, as it is his job to make everyone feels good and bring them into a positive mind set. “Nobody wants to feel old”
Dj Gully gives a hilarious summary of his experiences playing with established Dj’s such as Kid Capri and Mister Cee, where underestimating Gully's talent was a big mistake for both.
A devote father to young Gevonie who is a budding Dj, Gully passionately speaks of his son’s journey, being autistic and his talent on the turntables. “He reminds me of what I was at his age, but he is much nicer” The real Dj Gully exhibits organic talent with his son, behind the mic and on turntables. Enjoy.
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Friday Dec 13, 2019
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Royal Flush, ‘The governor of Queens’, honored SQR Podcast with a jewel-filled pow wow, one of our finest episodes yet. Flush settles in and shares of his ‘Black & Cuban connection’, his mom from Cuba and his dad from the hardcore streets.
He speaks eloquently of that time and of being a provider from an early age, as his dad was always locked up. “Jail was his home, and when he was home to us he was on vacation”, the perspective Royal Flush had growing up. However, he clarifies the love and respect he has for his dad, who is serving a life sentence. “A Dad doesn’t have to be in your life physically. If he can talk to you, mentally and spiritually, just be on the phone with me, he can still make an impact”.
Junior high was great, the street life was better; girls, drugs & guns. Royal flush holds nothing back, clearly expressing his mind set at that time and the negative influence of his role models. Flush shares the origin behind his iconic name, the many trips to Flushing Queens and his unique entry into the hip hop game. “Hip Hop never had to pay my bills; it was like a sport, it was fun for me.”
He walks us through his connections to Mic Geronimo, Irv Gotti, French Montana, ODB, Big Pun and Big L to name a few. Flush not only entertains with never told stories from the past, he recaps the current state of Hip hop, the influence of Queens and his views on trap music.
Listen as we navigate the colorful life of this 90’s rap icon, who continues to influence and impact hip hop today.
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