07. Drinking While Podcasting: Celebrating Taking a Leap of Faith with Nwaka Onwusa
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🥂 Onwusa Nwaka became Vice President and Chief Curator of the Rock-and-roll Hall of Fame. 00:51
😇 Onwusa’s roots and intermingled influence of scripture, spirituality, faith, and music. 05:10
🎯 Follow that inner voice and do not waste your time questioning it. 09:07
🥶 Girl from Cali was surprised by the Cleveland weather. 13:41
🤩 Her work in the Grammy Museum and for the White House.17:41
🤓 Meeting and working with many celebrities taught Nawaka so many important things. 25:10
🤯 Picking only three favorite songs is not possible for Nwaka. 33:26
🎶 Her favorite band is Earth Wind and Fire and huge influences are Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Fela Kuti, John Coltrane. 34:40
⚡ Music is power: Eric Dolphy, West Montgomery, Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Aretha Franklin. 37:39
🙃 Funny situations Nwaka had because of her name. 49:14
🔥 ‘Child greater than money’ and ‘Moon shines all over the world’. 51:09
💽 It is important for kids to know that music is not coming from phones--we had vinyls, tapes, CD’s. 57:48
🍸 Kevin is good at making cocktails and improvising on recipes. 1:07:59
😍 get real with yourself, reclaim your time.
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