Episode 104: Of Flowers & Moondust

Episode 104 of The People's Podcast welcomes our first international guest: Antoinette Newton-Acquah. You can call her Toni.Toni is an exceptionally brilliant 25 year-old entrepreneur who has started a health & wellness company called Flowers & Moondust based out of her parents' home country -- Ghana. The story behind how she ended up back in Ghana -- she was born in Upstate New York and grew up outside of Philadelphia -- is as compelling as it getsToni and Jay talk about (Interview starts at around the 17:25 mark):• Her childhood in the northeast• Fixing the differences between Africans & African Americans• How she persevered through a "dysfunctional" family• How a small college in Maine changed her life• Her foray into journalism• How the loss of her mostly absent father led her back to Ghana• Where "Flowers & Moondust" came from?• How she has been able to cultivate business partnerships• Her thoughts on the United States now that she sees it from AfricaPlus: Jay explains the sudden "name change" and we show love to a Detroit icon and extremely funny man: John Witherspoon.Check out all of the incredible products from Flowers & Moondust at flowersandmoondust.comJSC Radio is on YouTube!!! Be sure to subscribe, ring the bell for notifications, and check out the archived interviews and more: bit.ly/jsctubeGet one FREE month of Stitcher Premium when you use the promo code "JSC": stitcher.com/premiumLike us on Facebook at facebook.com/JSCRadioCop Illingsworth's re-released EP "Old Man Raps" now on Bandcamp: illingsworks.bandcamp.com/album/old-man-raps.Check out "Unknown Key", the new EP from Ossim Jones at soundcloud.com/ossimjones/sets/unknown-keyBe sure to drop a 5-Star Rating & Review on Apple Podcasts and AudioBoom. Follow the show NOW on Spotify, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, TuneIn, CastBox, Stitcher, PlayerFM.