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We Are Crayons - The Podcast
by A BigBox Of Crayons | Host: Dhano Mc Nicol
We Are Crayons - The Podcast features extraordinary conversations with Trinidad and Tobago’s creative thinkers and makers. We delve into their processes, their struggles and what drives them to execute continually as creative individuals.
Episodes
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Vaughnette Bigford
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast. We speak with Vaughnette Bigford, a Jazz Vocalist and Entrepreneur. Vaughnette shares openly in this light-hearted, honest, and down-to-earth conversation. We learn how she came into her own and stretched herself to become a businesswoman by being...
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Lou Lyons
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with Lou Lyons of Freetown Collective. This episode is full of insightful takeaways. Lou shares his method for remaining in a constant state of creativity. Lou Lyons is the co-founder of the Trinidad and Tobago based musical band Freetown...
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Dr Shelly-Ann Gajadhar
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with Career and Business Coach, Entrepreneur, Purposeful Communicator, Trinidad & Tobago born and raised Shelly-ann Gajadhar. Shelly-Ann is the CEO and founder of Alphastute. She’s an Attorney at Law and PhD Candidate at King’s College...
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Dexter Musgrave
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with Creative Strategist Dexter Musgrave. Dexter is an independent creative using strategy, design and storytelling to help brands operating in Caribbean markets be seen, heard, felt and loved. _________ SHARE Please, share this episode…
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Zayna McDonald
In this episode of We Are Crayons – The Podcast, we chat with Trinidad & Tobago Performing Artist and Creative Director Zayna McDonald. Zayna believes in living deliberately, embracing her sensitivity and using it to drive her creativity and the work she puts out into the world. As if being an...
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Ahmad ‘Mustapha’ Abdullah-Muhammad
In this episode of We Are Crayons – The Podcast, we chat with multi-hyphenate Trinidad & Tobago creative Ahmad ‘Mustapha’ Abdullah-Muhammad about his love for words, storytelling and the magic of being a ‘doer’. As a child, his mother would help him spell and sound out words on street signs and...
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Lisa Gittens
Lisa takes us through her journey, from her early days of altering her dad’s clothes so they could fit her, wanting to be a Marine Biologist and being faced with the realities of what that career was, making the move to Ireland to study fashion, the happenstance of landing her first film gig and...
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Navid Lancaster
As we delve into Trinidad and Tobago’s musical talent pool we'd like to bring to the surface Navíd (pronounced: Nah-veed) Lancaster. He's a musician, music producer and sound engineer, as well as the founder and owner of Lancast Ltd, an independent company that creates music for film, animation,...
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Debbie Jollie
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with Debbie Jollie an experienced Sales and Marketing Strategist and Business Development Consultant based in Trinidad and Tobago. Debbie has over fifteen years of corporate global experience in sales and marketing, in conjunction with over...
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Ryan C. Khan
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with filmmaker Ryan C. Khan who hails from Trinidad & Tobago’s twin-island republic. Ryan prides himself on being one of the many filmmakers emerging from the Caribbean, a new frontier for storytelling. “I have a vivid imagination, and the...
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Renee Pollonais
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with the multi-faceted Renee Pollonais. Renee, born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, for over twenty-five years Renee has been expressing her creative self through illustration, filmmaking and art direction. She shares what her journey has...
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Shane Hosein
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with filmmaker Shane Hosein. Shane started his career as a filmmaker on the set of Westwood Park (a tv drama series that was produced and aired in Trinidad & Tobago) during season three in 2001. His keen desire to progress in the industry...
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Quincy Ross
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with Quincy Ross. As a well-known and respected Creative Director, Quincy shared with us his unusual entry into advertising and how being open helped him to advance as a Copy-writer. He touched on how he is now approaching the use of...
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Naima Thompson
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast, we had an excellent conversation with Naima Thompson, who is a Dramatic Arts Education Specialist from In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with filmmaker Ryan C. Khan who hails from Trinidad & Tobago’s twin-island republic.…
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Franka Philip
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with journalist Franka Philip. She shares how In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast we speak with filmmaker Ryan C. Khan who hails from Trinidad & Tobago’s twin-island republic. Ryan prides himself on being one of the many...
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Hans Des Vignes
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast, we speak with Hans Des Vignes. Hans is a Trinidad and Tobago media personality. His journey into the world of broadcasting and media started at age sixteen when he joined a DJ entity called The Militant Crew. To him, being on the radio was a far...
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Keita Demming
In this episode of We Are Crayons - The Podcast, we chat with Business Coach Keita Demming. His drive and focus are centred on change through disruptive conversations. Which is also the name of the podcast he hosts. On his show, he interviews persons who are trying to disrupt a system or sector....
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Shannon Alonzo
This episodes guest is visual artist Shannon Alonzo. Shannon shares with us her love for things of old that she uses as inspiration for her work. She spoke of the joys of being an Art Teacher and how it helped her to become less of an introvert. Shannon believes the resilience and work-ethic…
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Kevin Valley
This episodes guest is investment banker Kevin Valley. He is also the producer and host of the Caribbean Power Lunch Podcast - an interview series featuring black entrepreneurs. Kevin shares a few things he’s learnt from his dad and the guests on his podcast. Making a positive impact in the lives...
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Felicia Chang
Felicia Chang is co-founder of Plantain, a company that helps people tell their life stories through combining oral histories, with historical research and beautiful design to create timeless books and digital heirlooms. She’s a trained scientist, and somewhere along the way, she became an...
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Nicholas Huggins
Nicholas Huggins is a Graphic Designer who runs Backyard Design Company a boutique design firm. He’s also founder of Deftment Clothing. His drive to work hard at his craft, gave him the opportunity to do the sort of projects that he loves. Start now is the advice he has for aspiring designers....
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Cournelius Hector
Sometimes being a creative means being brave. Brave enough to know that you can go from using your mother’s clothespins as Lego blocks to being the Creative Director at one of the top local menswear brands to one day possibly working at Vogue. We had an interesting conversation with the...
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Tony Paul
In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Jazz musician, Anthony Woodroffe Jr. aka Tony Paul, a saxophonist primarily, he also plays other woodwind instruments. We discuss growing up in a musical family, however, still having to make a choice to pursue his passion for music over becoming…
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René Holder
In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Creative Director René Holder. He shares how he co-founded Lab206 an animation studio right out of school. How he came to the bitter realisation that his heart was no longer invested in it, and making the decision to walk away six years later. We...
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Rhesa Lessey
In the episode we chat with Rhesa Lessey founder of Things TT. She shares how she started and grown a marketplace for small to medium sized businesses. Her love for all things Trinidad and Tobago, technology and sleep. We thank Rhesa for stopping by it was great chatting with her. Go follow her…
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Rawle Murrell
In this episode, we chat with Rawle Murrell. He shares his humble beginnings, finding his creative self in a box of his mother’s scraps of cloth. Then stumbling into the world of art and design through his love of cars. Using feedback as fuel and learning to trust in the process. _________ SHARE...
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Christophe Pierre
In this episode, we speak with Christophe Pierre of Design By Spirit. He shares how he transitioned from being an accountant to a Graphic Designer and the considerable risk and challenges he faced to make it all happen — his quest to do meaningful work and creating when there's not yet an...
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Nikeisha Joseph
In this episode, we chat with Nikeisha Joseph, a self-proclaimed fan of the beauty and complexity of people, and she expresses that fascination through her writing, portrait photography and at her day job as a copywriter. _________ SHARE Please, share this episode with someone who would find it...
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Daryl Braxton
You may or may not have heard his name before, but if you love soca music, you have definitely heard his sound. Daryl Braxton, one T&T’s most prolific music producers, chats with us about his first mega-hit with soca artiste KMC, his take on the state of the local music industry and the piece of...
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David 'Da Face' Hamilton
A conversation with Raspo/Hip Hop artiste David (Da Face) Hamilton. He talks about his desires to make Trini-Hip-Hop real. _________ SHARE Please, share this episode with someone who would find it valuable. SUBSCRIBE If you haven't yet, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We Are Crayons - The Podcast features extraordinary conversations with Trinidad and Tobago’s creative thinkers and makers. We delve into their processes, their struggles and what drives them to execute continually as creative individuals.
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A BigBox Of Crayons | Host: Dhano Mc Nicol
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