The Art of Storytelling

For all of the FATHERS and men with the responsibility of raising children. LISTEN IN!  “Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't...and at the same time, he tried to make you into everything he was. I don't know if he was right or wrong...but I do know he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm.” - August Wilson, ‘Fences.’ Stay Connected: www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com IG: @Brilliantbobby50 + @Universalipower Anchor: Background Music Book: My Father's Life - A Journal by Chartwell Books. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

HAPPY BORN DAY TO US! Thank you to the positive energy in the universe for guidance, balance, and protection after all of these years. My beautiful becoming through these past 40 years has been very insightful and filled with so much light, love, and struggle. I AM grateful for the who and what of it all. Just a moment. #ABeautifulBecoming #Love#Light#Life Stay Connected www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby Anchor + Background Music --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

This story illuminates the journey of an African American boy who gains an appreciation for his dark skin by learning about his African heritage from his grandfather and his drum. Stay Connect www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 Anchor Background Music  Book: Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad? by Sandy Lynne Holman Illustrated by Lela Kometiani  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

In this compelling collection of words and pictures, the voices of thirteen major poets, including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Walter Dean Myers, rise in response to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings. A unique and moving collaboration that celebrates the sustaining spirit of African creativity. Stay Connected www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 Anchor Background Music Book: Soul Looks Back IN Wonder Poets: Darryl Holmes + Eugene B. Redmond + Langston Hughes + Walter Dean Myers + Haki R. Madhubuti Pictures by Tom Feelings --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Here's a story about a man with lightning hands that could dance fifteen rounds or better. Born in Galveston in 1878. He was coming for the belt and not a minute too late. In 1908 he became the first African American to win the world heavyweight crown when he knocked out the reigning champ, Tommy Burns. The fast-living Johnson held on to the title until 1915 and continued to box until he was 50. Stay Connected www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby50.com IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Properly position yourself into your inner world. How to do that? Start by finding a comfortable quiet place and cleaning it. Pray over the space with your intentions and then take a seat. Be still. Close your eyes. Feel the feeling of being you again. Go deeper, it's okay. Permit yourself to leave for just a moment or more. When you arrive on the other side of NOW, take notes. Bring your notes back to tell us all WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN. Stay Connected www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com Anchor + Background Music IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 Book: I've Seen The Promised Land by Walter Dean Myers Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Today's story goes out to all of the children missing their mothers around this time of year due to whatever reason. Your reason is your reason. Hold all of your mothers in your hearts and minds, until net light. Be love, light, and life. Stay Connected IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.brilliantbobby.com www.universalipower.com Anchor + Background Music --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Have you ever been on a journey with a blind man and a magical drum? What if your ancestors traveled back from the spirit world every time someone in your family turned 13 just to take them through a process of remembering, how would that make you feel? Gather resources now or tomorrow be lost forever.  Stay Connected: www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 Background Music: Anchor AdeOba's Awakening: The Journey Of A Blind Man & His Magical Drum --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

The details are in the journey. Never be so wrapped up in the destination that you miss out on the trip. Join me for another great read from one of my favorite writers. Book: HARLEM A Poem by Walter Dean Myers Pictures by: Christopher Myers  Stay Connected IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Remembering DMX! We lost a man and gained an ancestor. Stay Connected + Background music+ Anchor IG: @universalipower + Brilliantbobby www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com REST WELL DMX! A big brother from another Mother. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Join me as I jump on the wings of Sankofa and fly over a chicken yard in search of healing and love for self, while remembering the greatness that is you, I, and us. Stay Connected IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com Book: The Eagles who Thought They were Chickens By: Mychal Wynn --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Always remember to remember the greats! In this episode, I am remembering one of the greatest poets to have ever graced the stage. I will be reading some of Tupac's work from his book The Rose That Grew From Concrete. Words carry memory. Stay Connected IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com Anchor + Background Music --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

The Joys of Motherhood can be said that the voice of Buchi lives deep within the spirit of Zyhkeya's commitment to nurturing not only her children but children of the world. Her strength is a new expression of an old spirit called Grandma. A southern diamond brushed clean and formed in the northern streets.  Stay Connected: IG + @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com Anchor + Background Music Quote: Buchi Emecheta from The Joys of Motherhood  Guest: Zyhkeya Waller  Tap In with her on IG: @zurifab + www.zurifab.com  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Join me as I use The Art of Storytelling to journey with JeT'aime Taylor through her cerebral garden to pick fresh vegetables like memoriers of Big Momma!  Stay Connected: IG: @universalipower / @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com Anchor + Background Music Credits: Youtube: Music: Blue Danube by Strauss Octavia E. Butler's Quote from her book, Parable of the Sower --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Troubledson finds his purpose buried under his pain and starts using it to heal others. Anchor + Background Music Stay Connected + IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Hitch a ride on the memory of Troubledson as he explores a plethora of moments that would change the course of his life. From suicidal thoughts to success. Subscribe + Rate + Review Anchor + Background Music Stay Connected: IG: @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com + www.brilliantbobby.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

His great-grandmother would always tell him, "Baby just pray about it. Everything is going to be alright because God wouldn't have it any other way."  Subscribe + Rate + Review Anchor + Background Music Stay Connected + IG @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com  www.brilliantbobby.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

From the inside of his home and his thoughts; to the top of his front steps, Troubleson finds himself remembering life on his block and the pain and pleasures that come with remembering. Don't be shy sit on the steps with him. Stay Connected Subscribe + Rate + Review Anchor + Background Music IG + @universalipower + @brilliantbobby50 www.universalipower.com www.brilliantbobby.com Youtube + Universalipower --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Troubledson will walk you through his home with real, raw, and relevant emotional awareness of his lived experiences.  Subscribe + Rate + Review Anchor + Background Music Stay Connected + IG @universalipower @brilliantbobby50 FB + universalipower www.universalipower.com  www.brilliantbobby.com  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support

Through the usage of poetic verses interwoven with a harmonious narrative, Troubledson The Sun Will Shine One Day Jackson's story is introduced to the world. A 17-year-old Philadelphia Native, Black Boy, uses poetry to climb up out of life's seemingly crushing circumstance.  Subsribe + Rate + Review Anchor + Background Music +  Stay Connected + ig @universalipower + www.universaipower.com  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-white02/support