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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