The Show About Stuff: The Stephen Davis Show

My guests are Sheila Evans-Trannum, former Associate Commissioner of Education for NY State Board of Education, former Chairperson of Casey Family Programs and Education Advisor to President G W Bush and Joyce Johnson, former Joseph E Seagrams Co executive, former Special Assistant to former Manhattan President Ruth Messenger and Executive Assistant to former NYC Board of Education Chancellor Rudy Crew. 
 

This episode is full of sur...

A wonderful must see episode with guests: Extradinary Film Producers/Film and Television Directors/ and Film and TV Actors Bill Duke (Acting in Car Wash, Commando, Predator, American Gigolo, Menace II Society...directing Hoodlum, A Rage in Harlem, Sister Act II films... episodes of Knots Landing, Dallas, Hunter) and Kenya Cagle, whose film MY KING, has won over 70 awards ( other films he have produced/directed, wrote and appeared i...

My guest Omar Mesa is...formerly the original lead guitarist of the great Afro-Cuban band...MANDRILL. They had such recording hit as FENCEWALK, HANG LOOSE and my favorite  POLK STREET CARNIVAL. 
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He has out a recent single I LOVE THE WAY YOU READ MY MIND. Take a listen below:

 (I LOVE THE WAY YOU READ MY MIND - 44K 16 Bit by OMAR MESA on #SoundCloud

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My guest on this episode are NY/NJ Port Authority manager and jazz vocalist, Steve Comity; and NYC Board of Education Administrator/Educator and Jazz drummer, pianist, percussionist and singer Eric Frazier. 

Mr. Cromity poignantly relate his harrowing journey from the 73rd floor of the NY World Trade Center to safety after hearing the planes crash into the buildings on 9/11/2001. He did not realize the life threatening danger he was...

On this episode of The Show About Stuff! The Stephen Davis Show, I have a wonderful conversation with the fifth president, Dr Will Crossley, of the 117 year old boarding Piney Woods School. In July 2014, he returned to Piney Woods as the first alumnus to serve in this capacity. A trained University of Chicago and Harvard educator, he is also a lawyer and  Civil Rights expert, having served as a Senior Advisor in the Office for Civi...

My guest, Eddie Ray, is truly a giant, a pioneer in the music industry. He started working at Decca Records in 1943, he worked with such diverse at from R & B giant Fats Domino to teen idol Ricky Nelson to Country Star Slim Whitman. He become Chairman of the US Copyright Royalty Tribunal, appointed by President Ronald Reagan. He was Vice Chairman/ Operation Director of the NC Music hall of Fame. A wonder Video. Mr Ray is join by Lo...

This episode is dedicated  and about the memory of the death of George Floyd. It is about a 501 3C organization, A Soul Heart Memorializing George Floyd Jr, with my guests co founder and Board Secretary, Love Sessoms and Treasurer, Nan O'Brien. It is a global organization created to push the boundaries of what social justice definition is, Its mission is to facilitate the strengthening of global relationships between people from al...

My guest is the incomparable Hip Hop legend...Producer, Rapper, Entrepreneur AB Money! 👏It was such a pleasure to sit down with a Pioneer in the Hip Hop who is such a great guy personally. He shares his wonderful journey of experiences from growing up in Brooklyn New York to being a Rap star at 18 with a group called Rappin is Fundamental, which fused Hip Hop with Jazz...his vision. His partner, Producer Easy Moe Bee and AB, were ...

My guest, Bobby Sanabria, is a 7 time Grammy nominee. He is noted drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, documentary filmmaker, bandleader...and most important to me, educator. He has played with some of the all time greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ruben Blades, Randy Brecker, to named a few. He was named Percussionist of the Year in 2011 and 2013 by Jazz Journ...

My Guest is KIM WESTON-MORAN, Actress/Producer/Director/Teacher. Kim is CEO of RA/RHYTHMCOLOR Associates and Founder/Producing Artistic Director of POTPOURRI! World Works Series, in it’s 8th year. She was Associate Prod. for the National Black Touring Circuit for 7 yrs.

A veteran award-winning actress known for her character work. Kim has shared the stage with phenomenal artists, including: Minnie Gentry, Bill Gunn, Roxie Roker, Phy...

Dr. Randall Maxey, MD, PhD is an experienced physician specializing in internal medicine, nephrology, and cardiovascular pharmacology offering 40+ years of clinical practice and clinical and bench research in developing health services for populations of color, including in the continental US, US territories, and the continent of Africa. He is the past President and Chairman of the Board of the National Medical Association (NMA), a...

My guest is B.K. Fulton, former Vice President Mid Atlantic Region, Verizon Communications,  President, Verizon Virgina. He is now a major entrepreneur in film, stage and television investment through his Company, Soulidifly Productions, LLC. His restaging of the iconic production of THE WIZ is due on Broadway in April of 2024.His company, Ario, LLC, an augmented reality productivity software company, invented EZ Reader, the world'...

A must hear, simply marvelous episode of two sisters, Catherine Thomas, Esq and Dr. Claudia Thomas, MD. Catherine Thomas was a Civil Rights and International Business attorney, who was involved in some of the important civil rights cases in America. She is now a realtor in the Maryland area. Her sister, the 1st Black women orthopedic surgeon in the United States, was one of the student leaders of the successful takeover of the Vass...

Just a great episode with the marvelous vocalist, producer, actor/director and Banana Puddin' Jazz impresario Rome Neal! He is a stable on the NYC jazz scene. He is know for his laid back jazz style as well as serving Banana pudding at his Banana Puddin" Jazz series beginning in 2003 at the legendary Nuyorican Poet's Cafe in NYC, which he is also Chairman of the Board. Under his leadership they are currently undergoing a $50 millio...