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J.M. Benjamin is a successful, powerful and impacting author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker from Plainfield, New Jersey. Since being released from prison back in 2006 he has received numerous of accolades and recognition for his Essence Best novel Ride Or Die Chick. J.M. Benjamin is also, the Award Winning author of Down In the Dirty, My Manz and Em, On The Run With Love, Ride Or Die Chick 2, the recently award nominated novel Heaven & Earth and a co-author of the non-fiction motivational book From Incarceration 2 Incorporation. Also, back on the show is Coach Tonya Kilpatrick to continue her breakdown of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. Law # 6 Court Attention at all costs!!!

We've got a HOT show for you on the Special Monday Night edition!! Our Panel include some of the trailblazers of Florida A&M University Marching "100" Band! From 1979 to the Present, join us as we talk to this illustrious panel to find out exactly the barriers they had to breakdown to make the World's most famous...BAND!!! See you Monday Night!!!

On The Conversation today will be one of the most successful Motivational Coaches around today! Mr. Success Coach Kevin Brown will be dropping by to talk to our listeners about how we can really find Success in a non successful World!!! Coach Brown shares success tips on how YOU can get into the top 10% of Successful people....How to see you Sunday at 4pm est!!! www.successcoach4u.com  

We are so excited to have this up and coming Author on our show tonight! Tracy Nicole is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. A true Southern girl, she attended Florida A&M University where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy. “Who Said Peaches Were Perfect?” is based upon the lives of two young women, Torie, a sexy, confident, and independent massage therapist, and Lisa, a college student unaware of her beauty and all she has to offer. Both women are entangled in the struggle to figure out what life and love are truly about. Emotions suppressed from childhood, formative habits that leave lasting emotional scars, ,and heavy baggage make it difficult for both women to know when to let go, and when to hold on. As you travel along their journey in this tantalizing read, you share in the moment when each must find the untapped strength within, to move forward and put the past in its place. Enjoy the show as we discover....who this master of the written word is!!! 

Over the years African-American Greek Organizations have had their ups and downs. This show is built to show ONLY their ups!!! We will have a representative for each of the original "Black" Greek organizations to talk about the charms of their organization. Tune in as we ask all the right questions!!! Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, Zeta Phi Beta...

On the Conversation today..Harrine Freeman!!! Ms. Freeman is the CEO and owner of H.E. Freeman Enterprises which provides credit repair services to help people restore their credit rating. She is an energetic speaker, author, personal finance expert, and freelance writer. She was once in $19,000 in debt, only making $21,000 a year and was successfully able to get herself out of debt without filing for bankruptcy. Her knowledge and tips have helped her diverse clientele restore their credit, learn how to manage their finances and get totally out of debt.

Mellisa Brathwaite is a phenomenal author of the "8 Steps to a New YOU". She'll be stopping by to share with us how her program and book has influenced many lives around the Nation. She uses her personal and professional experience to bring to you the empowerment that you need to become the bolder, better YOU!!! Also, back to continue her amazing series breakdown of the "48 Laws of Power" Coach Tonya Kilpatrick lays out LAW #4... "Always Say Less than Necessary"... Don't miss this Dynamic Show!!!

Born to addicted parents, Our special guest tonight Mr. Jemal Gibson options early in life are gang banging, selling drugs, prison and possibly death. Mr. Gibson used drugs to free him from these shackles! The one caviat is these drugs were all LEGAL. Tune in today as Best Selling Author Jemal Gibson tells a tale of both legal and illegal drugs toward a path of freedom from his memoirs "Drugs, My Curse My Savior"!!!!

The Gifted Stacey Covington-Lee, Author of "The Knife in my Back" and "The First Cut is always the Deepest" is dropping by "the Conversation" to talk about her journey and so we can find out the inside scoop to her distinctive writing style! Learn why this Author is one our generation's best!!!

Wow, what a great show we've got for you today with guests Ms. Dawn Bedingfield discussing "Why not Black Women" and Mr. William Herriott's Art Gallery "Blue GRiot" and our special guest Coach Tonya Kilpatrick dialogs her continued break down of the "48 Laws of Power"!!! Call in: 917 932-1078 or be sure to join us in the chat room!!!

Film producer, Music Video and Photographer...Mr. Akil DuPont is an up & coming genius!!! Having received critically aclaimed awards at the Florida, Ft. Lauderdale & San Diego Film Festivals, "UNDERGROUND" the story of how negro spirituals saved 3 slaves who are fighting insurmountable odds to find the underground rail road. Mr. DuPont will sit down with us to tell it all!!! You won't want to miss this show!!! See you there...

Atlanta's Greatest Storyteller Mr. Akbar Imhotep!! Since 1985 Akbar has traveled throughout the southeast capturing and enrapturing his audiences with his old samsonite suitcases filled with puppets props that semi-magically becomes a puppet stage! Come hang out with us as we chat it up with a modern day legend!!! Also, There's a brand new health conscious group taking the Nation by storm! Created by Dedra Fabre "Healthy is the New FINE" is a support group for ladies who want to learn how to love their selves and being supportive by helping to reach their goals in life! Joining Dedra will be the groups trainer Ms. Tosha Bailey...Ladies don't miss this one..! "Healthy is the New FINE"

FAMU's Incomparable Marching "100" was established in the 1940's by the late Dr. William P. Foster. It is now the most talked about, immitated but never duplicated band in the WORLD. At the helm of the band on the field are the world greatest field marshals....The FAMU March Band Drum Majors... Whether its the Mystic 5, Magnificent 7, 8 Wonders of the World or the Presidential 10 these student leaders have done what only a small percentage of bandsmen have ever done....THEY MADE THE SQUAD!! We're going to sit down with an amazing panel of ex-DM's (70's,80's 90's,2000's and the present squad to discuss tradition and what it took to do the unthinkable...This is a show for all Bandsmen everywhere...HUBBA DOC!!

Today's guest is the Remarkable LaShawn McCrary! She has embarked on her journey to become a successful, dynamic Motivational Messenger, Wholeness Coach and Personal Trainer.We'll be sitting down to discuss how LaShawn is helping others become whole by empowering them to take control of their destiny and experience spiritual, professional, social, intellectual, physical and personal completeness.

Giselle "the R&B Barbie" is one of the rising stars emerging onto the music scene! She's a singer, songwriter, producer, model & entrepreneur and we've got her on the show!!! Hang out with us as we hear her journey and her music...Also back to do her segment on empowerment Coach Yolanda Grace!!!

Our Special Guest on this SPECIAL EDITION of "the Conversation" is non other the Mr. Clyde Anderson!! You can find Clyde Anderson every Saturday on his personal finance and housing education segment “Home School”, during the CNN Weekend Newsroom, where Clyde has served as a CNN contributing person finance expert since 2006. Clyde also serves as a nationally acclaimed speaker, commentator, consultant, author, and trainer covering topics from the state of the housing market and how it effects you, to crisis budgeting in a ever changing economy. Be sure to call in with all of your important questions about finances, education, marketing and more...!

Our guest on the Conversation "Joseph Carswell" is an international entrepreneur who will be sharing with us How and Why we need to travel to Africa! Africa and its opportunities are limitless yet most of us believe the trip is just not worth the time. Mr. Carswell will layout why and how traveling back to Africa can give you prosperity. Back by popular demand Ms. Tonya Kilpatrick will continue her segment on the "48 Laws of Power"...See you there!

Well, well, well...Q Davis International Lifestyle Photographer, Serial Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist stops through "The Conversation" to let us know what he's been up to lately! Where's the Passport Foundation is a non-profit org. (created by Q) with the mission to instill a philosophy of cultural openness and education in youth who come from socioeconomically impoverished communities through TRAVEL! Stop by the hear what he has to say!!!

Patrick Oliver is founder and program development specialist for Say It Loud a literary arts program dedicated to promoting reading and writing as tools of empowerment. Through a variety of innovative projects Say It Loud! engages children, youth and adults in activities such as community forums, author talks, book discussions and developmental workshops Oliver is creator, executive producer and host of Literary Nation Talk Radio a live weekly broadcast which dialogues with authors, activist and artist such as Sharon Draper, Marian Wright Edelman, Common, Nikki Grimes, Hill Harper, Sonia Sanchez, Susan Taylor and numerous others. He is publisher and editor of the Essence Magazine best-selling anthology Turn the Page and You Don’t Stop: Sharing Successful Chapters in Our Lives with Youth. The anthology is a collection of essays, poems, short stories, photos and testimonials from artist, activist, authors, educators and literary advocates from around the country. See ya on "the Conversation!...

Emmy Award winner and Creator/illustrator of critically acclaimed comic book, Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline! Our Guest this week is non other than Dawud Anyabwile! He is renowned for his work on MTV, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, TNT and NBA TV. Mr. Anyabwile is also a featured subject in the upcoming documentary Black Masculinity in Comic Books, produced by Dr. Jonathan Gayles, professor of African American studies at Georgia State University. Also, enjoy our resident Sage Mr. Casey Barnum as he shares with us fundamental principles of knowledge...All on "the Conversation"! Be sure to visit our featured guest at www.brothermancomics.com