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Corie Sheppard Podcast

The Corie Sheppard PodcastA trusted space for honest, Caribbean-rooted conversations that connect generations, challenge norms, and celebrate culture through real stories and perspectives.Hosted by Corie Sheppard-Babb, the podcast explores the lives, journeys, and ideas of the Caribbean’s most compelling voices—artists, entrepreneurs, cultural leaders, changemakers, and everyday people with powerful stories. Each episode goes beyond headlines and hype to uncover the values, history, humour,

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Episode 197 | The More Things Change

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/10/02

It's Calypso History Month!!! Although Calypso is always on the menu around these parts we celebrate with some classics.We review our weekend pop out at a night for the great George Carter and discuss the performances on the night with included Amantes, Lara Brothers, Kairi Kaiso and Los Alumnos de San Juan.Of course it's budget week so we take a look at Colm's presentation and some of the reactions as we discuss the good the bad and the ugly of what was expected to be an election 'goodie bag...

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Episode 196 | Beeragate

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/09/26

In this week's episode we investigate the missing beera - Terrence wife style.We also take a look at Invaders J'ouvert on Republic Day morning and get into some of the history of the Oval Boys.In the words of the great Lord Nelson, man beating woman is not uncommon but this week is woman's revenge as a Lauren Lezama Lee Singh leads the charge.The National Awards ceremony was hosted this week and we congratulate all the recipients while diving into the renaming of Queen's Hall to The Winifred ...

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Episode 195 | MP5

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/09/17

In this week's episode we stand in defence of Terrance and we have some Kaiso to help him in his time of need.More on the topic of rebuilding schools as we have some professional help on the issue.Justice Seeparsad takes some time off from fighting crime from the bench to call us all to join the fight.We salute the great Dominic Kaliperssad as he was recognised by the Mayor of New York at the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival.Congrats as well to Stuart Young who is being touted as the Prim...

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Episode 194 | Pappy

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/09/10

This week's episode is a celebration of life as we honour the legacy of the great Roy Cape. We also send birthday greetings to The Mighty Poser and take in some of his classics over the years.School reopening is a recurring decimal every year and this year is no different as Ryan Gadsby Dolly is under pressure in week 1. We offer some solutions that might take us out of this bandaid approach to school repair.Firing Angus Eve seems to have been an attempt to put a bandaid on a gaping woun...

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Episode 193 | Apollo Calypso

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/09/03

In this week's episode we cover Machel Montano's weekend at the Apollo and his push to keep Calypso at the forefront even though his thesis is submitted and he now holds the keys to New York City.Several soca stars received awards and recognition at the Caribbean Music Awards including Patrice Roberts, Nailah and The Mighty Sparrow as he received a lifetime achievement award presented by Machel.Much ado is being made about third parties and political alliances as Gary Griffith and Karen Nunez...

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Episode 192 | TATTA

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/08/27

Apparently the Coat of Arms debate rages on as the Tassa Association wants the real Trini instrument on the emblem instead of the imported steelpan. Brilliant!It's an episode of dualities as we discuss the mourning as the news of the closing of the famed Carrat Shed in Marabella spread against the backdrop of apparent celebration of the woes of Movie Towne.It's a mixed bag when it comes to the reactions to the passing of Lawrence Duprey, once heralded as one of the greatest businessmen in the...

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Episode 191 | Noña

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/08/20

In this week's episode we weigh in on coat of arms changes as the Columbus' ships make space for our national instrument. We look into what other emblems of the wicked we can remove to better represent our history from our perspective.We also explore the recent increase in police killings as we hear from a father of whose two sons were killed by police and another father who was the victim of a home invasion that lead to the killing. To top it off we look into the increase in extortion partic...

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Episode 190 | Peace Lord

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/08/13

In this week's episode we celebrate with the pan fraternity as we recognise World Steelband Day by playing some of the greatest panorama winning songs. We explore the 80's in particular as the golden era of pan music.Maybe we should try to get pan playing registered as an Olympic Sport as we once again walk away without any medals. Fazeer and Ato are passed while the heads of TTOC are calling for change in every area except the mirror.We also celebrate Dominic Kalipersad on receiving more wel...

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Episode 189 | Uhuru

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/08/06

In this week's episode we discuss our recent travels to Disney and compare some of the experiences we had there to the way we do things back home - how you think that'll go?The World Boss was freed on Emancipation Eve but as much as we anticipated his freedom this host has mixed feelings about the Teacher's release.Of course we spend some time celebrating our athletes and catching up on the Olympics and covering everything we've missed and look at what's to come.To round it off, Angostura is ...

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Episode 188 | Big Flex

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/07/16

We're back in business and we've got a lot of catching up to do. But of course we have to pay tribute to the legendary Hilton Ghetto Flex Dalzell. We celebrate his life as we take in some of our favourite selections throughout the episode while we give excuses for our absence :)Enjoy!!

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Episode 187 | Big Talker

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/06/25

In this week's episode we recap the producer's graduation ceremony and his journey as valedictorian.We get into Stephen Williams' role as Erla's advisor - does that make sense? Let's see f it helps her with the latest law suit that's landed on her desk for dragging her feet on the FUL issue.It's a haven for the sports lovers as we have Euro and T20 World Cup on tv all day and night. But we've banned ourselves from talking about West Indies again.We take in some of the best songs about 'talk' ...

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Episode 186 | Hard Wok

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/06/19

In the week's Labour Day special we take in some tunes about hard work even though we home for the holiday. We also take a moment to salute Kwesi 'Hype Hoppa' Hopkinson, one of the hardest working men in entertainment as he hosts the inaugural Caribbean Musicon.We salute Kamla Persad Bissessar as one of the hardest women in politics as she and the Stars won the internal election and maintain and will lead the UNC into next year's general election.The King Sparrow has licensed his name to a ru...

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Episode 185 | Thunder

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/06/11

We came out and shake a leg over the weekend. While others went to the Savannah to take in legends like Shabba, Maxi Priest, Barrington Levy and Anthony B, we got an up close and personal concert from Synergy Soca Star winner Valentine 'Chynee'. McCoy.This week we'll find out whether or not Kartel could be one of the concerts we attend in the near future. We have some suggestions for how to throw concerts for the 40+ crowd.In local news the BakingRoomTT managed to edge out the late great Bake...

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Episode 184 | No Hope

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/06/04

What happens when a renowned Calypsonian sets the tone for a podcast episode filled with humor, personal stories, and pressing current events? This week, we kick off with a lively introduction from King Obstinate, which leads us into some amusing anecdotes about navigating new eating habits and the thrill of short work weeks. We then shift our focus to the vibrant streets of Trinidad, guided by popular YouTuber Chris Must, as he explores the raw realities of areas like La Horquetta and Gonzal...

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Episode 183 | OWO

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/05/28

We're back in the game!In this week's episode we discuss our recent travels to LA and make some plans for future pods as we wrestle with life's changes.We cover the artist formerly known as Diddy and his downward spiral.A couple prominent businessmen owe the tax man in the hundreds of millions while the BIR is cracking down in an effort to recover $15 billion in outstanding taxes. Run & hide!Erla is calling out the parents and rightfully putting the. crime surge on us as more and more blo...

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Episode 182 | Queen of the Road

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/05/14

We were out and about this weekend!!We kick off the episode with a deep dive into the greatness of Queens Thara Howe & Stacey Sobers as Calypso Rose in The Queen of the Road musical. The performances were masterful!The legends in the stadium showed some glimpses of mastery but mostly traded on their catalog. A great time was had by all in attendance though a we got to see some of the legends of our childhood up close and personal.We returned to the stadium to take in the Soca Warrio...

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Episode 181 | Quacks

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/05/06

And we're back!!In this week's episode we chronicle our dental woes as we look into the Dental Board of T&T's statements about migrant quacks in the dental profession.We cover the tales of two tourist experiences as a German national walks across T&T while a British tourist suffers a shark attack in Tobago.On the local front, Jowelle De Souza, business owner, animal lover and philantropist was the victim of a home invasion and of course the comments focused on none of these accolades ...

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Episode 180 | "Handy Man"

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/04/16

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Episode 179 | "Blessings"

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/04/09

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Episode 178 | "Holidayland"

Corie Sheppard Podcast ·

2024/04/02

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