Glocal Citizens

About Glocal Citizens

Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale.

Publisher

Florence Amerley Adu

Category

business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Nov 2019

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

337 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Episode 337: Creativity in Community with Rahman Ali Bugg Part 1

   Greetings Glocal Citizens! We recorded this two-part conversation in the final days of my summer sojourn to the U.S. While it was a bit shorter than it has been in the recent past, this summer was another one for the books. Made possible in large part by community--a consistent theme that I hope you too can appreciate as the way we become us and collectively move humanity forward. My guest, Rahman Ali Bugg is part of my BK Fam community and he’s sharing his inspiring journey from Paterson, New Jersey, to becoming a seasoned executive producer in the unscripted television industry, made possible in large part by the strength of community bonds. He’s an Executive Producer, Showrunner, and Creative Director with 30+ years leading unscripted television, documentaries, live broadcasts, and multi-platform storytelling for BET, MTV, A&E, Amazon, Roc Nation, MSG, and major cultural brands. As an entrepreneur he founded of PopStar Media built around one core idea: that stories have power, and that power comes with responsibility. This ethic carries into his role as lead Exectutive Producer Creative Director at Red Summer TV, a full service production company specializing in television and digital programming. His work includes docu-series “Exposing Parchman” (ITV/A&E/Roc Nation) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGUyFdHmUs)to Free Meek (Amazon) to Welcome to Rap City (Mass Appeal/BET) — lives at the intersection of culture, justice, and great television. In addition to building the kind of content that moves audiences and making sure the teams behind that content are developed, challenged, and supported, he is passionate about media education — teaching at the university level, leading workshops for emerging producers, or building curriculum for the next generation of storytellers. What I hope you will take away from this discussion is an understanding or how his diverse experiences, community roots, and passion for storytelling shaped his career and approach to media. Part 2, in particular explores how creatives can reimagine industry practices and build resilient, collaborative communities. Where to find Rahman? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahmanalibugg/) On IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1049597/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/poppabugg/?hl=en-gb) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/rahman.a.bugg) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@MrRABugg) What’s Rahman watching? Lioness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lioness_(American_TV_series)) Slow Horses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Horses) Reacher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reacher_(TV_series)) The Pitt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pitt) and other medical dramas to check out (https://www.tvline.com/2151587/best-medical-dramas-ranked/) The Carol Burnett Show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show) Animal Control (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Control_(TV_series)#:%7E:text=Animal%20Control%20is%20an%20American,a%20Fox%2C%20Fox%20Entertainment%20Studios.) What’s Rahman listening to? Snoh Aalegra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoh_Aalegra) Eric Benet (https://ericbenet.net) Chante Moore (https://www.chantemoore.com) Anita Baker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Baker) New Edition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Edition) Other topics of interest: About Paterson, New Jersey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey) About The Great Migration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)) About the Nation of Islam from the 1934-75 (https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-nation-of-islams-economic-program-1934-1975/) Brooklyn by Neighborhood (https://cityneighborhoods.nyc/brooklyn) About Exposing Parchman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6PqaqeYmB0) Music Video Television in the 1990s (https://www.revolt.tv/article/9-best-tv-shows-about-music-videos) About the W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute (https://duboisscholars.org/about-us/history/) About Rahman’s Alma Mater (https://newhouse.syracuse.edu) About music duo Foreign Exchange (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Foreign_Exchange) Special Guest: Rahman Ali Bugg.

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Episode 336: Globalizing Gender with Natasha Johnson Part 2

   Greetings Glocal Citizens! In this two-part conversation, Natasha Johnson, shares her impressive experience in both the nonprofit and academic sectors. For over two decades, she has been an activist, educator, lawyer, and artist working primarily on intersectional gender justice. She served as the executive director of several nonprofit organizations, as an anti-trafficking legal specialist drafting reform legislation in the Solomon Islands, and as a director of education working to support homeless LGBTQ youth. She is skilled at creating arts-based programming that integrates human rights and social justice awareness in elementary through graduate school environments. She has also taught courses in law, ethics, policy, civic engagement, education, nonprofit leadership, business development, and more. in her scholarly roles, she has been a professor and a director of academic programs at multiple colleges and universities, including Metropolitan College, St. Joseph’s College, Adelphi University, and Medgar Evers College. In 2015, she founded Globalizing Gender, a nonprofit organization committed to creating a just world and preventing gender-based violence through capacity building, law, governance, and awareness. In 2018, she organized New York City’s inaugural march to end female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) in the United States and was one of the lead contributors to a local statute that created a mayoral-appointed culturally aware task force on FGM/C, the first of its kind in the country. After years of selfless work in diverse communities across the globe, Natasha is at an inflection point in her career and we’re fortunate to get a glimpse of how she’s approaching finding and settling into a new next. Where to find Natasha? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-r-johnson-jd-ryt-97821a12/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/daily_n_spiration/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/natasha.johnson.39948) Her TEDxFlatbush Talk on YouTube (https://youtu.be/WIUtFdYAfAk?si=NVCoLIol6Ujqjht6) What’s Natasha reading? All the Sinners Bleed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Sinners_Bleed) by S.A. Cosby The Revelation of Dionne Daphne (https://revelationofdionnedaphne.com/) by Mara Brock Akil Delicious Foods (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james-hannaham/delicious-foods/9780316284936/) by James Hannaham Other topics of interest: About Flatbush, Brooklyn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=679nikWAggs) About Brooklyn’s oldest High School - Boys and Girls High School (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_and_Girls_High_School) About the Solomon Islands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands) Melanesian, Polynesian and Micronesian peoples of the Pacific (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander) Revist Glocal Citizen, Brigitte Perenyi’s (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/brigitte-perenyi) own personal experience in the trokosi system (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AnwkixlhxM) What defines Gender-based Violence? (https://www.rescue.org/article/what-gender-based-violence-and-how-do-we-prevent-it) What is FGM/C? (https://www.fgmcri.org/what-is-fgmc/) What is a B-Corp? (https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/certification/) About Tower Records (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records) Special Guest: Natasha R. Johnson.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Episode 335: Globalizing Gender with Natasha Johnson

   Greetings Glocal Citizens! In this two-part conversation, Natasha R, Johnson, shares her impressive experience in both the nonprofit and academic sectors. For over two decades, she has been an activist, educator, lawyer, and artist working primarily on intersectional gender justice. She served as the executive director of several nonprofit organizations, as an anti-trafficking legal specialist drafting reform legislation in the Solomon Islands, and as a director of education working to support homeless LGBTQ youth. She is skilled at creating arts-based programming that integrates human rights and social justice awareness in elementary through graduate school environments. She has also taught courses in law, ethics, policy, civic engagement, education, nonprofit leadership, business development, and more. in her scholarly roles, she has been a professor and a director of academic programs at multiple colleges and universities, including Metropolitan College, St. Joseph’s College, Adelphi University, and Medgar Evers College. In 2015, she founded the nonprofit Globalizing Gender, an organization committed to creating a just world and preventing gender-based violence through capacity building, law, governance, and awareness. In 2018, she organized New York City’s inaugural march to end female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) in the United States and was one of the lead contributors to a local statute that created a mayoral-appointed culturally aware task force on FGM/C, the first of its kind in the country. After years of selfless work in diverse communities across the globe, Natasha is at an inflection point in her career and we’re fortunate to get a glimpse of how she’s approaching finding and settling in to a new next. Where to find Natasha? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-r-johnson-jd-ryt-97821a12/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/daily_n_spiration/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/natasha.johnson.39948) Her TEDxFlatbush Talk on YouTube (https://youtu.be/WIUtFdYAfAk?si=NVCoLIol6Ujqjht6) What’s Natasha reading? All the Sinners Bleed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Sinners_Bleed) by S.A. Cosby The Revelation of Dionne Daphne (https://revelationofdionnedaphne.com/) by Mara Brock Akil Delicious Foods (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james-hannaham/delicious-foods/9780316284936/) by James Hannaham Other topics of interest: About Flatbush, Brooklyn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=679nikWAggs) About Brooklyn’s oldest High School - Boys and Girls High School (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_and_Girls_High_School) About the Solomon Islands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands) Melanesian, Polynesian and Micronesian peoples of the Pacific (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander) Revist Glocal Citizen, Brigitte Perenyi’s (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/brigitte-perenyi) own personal experience in the trokosi system (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AnwkixlhxM) What defines Gender-based Violence? (https://www.rescue.org/article/what-gender-based-violence-and-how-do-we-prevent-it) What is FGM/C? (https://www.fgmcri.org/what-is-fgmc/) What is a B-Corp? (https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/certification/) About Tower Records (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records) Special Guest: Natasha R. Johnson.

Who has been a guest on Glocal Citizens

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• Kwame Sarfo-Mensah
• Hawa Kombian
• Dr Osei Alleyne
• Tina Mbachu Obodozie
• Laureen Adams

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162,672

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

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Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

76

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