In this episode of Shaping Freedom, Lisane Basquiat catches up with repeat guest Phill Branch, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, storyteller, and founder/creative director of the Baltimore Story Fest. In an intimate, candid conversation , Lisane and Phill dive into his memoir, The Double Dutch Fast.

Lisane Basquiat, host of Shaping Freedom, sits down with Kenneth B. Morris Jr., Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds, and Teri Ijeoma for Part 1 of a two-part conversation on legacy and identity. The room erupts when live news lands: Teri's book, A Risk Worth Taking, just debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list. Together they explore what it takes to inherit history and choose how you carry your story forward.

Lisane Basquiat, host of Shaping Freedom, sits down with relationship educator Tania Khazaal, who cut off contact with her mother in her early 20s. The relief didn't last. Together they explore family estrangement, the stories we build in childhood, personal accountability, and why real healing began when Tania stopped waiting for someone else to change and started looking inward.

This week I share my raw no holds barred conversation with my daughter Jessica Kelly. In this episode we talk divorce – how it affects a family and the impact upon children and their parents. She also shares her journey of new motherhood, building a family, while also building 4 The Love of All, an all-natural skin care line.

On this episode, Emilio gives us tips on how we can be prepared for entrepreneurship, how to re-enter civilian life after the military, and how to bridge the gap in parent to teen relationships and conversations.

On this week's episode Lisane puts herself into the interviewee seat. Listen in as Lisane and Virgen Barnet chat family, parenting, and work.  After listening in, please do ensure that you rate, review, and subscribe to the Shaping Freedom podcast.