Corie Sheppard Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we discuss David Rudder's Parkinson's diagnosis and his upcoming show on May 6th which will be his last performance. We also celebrate the life of George 'Umbala' Joseph & Harry Belafonte. We talk about tipping culture in T&T and whether or not tips can improve customer service in the country as Ai comes for our jobs anyway....

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we review the Traces concert put on by the great Ettienne Charles over the weekend as we had a date night over the weekend (00:04:51). I wondered if I should have let my wife buy her own ticket for the show as Hakimi had the Trini socials in a tizzy this week (00:25:44) but I reconsidered quickly when I read about the Dalai Lama and realised how sad lif...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by friend of the show, Financial Coach Nick Dean. Nick is the founder of The Financial Coaching Centre and offers consulting and advisory services on personal finances and offers several courses geared toward empowering participants to understand and take steps toward financial freedom. His topics include investment, real estate, insurance, budgeting and credit....

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we review Taurus Movement's Addies anniversary celebration at Sound Forge as the old men came out in their numbers to relive their youth. Easter is on the way so we revisit some Easter traditions while Fitzgerald claims that youths flying there kites might be causing more crime than poverty. We take in some of the biggest instrumentals in calypso a...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we wish the best to the students sitting SEA along with their parents and teachers. We congratulate a friend of the show who is making big moves at LinkedIn and also give kudos to  Peter George and Rachel Montano as they both extend their brands into Jamaica. Thoughts and prayers go out to Njisane Phillip who's out on bail who clearly never took in...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we discuss the fact that our newly minted Police Commissioner Erla Christopher plans to pray the crime away while Chistine Kangaloo  promises to always be there for us as we build a nation together. We also take a look at our exchange rate woes and discuss why it might be time to devalue the dollar. UWI could dot with some prayers as enrolment is down w...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we discuss the nature of sex and sexuality in T&T. Is it that we sweep everything under the carpet and make it even more taboo? Do we continue to pretend that we don't have issues with paedophilia, incest, pornography etc? Well the Express set up a fake account for a 15 year old girl and men jump out themselves, while the Guardian reported on a...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we finally discuss the Watson & Kezel saga as the PDP falls apart. Following close behind them is the Social Media Avengers lead by NCW who can't seem to catch a break these days - except for Mr Miss. On the serious side of things. We revisit the Machel One Show apology and discuss the future of Double M. We also give our thoughts on Chris Rock...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we do a wrap up the Mother of all Canavals as we talk through the fete experience, salute to all the winners of the 2023 season, our experience on the road and of course what is canaval without bacchanal? We must cover the lil kankalang. Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we open with the biggest song of the canaval - and it doesn't have the word isosceles. We take a deep dive into the fetes we hit over the weekend - Fatima All Inclusive & Kairi People's Different. We finally get a chance to look at the  state failing to submit a defence and basically giving away 20 million dollars when they only had 3 mill...

Send us Fan Mail Apparently we have our own Jay Z & Beyonce or more like Bob Marley & Cindy Breakspeare in T&T as Farmer and Penny send the old boys in a tizzy. Soca Monarch is cancelled as they asked for a pretty penny from the government and got a measly $3Ms. Triple Ms is small ting to Double M who seems to be feeling the heat from Bunji as his one show is turning out to have some c...

Send us Fan Mail Our fete season officially started with Soaka so we open with a review. Police are on the front pages as promoters speak out against them & the top cop heads off to retirement. We revisit the discussion on the 1% and of course take in some of the leading songs of the season thus far. Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we take a look and listen to some of the biggest songs for 2023 as we take a look back at fetes of old and what might have caused them to die off. Is Rachel killing carnival by having his only performance on Fantastic Friday? Is he doing the same thing he did to Brass Festival back in the day? As Bunji calls for big fetes and power Soca we try to figure...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by friend of the show Neola Zama to discuss why New Years Resolutions tend to fail right around this time of year and how we can be better at setting and achieving our goals. We get 4 solid pointers for what goal setting should look like and how it works. Enjoy!!

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we continue the love for Stalin as we check out some requested classics and we take a deep dive into the Soca Mafia as Turner says they're keeping him out of the mix and killing the culture. Are radio play and fete bookings based on merit or talent? Or is there a mafia that's making and breaking stars? Tune in to find out! Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail We close off the year with a tribute to Leroy Calliste, The Black Stalin. The greatest lyricist in the art form and one of the greatest calypsonians of his time. We  check out some of the tributes paid to him and take in some of his well known and not so well known classics. We also honour the legend, Singing Francine on her passing during the Christmas season as her unmistakable...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we take in some marriage advice from the great Derrik & Da'Naia Jaxn as they take us through the full spectrum of marriage advice including divorce. We wish the Top Cop well as he goes off on Christmas holidays. The country has a budget surplus and an infrastructure deficit. The Brazillians, the British and many other feeling sick while Croatia...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we discuss Jack Warner's extradition against the backdrop of what is shaping up to be one of the best World Cups ever. We take a look at the first stages of the Commission of Enquiry into the Paria tragedy where, as predicted, LMCS seems to have faded into the background. Burna Boy is on the way back as some foundation Dancehall artistes remind us...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we maco the Yankees business a lil bit and talk about Dave Chappelle's SNL monologue and his comments about Kanye West & Kyrie Irving. Trump also announced his comeback to Make America Great Again again. There's always enough to cover on the local scene as we review Explainer's Memorial Concert & Michael Mondezie's assessment...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're joined by my mother to discuss her journey as a breast cancer survivor as well as some of her many accomplishments including making me!! Enjoy!!

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we congratulate some of the greats in the culture who received their Phd's & D.Litts this week. Any chance we can make peace between Rachel Price & NCW or Akeem & Trinidad Killa?  We review the first Tobago Carnival. New song review of Fay Ann Lyons' Upgrade & much more! Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail As we prepare for more rain, higher water tables & flooding we discuss Tobago Carnival not looking as sold out as they claimed. Chinatown promoter takes a stand against crime by cancelling an event that some claim wasn't looking as sold out as they claimed. We revisit Ye as the world seems to be crumbling around him after being dropped by Adidas, Vogue, Balenciaga & G...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we reminisce about the Caribbean and World Wrestling Federation as wrastling seems to be resurfacing in south although no one told TTPS. Gary is back in the running for the title belt that is Top Cop while still running the NTA like it's a tag team. We revisit the idea of explicit Soca music and check out some of the songs in that vein as Jamaica p...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is livelicated to the great Winston Henry, The Explainer, the messenger of calypso. We discuss Nicki Minaj's refund Caribbean connection & Travis World's calls for more freedom of expression. The PNM internal elections is on and Karen Who-nez Texeira is running against the doc.  Enjoy!!

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we're in sacrifice mode. No more macaroni pie, no more driving, no more movies 2 and 3 times a week as we adjust to budgetary constraints. Mistah Shak has some suggestions for what we can use to replace the ham and pastelle this Christmas.  Yorkie and Latapy still combining to slaughter defences and of course big congrats to the Jamaica Tallawahs....