Corie Sheppard Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 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!!

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 int...

Send us Fan Mail 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 s...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Trini...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 s...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ow...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we celebrate the 102nd Birthday of The Grandmaster, Lord Kitchener. We revisit Jamaica Carnival as they're reported to have hit their highest revenues ever but it's less than 1/3 the revenues of the carnival it's supposed to be taking over. While that debate rages on, some reggae legends sold out a show over the weekend while the reggae a...

Send us Fan Mail Party done! Back to work. But back to a short week - because is still T&T. In this week's episode we discuss the unfortunate firebombing of cars at HSM compound and the rise of extortion as a thriving business model in sweet T&T. The saga of the SSA continues as Fitzgerald Hinds seems to be finding out about the goings on in the papers just like me and you. Does the n...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we discuss the amount of holidays in Trinidad and what makes T&T the sweetest place on earth despite all the issues. Kamla Persad Bissessar gives us an example of our diversity as she shares her story about being a practicing Hindu that was baptised by a Spiritual Baptist Mother.  Pêche Pâtisserie finds themselves the news again as they offer 1% hot...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we wish all the success in the world to the SEA students who are writing their exams on Thursday! Your hard work will pay off and we have a full lineup of work songs throughout the episode. We send a CSP salute and celebrate the life of Jumbo the entrepreneur, patriot, legend & nuts man. The UK & USA are discussing a 4 day work week for the same...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we celebrate International Women's Day with some calypso classics by women and about women as we recount a weekend filled with music. We get into the new drive to increase sustainability in business when in fact this is not at all new to us in Trinidad & Tobago as we have some of the most sustainable practices in all the world. We should offer...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we take a deep dive into KFC's increases prices and the boycott that followed. Someone by the name of Alex Mouttet, not speaking on behalf of the family of course, came out and made some disparaging remarks about doubles vendors and roti shop owners that seems to have added fire to the calls for a PHL boycott. We take a look at some Econ and Market...

Send us Fan Mail We get back into the swing of things this week! As T&Tec spends time saving cats from trees we ended up without electricity which lead to a chance meeting with an electrician who turned out to have written one of my favourite songs of all time. Fire Services may have been able to help if only their million dollar ladders were working but we're here to save the day with so...

Send us Fan Mail We finally get to our carnival wrap up and deal with some of the controversies and the not so controversial decisions. We get into the birggest winners and the biggest losers of the 2024 season and much more!! Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we recap Calypso Fiesta and wins and losses of the weekend  as we're forced to eat back a lot of our words from last week. We get into Gypsy, the chairman of the NCC entering and winning competitions sanctioned and run by the NCCC but not seeing it as a conflict of interest. The elitism associated with carnival has reached our shores and some words...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by friend of the show and Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) founder Marsha Messiah as we kick back and talk to Keegan Taylor, a Bois Man both in academia and in the gayelle, song writer, movie producer and business man among many other hats.  We discuss two of his biggest writing successes, Machel and Benji's Buss Head and Desert and Yung Bredda’s...

Send us Fan Mail Pan Semis was last weekend and the fresh warders are here in there numbers. The traffic is crazy and there are no more rentals available in the country. Roadi's are selling and the beaches are full in the middle of the week. Canaval is back in full swing. In this week's episode we cover the epicness that was Rise & Roast and look forward to another weekend outside. ...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our fete and music reviews with our stories from Soaka Till Sunrise.  Experience and CIC fete were also this weekend and Destra seemed to have an up and down weekend. In terms of songs Mical Teja's DNA has a grip on the carnival thus far with the closest song waaaay behind.  Nadia Batson said she had the whole basket and it shows as she has the sweetest grooves fo...

Send us Fan Mail We come ut the house lil bit and did a 180 about this year's music. We take in some of the biggest songs of 2024 carnival as we discuss Minister of Tourism, Randal Mitchel's promise of a safe carnival. We celebrate some women who are making strides in design and business as we revisit the Massy whistle blower. Pennywise take win this week as they had to walk back their n...

Send us Fan Mail We  tried our best to brig some new tunes in this episode but Issa struggle with this year's music. Is it that short seasons call for less effort? We do take time to pay respects to the great Basdeo Panday and Hochoy Charles.  Karen Nunez Texeira wasn't taking no squeeze out and found a way to make Panday's  The crime situation is unavoidable so we take a look at St...

Send us Fan Mail May 2024 bring you, your family and the nation peace, love and prosperity.  In this special edition we continue the Christmas tradition and send a musical salute to the creator of Parang Soca and one of the greatest calypsonsians of all time - the living legend, Edwin Ayoung, Crazy!

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by the producer for a Christmas morning house parang and a special tribute to some of the past present and future parang legends! Merry Christmas!

Send us Fan Mail A Christmas Eve gift for all those who've been asking. And if you don't know who sang Soca Santa you definitely need to tune in. Enjoy!!