Tales From The Underbelly

Ron and West co-host the Provost family, creators of the Provost Farm, a New Iberia, Louisiana-based beacon of farming, activism, and tradition honoring Black and Indigenous heritage. 

Featuring Dave Ortiz, quintessential New Yorker and self-proclaimed ex-“graffiti kid.” Ron, West, and Dave reincarnate the effervescence of their city memories and ponder the poignance of art as an underpinning of business and innovation.

Ron and West sit down with Kim Rael, CEO and cofounder of Azuca, the burgeoning cannabis start-up seeing incredible success. With Kim at the helm, Azuca is rethinking the world of cannabis.

Serene Jones, esteemed theologian and president of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, joins the podcast to discuss her book, Call it Grace. Co-hosts Ron and West engage Serene in conversation about her own journey in theology and academia, as well as the application of these practices in education.

Ron and West dive into conversation with Jim Farmer, New York-based artist, composer, and playwright. The three muse about what it meant to be an NYC creative in the 1980s and analyze what that same thing means today.

N. West Moss makes her debut; she and Ron discuss Bubby’s in a pre-millennium Tribeca, their unexpected road to success, and revel in the fragrant delights of nostalgia.