Antonio Michael Downing: Purpose, Rituals, and the Power of Your Own Narrative
Discover how daily practices, deep reading, and the courage to be vulnerable can transform pain into purpose. This episode offers a framework for reclaiming your story and building a life that actually feels like yours.
In this episode, Dante and Antonio Michael discuss:
Defining home, belongin...
Why storytellers come alive when food is on the table
Is there one meal that reminds you of home? A dish that brings back childhood memories? For CBC Books producer Talia Kliot, it’s a shortbread, sour cream and walnut cake that makes an appearance at her family’s special milestones. Talia is obsessed with the way that food helps us tell stories and...
Raised in Trinidad. Lost in Canada. Found Himself through the art / Antonio Michael Downing
In this episode of The Kidd & Friends Podcast, Christopher "Kidd" Perry sits down with award-winning author, musician, broadcaster, and host of CBC Radio's The Next Chapter, Antonio Michael Downing.
From his childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, being raised by his deeply influential grandmother, to ...
Creativity is Survival / Antonio Michael Downing
A cemetery at the end of a one-road village in Trinidad, a grandmother who couldn't read without help. This is where author, speaker, and musician Antonio Michael Downing learned that creativity isn't a talent, it's a survival tool.
Antonio joins Real Things Living to share how his grandmother in...
308. Coming Home to Yourself: How Your Story Shapes Who You Become with Antonio Michael Downing
"It's not what happens. It's the story you tell yourself about what's happening."
-Antonio Michael Downing
On this episode of Turmeric & Tequila™, Kristen Olson sits down with critically acclaimed author, speaker, and musician Antonio Michael Downing for a deeply personal conversation about id...
308. Coming Home to Yourself: How Your Story Shapes Who You Become with Antonio Michael Downing
"It's not what happens. It's the story you tell yourself about what's happening."
-Antonio Michael Downing
On this episode of Turmeric & Tequila™, Kristen Olson sits down with critically acclaimed author, speaker, and musician Antonio Michael Downing for a deeply personal conversation about id...
Black Cherokee Audiobook by Antonio Michael Downing
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Black CherokeeCategories: Coming of Age, Female Protagonist, FictionAuthor: Antonio Michael DowningNarrator: Kamali MinterPublisher: Scribner CanadaRelease date: 08-26-2025Language: EnglishSummary:Queenie meets Frying Plantain ...
Black Cherokee Audiobook by Antonio Michael Downing
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Black CherokeeCategories: Coming of Age, Female Protagonist, FictionAuthor: Antonio Michael DowningNarrator: Kamali MinterPublisher: Simon & Schuster AudioRelease date: 08-19-2025Language: EnglishSummary:Betty meets Queenie in ...
Antonio Michael Downing on Identity, Migration, and Resilience Through Art
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled with Dr Russell Thackeray, Antonio Michael Downing discusses growing up in Trinidad and Tobago with his grandmother, who taught him to read from the King James Bible and to sing Anglican hymns, before her death led to his move at age 11 to rural Northern O...
Rewriting Your Story From Lived Experience with Antonio Michael Downing (Episode 435)
In today's episode, you'll discover:
1. How to stop waiting for permission to build the life you want.
2. What it means to be the author of your own story.
3. What may be the biggest lie you keep telling yourself that keeps you stuck?
To support these three takeaways, I chose a quote from Joy...
