The Ukuvusa Podcast with Dr. Z 🎙
Born in Swaziland and raised in North Carolina, Dr. Zithobile Nxumalo (Dr. Z) has always been fascinated with transformation, human behavior and awakening. The word "ukuvusa" means "to awaken" in the southern African language, Xhosa. Each episode features powerful conversations with experts and guests whose stories shed light on the many aspects of our humanity. New episodes air LIVE Monday-Friday at 7amEST and 7pmEST - www.onyxurbanradio.net.
Archived episodes are found here. To contact Dr. Z, visit https://www.deftable.com/contact or email her at zitty@deftable.com.
Episodes
41 episodes
Episode 41 - Meet my leadership coach, David Scruggs (Pt. 1)
May 2025 (Greensboro, NC) -- There are a few people without whom I wouldn’t have made it through 2024. 😮💨 Literally. David Scruggs, my leadership coach over the past 1.5 years, is one of them.He spent his career coaching mostly corpora...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 7
•
1:00:07
Episode 40 - Willz Awakens to His Purpose 🎤
May 2025 (Greensboro, NC) -- I love sitting down with people who are into transformation. The ones who apologize when we're wrong, who want accountability from both men and women, who take our existence and contributions to the human condition ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 6
•
57:59
Episode 39 - Meet Jim Kee 🪚
April 2025 (Greensboro, NC) -- Jim Kee is a community developer and politician who has been in the Greensboro mix for decades. As a former District 2 Councilman with the intent to run again this year, Jim graciously accepted my invitation to sh...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 5
•
59:59
Episode 39 - A Conversation with Community Developers 🔨
April 2025 (Greensboro, NC) -- There's been a lot of talk about community development and its impact, especially now that Greensboro is in a municipal election year. I dove into community advocacy headfirst (in the "formal" sense, I guess - mar...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 4
•
56:06
Episode 37 - Awakening to the Healing Power of Dance 🪘
March 2025 (Greensboro, NC) -- For some of us, dance is more than just a hobby. It's medicine. In this episode, Dr. Z and fellow Zodwa Dance Co. member, Victoria Williams, share their stor...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 3
•
59:26
Episode 36 - Meet Ayeza Nxumalo, MBA ✨
March 2025 (Greensboro, NC) -- In this episode, my younger sister @ayeza_indira and I cover A LOT:📍Our DRAMATICALLY different lives📍Lessons we've learned on the adventure📍The...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
54:09
Episode 35 - Meet Alex Dummit, Owner of The Sage Plant 🪴
March 2025 (Greensboro, NC) -- Meet Alex Dummit, an entrepreneurial force who'll never leave you guessing what she thinks. Brutal honesty and relentless compassion are her superpowers. She's using both to drive sustainable change through her bu...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 1
•
1:00:00
Episode 34 - Awakening to My Gift of Celebrity Style 🤩
July 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) -- Meet Quentin Fears, Los Angeles-based celebrity 😎 and personal stylist. TV shows, magazine covers, video shoots… he’s rubbing elbows with celebs on a regular basis and offers tips for navigating the space with pro...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 34
•
1:00:00
Episode 33 - Awakening to My Partner's Truth 😲
June 2022 (Greensboro, NC) -- Kelly McKinnon had been happily married to her husband of nearly 19 years when, earlier this year, he shared some news that literally took her breath away. What do you do when the partner you thought you knew tells...
•
Episode 33
•
59:10
Episode 32 - Awakening to My Sexuality 🏳️🌈
June 2022 (Greensboro, NC) -- The last time Ray McKinnon was a guest on Ukuvusa in October 2020, he was joined by his wife, Kelly, for the episode called "Awakening to Our Emotions." Earlier this year, after nearly 19 years of marriage and rais...
•
Episode 32
•
59:49
Episode 31 - Stephanie & Likesha 👑👑
September 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- It’s taken me a long time to figure out that my rhythm and capacity are just… different. 🥴 That’s why I was so eager to invite my next guests to Episode #31...
•
59:59
Episode 30 - Chuck Ainsworth and FreeDopeMajor 🦅
September 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- This is easily one of my favorite Ukuvusa conversations to date!! @freedopemajor joined for the 2nd time and
•
1:00:00
Episode 29 - Meet Kimberly Renee 🌶
August 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- #Ukuvusa is back after a summer hiatus!! Our next guest, @itskimberlyrenee of
•
1:00:00
Episode 28 - Meet Curt Meinhold ⚡️
May 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- One thing the year is teaching me is the importance of truly and deeply hearing people out, asking questions, and appreciating those who aren’t afraid to share their truths. Curt Meinhold of
•
1:00:00
Episode 27 - Deztinee Interviews Dr. Z 🙇🏾
April 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- Our Ukuvusa intern, Deztinee Allen, took the interviewer seat this time and asked Dr. Z some questions about her own awakening. The journey continues...
•
38:00
Episode 26 - Awakening to the New World of Dating 🥰
April 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- We brought some single Black men into the Ukuvusa conversation🎙to shed some light 💡 on what dating is like from their point of view. Between Derrick Jaxn, Kevin Samuels and Umar Johnson, are ALL the messages janky...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 26
•
59:54
Episode 25 - Meet Camilia Majette 🧼
April 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- This episode of Ukuvusa 🎙features business owner Camilia Majette of @nailahs_shea!! Natural soaps, delicious 🌺 smelling shea butters... Camilia’s brand is a re...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 25
•
59:58
Episode 24 - Toxic (and Healthy) Femininity 🚺
March 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- We hear about toxic masculinity all the time... BUT what do toxic feminine traits look like? 👀 In this episode of Ukuvusa, 3 lovely ladies joined me for an honest discussion about what it means to take the journey...
•
59:47
Episode 23 - Meet Franca Jalloh 🌍
March 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- What if your awakening 👁 is intended to take you all over the world? 🌍It was International Women’s Day 🌺, and Ukuvusa was pleased to welcome one of Greensboro’s favorite international leaders,
•
Season 1
•
Episode 23
•
59:15
Episode 22 - Trauma & Breaking Codependency ⛓
March 2021 (Greensboro) -- Episode #22 aired on Tuesday 3/2 at 7pmEST!! 🎙Have you been feeling the need to awaken to new ways of being? Are you truly at peace? 💫 Do you regularly ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 22
•
59:53
Episode 21 - Meet Kathryn Hubert 🍽
February 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- Many of the women I know are both entrepreneurial 💥 and humanitarian. 🥰 How can we do it in an imbalanced world while maintaining integrity throughout?Episode
•
Season 1
•
Episode 21
•
1:00:00
Episode 20 - Meet Gabe Neeriemer 🗣
February 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- I used to prefer nice people to honest ones. Now I know better. Gabe @neeriemer and I met under unusual circumstances and have had an unusually honest friendsh...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 20
•
1:00:00
Episode 19 - Awakening to the Truth about Vaccines 💉
February 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- As we all know, we’re currently in the middle of a pandemic which has led to the creation of a vaccine for COVID-19. Everyone has their own views about vaccines so today we’re going to awaken to the truth about...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 19
•
59:39
Episode 18 - Meet Fantastic Tasha 💅🏾
February 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- “I wanted to figure out how to go from catering to the elite to being catered to.” On this episode of Ukuvusa we sat down with Latasha McCorkle, aka Fantastic Tasha, to discuss her life, her current activism wo...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 18
•
59:33
Episode 17 - Awakening to our Grief 💔
January 2021 (Greensboro, NC) -- Grief and death are subjects that make many people uncomfortable. Alisha Wielfaert and I have taken our conversations doubly deep from the beginning, and our coaching work continues to call us into the emotional...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 17
•
59:12