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Becoming a Better Black Leader with Shayna Hammond

Becoming a Better Black Leader with Shayna Hammond

Episode Summary:How do we become better leaders? That is the focus of today's show, figuring out how to deal with the added pressures of being a leader as a minority and also learning how to be a better leader. I talk with Shayna Hammond Founder & CEO of Lead For...

The Truth About College: The Joys and Pitfalls with Dr. Zakiya Akerele

The Truth About College: The Joys and Pitfalls with Dr. Zakiya Akerele

Episode Summary:This episode is all about the pursuit of higher education. I talk to DR. Zakiya, a self-proclaimed former career student and author of the upcoming book, "Dump Your Degree." We talk about our experiences with higher education, the lessons we learned,...

Black Storytelling with Sledge House Media’s Christina & Eddie Sledge

Black Storytelling with Sledge House Media’s Christina & Eddie Sledge

Episode Summary:In this episode, I talk to Christina and Eddie Sledge of Sledge House Media. They not only created a media company from the ground up, but they did it in the middle of a pandemic. Now they are sharing their fiction and non-fiction stories in book form,...

Vegan Soul Food with Detroit Vegan Soul’s Kirsten Ussery

Vegan Soul Food with Detroit Vegan Soul’s Kirsten Ussery

Episode Summary:This episode is all about soul food, but not the soul food you may be used to, today we are talking about vegan soul food with my guest Kirsten Ussery. Kristen talks with me about her journey of going vegan and later opening a vegan restaurant. I also...

Mothers of Black Sons Series: Kristin

Mothers of Black Sons Series: Kristin

Episode Summary:This is the final episode of the series Mother's of Black Sons. In this episode, I talked to Kristin, who is preparing her son for college. One of the things we talked about that resonated the most was her talking about how differently people see...