It’s Easter, ya’ll! Especially when it comes to the resurgence and resurrection of black media in the digital age. The Internet has breathed new life into some of the older names in the media landscape and given birth to the younger players in the game. But you need to know strategy to survive, according to Rolling Out publisher and media titan Munson Steed. And these consumers are on…
LIFE’S A BEACH… or it’s a cabin in the mountains if you are my new friends Calvin L. Butts, Jr. and Carrington M. Carter of East Chop Capital. They are investing in real estate in some of the hottest vacation venues on the east coast, and business is booming! They are putting the human touch back into the popular AirBnB model, and their properties are some of the hottest tickets…
THIS IS META. Listen, this won’t be your surface conversation about D&I. This brother goes deep… and only the businesses who are serious about real change will even begin to understand where he’s coming from and how he is activating for real change. @jeffreylbowman and I see eye-to-eye on several things, and that is that real change starts from the inside out. Find out how his journey as…
Back in The London Calling Issue, we went backstage with Dallas native, L. Michelle Smith, a classically-trained mezzo soprano, author, speaker and marketing leader with over 25 years of experience as a communicator and integrated marketer. In this issue, Ian Truscott hops on the tour bus and catches up with this executive and business coach and entrepreneur. Hi Michelle, we went Backstage with you back in January, since then…
Completely geeked to have this marketing legend on the show—fellow LEAD360 faculty member and downright world beater, Dorinda Walker You have GOT to hear her story. Talk about unprecedented resilience! It was a joy to discuss #blackwomensequalpayday, what happens when you brand shines too brightly for your employer and what really needs to happen at companies to ensure equity and inclusion… on tomorrow’s episode of The Culture Soup Podcast®️!…
He’s a “Daddy on Duty 365” by day and a TV news anchor by night. I’m talking about Shannon LaNier, Houston’s CW39 main anchor, and I was so glad to see him again in Miami at #NABJ19. He’s being celebrated as a doting, dedicated but most importantly involved dad who captures his parenting shenanigans with is three beautiful kids while his wife works by day. Needless to say…
We’re celebrating PRIDE on this episode of podcast with a man who has pioneered in pop culture and has the resume to prove it. Patrick Riley has produced for the likes of Oprah and Wendy Williams, but is also an author and a publicity guru. We talk about strides for the LGBTQIA culture in pop culture and his latest projects.
We unmask privilege just in time for July 4th. After all, what is more American than privilege?Find out what question I posed to Dr. Jeff that made him call it the most provocative question he’s been asked for a while. And before you guess that we went all in on white privilege, well, let me just say that the term itself is layered.You need to listen to this…
We’re throwing it back to last spring this Thursday, when Darryl M. Bell and I took on the campus of @thelanecollege at their first ever leadership conference. ICYMI, It was the second time the podcast recorded live, and it was the first ever double episode.It was also the show that catapulted the show to number 6 on Apple Podcasts Business/Business News with a great tailwind from the first…
NFL Pro Bowler and former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones is having a full-circle moment as he returns to his alma mater to coach the football team. He says his job isn’t just football. It’s a mission to pour into young men as someone did for him. And by the way, this guy has to be one of the smartest men alive. Check out what he says…