WOKE-WASHING. Pink Washing. Pride-Painting. You’ve seen it in marketing and advertising, or maybe you don’t know what any of it is. Either way, you need to tune in for the brand new episode on Thursday. I’m talking to the global practice lead for consumer brand marketing at one of the largest communications and integrated marketing agencies in the world, FleishmanHillard. She and her teams are on a…
Today’s #ThrowbackThursday #Thanksgiving Edition is my Mama’s Pick. In lieu of an editor’s pick, it is one of my most important listener’s selections: my mother! We take it back to August when I had marketing legend Dorinda Walker on the show. She is a fellow @LEAD360 faculty member and downright world beater. You have GOT to hear her story. Talk about unprecedented resilience! It was a joy to…
Social media is culture soup. Have you noticed that black church culture is extremely popular on the interwebs? If not, just pay attention during the Thanksgiving holidays. There is one meme that we just can’t shake. I talk to award-winning, national recording artist, worship arts minister and entrepreneur Gaye Arbuckle about why this is. We also talk about her being discovered by gospel legend James Cleveland, her unforgettable…
If we can deplete supplies of chicken sandwiches and clear the shelves of sweet potato pies, what would happen if we withheld our influence and dollars? We could kill industries, but we are too busy consuming to know it. Nielsen SVP Cheryl Grace joins me on Thursday’s show to talk black influence and the black dollar. Tune in for our regular edition wherever fine podcasts drop. Oh, and…
This #ThrowbackThursday is not only about Hidden Figures, it has a hidden gem in it. There’s news for you in this edition that includes an editor’s pick harkening back to March 2019, Women’s History Month. We take a look back at the Hidden Figures event sponsored by the North Texas Black Sports Professionals Network–the first time the show recorded live…because it will happen again in a very special…
It’s hard to believe that we just made a lap around the sun in the name of tech, culture and business, but we have! Walk down memory lane with me and listen to a surprise guest…our first true reprise…who is also celebrating an anniversary. Who could it be? You’ll have to listen to know. Happy Wednesday, and surprise!! A bonus episode is here…Turn UP! Thank you for making…
Who is ready to go all in on the vegan lifestyle? I talk to one of the gurus out there, TV and Radio journalist Jacque Reid. It’s more than just a diet. You need to hear this. Eat better, do better….feel better.
I had the extraordinary privilege of chatting it up with this amazing man this morning, Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr, the foremost *anyone* on culture, ancestry and black heritage. Yes, he is a friend! But I was a fan first, having cited his writings throughout my masters theses back in 1995. Today, I got to have a conversation with him for The Culture Soup Podcast®️. I…
DALLAS, TX | NEW YORK CITY, NY— (Oct 10, 2019) Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword, might have had award-winning writer and journalist Touré in mind, butthey probably hadn’t heard him speak. His delivery is compelling, razor-sharp and surgical. It is likely the only thing that comes close to rivaling his writings, which have appeared in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, the New…
Whew… my sisters, we deal with a lot, don’t we? Turns out the stress of being a double-outsider on the job (Catalyst) has a physical impact on our health, and if that isn’t enough, even some of our beauty and eating habits are impacting our well being. Coach Gessie is on a crusade to inform women of everything that’s ailing them thanks to the power of the Internet,…