I was tempted to kick this story off with a platitude along the lines of: “Starting something is the hardest part.” Then I thought better of it, because that’s not strictly true. Keeping something going can be much harder, as in the case of a conversation, relationship, or even this newsletter, because with starting something,…
Read MoreWelcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 246, dated February 18, 2020. The Podcast Academy. Last Friday, a group of podcast publishers and related operatives announced the formation of something called The Podcast Academy — not to be mistaken with what appears to be a semi-amateur Australian resource for podcasters of…
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It’s the month of love and the girls are all back together. Our CareFreeBlackGirl of the week goes go out to single women. Cidnees parents celebrates their 39th wedding anniversary Candy asks the girls if they have ever been in love. Nika speaks about the time she was in love. During our girl moment we…
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Episode Notes Zach has the honor of speaking with Howard Bryant, an award-winning author and senior writer at ESPN, about what prompted Howard to write his latest book, Full Dissidence, and how he landed on the title, and Howard also talks a bit about some of the differences between power and money. Howard also touches…
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Shamim Sarif is a British novelist and filmmaker. Her work often focuses on various aspects of identity; including gender, race, and sexuality. It often draws upon her own personal experience with cross-cultural, non-heterosexual love. Sarif described…
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This episode takes a dive into what us as females are really thinking and feeling. With special guest Acica and Olivia, we are telling men what y’all really wanna know. Trust me we are keeping it real. So tune in now!!! Find out more at https://oh-we-re-gonna-talk.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for…
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Nick Caldwell is passionate about inspiring people to get into technology. As chief product officer of Looker, he oversees the company’s product, engineering and design teams, and also serves as one of the public faces of the company. (And that face is all smiles — Looker was acquired in 2019 by Google for $2.6 billion!)…
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• MUSIC POTPOURRI. Rapsody concert review (9:15). Drake signs partnership with Caffeine (22:50). Ava Duvernay’s Nipsey Hussle documentary coming to Netflix (29:41). Harris plans to attend the Roots Picnic (32:56). Did you know MC Hammer owns a part of Twitter (38:04)? Amber Rose explains her new face tattoos (45:16). Quentin Miller speaks on the 5…
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Episode Notes On the twentieth entry of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, discusses the first three I’s of transformation – intentionality, initiative, and investment in improvement. She also talks a bit about how success can be scary and how to combat that fear. Stop by…
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Welcome to the best interviews of 2019! They were all good, so I’ve assembled a few pairings combining the people I enjoyed talking to, the subjects we loved discussing, and your reactions that made our discussions stronger. For the final Best of 2019 interviews, we’ve got Jacob Shapiro from Geopolitical Futures talking China, expansion, New Zealand, Australia…
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