The Culture

190 The Link Up with Latesha : Intentional Transformation (Pt. 2)

Episode Notes On the twenty-first installment of The Link Up with Latesha, our incredible host Latesha Byrd, founder of Byrd Career Consulting, picks up where she left off when it comes to discussing the six I’s of transformation. Remember, the first three I’s were intentionality, initiative, and investment in improvement. Listen to the full episode…

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S04E02 ft Scoop Makhathini

No one man has impacted South African Hip Hop culture like this man has without ever rapping. From his early TV days on Street Journal to his days on radio with The Full Cli, there’s absolutely no just way to introduce this man, ladies and gentle man we have the one and only Siyabonga Ngwekazi…

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Love Isn’t Blind ft. Alicia Ace West

Love Is Blind review. Why can’t most women be with a man that once liked men? Nick Cannon vs. Bow Wow LL Cool J vs Rosenberg Quaden Bayles; fact or fiction? Should you make your kids instagram accounts? What are the REAL health benefits of semen. Were Chromaz nudes leaked strategically? Trinidad Carnival looked amazing….

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189 Tristan’s Tip : Reaching Out for Informational Interviews

Episode Notes On the fifty-fourth installment of Tristan’s Tips, our amazing host Tristan Layfield adds on to last week’s tip by discussing the types of people you’ll encounter when you’re reaching out for informational interviews and how you want to approach them. He lists the three kinds you’ll generally run into and offers up a…

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Just Leave

How ’bout you GTFO…

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188 : The Complexity of Inequity (w/ Dr. Oni Blackstock)

Episode Notes Zach welcomes Dr. Oni Blackstock, the assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control for the NYC Health Department, to the podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics, ranging from her unique career journey to dismantling white supremacist constructs, and she graciously offers a couple points of recommendation regarding how…

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188 : The Complexity of Inequity (w/ Dr. Oni Blackstock)

Episode Notes Zach welcomes Dr. Oni Blackstock, the assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control for the NYC Health Department, to the podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics, ranging from her unique career journey to dismantling white supremacist constructs, and she graciously offers a couple points of recommendation regarding how…

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“I Have Lived Both Sides”

Wardah Khalid is a policy analyst, activist, and speaker on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, refugees/immigration, and Islam in America. She currently works on Capitol Hill as an APAICS Congressional Fellow. She is the Founder and President of the , a national civic education, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening American Muslim engagement…

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“We Keep Each Other Honest”

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 her film, I can’t think straight to be semi-autobiographical. With her partner Kattan, she runs Enlightenment Productions based in…

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Episode 94 | “Taking Ls”

• MUSIC POTPOURRI. Rest In Peace Pop Smoke (17:38). DJ Khaled teaches us how to spell Toronto (24:41). Drake says his next album will be more concise; how many songs do you want on Drake’s next album (26:08)? Bow Wow thinks he had a better acting career than Nick Cannon (31:35). Keep It Or Leak…

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