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Lori Flowers is a seasoned marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in radio and media. As the Manager of Integrated Marketing and Project Management at Radio One, she creates innovative strategies that drive revenue for its stations and syndicated shows. Lori has worked across multiple markets, including Atlanta, New York City, and Washington, DC. She holds a Master’s in Mass Communication from Arizona State University and is passionate about leadership, serving on the board of Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio. Lori is also the author of A Seat at the Table and has been recognized in Who’s Who in Black Atlanta. In today’s episode, Lori reflects on her core values, the evolution of advertising, and the importance of personal branding. Together, they discuss effective marketing strategies and the impact of digital presence on professional opportunities. The episode is a goldmine of practical advice for professionals aiming to navigate the modern media landscape. Takeaways: Radio remains a vital marketing tool Social media audits and brand alignment boost opportunities. Personal branding is shaped by emotions and online consistency Sound Bites: “It's not just about what you say, but how you make people feel.” “Consider yourself a brand; it opens broader opportunities.” Connect with Lori Flowers LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/loriiflowers Instagram: Instagram.com/loriiflowers Facebook: facebook.com/loriinez Book: A Seat At The Table: A Survival Guide For Women In Business

Ever wondered how a global event like the Olympics can reshape an entire city's cultural landscape? Join us as we recount the transformative effects the Atlanta Olympics had on Black culture and communities, balancing the highs of job creation and city reinvestment against the lows of displacement and the end of iconic events like Freaknik. Hear personal stories that illustrate the shifting demographics and the spread of culture from historically Black neighborhoods to the suburbs. We don't shy away from discussing ongoing challenges, including gentrification and persistent crime, that underscore the complexities of urban renewal.Feel the excitement of the NBA draft through our eyes, sharing the emotional rollercoaster of witnessing a close friend's ascent to becoming a top NBA draft pick. From unforgettable encounters with figures like Avery Johnson to the importance of staying grounded amidst newfound fame, we capture the essence of this life-changing experience. Our narrative isn't just about the glitz and glamour; we focus on the disciplined lifestyles and personal sacrifices that pave the way to success, offering a real look into the world of professional basketball.Shifting gears, we dissect the latest NBA draft picks and their implications for teams like the Utah Jazz and Timberwolves. From Trae Young's performance metrics to the Lakers' coaching controversy involving JJ Redick, we provide in-depth analysis and spirited debate. We critique sports media personalities like Stephen A. Smith and delve into the Lakers' organizational strategies, including Redick's tech-driven approach. With humorous speculation on trade rumors and a critical eye on the evolving dynamics of sports media, this episode is packed with insights and entertainment for any basketball enthusiast.thumb and thumber Join Finn White and Quinn Ireland for a funny and random 20-minute podcast full of laughs.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

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In this episode of The Breakdown with King Williams, I talk to veteran Atlanta restaurateur Randy Hazelton. Randy co-founded H&H Hospitality, one of Hartfield Jackson's biggest food vendors. H&H Hospitality has nearly two dozen brands in the world's busiest airport. Randy also founded Cafe Circa, a beloved Atlanta restaurant staple, before entering the airport hospitality business. And understands the demands of hosting a popular Atlanta restaurant. In this conversation, we discuss the last two weeks in the Atlanta restaurant scene. This includes Randy's thoughts on the Michelin Guide and whether or not awards matter for his business. We also discuss the now viral weekend featuring MMA fighter turned TikTok food reviewer/influencer Keith Lee. We also discuss the related topics on the social media conversation and the reputation of Black Atlanta restaurants. This includes his thoughts on the perceived lack of service culture in certain Black Atlanta and the realities of owning a restaurant. As well as what he would do to change the reputation of the food scene in Black Atlanta. If you liked this interview, please give it a 5-star review and share it with a friend. You can also sign up for my newsletter at iamkingwilliams.substack.com or become a monthly donor at Patreon.com/iamkingwilliams. To be a one-time donor, you can donate via CashApp at $IAmKingWilliams or Venmo at IAmKingWilliams. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iamkingwilliams/message

Welcome to the Follow The Brand Podcast I am your Host Grant McGaugh CEO of 5 STAR BDM Where we help you to build a 5 STAR Brand that people can follow!Technology, business strategy, thought leader, and disruptor Christopher Kunney who was the 1st African American promoted into the C Suite in the 120-year history of Piedmont healthcare joins me as my special guest on the Follow the Brand podcast. He asks " What is your success plan?" What is your personal brand strategy to position yourself for the next great opportunity?"  Are you a technical/operational CIO or are you a CIO that understands the business and how you leverage technology to support the business?" Many times you will need to reach outside your current organization to gain the skill sets and grooming needed for promotion into senior leadership. Kunney learned to cultivate strategic relationships which have helped him to lead transformation efforts in the organizations in which he has served.  He has learned that technology is a component of every executive decision in the business enterprise. He strives to educate and demystify the technical component so that executive staff can better understand they are a digital company that delivers healthcare. Christopher Kunney currently serves as Senior Vice President of Digital Acceleration for Divurgent.  He's responsible for developing new business and expanding existing contracts, In addition, he initiates and executes solution strategies, win themes, and partner strategies. He recently served as Chief Strategist & Business Development for DSS, Inc.'s Juno EHR product line.  As an experienced healthcare information technology executive and strategist Kunney works with hospitals, health systems, accountable care organizations, clinically integrated networks, ancillary service providers, and physician-owned entities to provide guidance and insights specific to emerging healthcare technology offerings, compliance-related issues, and technology adoption.  As a valued member of senior management teams, he has contributed a seasoned, broad-based perspective with the maturity to lead IT transformation efforts in all areas of the healthcare business. His business philosophy is to create practical IT strategies and implementation plans designed for maximum return. He has appeared as a subject matter expert at numerous healthcare IT industry conferences and events and in a variety of publications including The Atlanta Business Chronicle, Modern Healthcare, Who's Who in Business and Industry, and Who's Who in Black Atlanta.   Christopher was most recently identified by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) as a "2019-2020 Industry Change Maker". Let us Welcome Bernard Key to the Follow The Brand Podcast Where we are building a 5 STAR Brand That You CAN Follow! 

The dominance of Atlanta's hip-hop scene has been discussed often, but not in the way Joe Coscarelli covered it in his new book, Rap Capital. Joe, a New York Times music reporter since 2015, spent four years and interviewed over 100 sources to get the contemporary story about Atlanta's culture-defining music scene.Characters are what move the story forward in Joe's book, not discography, record sales, or cultural relevance. Lil Baby is featured prominently, as is his mom. Joe's relationship with the hit rapper dates back to 2017 when Lil Baby was still a mixtape artist. Another recurring character is Quality Control Music's Kevin “Coach K” Lee, who has deep-rooted ties with the city's most well-known artists across eras.Joe came onto the show to take us through the book's journey — both for him to write it and the characters themselves. Here's what we covered:[2:40] How the book came together and finally clicked[6:42] Role of Quality Control's Coach K in Atlanta story[10:11] Lasting effects of pandemic on music industry[12:38] Which era of Atlanta hip-hop to focus on? [14:09] How streaming helped launch Atlanta rap into the mainstream[16:10] Building trust with his sources despite racial differences[18:10] Did Joe receive any pushback while reporting?[20:19] Evolution key to Atlanta rap's longevity [25:05] Adapting Rap Capital into a movie[29:45] The crumbling of mainstream culture Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Joe Coscarelli, @joecoscarelli  Sponsors: MoonPay is the leader in web3 infrastructure. They have partnered with Timbaland, Snoop Dogg, and many more. To learn more, visit moonpay.com/trapital Enjoy this podcast? Rate and review the podcast here! ratethispodcast.com/trapital Trapital is home for the business of hip-hop. Gain the latest insights from hip-hop's biggest players by reading Trapital's free weekly memo. TRANSCRIPTION[00:00:00] Joe Coscarelli:  I wanted to tell the story through characters, through people, not just, you know, you can run down the discography of all the amazing Atlanta musicians, right? You can go through the label history, read the reviews. But I always want to sort of pull back like, who's behind these people? Who's behind that person? So that's why I think, you know, mothers were huge, fathers, you know, friends, people who are around these artists growing up, I wanted them to be human characters, and I wanted the side characters to be as big of a part as the famous people 'cause I think they're as crucial to the equation. [00:00:30] Dan Runcie: Hey, welcome to the Trapital podcast. I'm your host and the founder of Trapital, Dan Runcie. This podcast is your place to gain insights from executives in music, media, entertainment, and more, who are taking hip hop culture to the next level.  [00:00:58] Dan Runcie: Today's guest is Joe Coscarelli. He's the author of Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story, and he's a culture reporter at The New York Times. And this book that he wrote, Rap Capital, I cannot recommend it enough. If you listen to this podcast, if you read the newsletter, if you watch any of the clips from our conversations or any of the posts on social media, this book is made for you. It's a street-level epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta Rap. Joe put so much thought and care into how the book came together and tying everything from the Atlanta murders that happened decades ago and how that shaped the rap culture and the broader culture for black folks in Atlanta that we see today, and how that led to someone like Lil Baby, how that led to someone like Coach K having such an influence over hip hop music and the culture for decades now. This book was a great opportunity as well to have a trip down memory lane. A lot of us understand how influential Atlanta's been, but it was great to have it be told from a unique way. We also talked about broader trends happening in the streaming era right now in music, what a movie or film or TV show adaptation could look like for Rap Capital, and more. Here's our conversation. Hope you enjoy it. All right. Today we had Joe Coscarelli, the author of Rap Capital: An Atlanta story and read the book, really enjoyed it, and I got to ask because I was going through the synopsis and you said this was four years in the making, and I got to imagine with a book like this, there was some point when things started to click in that four-year process. When did you feel like things were coming together for you? [00:02:40] Joe Coscarelli: So I knew that there was a book in this stuff because I had done a handful of stories through my day job at The New York Times about Atlanta. I started this beat in late 2014. So., You know, my first couple years on the job, streaming was really taking over and specifically rap music and streaming. So I just found myself over and over again talking to the same group of people, right? I did a Migos Story, did a QC story that featured Lil Baby, one of his first interviews. I wrote about Drew Findling who's a lawyer in the book that's all over the news these days in various capacities. So I knew from those stories that there was something here. But I didn't know what it was going to be. I knew I wanted to not just tell a history, but follow characters in real-time as they tried to make it. That's something I always want to do in my work. You know, so my favorite art ever is like Hoop Dreams or a music documentary like Dig!, which follows two bands across a long period of time. One of them makes it, one of them doesn't make it. That's always what I want to bring to my reporting is this idea of a journey, right? And it doesn't even matter what the destination is, but following, specifically artists and musicians as they're trying to make something out of their lives, that to me, is just a timeless tale, right, of ambition and dreams, and so I knew I had a handful of characters that I wanted to go on this trip with, but I didn't really know how it tied into the broader story of Atlanta until a real marathon brunch interview with Lil Baby's mother, Lashawn. He was, you know, he and I had a rapport at that point. I'd interviewed him a few times. I did talk to a lot of people around him, and he was kind enough to set me up directly with his mom. And, you know, we sat down at a brunch place outside of Atlanta. And, you know, she said, I asked him, I asked Dominique, her son, we're like, what do I tell him? And he told her tell him everything. And she really did, her whole life story became part of the book, especially the foundation of the book, in the first part. And she had such an incredible life on her own. You know, I hope she writes a memoir someday. But when I learned really that she had been friends in school with an early victim of the Atlanta child murders, which were happening on the west side of Atlanta in the late seventies, early eighties, that she had a firsthand relationship to that historical event that I feel like really left its mark on the city. And she was open. She said it sort of affected the kind of mother that she became, and I think ultimately helped set Dominique, Lil Baby, on his path. And all of that could be traced to, like, something she went through as a kid that also spoke more broadly to Atlanta and the way it has developed socially, politically, culturally, especially Black Atlanta over the last 40, 50 years. So that was a real breakthrough moment for me, and I knew that I could start with her story, which in many ways was also the story of Atlanta in the last, you know, half a century. [00:05:30] Dan Runcie: And in reading that first piece, too, I could see how much care and thought was put into it from your perspective of going through what happened with those murders and then how that traces directly to someone like Lil Baby because it's hard to tell the story of Atlanta hip hop without doing all of that. And that's something that I think is often missing with so much of the discussion about Atlanta's run, which is why I feel like your book does stand as its own and is able to have a unique voice and perspective on this.[00:05:58] Joe Coscarelli: I appreciate that. Yeah, I wanted to tell the story through characters, right, through people, not just, you know, you can run down the discography of all the amazing Atlanta musicians, right? You can go through the label history, read the reviews. But I always want to sort of pull back like, who's behind these people? Who's behind that person, you know? So that's why I think, you know, mothers were huge, fathers, you know, friends, people who are around these artists growing up, I wanted them to be human characters, and I wanted the side characters to be as big of a part as the famous people 'cause I think they're as crucial to the equation. [00:06:31] Dan Runcie: And of course, Lil Baby is one of the central characters. Another one is Coach K, who's one of the folks leading up Quality Control Music. Why was it important for him to be a central character in this too? [00:06:42] Joe Coscarelli: So Coach K is amazing because you can tell basically the last 30 years of rap music only through his career, right? When I said I wanted to be able to trace characters back through the years to artists and eras, like, Coach has seen it all, right? This is a man who was passing out Church fans to promote Pastor Troy and the congregation in the mid-nineties. Then he goes from that to representing all these producers who were, you know, crucial to founding the trap sound, someone like Drama Boy. And then he's working with Young Jeezy, right, as the Snowman mythology takes over and, you know, Def Jam South and the explosion of trap music on a national scale. Coach is behind that, right? You know, there's a moment I talk about in the book where they put the commercial on the radio right, in Atlanta, when the Jeezy's mixtapes, Trap or Die are coming out, right, and it's All Traps Closed today, like National Holiday, you know, like these are the things that Coach was cooking up behind the scenes. Then he works with Gucci Mane, right, who was blood rivals with Jeezy. And then that brings you up to the present day, and in 2013, he and P, his partner Pierre Thomas, they founded Quality Control, and then they have Migos, right, and then they have a Lil Yachty, and then they have Lil Baby. And through Coach K, you could talk about every single one of those careers and so many more that he was on the periphery of, even if he wasn't the main executive or manager involved. So I just think, you know, there's nobody more crucial to that ecosystem at this moment and through the last couple of decades than Kevin Lee, Coach K. [00:08:14] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think one of the things that stands out about their run, too, is that it wasn't just one artist and they faded and rose with that artist. And I think that's what we've seen a lot in the streaming era, frankly, from a lot of the record labels that have rose up. They had the runs, and even when one star started to fade from a group that was the hottest group in the moment, they had others that came through, and you're seeing that infrastructure. I feel like that's one thing that sets them apart from a lot of the others at this moment. [00:08:42] Joe Coscarelli: Totally. For them, it's all about artist development, right? Like, I remember being around them in the office, you know, in late 2017 and they were talking about whether they should have gone after Bhad Bhabie, you know, the Cash Me Outside girl. And like they would see little things pop up and think like, oh, should we get in on that viral moment? And then they would be like, No, that's not what we do. We build artists, we build careers, we build brands. And something that's so special about Quality Control and why they were able to, you know, be the backbone of this book is because they are invested in that sort of old school Motown-esque record business thing of I'm going to pluck someone who might not even think they're a musician, and we're going to believe in them, and we're going to back them, and we're going to build it from the ground up, right, and we're going to build it Atlanta first. Whereas so much in the viral marketing, streaming world of today is going top-down, right? It's a TikTok hit, then it's a major label deal, and this person's probably never even played a show before. They're still very invested in the grassroots bottom-up approach, and I think that's worked for them so many times now that the playbook is, you know, you can't deny it.[00:09:48] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think that also that goes with something that I've seen you talk about even outside of the book as well, just some of the challenges that a lot of the artists and labels have right now in terms of now that the pandemic has, at least in this stage that we're in right now, there's still some lasting effects in terms of how that's shaping the charts, how that's shaping how music's released. What have you been seeing there from that perspective? [00:10:11] Joe Coscarelli: I mean, you know, a lot of people have been writing this year, yourself included, about the sort of stagnancy of the charts, how, you know, there aren't a lot of new breakout hits, especially in rap music, which had been so dominant for the last decade, essentially, as things started to move online and towards streaming. And I think you're right that a lot of that is pandemic hangover, right? Like, people were not outside like they used to be. Artists were not sort of feeling that energy, that creative energy. They were creating often, like, in a little bubble. I'm sure you get projects like a Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE that comes out of that pandemic moment and maybe speaks to some people's hopes and dreams for what the next few years will be, a little freer. But you don't have any chance for that sort of grassroots development, right? So we saw a lot of things come off of TikTok, but as I was getting at, like, those people, they haven't had the opportunity to touch their fans, right, to speak to the sort of ground swell of support. So you get a lot of things that feel fleeting and then you have something massive, right? Bad Bunny or like Morgan Wallen that's just like lodged up there at the top of the charts 'cause I think those guys had a fully formed thing going into the pandemic and were able to ride it through. You know, when you think about a lot of rap, especially regionally, that's bubbling now, there's a lot of drill, right? Like, you think of the stuff coming out of Brooklyn and the Bronx and that sound traveling all over the country. And I think, you know, since Pop Smoke, we haven't really had a sort of mainstream emissary for that sound. And it is such a local, such a hyper-local, such an underground phenomenon that you haven't really had someone translate it for the mainstream, you know, maybe that's going to be Ice Spice, maybe that's going to be Fivio Foreign, and like, you know, maybe it's going to be someone younger. But I think we're still waiting, right, for what that next wave, especially in rap, is going to be. You see the sort of sun may be setting on the trap era that's described in the book in the rise of drill as the default of what a rap song sounds like, but again, that hasn't really crossed over quite yet. [00:12:11] Dan Runcie: Yeah, it's been fascinating just to see how the streaming era has shaped things, specifically with how much you focused on it in the book. And with a topic like Atlanta hip hop, there are likely so many sectors that you could have dove in on, and of course, Lil Baby being a central figure did lend itself to the streaming era. But how did you decide which era to focus on? Because there's so many time spans that you probably could have done and equally deep dive on.[00:12:38] Joe Coscarelli: I always knew I wanted to tell a contemporary story, right? Like, I'm more of a reporter than I am a historian. So I'm not a musicologist, I'm not a music critic. You know, I've never really written criticism in terms of album reviews or show reviews, things like that. So I knew I wanted to be able to witness as much as I could firsthand and write about that because that's what I love to do in my work, getting back to this idea of, you know, being a fly on the wall for someone's journey, for someone's rise, for someone's fall even. So it was always going to be contemporary, right? And I feel like you have to tell a little bit of the history, right? You have to talk about Freaknik, you have to talk about OutKast, and the Dungeon Family, and LaFace Records, and So So Def to be able to get to this moment. But I think for me, like, I'm not someone who writes about music nostalgically. Sure, I love the stuff I grew up on, but I'd rather look forwards than backwards. And I think, character-wise, I just want to stay with the cutting edge, right? I want to see what's next. I want to see who's changing things, who's, you know, who's moving things forward. And that's just what I seek out in my life and in my job. So I think it was always going to be as contemporary as possible. [00:13:46] Dan Runcie: Yeah, that makes sense. I think that streaming also allowed us to see more growth from the areas that I think, in a lot of ways, were a bit held back from gatekeepers controlling everything. And I think Atlanta's a perfect example of that, even though they had the massive rise, you know, nineties, early 2000s, it went to another level this past decade. [00:14:09] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. And I think you know that sort of in-between time, right, when you think about post-Napster and file sharing, post-CD crash in the early 2000s. But pre-streaming, like, a lot of what became the go-to playbook for streaming was happening in the underground mixtape scene, especially in Atlanta and in the South. And you think of things like DatPiff or you know, sites like that where free mix tapes were coming out and it was all about quantity, right, in a way that really set these artists for the streaming era, right? You think of Lil Wayne's mixtape run, Gucci's mixtape run, and then Future's mixtape run. It was just about music, music, music, music. And so Migos sort of got in at the tail end of that and they released, you know, whatever it is, 5, 7, 10 mixtapes before they put out a proper debut album. And then when they finally hit with something like Culture, their second proper full length, the world had finally caught up to them and the rest of the Atlanta artists. And yet there's this whole group in between that gets left behind, right? Like, I'd love to read a book about Travis Porter and Rich Kidz and you know, these Atlanta rappers who are really, like, laying the groundwork for a lot of this, even like Rocko or you know, early career Future. Like these guys, I think if they would've come out once Spotify was as big as it is now, they would've been huge national and international stars. And instead, they sort of get caught in this in-between zone. So, you know, I think, I love to see when art lines up with the technology of the moment, and I think these Atlanta rappers were in the perfect place at the perfect time to take advantage of that explosion. [00:15:39] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I agree. And then even reading it too, and thinking about this conversation we're having, so much of you framing this as you're a reporter, you're capturing what's happening contemporary, and given the insights and the things that people are sharing with you, the amount of trust that you were needed to develop with them, and we talked a lot about the aspect of race and how that plays in. How did you navigate that yourself as a white man and trying to tell this black story and making sure that you're capturing it in the best way possible? [00:16:10] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. You know, obviously, I thought about this a lot in the reporting, in the conception of the book, and certainly in the writing and the editing. I think the job of any journalist, right, is to be like a respectful, humble, open-minded guest in other people's worlds, right, and to be well aware of what you know and what you don't know. Like, that goes for when I'm interviewing a female artist, a trans songwriter, reggaeton star. I think, like, to navigate spaces where you're not an insider, like, it's best to come prepared and engaged and curious. Like, I did my research, I knew what I was talking about to the extent that I could, but I also was eager to, like, defer to people who are the experts, right? I made sure that everyone from artists to managers, family members, like, they knew that I wanted to take whatever platform I had with the book and with my work at The New York Times, and sort of take their work seriously to shine a light on it, and recognize it as important as it is, right, this cultural product that has this immense influence and impact. So I wanted to really preserve these moments to the best of my ability for the history books. And I think that my subjects got that right away. You know, I don't think it took a lot of time for them to spend with me to see that I was really dedicated in that mission, that I was going to be respectful of their time and space, interested in the work that they were doing and the lives they were living. And then, like, your credibility travels, right? One person can vouch for you with another, you know, with a collaborator, with a family member. And I just wanted to just defer to them and their experiences. And I think I took that with me in the writing of the book. You know, of course, there's analysis, there's observation, but I really wanted people to speak for themselves. The book is very quote-heavy. I really wanted to capture people as they are, do an accurate portrayal of what it is they've been through. Hopefully, I think the quality speaks for itself. But I wanted to, you know, give these people whatever, spotlight, whatever platform I can offer. And then tell the truest version of how they relate it to me. [00:18:03] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I think that's the best and the most fair way to do it. Along the way though, did you receive any pushback or any type of challenge as you were doing this?[00:18:10] Joe Coscarelli: There's very little. I think I'm fortunate enough to, you know, have an institution like The New York Times behind me. I think, you know, people take that name seriously. It opens a lot of doors, whether or not I was a good reporter. And I think when you can open the door and then when you show up, and you're thorough, and you're accurate, you know, I'd written a lot about these people before the book, I think that the trust just grows and grows. And I was also finding people really at the beginning, right, of their careers in a lot of cases, like Lil Baby, like, you know, he may not be able to spell my last name, but he knows that I was that guy with him listening to his mixtape tracks as they were deciding what was going to be on, you know, his second, his third mixtape. And he's seen me for years along the way, supporting that journey, you know, engaging with the work, like I said. And, you know, meeting people at the beginnings of things, they remember, right, who was there with them and who was supportive and who got it. And I think that that went a long way for me with my subjects. I think the other thing is like, you know, in the music industry, whether it's rap, you know, southern rap, regional street rap, like, there's always a white guy around, you know. I talk about this in the book, whether it's a dj, a producer, a manager, you know, this is a trope, this is a tradition. And I think, you know, sometimes it goes well, sometimes it goes poorly. But I try to always be above board and respectful in my dealings. But I think, you know, when you're riding around in Atlanta, with a rapper and you look like I do, you know, someone's just going to assume that I'm either from the label or I'm from The FADER, you know, something like that.[00:19:41] Dan Runcie: Exactly. Exactly. But no, I think that, given this, as you mentioned, yeah, there's plenty of precedent for people having done this before. And yeah, I think the care that you bring into it with the book is clearly shown. And thinking about that, as you mentioned, just you driving around Atlanta, getting a feel for the vibe of the city and everything else, spending so much time there, how do you feel about the run that Atlanta's currently having and how this will continue? Because I think that like anything, people are always thinking of what is the next thing. How long does this last? We, of course, saw the east and west coast rise and fall. What do you feel, like, the next decade or so it looks like for Atlanta in hip hop? [00:20:19] Joe Coscarelli: I mean, the thing that's been so amazing about Atlanta, the reason it can be the subject of a book like this is because every time you would think it was over, they would just come up with a new thing, right? So like, you know, you think back to OutKast, you think back to So So Def, you know, you have the run of Ludacris, who becomes, you know, this crazy mainstream success story, you have Gucci, and Jeezy, and the rise of trap, and T.I., you know, becomes this huge crossover star. And then you think that that's over. And then you have crunk, and you have Lil Jon, and you think that's over. And then here's comes Waka Flocka Flame coming up from under Gucci, you know. Even someone like Gucci, he's helped birth three, four micro-generations of Atlanta rappers. And, you know, someone like Young Thug comes out and you're like, oh, like, this is too eccentric. This is never going to happen, right? Like, this is only for the real heads, only for people listening underground, and then all of a sudden he's on SNL, right? And he's in Vogue. And just over and over again, you have these guys sort of breakthrough with something that seems like it's too outre. It's too avant-garde. You know, even Migos and their sort of like punk repetition, you know, people heard Bando and said like, oh, this is annoying. Like, this is going nowhere, and then all of a sudden the whole radio sounds like that. So there's a part of me that does feel like, you know, this book is sort of capturing a contained era, right? The first 7, 8, 9, 10 years of streaming and the intensity and the tragedy of the YSL indictment. Like, maybe that's a hard stop to this era. But I think you can never count Atlanta out, right? So like, you might not know exactly what's coming next, but there's always more kids like this, like coming up with something new, taking what came before them, putting like a twist on it, and then all of a sudden it's on the radio, right? So like, even me, like, I see like a real post-Playboy Cardi, you know, sort of experimental streak in a lot of these rappers. I think there's some drill influence coming into Atlanta. And I don't think the next generation has really revealed itself yet, but I'm very confident that based on the infrastructure that's there, based on the amount of talent, the artists who call it home, both from there and not, like, I really think there'll be another wave, and there's just always another wave, in a way that even New York, you know, has struggled to bring the championship belt back that many times, you know? But I think, you know, Atlanta's regeneration has always been sort of its calling card. [00:22:41] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think one of the things that stands out about Atlanta too, and this is a bit of a sad way to frame it, but they've been able to withstand the jail time or the charges that happen for a lot of the rappers that are in their prime. Of course, we saw that happened with the West Coast in the nineties, Death Row, and you know, everything with Suge Knight and Tupac. I think we saw that a bit with the East Coast as well. But Atlanta, unfortunately, whether it's T.I., Gucci, like, a lot of them have served time, but the city still has been able to still thrive in hip hop because there was always someone else coming through. And I think even more recently now with Gunna and Thug, dealing with the RICO case and everything, who knows how that'll end up. But I think the difference for them and the city now as opposed to other areas is that even if you know, let's say that they may not be able to make music or this hinders their rise, there are other folks that can continue to have the city continue to rise up in the music around it.[00:23:38] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, and I think so much of this music, right, the music that's come out of Atlanta in the last 30 years, like, it comes from struggle, right? It comes from necessity. And the things you're describing, whether it's, you know, violence, death, you know, the criminal justice, the weight of the state on these young black men, mostly. And they do tend to be men, especially in this scene, though that's changing too. You know, I think when people feel backed into a corner, like, art can come from that, right? So whether it's YSL directly or it's the people, they influence, the people from their neighborhood who are going to fill that void. I think, you know, the people hear the urgency in this music, right? They hear the, whether it's the joy or the pain, you know, there's a lot of feeling here. And I think, yeah, the tough times, people bounce back out of that. And trap is so much about that in general that I think it'll just continue to happen.[00:24:29] Dan Runcie: Definitely. And in the beginning of this conversation, you talked a little bit about how Hoop Dreams and that type of story was definitely an inspiration, and of course, that was nearly a three-hour long movie, if I remember correctly, the timeframe there. In terms of this book, already reading it, maybe through the first few chapters, I was like, oh, this is going to get turned into some type of TV or series or a movie or something like that. I could already see that happening. Was that in the back of your mind as you were thinking about what this could look like? Obviously, I'm sure you're so focused on the book, but were you, as you're thinking about the inspiration, were you thinking about multimedia adaptations? [00:25:05] Joe Coscarelli: You know, I wasn't as much as I should have been, right? Otherwise, I would've been recording my audio better to turn it into a podcast, to then turn it into a doc series or whatever it is. I'm very much like a print writer, right? Like, I'm a newspaper reporter. I don't even think about images really as much as I think about words. And yet, like, so much of my influence, like, you know, Hoop Dreams was always the sort of the north star of this, but, like, I'm a huge consumer of television and film and stories of all kinds. So I knew I wanted the scope of the story to at least have that potential, right, to feel grand, to feel cinematic, to feel like it was about a time and a place and characters, which I think, you know, is often easier to do in a visual medium. So I had it in mind. But I was really too focused on just getting the words down on the page and getting the material I needed. I hope you're right and that now that this thing exists, right, this big book, like you said, Hoop Dreams is a three-hour movie, and this is like the book equivalent of a three-hour movie. It's almost 400 pages, so it has that sort of epic quality. And I think there is, you know, hopefully, more to mine there, not necessarily in recreating the stories that I've already captured, but in that essence, in that spirit and the way that Atlanta sort of goes in waves and goes in cycles. I hope there's a way to be able to capture that visually as well. [00:26:23] Dan Runcie: If you could handpick any director you would want to lead a project on Rap Capital who'd you pick?[00:26:29] Joe Coscarelli: Oh, man. All time. I mean, that's a tough one. Look, I mean, what Donald Glover and Hiro Murai have done with their Atlanta series, you know, it's much more surreal than this. It's fictionalized, but the parts of it that are based, you know, more on earth and more in the music industry, like, are just captured so well. I think, Hiro, as a director specifically, was able to, you know, all the aerial shots, like the highways, the roads, the woods, like that version of Atlanta is really seared in my mind. And, you know, I know they've done their version, but I think there's more to do. But then there's like the younger generation, right, of video directors and stuff that I'm just waiting to be able to see their worlds on a larger scale, you know, someone like Spike Jordan or someone like Daps who have their hand in, or, you know, Keemotion, like people who have their hand in a lot of the visual representation of this music on YouTube. And I think I would love to see what they would do, right? I would love to see the present-day music video directors' version of Belly, right, in Atlanta. Like, Belly, one of my favorite, you know, top five favorite movies ever, and has that sort of that music video quality to it in a lot of ways, but then blown up for the big screen. Like, I want some of those guys to have a canvas like that to paint on. [00:27:42] Dan Runcie: Yeah, that's a good answer because I think that, especially the Hiro one, because I think that Atlanta, as a TV show, does capture so much of it. And you're right, the episodes that are set in earth and not the surreal, you know, messages. But yeah, the ones that are set in earth do capture a lot of the intricacies about the music industry and I think the reality, which is I think something you do in the book as well. I also think that some of the newer music video directors, too, just given the world that they're capturing, do so much of that well, too, and I think having that is key because, of course, some of the more established names have a picture of Atlanta, but it may be more relevant to that, you know, LaFace era of Atlanta, which, while very impactful, isn't what your book is about.[00:28:27] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, I think there's a new wave, right, and the people who are responsible for the iconography of this wave. You know, even the crazy run of Young Thug videos, I think the director Be EL Be, is that his name? You know, just super, super surreal sort of dream world stuff. But I want to see what those guys can do with the present day, given the budgets, you know, if they were given a Hollywood-size budget instead of a rap video-size budget.[00:28:53] Dan Runcie: Well, I will definitely be keeping an eye out for that because I feel like it's one of these inevitable things and it'll be fun to watch for sure. [00:28:59] Joe Coscarelli: Fingers crossed. Yeah. [00:29:00] Dan Runcie: Yeah. All right. Well, before we wrap things up, I do want to go back to one thing about the music industry because you had tweeted something out, I forget how long ago it was, but Punch from TDE had, shoutout to Punch, he had asked a question about when did the personalities become bigger than the music, and you had responded and said, well, there's some nuance here. Look at someone like Rod Wave who is, you know, selling multiple times more than someone like Megan Thee Stallion. And I think Rod Wave is someone that, unless you know the music, you're not necessarily tapping in, versus Megan who's someone that's performing at all the big award shows and has a lot of the big features, how do you make sense of that dichotomy between those examples and maybe what it says about where we are in the industry and how to make sense of it?[00:29:45] Joe Coscarelli: I think there's just been a real crumbling of the monoculture, right? Like, before. You would expect, if somebody had a number one hit, if somebody had a number one album, everyone would know who they were, right? I would know, you would know, your mom would know, my grandma would know. They would at least have some vague idea, right, of who Shania Twain was, or you know, Katy Perry, whoever it may be, even Ed Sheeran, to name one of the last, I think, monoculture stars. Whereas today everything is so fragmented, right? You write about this in your newsletter, whether it's streaming TV or movies or music, like, everything finds its own little audience, and it's sometimes it's not even that little, you know. Jon Caramanica, the pop music critic here at the Times, and I collaborated on a piece, you know, I think probably almost four years ago at this point, saying like, your old idea of a pop star is dead. Your new idea of a pop star is, you know, it's Bad Bunny. It's BTS. It's Rosalía who's not selling a ton of albums, but can pack out two shows at Radio City Music Hall without saying a word of English, basically, you know. And people are finding these artists on their own, right? You think of NBA YoungBoy, another one who's like, basically, the biggest rap artist we've had over the last five years, and he gets no radio play. He's never been on television, he's never played SNL. He has, you know, maybe one magazine cover, national magazine cover in his past, that happened when he was, you know, 16, 17 years old. And yet, like the numbers on YouTube are bigger than Ariana Grande's, for instance, you know. So I think these audiences have just splintered. And there are a few people who permeate, right, personality-wise, you know, Megan Thee Stallion or whatever. But often the music is somehow divorced from that, right? Like, I think there's far more people who know these next-generation stars from being in commercials or, you know, Bad Bunny in a Corona commercial or whatever it is, then can sing one of their songs word for word. And I think that's fine. You know, I think that a lot of artists have found freedom in that, right? I keep coming back to artists who sing in Spanish primarily. Like, before I would be that to cross over, you had to change, right? You had to start singing in English, at least somewhat, like a Shakira or whatever it is. But now, that's no longer a prerequisite because your audience is going to find you on Spotify, they're going to come to your shows, they're going to buy merch. And even if you're not getting played on Z100 or, you know, Top 40 radio, you can still have as much of a footprint. It's just not in that same everybody knows the same 10 people way, you know? [00:32:10] Dan Runcie: Yeah. I think that the fact that someone like Bad Bunny has an album that's not in English, that has been on the top of the US charts for, what, 30%, 40% of the weeks of the year is incredible. [00:32:24] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. Yeah. And you know, I think that he is a celebrity, right, he is in films, he's in Bullet Train, he's in commercials, whatever. But I still think if you, you know, maybe it's different in New York, but if you went on the street and you asked, you know, your average 42-year-old white woman who Bad Bunny was, or to name a Bad Bunny song, it might not happen. But he's still selling out Yankee Stadium, you know, so it's this weird give and take of, like, what makes a hit these days, what makes a superstar. I think, you know, to bring it back, like, Lil Baby is in this boat too. Like, he's as close to, we have, I think, in the new school as a mainstream superstar, right, headlining festivals, you know, he's performing at the World Cup. He is sponsored, you know, Budweiser sponsors him. He's in, you know, all sorts of commercials, and he is really moved into that upper echelon. But he is still not a celebrity, right, in the way that a 50 Cent or a Jay-Z is to everyone. But he is to a certain generation. So it'll be interesting to see if he can sort of push past that last barrier and become a household name. But he doesn't need it, right? He doesn't have to be a household name to be the biggest rapper in the country. [00:33:28] Dan Runcie: Right. I think the part that I'm really fascinated by, too, is how this separation of, yes, you can be someone that is more known for personality than music, how that will translate to the labels they're assigned to, which of course are in the business of people actually streaming and listening to your music, and they're not necessarily in the business of selling personality or selling brand deals, right? Like, they're not getting the Pepsi deals or they're not, like, that's Pepsi doing that, you know what I mean? So it'll be interesting to see what that looks like 'cause obviously I know that there are legal challenges and transgressions with maybe why someone like a Rod Wave or like an NBA YoungBoy may not be getting asked to perform at the Grammy's, right? Like, I think that's pretty easy to understand. Or even someone like a Summer Walker who I think that does very well from a streaming perspective, but I think, you know, personally, just isn't the personality type to want to be all out there, right? [00:34:21] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, has no interest in being a celebrity, but I think it's almost healthier, right, for some of these artists to be able to say, like, I've seen what happens on the fame side, and I don't want that part. I just want to make my music and play for my fans. Like, I think that's becoming maybe more and more of a possibility, where you can speak directly to your fans and not have to play the game, right, with the gatekeepers that might not actually be turning into anything at this point other than mind share. So, yeah, there's a lot of different kinds of stardom right now, and I think, like, the cult star, the, like, mass cult star, Tyler, the Creator, you know, the way he built up his career. You've written about this over so many years. Like, he doesn't have a smash hit, he doesn't have an Old Town Road, you know, or a Call Me Maybe, or whatever it is. He doesn't have that defining record or pop cultural moment. He just has years and years and years of solid growth, and people respond to that, and that you can pack arenas on that just as easily as you, and maybe even more effectively than you can on the back of one or two massive hits.[00:35:25] Dan Runcie: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, definitely now, for sure. It'll be fascinating to watch and I'll be looking out for your continued reporting and thoughts on this, yeah, such a fascinating time in the industry. But Joe, it's been a pleasure, man. Hey, if anyone listening, if you are a fan of this podcast, believe me, this is a book. I can't recommend it enough. You'll enjoy it. But Joe, for the folks listening, where can they get Rap Capital? [00:35:47] Joe Coscarelli: Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story, out October 18th, available wherever books are sold, Amazon, Barnes & Noble. Get an audiobook, should be out soon at your local bookstore. Yeah, hopefully, you'll be able to find it. Rap Capital. Thanks so much for having me. [00:36:00] Dan Runcie: Awesome. Thanks for coming on and great work again. [00:36:02] Joe Coscarelli: It was really fun. Thanks. [00:36:03] Dan Runcie: Really good.[00:36:04] Dan Runcie: If you enjoyed this podcast, go ahead and share it with a friend. Copy the link, text it to a friend, post it in your group chat, post it in your Slack groups, wherever you and your people talk, spread the word. That's how Trapital continues to grow and continues to reach the right people. And while you're at it, if you use Apple podcast, go ahead, rate the podcast. Give it a high rating and leave a review. Tell people why you liked the podcast. 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Sharmen May Gowens, YWCA of Greater Atlanta’s mission-driven CEO, is committed to “eliminating racism and empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.” After serving as interim CEO for one year from 2012-to 2013, she accepted the call as CEO in 2015. She is committed to supporting and enriching our community. She currently serves on the Board of the Atlanta Metropolitan College Foundation; previous board affiliations include YWCA of Greater Atlanta, the Atlanta Business League, and the Better Business Bureau. She was named one of Atlanta’s Top 100 Women of Influence for 10 years starting in 2006 by The Atlanta Business League and is now a Tenured Woman of Influence. She is a 2003 graduate of United Way’s Volunteer Involvement Program (VIP) and was listed in Who’s Who in Black Atlanta in 2002, 2004, and 2008. Shavonne unpacks Sharmen's personal health history, her breast cancer survivor story, the importance of preventative healthcare, and why women should be leaning into conversations openly about their health histories. RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE YWCAAtlanta.org Facebook.com/YWCAAtlanta Linkedin.com/company/ywca-of-greater-atlanta Twitter.com/YWCAATL Instagram.com/ywcaatlanta CREDITS Theme Music

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Keeping it kosher is a Black Atlanta podcast where we talk about. Real Life ,Real Ish ,And Real ways to keep it kosher “Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” ― Shannon L. Alder WHAT HAVE U BEEN AVOIDING. ? FACING FEARS We face our fears for a reason: it helps us to grow. If you don't overcome your fears, you will never move from where you are. You will never develop a growth mindset and become a person of action, change, and success. Instead, you will remain stuck in the same situation Riddle I'm a fruit. If you take away my first letter, I'm a crime. If you take away my first two letters, I'm an animal. If you take away my first and last letters, I'm a form of music. What am I? what's are some topics out would love us. to cover ? Beat -@whitnessthegreatness Vocals /Lyrics @Blaccjinsui follow us on ig @Keepinitkosher_ twitter @kkosherpod Email us at kkosherpod@gmail.com Amir ig @a_renzzo twitter @a_renzzo Venezia Ig @veneziaj_ Twitter @fetchingV #Reallife #Realshit #Realwaytokeepitkosher #podcast #listen #Forusbyus #black #entertainment #listen #adulting #funny #urban #keepitkosher #inapickle #blackentertainers #podcastentertainment #quality #listenup #new #staytuned #newpodcastRewrite Your story#wasspodcast https://thegrio.com/2021/12/13/jussie-smollett-juror-guilty-verdict-not-easy-decision/amp/ https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/12/13/entertainment/kim-kardashian-law-exam-scli-intl/index.htmlSponsorships: --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keepinitkosher/support

Keeping it kosher is a Black Atlanta podcast where we talk about Vee's tales (The Fast and the Furious ) Real Life Real Ish And Real ways to keep it kosher What a sh!t show Podcast IG @wasspodcast3 Candace @thedanklady850 Porsha @lyyfe_of_zen Shan @Mizzsunshyne88 what's are some topics out would love us. to cover ? Beat -@whitnessthegreatness Vocals /Lyrics @Blaccjinsui follow us on ig @Keepinitkosher_ twitter @kkosherpod Email us at kkosherpod@gmail.com Amir ig @a_renzzo twitter @a_renzzo Venezia Ig @veneziaj_ Twitter @fetchingV #Reallife #Realshit #Realwaytokeepitkosher #podcast #listen #Forusbyus #black #entertainment #listen #adulting #funny #urban #keepitkosher #inapickle #blackentertainers #podcastentertainment #quality #listenup #new #staytuned #newpodcastRewrite Your story#wasspodcast Sponsorships: Sponsorships: on for this episode --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keepinitkosher/support

Keeping it kosher is a Black Atlanta podcast where we talk about Real Life Real Ish And Real ways to keep it kosher What a sh!t show Podcast IG @wasspodcast3 Candace @thedanklady850 Porsha @lyyfe_of_zen Shan @Mizzsunshyne88 what's are some topics out would love us. to cover ? Beat -@whitnessthegreatness Vocals /Lyrics @Blaccjinsui follow us on ig @Keepinitkosher_ twitter @kkosherpod Email us at kkosherpod@gmail.com Amir ig @a_renzzo twitter @a_renzzo Venezia Ig @veneziaj_ Twitter @fetchingV #Reallife #Realshit #Realwaytokeepitkosher #podcast #listen #Forusbyus #black #entertainment #listen #adulting #funny #urban #keepitkosher #inapickle #blackentertainers #podcastentertainment #quality #listenup #new #staytuned #newpodcastRewrite Your story#wasspodcast Sponsorships: --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keepinitkosher/support

Keeping it kosher is a Black Atlanta podcast where we talk about Real Life Real Ish And Real ways to keep it kosher If you could thank one person (living or dead) for his or her influence on your life, who would you thank? What is the most valuable lesson you've learned this year? What are three things that always make you smile? What random acts of kindness have you received this year?Whats one of your favorite songs at the moment ? what's are some topics out would love us. to cover ? Beat -@whitnessthegreatness Vocals /Lyrics @Blaccjinsui follow us on ig @Keepinitkosher_ twitter @kkosherpod Email us at kkosherpod@gmail.com Amir ig @a_renzzo twitter @a_renzzo Venezia Ig @veneziaj_ Twitter @fetchingV #Reallife #Realshit #Realwaytokeepitkosher #podcast #listen #Forusbyus #black #entertainment #listen #adulting #funny #urban #keepitkosher #inapickle #blackentertainers #podcastentertainment #quality #listenup #new #staytuned #newpodcastRewrite Your story --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keepinitkosher/support

Keeping it kosher is a Black Atlanta podcast where we talk about Real Life Real Ish And Real ways to keep it kosher kosher checkin , How are you feeling Mentally ,Physically and Emotionally ? Whata are your beliefs about yourself that u want to change ? How can u actively change your habits to shift your beliefs and identity ? Talk to your thoughts . What is some pregnancy cravings did you have ? Whats one of your favorite songs at the moment ? what's are some topics out would love us. to cover ? Beat -@whitnessthegreatness Vocals /Lyrics @Blaccjinsui follow us on ig @Keepinitkosher_ twitter @kkosherpod Email us at kkosherpod@gmail.com Amir ig @a_renzzo twitter @a_renzzo Venezia Ig @veneziaj_ Twitter @fetchingV #Reallife #Realshit #Realwaytokeepitkosher #podcast #listen #Forusbyus #black #entertainment #listen #adulting #funny #urban #keepitkosher #inapickle #blackentertainers #podcastentertainment #quality #listenup #new #staytuned #newpodcastRewrite Your story --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keepinitkosher/support

Twanda is chopping it up with the Atlanta Mayoral Candidates Rebecca King, Andre Dickens, Felecia Moore, Antonio Brown and City Council Candidate Kim Scott leading into next weeks election...It's time for some GOOD NEWS!

Keeping it kosher is a Black Atlanta podcast where we talk about Real Life Real Ish And Real ways to keep it kosher kosher checkin , How are you feeling Mentally ,Physically and Emotionally ? Whats on one of your favorite songs at the moment ? what's are some topics out would love us. to cover ? Beat -@whitnessthegreatness Vocals /Lyrics @Blaccjinsui follow us on ig @Keepinitkosher_ twitter @kkosherpod Email us at kkosherpod@gmail.com Amir ig @a_renzzo twitter @a_renzzo Venezia Ig @veneziaj_ Twitter @fetchingV #Reallife #Realshit #Realwaytokeepitkosher #podcast #listen #Forusbyus #black #entertainment #listen #adulting #funny #urban #keepitkosher #inapickle #blackentertainers #podcastentertainment #quality #listenup #new #staytuned #newpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keepinitkosher/support

Keeping it kosher is a Black Atlanta podcast where we talk about Real Life Real Ish And Real ways to keep it kosher kosher checkin , How are you feeling Mentally ,Physically and Emotionally ? Questions 1.What's taking up most of your head space right now ? 2.What are you Grateful for right now ? 3.What's something you can do today that would be good for you ? 4.What's something you're looking forward to in the next few days? what are you thoughts on the #rkelly trial ? https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40635526music by Whats on one of your favorite songs at the moment ? what's are some topics out would love us. to cover ? Beat -@whitnessthegreatness Vocals /Lyrics @Blaccjinsui follow us on ig @Keepinitkosher_ twitter @kkosherpod Email us at kkosherpod@gmail.com Amir ig @a_renzzo twitter @a_renzzo Venezia Ig @veneziaj_ Twitter @fetchingV #Reallife #Realshit #Realwaytokeepitkosher #podcast #listen #Forusbyus #black #entertainment #listen #adulting #funny #urban #keepitkosher #inapickle #blackentertainers #podcastentertainment #quality #listenup #new #staytuned #newpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keepinitkosher/support

There are so many people in this world today who work hard toward success and make it to the top but have not been recognized as they should.Janice Scott is an Author/Minister/Actress/Inventor and was inducted into the 19th Edition of the  Who's Who in Black Atlanta. She has and is doing a great job sharing her god-giving gift. Listen to this interview and get to know Janice Scott.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mohanni-love/message

Dr. Fauci wants kids 3 years old & up to continue wearing masks. Plus, President & CEO of Job Creators Network Alfredo Ortiz joins to discuss how MLB's All Star Game move cost majority Black Atlanta tens of millions of dollars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Black Atlanta businessman and political activist Leo Smith explains why he is a Republican

Woke MLB moves All-Star Game from 51% Black Atlanta to 9% Black Denver Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that the 2021 All-Star Game will be played in Denver instead of Atlanta, sending a social-justice signal by moving from a city with a 51% Black population to one where Black residents represent just 9%. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said that Coors Field in Denver was chosen as the venue because the Colorado Rockies organization had already supplied a detailed plan for hotels, event space and security as part of its bid for a future game. “Major League Baseball is grateful to... View Article

On todays episode of the More We Know Podcast we have Dawn Dickson!  Dawn W. Dickson is CEO of PopCom, an automated retail company that uses facial recognition, A.I, and blockchain technology to help retailers collect valuable customer insights. The first CRM, data, and analytics software provider for unattended retail, PopCom has developed technology to make kiosks and vending machines intelligent through data and analytics at the point of purchase. As a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years of experience in marketing and business development, Dawn launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002.  Her most recent ventures include Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women to get relief from painful heels), and PopCom, after identifying a need to make vending machines more intelligent.  Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills, and has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including Forbes, Black Enterprise, Fortune, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Miami Herald, CNBC/Yahoo series ‘The Biz Fix' with Marcus Lemonis, and MSNBC ‘Your Biz' Elevator Pitch.A recognized leader in entrepreneurship and digital marketing, Dawn is featured in Who's Who in Black Columbus, Who Who's in Black Atlanta, honored as one of Legacy Miami's Top 40 Under 40 Leaders in South Florida, and listed among the ‘50 Young Visionary Women Leaders to Watch' by Innov8tiv Magazine.Dawn received her B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University. Additionally, Dawn was selected to participate in some of the nation's top accelerator programs for entrepreneurs including the NewME (San Francisco), Canopy Boulder (Boulder, Colorado) and Techstars (Los Angeles) and is recognized as one of the nation's top entrepreneurs on the rise.Check out her Start Engine Campaign here: https://www.startengine.com/popcomUse Code "MoreWeKnowPodcast25" for 25% off Keto Krisp bars! https://ketokrisp.com/GET 4 FREE STOCKS on WeBull when you sign up, use my link and make your first $100 deposit today! https://www.webull.com/activity/get-free-stocks?inviteCode=3IQJW1XI8Fbs&inviteSource=wb_kol_us&source=mainListen To The More We Know ⇨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1134704Subscribe ⇨https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvfd5ddf72Btbck8SdeyBwFollow my Instagram ⇨ https://www.instagram.com/sameer.sawaqed/?hl=enFollow my Twitter ⇨ https://twitter.com/commitwithmeer

In this episode, Dionne talks about the holiday feels (or lackthereof) and her favorite Christmas movie...staying out of the business that isn't yours when to comes to ending relationships and Kevin Hart and the policing of people's opinions. Dope and Black: Atlanta based illustrator Shae- sheisthis.com

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Meet Brand Strategist, Speaker ,Visual Content Creator - Averri Simone - It was a pleasure to chat with her about Black Women Moguls and what it means to be a Mogul. As a Brand Strategist and Social Media Advisor, Averri Simone has assisted non-profits, small businesses, and personal brands with their revenue, social media, and website strategy. Her expertise helps business owners to convert followers into paying customers and she also teaches clients how to manage their business from their phone. Seeing the limited opportunities for black women in entrepreneurship, Averri Simone created Black Women Moguls. Through this platform, she assists women entrepreneurs who are seeking to build a profitable brand. Outside of her entrepreneurial ventures, she serves as the youngest board member, First Vice President of a local section of the National Council of Negro Women. For her contributions to her community, Averri was awarded the NCNW "Living the Legacy" Award and recognized as "Who's Who in Black Atlanta." www.instagram.com/blackwomenmoguls www.facebook.com/blackwomenmoguls https://www.linkedin.com/in/averri-liggins www.blackwomenmoguls.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithchan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithchan/support

As a Certified Life Coach & Ph.D. in Psychology, Dr. Dwan Abrams’ life’s mission is to help people break through the barriers preventing them from living the life they desire. Throughout her career she has helped clients effectively address and solve life’s challenges through a collaborative and personalized coaching program assisting them in achieving their short and long-term goals.In addition to being a life coach, Dr. Dwan is the national bestselling author of 8 books. She’s also a media expert who has been featured on TV One’s true crime documentary, For My Man. A highly sought-after motivational speaker, Dr. Dwan has been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences and events. She has been inducted into Who’s Who in Black Atlanta and appeared in such publications as The Morgan, Booking Matters, and Awareness magazines. www.dwanabrams.tvInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwanabrams/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwanabrams

As a Certified Life Coach & Ph.D. in Psychology, Dr. Dwan Abrams’ life’s mission is to help people break through the barriers preventing them from living the life they desire. Throughout her career she has helped clients effectively address and solve life’s challenges through a collaborative and personalized coaching program assisting them in achieving their short and long-term goals.In addition to being a life coach, Dr. Dwan is the national bestselling author of 8 books. She’s also a media expert who has been featured on TV One’s true crime documentary, For My Man. A highly sought-after motivational speaker, Dr. Dwan has been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences and events. She has been inducted into Who’s Who in Black Atlanta and appeared in such publications as The Morgan, Booking Matters, and Awareness magazines. www.dwanabrams.tvInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwanabrams/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwanabrams

Today, let's chat about the gorgeous mid-century modern neighborhood of Collier Heights in Atlanta, Georgia which was planned for, built by, and lived in by Black Atlantans.Note: This isn't a story about a silver lining to the bad situation that is racism. Nor is it any kind of an example of solutions that point the a way forward today. (We will not make America better by building better quality segregated spaces.) Instead, I see the history of Collier Heights and the dedicated citizens who built it as example of making lemonade out of some pretty sour lemons. Hey friends. I’m still thinking a lot about race and housing in the US this week … so that’s what you’re going to hear about from me. Last week I dug into some the factors that have prevented black families in america from owning their own homes and there were many. But that doesn’t mean that no black people lived in, designed or loved mid-century style houses. In today's episode you'll hear ...How the movie Hidden Figures tells the story of talented black women working to contribute to the early years of NASA and and was shot in the real homes of talented black citizens who lived outside of Atlanta during the same era. [2:00]How to go check out some amazing photographs and oral history of Collier Heights in the 2016 photo essay prepared by Lydia A harris for Southern Spaces and why they were built with such astonishing social spaces hidden in their basements [3:15]An abbreviated history of how Atlanta (and really cities across America) used official planning policies and government created committees to facilitate racially segregated communities during the MCM period [4:40]More Atlanta context via the excellent history podcast Archive Atlanta [7:35]Mini Bios of two talented Black Atlanta architects: J.W. Robinson and Edward Miller who helped build both Collier Heights and a safe space for another generation of Black architects in Georgia [9:15]Get all the links and more at www.midmod-midwest.com/310/

In this episode, we welcome our good friend Dr. Marquita Blades to the show. In our conversation, she shares about her personal journey as an educator, the evolution of the Gyrlfriend Collective, and her current work as a Teacher EmPOWAARment specialist. To learn more about Dr. Blades' work, you can visit the website at drmarquitablades.com or you can connect with her on the following social media platforms: FACEBOOK - Dr. Marquita Blades or POWAARful Teaching INSTAGRAM - @powaarfulteaching TWITTER - @DrMBlades BIO: Dr. Marquita S. Blades is an award-winning STEM Educator and Teacher EmPOWARRment Specialist with 16 years of experience as a high school science teacher and manager of national STEM programs. Dr. Blades saves schools and school districts time and money by teaching them to increase student engagement & collaboration through rigorous and meaningful learning experiences, using the resources they currently have on-hand. Her specialty workshops include: Practical Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards and the POWARRful Teaching Strategies™ for Increasing Student Engagement series. Dr. Blades is also the founder of The Mediocre Teacher Project© which helps teachers avoid and battle through burnout by incorporating their unique gifts and talents into their daily practice. In 2017, Dr. Blades launched The Dr. Marquita Blades Show-Candid Conversations that Create Change, an internet-based broadcast dedicated to discussing current trends and issues in education. Dr. Blades is a contributing author for The Whole Truth & Lessons From My Grandmother's Lap – both anthologies, the lead author for The Mediocre Teacher Project and Chronicles of the Chronically Ill –also anthologies, and the author POWARRful Teaching Strategies™ for Increasing Engagement & Collaboration While Maintaining Rigor in Science Courses – a collective of highly-effective instructional strategies for middle and high school science teachers. Dr. Blades is a co-founder of The Gyrlfriend Collective, along with Maureen Carnakie-Baker. The Gyrlfriend Collective is an independent publishing house that connects, supports, and uplifts women by giving them a platform to share their voices through written publications. The Gyrlfriend Collective's signature work, The Gyrlfriend Code® Anthology Series includes four Amazon best-selling volumes & editions. Dr. Blades is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa. She has received numerous awards including the Elizabeth Allen Alford Overcomer's Award (2017), Teachers of Atlanta Honoree (2017), Eta Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Rising Star in Education (2017), National Celebrity Educators™-Georgia Celebrity Educator of the Year (2018), and Women of Strength Honoree (2018). Most recently, she was nominated for the 2019 Community Engagement R.I.C.E. Award and was selected to be included in the 2019 Edition of Who's Who in Black Atlanta. Dr. Blades holds a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Broad Field Science from Georgia State University, a Master of Science in Technical and Professional Communication from Southern Polytechnic State University, and a Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. When she is not working, Dr. Blades enjoys reading, cooking, and traveling with her husband, International Realtor, Virgil Blades. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/identitytalk4educators/support

If you have ever read the work of inspirational speaker and poet, Hank Stewart, then you might find it hard to believe that this profoundly talented writer did not scribe his first poem until May of 1991. Stewart, a published writer who has been called a catalyst for action and a messenger of hope, considers spirituality, history and love as his major influences for delving into the world of literature. A devoted Christian, Hank believes that a firm spiritual guidance can help an individual remain true to the mission of life and success. Therefore, he incorporates this belief in his poetry by encouraging people to move to new emotional heights and spiritual levels. Hank has performed at the Trumpet Awards and Essence Music Festival. He has written and performed commercials for the McDonald Corporation called "365 BLACK". He has also written and performed African American poetic rendition commercials for Fox 5 Atlanta which resulted in the winning of the 2007 Emmy, Promax and Gabby awards. He is the recipient of the Man of Distinction Award for Who's Who Award for Who's Who in Black Atlanta & Distinctive Men Award. Mr. Stewart's community service dedication has also afforded him many prestigious accolades such as the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Award. Always looking to advance his career to the next level, Stewart considers his plight as an author to inspire people to achieve maximum success and to touch as many lives as possible with a message of spirituality, love and history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ken-warner/support

Dawn W. Dickson is CEO of PopCom, an automated retail company that uses facial recognition, A.I, and blockchain technology to help retailers collect valuable customer insights. The first CRM, data, and analytics software provider for unattended retail, PopCom has developed technology to make kiosks and vending machines intelligent through data and analytics at the point of purchase. As a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years of experience in marketing and business development, Dawn launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002. Her most recent ventures include Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women to get relief from painful heels), and PopCom, after identifying a need to make vending machines more intelligent. Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills, and has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including Forbes, Black Enterprise, Fortune, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Miami Herald, CNBC/Yahoo series ‘The Biz Fix’ with Marcus Lemonis, and MSNBC ‘Your Biz’ Elevator Pitch. A recognized leader in entrepreneurship and digital marketing, Dawn is featured in Who’s Who in Black Columbus, Who Who’s in Black Atlanta, honored as one of Legacy Miami’s Top 40 Under 40 Leaders in South Florida, and listed among the ‘50 Young Visionary Women Leaders to Watch’ by Innov8tiv Magazine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brotherbenx/support

Dawn Dickson Founder & CEO of PopCom. Dawn W. Dickson is a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years of experience in marketing and business development. Dickson is a strong passionate black woman and a leader in technology and entrepreneurship. She launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002, her most recent ventures Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women to get relief from painful heels) and PopCom after identifying a need to develop a software solution to make vending machines more intelligent. Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills, and has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including Forbes, Black Enterprise, Fortune, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Miami Herald, CNBC/Yahoo series ‘The Biz Fix’ with Marcus Lemonis, and MSNBC ‘Your Biz’ Elevator Pitch. A recognized leader in entrepreneurship and digital marketing, Dawn is featured in Who’s Who in Black Columbus, Who Who’s in Black Atlanta, honored as one of Legacy Miami’s Top 40 Under 40 Leaders in South Florida, and listed among the ’50 Young Visionary Women Leaders to Watch’ by Innov8tiv Magazine. Dawn received her B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University.

Lorra Brown, CEO of LBE Consulting, PLLC and recipient of the 2017 Who's Who in Black Atlanta, joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast to discuss best practices for business owners to plan for transferring and continuation operations in the event of death or disability of the Founders and Executive Team.   Lorra offers 5 action items to prepare your company so that there is no disruption of your business in the event something happens that limits the ability of the executive team to carry out their duties.  LBE Consulting provides accounting services and business consulting to a diverse bed of self-employed professionals. Lorra is a Certified Public Accountant that has been honored by several organizations for her hard work in the community. Recently, Lorra has been ranked by ECA Accounting as one of the Top 100 Accountants to follow.  To learn more and get her FREE checklist for Succession Planning visit www.lbeconsulting.com To watch the interview on youtube:  https://youtu.be/kd5D4EbVPQA Karen Rands works with entrepreneurs and investors to bring innovation to market, create jobs, and create wealth for all.  She wrote the best selling"how to" book for angel investors.   Learn more at http://karenrands.co 

Dawn W. Dickson is CEO of PopCom, an automated retail company that uses facial recognition, A.I, and blackchain technology to help retailers collect valuable customer insights. The first CRM, data, and analytics software provider for unattended retail, PopCom has developed technology to make kiosks and vending machines intelligent through data and analytics at the point of purchase. As a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years of experience in marketing and business development, Dawn launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002. Her most recent ventures include Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women to get relief from painful hears, and PopCom, after identifying a need to make vending machines more intelligent. Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills, and has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including the cover of the June 2018 issue of Black Enteprise, Forbes, Fortune, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Miami Herald, CNBC/Yahoo series 'The Biz Fix' with Marcus Lemonis, and MSNBC 'Your Biz' Elevator Pitch. A recognized leader in entrepreneurship and digital marketing, Dawn is featured in Who's Who in Black Columbus, Who Who's in Black Atlanta, honored as one of Legacy Miami's Top 40 Under 40 Leaders in South Florida, listed among the '50 Young Visionary Women Leaders to Watch' by Innov8tiv Magazine, and named as one of INC Magazine's 100 top female founders for 2018. Dawn received her B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University. Additionally, Dawn was selected to participate in some of the nation's top accelerator programs for entrepreneurs including the NewME (San Francisco), Canopy Boulder (Boulder, Colorado), Techstars (Los Angeles), Brinc (Hong Kong) and is recognized as one of the nation's top entrepreneurs on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ladies sat down and recapped their thanksgiving holiday . Our host Nika recently started a show on Dash radio airing every Tuesday , Cidnee details her experiences at the Art of Black Atlanta dinner (gathering that shows the native black artist in Miami) and Hali wraps up her first semester at CAU . Candy Raine gave a shout out to all the carefreefreeblackgirls she met since moving to Atlanta and the group names Michelle Obama , Issa Rae , Cardi B , Tiffany Haddish & more as the CareFreeBlackGirls of the year . The main topic of the day cancel culture - the group talks homophobia in hip hop , abuse and mental illness. Do you think celebrities should be more cautious of what they say? Hali breaks down the difference between cancelling vs deleting someone and the ways one could redeem themselves . We are not canceling the City Girls yet but some people have got to go. Get Free Candy Raine reveals she’s a personal trainer and gives the ladies tips on how to keep up with an exercise routine. We talk Kim Porters death and the unexpected deaths of black women. It’s time to listen to black women more than ever because when we do complain we are past the point of retaining pain. The ladies encourage more black people to go into the medical field and get knowledgeable about options for their health . The group talks cuffing season . Find out who’s in the game and who’s on the bench this year. Do you date by horoscopes? Cidnee talks about how being a sign person saves you time and effort when dating . Find out more about yourself by downloading co star app - Co–Star Personalized Astrology by Co-Star Astrology Society https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/co-star-personalized-astrology/id1264782561?mt=8The episode closes with the host detailing what they’re leaving in 2018. Check out our girls to watch this month QueenDom Reign - https://linktr.ee/queendomreignBrooklyn - The Good Girl Movement https://instagram.com/thegoodgirlmovement?utmsource=igprofile_share&igshid=38qt0i6xyn9iEnroll for healthcare by Dec 15th ! https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/getting-medicaid-chip/Got a comment or concern , email us CareFreeBlackGirlPodcast@gmail.com Use our hashtags #carefreeblackgirl #cfbgpod to keep up with the conversation Music curated by DJ CANDY RAINETune in each month & hashtag CareFreeBlackGirl to stay engaged with the conversation. Follow us:twitter - https://twitter.com/cfbgpodhttps://www.instagram.com/carefreeblackgirl_inc/HELP US KEEP THE LIGHTS ON -https://www.patreon.com/carefreeblackgirlFollow the hosts on Twitter;Cidnee - @cidneerich -https://twitter.com/thejam_Nika -@carpenika -https://twitter.com/carpenikaHali -@halismith_ - https://twitter.com/halismith_DJ Candy Raine @dj_candyraine -https://twitter.com/DJCandyRaineProduced by Quanna (@QuannaMC) Executively Produced by Wize Grazette (@TheRealWize) and Rez (@CallMeRez)This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-1aea92 for 40% off for 4 months, and support #CareFreeBlackGirl.

Artist, curator and archivist Pellom McDaniels, III joins cultural producer Floyd Hall in this discussion about photography, the archival process, and his areas of interest and research. Recorded live at Gallery 72, McDaniels gives some cultural context to the current exhibition, “Rusty Miller: The Compassionate Eye in Forgotten Atlanta,” and interprets the images on display in context of Black Atlanta at that time. McDaniels also shares some perspective about his his career path as an artist, athlete, scholar and his current role as archivist and curator at Emory University’s Rose Library. This conversation is presented in collaboration with the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

Ify and Turquoise discuss what it means for change when progressive parties in NY are snubbing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cynthia Nixon, Republicans seek to make law out of Trump and U.S. Treasury's policy change to allow dark money donors to political nonprofits, detainees in a Tacoma, WA immigration detention center go on hunger strike to protest family separation and conditions, Espy's honored sexual assault survivors, Chance the Rapper acquired The Chicagoist, UNC football coach said soft football equals soft military, Republican TX State Sen. Villalba calls for Trump's impeachment, 25 Black Atlanta youth excel at Harvard Debate Council, and more.

In this sports filled episode, the guys of TAP talk about Atlanta Hawks and their Draft Pick Tre Young, Myron's Golden State Gripes, Atlanta Falcons and the restructoring of Julio Jones' contract, the new "National Anthem" policy in the NFL, Atlanta United fandom and the growing popularity of soccer... or futbol... in the country. What's on TAP? "The A" by Eventide #ATLSalute goes to: Austin Gaggero and the Gaggero Family

This is a great show on how to get your leadership on!  We're talking about collaborative thinking, branding, self-awareness, resilience and business with Felicia Phillips.  Who is Felicia Phillips?  When you are the founder of a GLOBAL initiative (The PINKtech Institute & The PINKpreneur Network) centered around economic empowerment for women, its safe to say that partnerships and collaborations are key. For more than 20 years, Felicia has had the pleasure of developing powerful relationships with municipalities, corporations, celebrities and many other influential people. Her connections have lead to multiple 7-figure business ventures, the production of numerous mega events and thousands of dollars in sponsorships. Felicia has worked with major brands such as Microsoft, Cricket, IKEA, State Farm, Fifth-Third Bank and The WNBA Atlanta Dream to name a few. Felicia is a Serial Entrepreneur and Master Business Coach and has been instrumental in coaching entrepreneurs on professional relationship management, building strategic partnerships and discovering how to use their power of influence to attract clients, increase their cash flow and expand their business. Felicia co-authored the book Pink Mastermind and is a Master Guide Facilitator for mastermind groups.   Felicia is not only passionate about helping women obtain success through collaboration, she is also an advocate for the environment.  In April 2011, Felicia was awarded The Phoenix Award by City of Atlanta Mayor, Kasim Reed for her commitment to sustainability.  She was honored in 2013 for her sustainability efforts by Who's Who in Black Atlanta.  Felicia has also received The 2015 Connector Award, The InfluenceHer Award. TheSixFigureMastermind.com is her brainchild.  ?  

Next week on Women Warriors  (Wed, Nov 26th at Noon ET), our special guest is Lori Mann.  Lori will discuss the topic of “Soulful Sales Strategies for Success”.  Many business owners particularly women do not realize that sales is the lifeline of any company’s success. Lori discusses are 5 step process for how to authentically sell your products and services without feeling sleezy or aggressive. You will learn key strategies to accelerate the sales process by having conversations that attract prospects to become customers in less time than it would normally take.Lori A. Manns is CEO of Quality Media Consultant Group, a consultancy firm specializing in media strategies that work to provide increased clientele, brand visibility and revenue. Lori is a marketing and sales coach and business strategist who empowers her clients to grow their businesses by utilizing magnetic marketing strategies and soulful sales solutions. Lori is a strategic media buyer and proficient in placing advertising campaigns across all platforms including: TV, radio, Internet, print, direct mail and outdoor advertising.Since establishing QMC Group in 2009, Lori has received the Rising in Community Excellence Award in 2014, SWIBA Business on the Rise Award by Stiletto Woman Media in 2013, Super Tuesday Awards finalist honor by Atlanta Business League in 2012 and Business Superstar Award by People You Need To Know Magazine in 2010 as well as honored in Who’s Who of Black Atlanta guide from, 2010-2014.  To learn more about Lori and her business visit her website at www.qualitymediaconsultants.com.

Next week on Women Warriors  (Wed, Nov 26th at Noon ET), our special guest is Lori Mann.  Lori will discuss the topic of “Soulful Sales Strategies for Success”.  Many business owners particularly women do not realize that sales is the lifeline of any company’s success. Lori discusses are 5 step process for how to authentically sell your products and services without feeling sleezy or aggressive. You will learn key strategies to accelerate the sales process by having conversations that attract prospects to become customers in less time than it would normally take.Lori A. Manns is CEO of Quality Media Consultant Group, a consultancy firm specializing in media strategies that work to provide increased clientele, brand visibility and revenue. Lori is a marketing and sales coach and business strategist who empowers her clients to grow their businesses by utilizing magnetic marketing strategies and soulful sales solutions. Lori is a strategic media buyer and proficient in placing advertising campaigns across all platforms including: TV, radio, Internet, print, direct mail and outdoor advertising.Since establishing QMC Group in 2009, Lori has received the Rising in Community Excellence Award in 2014, SWIBA Business on the Rise Award by Stiletto Woman Media in 2013, Super Tuesday Awards finalist honor by Atlanta Business League in 2012 and Business Superstar Award by People You Need To Know Magazine in 2010 as well as honored in Who’s Who of Black Atlanta guide from, 2010-2014.  To learn more about Lori and her business visit her website at www.qualitymediaconsultants.com.

The American Temperance Movement remains an interesting and important topic. Considering the various attitudes that influenced laws about alcohol sale and consumption of the past are often referred to when reviewing issues related to liquor legislation today. However, what may not be as readily considered is the role that interracial race relations affected and may still impact legislation today. In H. Paul Thomspon Jr.’s A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887 (Northern Illinois University Press, 2012), we are given a front row seat to a 22 year period, from the end of slavery to the failure of Reconstruction, when blacks and whites in Atlanta, Georgia, were negotiating, wrangling and vying for various iterations of temperance, from prohibition to anti-prohibition. Thompson uncovers not only the role that race played in this period, but that religion and region (the North’s relationship to the South) played as well. This fascinating read is sure to capture the attention of any interested in religion, or region, or race, or prohibition during this fascinating and important period of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Temperance Movement remains an interesting and important topic. Considering the various attitudes that influenced laws about alcohol sale and consumption of the past are often referred to when reviewing issues related to liquor legislation today. However, what may not be as readily considered is the role that interracial race relations affected and may still impact legislation today. In H. Paul Thomspon Jr.’s A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887 (Northern Illinois University Press, 2012), we are given a front row seat to a 22 year period, from the end of slavery to the failure of Reconstruction, when blacks and whites in Atlanta, Georgia, were negotiating, wrangling and vying for various iterations of temperance, from prohibition to anti-prohibition. Thompson uncovers not only the role that race played in this period, but that religion and region (the North’s relationship to the South) played as well. This fascinating read is sure to capture the attention of any interested in religion, or region, or race, or prohibition during this fascinating and important period of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Temperance Movement remains an interesting and important topic. Considering the various attitudes that influenced laws about alcohol sale and consumption of the past are often referred to when reviewing issues related to liquor legislation today. However, what may not be as readily considered is the role that interracial race relations affected and may still impact legislation today. In H. Paul Thomspon Jr.’s A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887 (Northern Illinois University Press, 2012), we are given a front row seat to a 22 year period, from the end of slavery to the failure of Reconstruction, when blacks and whites in Atlanta, Georgia, were negotiating, wrangling and vying for various iterations of temperance, from prohibition to anti-prohibition. Thompson uncovers not only the role that race played in this period, but that religion and region (the North’s relationship to the South) played as well. This fascinating read is sure to capture the attention of any interested in religion, or region, or race, or prohibition during this fascinating and important period of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Temperance Movement remains an interesting and important topic. Considering the various attitudes that influenced laws about alcohol sale and consumption of the past are often referred to when reviewing issues related to liquor legislation today. However, what may not be as readily considered is the role that interracial race relations affected and may still impact legislation today. In H. Paul Thomspon Jr.'s A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887 (Northern Illinois University Press, 2012), we are given a front row seat to a 22 year period, from the end of slavery to the failure of Reconstruction, when blacks and whites in Atlanta, Georgia, were negotiating, wrangling and vying for various iterations of temperance, from prohibition to anti-prohibition. Thompson uncovers not only the role that race played in this period, but that religion and region (the North's relationship to the South) played as well. This fascinating read is sure to capture the attention of any interested in religion, or region, or race, or prohibition during this fascinating and important period of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Married Strangers is Dwan Abram's Upcoming Release Dwan Abrams is the bestselling author of Married Strangers, Divorcing the Devil (nominated for the 2008 African American Literary Awards Show), Only True Love Waits (winner of the 2007 Pen of the Writer POWER Award), The Scream Within and Favor (a short story appearing in The Midnight Clear anthology). She hosted The Dwan Abrams Experience Radio Show on AM 1260 WTJH in metro Atlanta. She is also a journalist, freelance editor and professional speaker. Her articles have appeared in Images of Us and Nesting Solo magazine, and she has served as fashion editor for FIERCE411.com. Additionally, she’s the founder, publisher and editorial director of Nevaeh Publishing, LLC a small press independent publishing house. She was inducted in the 2006 “Who’s Who” in Black Atlanta under the Entrepreneurs section. Visit Dwan at www.dwanabrams.com.