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Putting lives back together after the battle.By FinalStand. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.Either you embrace Change and are destroyed by it, or you resist Change and are overwhelmed by it. What is your choice? (The Politics of 'Not' Being Dead)The rest of the trip was made in silence. They dropped us off at the edge of Miercurea Ciuc, home base of the 61st Mountain Troops Brigade, of Professor Loma and from whence all this craziness had originated. The meeting was already awkward before I arrived. It only got worse. Where to begin? Well, Russia, the United States, the UK, Romania, Hungary and Ireland were now all interested parties. And I had gained two personal distinctions:1.) Not only was I now heralded (and not really joking anymore) by some sources as Magyarorszag es Erdely Hercege, I was thereby re-awakening old nationalistic and territorial fears. Hungary didn't want a Prince, yet they did have an anemic Monarchist party. I might not be a Hapsburg (the last royal house of Hungary), but I could possibly be misconstrued as a long-lost Árpád scion (first King and founder of the Hungarian state), which would be even better.A crisis was looming in my ancestral crucible. It seems I already had a webpage in Budapest and six hundred "friends" within 24 hours. Worse, they had some pictures of me. Besides being 'of regal bearing' in the descriptions, I was sexy-hot and a soldier of fortune, a modern day 'Wild Geese, (Goose?)' who was wanted for questioning in a, or perhaps multiple, murder(s) involving either a duel over a woman's honor or killing a dozen armed gangsters who prayed on young innocents newly arrived to the big city.I wasn't alone. My trusty companion was A.) an ascetic Jedi Mistress (my own, personal Yoda), B.) an ancient witch schooled in the necromantic arts (apparently the reason I couldn't die), or C.) a Cold-War Era SMERSH (too much James Bond) assassin repaying an old debt to the descendent of an anti-communist partisan she'd killed years ago, eerily close to the truth for once. That, plus the TEK investigation, were Hungary's main points of concern involving me.2.) I was now a person involved in significant events for half a dozen nations on the world scene.Let's start with Romania. Okay, foremost, I was responsible for the single deadliest day in modern (post-WWII) Romanian Land Forces history. There was no covering this up. Close to one hundred men and women had died in combat, and then you added the forty-some dead Amazons, many of them apparently tortured, and this was a political and public relations nightmare.No one doubted their troops behaved heroically. That wasn't the problem. The political conundrum was how could they explain Ajax and his fifty seasoned killers penetrating into central Romania with no one being aware of the danger? A few politicians wanted to blame Székely nationalists (by that, they meant the ethnic minority who 'vaguely' wanted Transylvania to rejoin Hungary), except they had me, the Hungarian Prince, leading the charge.Life would have been so much easier for them if I had died. Yes, I could read the minds of those politicians. Screw a girl, then her younger sister, and then his wife, who all say they love me, and you'll recognized the emotional intent a father directs your way. (I'd only done that once, and once was enough.) I was getting that vibe again.Unfortunately for them, I wasn't dead and three big time foreign governments (and Ireland) seemed really curious about me, my performance and my mortality. So dragging me out back for a firing squad wasn't going to happen. Riki Martin of the US State Department was there and she told me a representative of the US Military Mission was on his way up to debrief me. Russia's sexy military attaché was still on site and looking happy for some reason. Flaviu, who had some experience with me, was soon to be gone; replaced by some person who had some serious lettuce before his actual name and didn't know me from didly. Not good.The UK had one of their diplomats coming up as well, just so I didn't get lonely. They weren't driving up with the Irishman, or the American. No one considers their carbon footprint in a crisis, I swear. But wait! It gets better. My Romanian Special Force dudes had brought the rest of their company (around a hundred new buddies) with them, they seriously didn't want me to get homesick and wander off (because, you know, I liked living and freedom).The Romanian army shouldn't have worried. It seemed that there were some US Army Rangers with NATO in Kosovo, Albania, or Bosnia and Uncle Sam was expressing a desire for them to 'stop by'. Maybe they could share their C-130 with the British paratroopers who were equally concerned about my well-being. I just hoped everyone was going to play nice when the Spetsnaz arrived. Putin was suddenly (and surprisingly to me, anyway) my new pal. I had a feeling I'd soon be discovering my secret Russian heritage if I wasn't careful. I was thinking maybe I could squeeze an Order of Lenin, or a Hero of the Soviet Union out of him. I heard they both looked nice, were obsolete and came without an actual pension.If Katrina wouldn't let me write off this calamity as PTO, I was going to be irate. I was on the verge of having a large family to support after all, unless you considered me marrying a billionaire's heiress to be compensation enough. The only group involved who weren't trying to actually see me was the Khanate.Temujin most likely had some shamanistic mojo that would let him know if I croaked. That bit smacked of paganism, so it was kept under wraps because he had to appear dutifully Islamic for the masses. Still, some koumiss would have been nice. Heck, right then I could have gone for an 'atta boy', perhaps even a 'two thumbs up'.Oh yeah; the general of the 4th Romanian Division wanted me to stop by when I had the chance (if I didn't, he'd send men to kill me, or so it was insinuated). The 61st Mountain Troops was part of his division's combat command and if the General Staff went looking for someone to crucify, he was making damn sure it wasn't going to be him.It occurred to me that I could send a handsome-looking Spetsnaz (if there was such a thing) to go in my place. They were brother Slavs, right? I was sure that between the 'Fall of the Berlin Wall', Moldavian Independence and Romania joining NATO, they would have much to discuss. Out of the blue, Pamela smacked me on the back of my head, Jethro Gibbs' style. My 'more-evil Russian doppelganger' idea must have been poorly thought out.Before I could implement that silliness, or trigger the big brouhaha, there was a preamble: I had three compatriots. Of greater importance, I had three heavily armed/gravely-serious bodyguards who wouldn't surrender their weapons and/or abandon me. So I thought "play nice" thoughts to myself.Diplomacy, sovereignty and legality all reared their ugly heads. I wasn't really an Irish diplomat. My paperwork was still valid, but the Romanian government hadn't permitted my entry into their country under the standard diplomatic protocols. Ireland wanted to talk to me about that, why was I running around armed and killing people in two Central European countries? I was acting more like an Irish adventurer from the 17th century, than a genteel civil servant from the 21st.Then there was the niggling little complication that involved me, my friends and our criminal possession of military-grade hardware. Chaz had the dubious excuse of being an official British government agent on assignment. That meant he could hope for a prisoner exchange within the next decade. Rachel and Pamela were private citizens with painfully sketchy proofs of US citizenship.When the Romanian legal system finished buggering them, it would be off to Hungry and its serious inquiry into all the dead bodies we'd left in our wake. Who was I kidding? What I was really worrying about was how many members of the Romanian penal system would die when they escaped. Their flimsy identities gave no clue to how dangerous they actually were. Hell, they'd beat me home.I had the added difficulty of Ireland and their questions about who the fuck I was and why I had their gold filigree on something I didn't deserve sitting snugly in my back pocket.So first off, this new band of 'Eagles' wanted to disarm and separate us."Don't insult me," I scoffed. "I am your Prince. Don't make me explain it to your widow.""I'm not married," the Lieutenant snarled back, daring me."Well, rush out and marry somebody. I haven't got all day. We don't want me to be caught in an idle boast now do we?" I grinned. Verbal sparring apparently wasn't in his repertoire."What?""Shut the fuck up, Carl," Chaz blithely inserted himself into the conversation."But you don't even speak Romanian," I countered. "How do you even know what I said?" The Romanians didn't know English, but they knew Carl. The tension between us ebbed."By the expression on the officer's face, Hercege," he winked. "It's universal to the brotherhood.""Who is he with?" The officer questioned me."You and he are the same," I answered."You cannot go any farther armed," he returned to his mission parameters."I don't envy you going in and telling the Colonel to come out here, but so be it," I held my ground."We could kill you and take them off your corpses," he studied my reaction."You are the second handsome man to tell me that today," I shook my head. "I'll tell you what I told him: 'you sure are cute, just not my type'." Pause then laughter."You are a madman," the lieutenant snorted. "I'll go talk to the Colonel."I was a jerk, loved maidens and was a master of bullshit. Did that make me a modern day Minotaur? The lieutenant came back out, then ushered me inside; Riki had to wait for the moment. He motioned my team come along. In the staff room of the 61st were a handful of officers and several suits."Mr. Nyilas," the Colonel gazed upon me. "I don't know what to make of you.""You and my Mother both," I mumbled. Despite the somber atmosphere, a few of the men and women let their moods lighten. They didn't hold my levity against me. I'd been there, on the battlefield and if humor was how I dealt with the experience, so be it."Ha," the greying man mused. "It is wholly my fault that I disregard most of the information you supplied my staff. You were unerringly accurate in your assessment of our enemy's capabilities. I know my men and I know how good they are. Veteran commanders can barely describe what my troops endured. You warned us and I didn't believe you. I was wrong and my men died because of it," he sighed."Sir, I do not believe you could have done anything else and succeeded," I interrupted."Succeeded? Is this what you consider success?" he hardened."Absolutely, Sir. Had you been slower to respond, those men would have most likely come here, to Miercurea Ciuc, and you would have fought the same battle, except your civilians would have been caught in the mix," I lied.If Ajax had escaped he'd have hunted me down. The location would have been irrelevant to him. How he knew where to be was a question for later and something to be presented to smarter, more experienced minds."Perhaps," he allowed. "They were heading north when we encountered them.The Alal in me was going back over the plan. It had been sound."Sir, you had every reason to doubt my military experience and to believe I exaggerated the threat. I was right and I take no joy in that, nor do I think anyone can hold your decisions against you," I stated.Now he gave a bitter laugh. Yes, they could hold all the deaths against him."We both know your men and women didn't die for their country, they killed for it. Quite frankly, I believe they killed some of the most vicious creatures to ever walk the face of the Earth. Fuck them for taking so many of us. Pile their bodies up and burn them," I suggested."They deserve no more Romanian soil than a spot to inter their ashes," I concluded."You do not sound like any diplomat I've ever met," the Colonel regained his gruff exterior."I'm not. I'm a fraud. I know as much about Ireland as I do about being a prince," I confessed. "That said, I didn't come here to kill anyone. I came to save lives.""How has that worked out for you?" a sitting woman in a suit questioned, in Romanian. She was slender, waspish and didn't sound comfortable speaking English, though she knew enough to get by."I am not a fortune-teller. I don't know how this is going to work out," I said."That's not what I asked," she prodded."Yes it was," I corrected her. "You wanted to know if I thought the price of your dead countrymen was worth the life of me, my friends and the lives of your countrymen I came to save. I can't measure the promise of those lives against the loss of all the dead. Don't play games with me. I'm have a degree in Philosophy and I eat morally ambiguous people like you for lunch."Pamela laughed aloud and lively."Kimberly and Katrina would be so proud of you right now," she chortled."I don't think you grasp the deep pit your find yourself in, Friend" the suit stayed chillingly calm."Oh, I think we all know we both screwed the pooch big time," I smirked. "The difference is me and mine are all happy to be alive after two of the most trying, fun-filled days of our lives. You want to throw us in prison. The Hungarians want to throw us in prison. I'm sure if I get back to the States, they will want to put us in prison too. Have I missed anyone?""I'm glad you will confess. It will make it easier on us," she grinned like sexy weasel."Wait," Rachel put a restraining arm on me. "I've wanted to say this for some time." To the weasel, "Blow it out your ass, dipshit.""Rachel, you don't know what she said," Pamela faux-gasped."I don't know the words, but I know what he meant," Rachel glowered. She missed Charlotte so much, she was willing to court pain and death. "I want to go back in time and slap her mother repeatedly for not strangling her in the crib. Is that succinct enough?""I apologize for ever meeting you, Rachel. I've brought you to a bad end," I gave her a tender look."It's okay. I never thought I'd live long enough to sleep with you anyway," she smiled back.Phifft, sigh. It was so sad that I recognized the sound of a low-caliber, silenced round."Listen up, dipshit," Pamela snickered. "Good one, Rachel. If you don't believe the next one is going through your skull, you clearly haven't been listening to us. You are fucking with the wrong monkeys. You have this bizarre idea that if I kill you, your government won't replace your worthless, bullet-riddled hide with someone we find more agreeable. My grandson sent in motion a half million combatants a few hours ago, he nearly died leading your soldiers against your nation's enemies and you want him to kiss your shoes as if you matter at all in the grand scheme of things?" she snarled. "Think again."No one was moving because Pamela had her silenced 22 Beretta out and pointed at Weasel's head. The SF's were caught flat-footed, as was everyone else. No guards came rushing in because the closed doors further muffled the sound. "I think this is a good time for us to get a drink," Chaz advised as he slowly reached out and lowered Pamela's gun hand.It was Pamela's gunboat diplomacy yet again. She hadn't meant to kill the women. Hell, she'd been a random target of opportunity. What Pamela had done was clear up the doubts in the room. Everyone on the staff could self-consciously let themselves off the hook for not being in the front lines, risking themselves with their comrades. Thanks to Pamela, they too had confronted violence.'Crazy' Grandma had fired off her piece and everyone sighed with relief when Chaz got her to lower it. I was pretty sure Chaz was in on this dangerous game. It resided with the Colonel as to how to resolve this hiccup in our dispute."Mr. Nyilas, why don't we take a walk outside, just the two of us?" he 'requested'.I nodded because I'm not always as dumb as I look. He was letting my people off with incredible temperance and I could honorably send them away. They'd scoped out the scene and believed I'd be safe enough. He, in turn, had an excuse to take a step away from his political watchdogs."I think that is for the best," I nodded. "Do you want me to leave my guns behind?""No, Mr. Nyilas, we might run into trouble out there and one of my Captains has suggested you are a man who can take care of himself," he replied. That was very nice of him indeed. If I did do something stupid, he had a ton of troops about who would make my regrets rather temporary. I decided to behave as if I had a passing acquaintance with sanity.His first questions were about the fighting at the ruins. I peppered our exchange with my interest in what had happened to the advance force of the 22nd. It was bleak news, yet the Colonel felt a sense of relief. He was coming to accept the lethality of his enemies, which in turn, led to an understanding, if not acceptance, of the carnage his men had been subjected to.He was in a cycle of context, grief, context. He'd gambled on me and men died. Once the battle was joined though, his soldiers had done precisely the right thing under considerable stress. He could be proud without dishonoring the dead. Only Pamela and I had engaged Ajax earlier. Only I had talked with the man.The Colonel had to look into my eyes to get the spark that led to understanding the mind and ruthlessness of his opponent. The name 'Ajax' never came up. That was more than a rational mind could accept at the moment. He knew his men had fought and killed the best and that helped him cope a tiny bit. Our interview ended when the first of the unwanted guests arrived.Only when I walked inside did it occur to me that this had been my first soldier to soldier chat. We had respected one another and discussed matters like men who knew the score. That was depressing in its own right. It was well passed nightfall when we went back inside. In our absence, Riki had started to redeem my existence. My salvation lay in Romantic Americana Symbolism.Translation: I was a Horatio Alger, a working class kid raised by a widower father, who earned a scholarship to a quiet New England college, graduated near the top of my class and gotten an excellent job (salary and benefits not disclosed). That was the was the first part of the Americana, proof positive that America was still the land of opportunity and a place where poor children could still reach the highest levels of society (umm, okay?).The second Americana Part: my Father had been murdered in a case of mistaken identity. Those heavily-armed foreign corporate/rogue governmental-sponsored terrorist mercenaries (their exact origin was shrouded in double-dealing misinformation) had ruthlessly murdered my Pa to cover up their error. Like any true Son of the American Dream, I had sworn vengeance.The Symbolic Part: My compassionate, understanding government (the good governmental servants of Republican Democracy, not the bad, hires the covert, secret, black-bag, unaccountable private contractors/ pawns of the Wall Street Elite bureaucrats) allowed me to participate in a multi-national taskforce. These selfless guardians of the freedom had formed a coalition which had hunted down the villains.With the priceless assistance of two Central European countries, who currently had to remain nameless (cough: Hungary and Romania), we'd achieved a final, violent confrontation in which my allies and I had emerged bloody, scarred, yet victorious. Once more, free men and women had answered the call of duty and some had made the ultimate sacrifice.See, I had a good government that cared enough about me to let me become a gun-toting menace to the civilized world. Like a Hollywood Western hero of the 1950's, 60's and 70's, I had taken personal revenge against the forces of wickedness, exit the railroad tycoons and cattle barons, enter the shadowy world of private security forces and uncontrolled corporate capitalism.

DAYMOND JOHNDaymond John is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, and television personality, best known as the founder and CEO of the urban fashion brand FUBU (For Us, By Us). He started FUBU with childhood friends, J. Alexander Martin, Keith Perrin, and Carlton Brown. Rising from humble beginnings in Queens, New York, John transformed FUBU into a global powerhouse, earning billions in revenue and revolutionizing the fashion industry with its streetwear influence. He is also a prominent investor on the reality TV show "Shark Tank," where he provides mentorship and funding to aspiring entrepreneurs. Beyond his business ventures, John is a motivational speaker, author of several best-selling books on entrepreneurship and branding, and an advocate for financial literacy and entrepreneurship education. His journey exemplifies the power of innovation, resilience, and strategic branding. "Display of Power: How FUBU Changed a World of Fashion, Branding, and Lifestyle" by Daymond John Purchase Here: https://amzn.to/4bgPITR "The Brand Within: The Power of Branding from Birth to the Boardroom," by Daymond John Purchase Here: https://amzn.to/4ceETD6 "The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage" by Daymond John Purchase Here: https://amzn.to/3KXR4rT "Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life," by Daymond John Purchase Here: https://amzn.to/3z9hmEP "Powershift: Transform Any Situation, Close Any Deal, and Achieve Any Outcome" by Daymond JohnPurchase Here: https://amzn.to/4eDPAkk "Little Daymond Learns to Earn" by Daymond JohnPurchase Here: https://amzn.to/45TBiYU

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Every year the US sends 3.3 billion dollars to Israel's military! Just in november, JoeBiden put together a package of 14.5 billion in MORE "aid" for Israel even though Israel is carrying out a f* #genocide! And this, fellow americans, makes Grandpa Brandon a war criminal! 50,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli so-called defense Force, which is actually carrying out ethnic cleansing in a horrific, blatant, brutal fashion before our very eyes! And y'all wanna put this man in office 4 more years? How about HELL ? WTF 4??? Joe Biden has never seen a war he doesn't love! In fact, he led the Battle cry for the Democrats to drag us into several wars of aggression illegal wars of aggression in the Middle East Afghanistan and Iraq, remember America??? Does illegal wars of aggression lasted 20 years cost us trillions of dollars in wasted taxpayer dollars, that went to line the pockets of contractors and MERCENARIES in the military industrial complex. #notinourname Irish MEP Clare Daly calls #joebiden #butcherbiden! I agree wholeheartedly. And the corporate Democrats are misleading the country, ruining our finances and frittering away trillions on conflicts we should not be involved in the first place! Conflicts killing innocent people women and children mostly 90% of all deaths are civilian! The US propping up Israeli - ZIONIST genocide is a disservice to humanity, it's a calamity it's a f* catastrophe in foreign relations because other countries see us for the bully that we have become. Joe Biden is authorizing Carnage in the holy Land of Palestine and I object and you should too! You should vote him out and put me on the ballot instead. We will save all those billions of dollars every year and put it towards our own people 14.5 billion could solve child starvation in the USA! Instead it's given to israel, who are literally starving to death Palestinians as they heard them into a part of the Gaza strip where they have no exit except out into the Egyptian desert. Shame on USA! What a shell of a horrific, brutalized country we have become! Shame on the corporate Democrats! Ruining our country, causing so much suffering not just in the Middle East but here at home. We've become nothing but a Gestapo police state, surveillance military industrial corporate complex. And that lunatic diaper donald's? Shame on the us in justice system for being so puerile and bringing to Justice the worst maniac and pernicious traitor the world has ever known. I'm Trista for president and I approve of this message TRISTA4PREZ

Tune in as Shareef Abdul Malik owner of We Buy Black, the largest online marketplace for Black owned product based businesses, is no stranger to the “For Us, By Us” model of entrepreneurship and continues to fulfill his mission of circulating the black dollar within the community.Learn how working together can help unlock the economic opportunities available in Black-owned businesses, and help reshape the future for generations to come.________________________________Follow Our Guest:https://www.instagram.com/shareefabdul_malik/Get MORE of Inside The Vault:LISTEN ON iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-vault-with-ash-cash/id1552221520FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/insidethevault?igshid=NzAzN2Q1NTE=FOLLOW ASH CASH: https://instagram.com/iamashcash?igshid=NzAzN2Q1NTE=LIKE us on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/InsideTheVaultShow/Inside The Vault w/ Ash Cash - The Greatest Money Mindset Show On The Planet!#wealth #money #success #business #entrepreneur #motivation #investing #investment #financialfreedom #finance #millionaire #health #invest #EYL #collectiveeconomics #credit #rich #luxury #entrepreneurship #investor #trading  #lifestyle #mindset #stocks #INSIDETHEVAULT #hustle #inspiration #cooperativeeconomics #businessowner #nyc #blackbusiness #webuyblackAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What is God's will? God's will is that we DO His will! It's not enough to just know or understand what He wants...God calls us to embody and implement it in our world! His will is an action! Join Pastor Dave as he explores four practical ways the Bible teaches us to live out the will of God: in our planning, in our prayers, in our money, and in our gratitude! May His kingdom come and His will be done By Us today!

Are you ready for an invigorating conversation with a man who embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship and community fusion? Join us as we chat with Travelle, the imaginative and visionary owner of Tease in Oakland, California. We journey with him through his colorful story of entrepreneurship, which has been significantly shaped by the sage wisdom of his father. Travelle's entrepreneurial journey is a testament to his belief in the power of innovative ideas and taking charge of one's own destiny. His vision for FUBU - For Us, By Us is a powerful driving force behind his success.Imagine the hustle it takes to transition from merely renting spaces to owning a building! That's the inspiring journey of Travelle, an event planner turned business owner, who's now a staple in Oakland's Tease community. Travelle candidly opens up about his financial struggles, parental challenges, and the enormous effort it takes to build a business while raising eight children. His experiences, ranging from creating a smoothie bar to running a restaurant in Antioch, California, are a testament to his commitment to hard work and the pursuit of one's dreams.As we wrap up our enlightening conversation, Travelle emphasizes the significance of community involvement and nurturing a legacy. The wisdom shared by Travelle is invaluable for every entrepreneur - be prepared to step outside your comfort zone, understand your business inside and out, and the power of a reliable team. Above all, he stresses the absolute necessity of family support during tough times. Brace yourself for an episode brimming with pearls of wisdom, inspiring stories, and practical insights that are sure to ignite your entrepreneurial spirit.Support the show

The Department of Homeland Security cares little about the homeland and even less about its security, hence the hiring of James Clapper and John Brennan to a "Homeland Security Intelligence Group." Two of the 51 who lied about the laptop, getting paid BY US to lie to us some more. National Security Expert John Guandolo dissects this lunacy - PLUS - a sweet good news story about a high school class that graduated 66 years ago. We'll share their meaningful reunion! Podcast Production: Bob Slone Audio Productions 

Today on show: We continue our drum-beat coverage of Haiti, devastated By US foreign policy , and now facing another UN/US inspired occupation. Also, a special event marking the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And, lying lawyers and the Trumpisitas The post Update on Haiti, Devastated By US Foreign Policy appeared first on KPFA.

Can collective economics transform the Black Community for good? Tune in as Shareef Abdul Malik owner of We Buy Black, the largest online marketplace for Black owned product based businesses, is no stranger to the “For Us, By Us” model of entrepreneurship and continues to fulfill his mission of circulating the black dollar within the community.Learn how working together can help unlock the economic opportunities available in Black-owned businesses, and help reshape the future for generations to come.________________________________Follow Our Guest:https://www.instagram.com/shareefabdul_malik/Get MORE of Inside The Vault:LISTEN ON iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-vault-with-ash-cash/id1552221520FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/insidethevault?igshid=NzAzN2Q1NTE=FOLLOW ASH CASH: https://instagram.com/iamashcash?igshid=NzAzN2Q1NTE=LIKE us on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/InsideTheVaultShow/Inside The Vault w/ Ash Cash - The Greatest Money Mindset Show On The Planet!#wealth #money #success #business #entrepreneur #motivation #investing #investment #financialfreedom #finance #millionaire #health #invest #EYL #collectiveeconomics #credit #rich #luxury #entrepreneurship #investor #trading  #lifestyle #mindset #stocks #INSIDETHEVAULT #hustle #inspiration #cooperativeeconomics #businessowner #nyc #blackbusiness #webuyblackAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

EP299 - Thanksgiving Week 2022 with Rob Garf of Salesforce A discussion of Thanksgiving Week 2022 from a retail perspective with Rob Garf, Vice President and General Manager, Retail at Salesforce. This is Robs' fourth time on the show, having previously been on episodes 110, 248, and 282. Thanksgiving week 2022 will go down as one of the most complicated holiday weeks on record. With covid impacts still in place, a global economic crisis, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, new retailer discounting practices, and new consumer behaviors we have a lot to unpack. This episodes covers a wide range of topics around the most important shopping week of the year. We make liberal use of real-time data from Salesforce Shopping Insights HQ, which tracks how 1.5+ billion consumers are shaping shopping trends. You can see a real-time holiday dashboard, powered by Tableau so you can interact with the data yourself on the Salesforce Holiday Insights page. Episode 299 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday November 29th, 2022. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 299 being recorded on Tuesday November 29th 2022 the day after Cyber Monday I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:41] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason and Scot show listeners Jason it wouldn't be a delicious turkey five if we didn't have our regular holiday guests robbed our van Rob is the vice president and general manager I think it's total maybe longer than yours a retail at Salesforce let's see those two forces that's like eight words so you need to get to work this is Rob's fourth appearance on the Jason Scott show he was here for episode 1 10 to 40 9282 and back for number four here and episode 299 Rob welcome back. Rob: [1:15] Gentlemen it is such a pleasure to join you today I can't wait to talk about cyber week. Jason: [1:21] It wouldn't be a several week if we weren't talking to you Rob and as a I feel like a special bonus for me two of the three people on this podcast have received a 10 out of 10 rating from room Raider. Rob: [1:33] Hmm who Could That Be Well I know you did it because you have a sweet pillow that shows it off. Jason: [1:39] And I think I feel like you got up before me. Rob: [1:42] I think so you know I gotta tell a really funny story quickly if I can I was doing early on in the pandemic a webinar I think it was probably with. Business Insider and they brought like a staging expert online and I thought I had the best background I had like a. Something like my wife got me for my 40th birthday long time ago by the way I like 1910 or 1920 National Cash Register in the background I felt all good about that and she totally. Blew up my room and thankfully she did cuz I turned out on top with a 10/10. [2:18] I know I probably shouldn't have given that away but I felt pretty cool about it. Scot: [2:21] Jason had a team of 10 people at publicist set his up so don't don't don't listen to him. Rob: [2:26] Either and he probably gets like product placement dollars as well as a influencer for all the cool things he has in the. Scot: [2:33] And they came in from France. Jason: [2:34] And side note on that the jury is out on whether giant marketing holding companies can actually help your sales but they can for sure help you win Awards. Rob: [2:43] Congratulations. Scot: [2:46] Well Rob weird. Rob: [2:47] Scot the trifecta anyways we digress. Scot: [2:49] Well yes some of us I guess my day job I'm like I don't know not really working on my room. Rob: [2:55] Actually you are about to say you're actually working or aren't ya. Scot: [2:59] Well yeah the so in case even though this is your fourth time around let's there's definitely we always pick up millions of new listeners so let's if you could recap the data that you guys have at Salesforce where it comes from and then you know we're recording this the day after Cyber Monday you've got some hot delicious fresh data will jump in after you kind of give the high-level overview in case people aren't aware. Rob: [3:25] I can't wait I'm loving it we've been swimming through this data for a better part of the we can't wait to share it with your crowd your audience yeah so by way of introduction again Rob Garf here. With Salesforce I came to Salesforce by way of the demandware acquisition which is about. Six years ago I spent five years prior at demandware on the GM for retail what that means is I oversee our product. And solution strategy along with our industry insights team and that's what gives me the great pleasure of talking cyber week and actually providing insights and intelligence for our customers all year long and the way we do that is all the data that flows through the platform we bubble that up we obviously strip out all pii data. And in its aggregate form billions of billions Shoppers it gives us an amazing read and pulse on the industry and we publish at throughout cyber week on our shopping insights HQ it's an interactive dashboard, built on Tableau and it really allows our customers the broader industry to understand what's going on in digital and be able to Benchmark themselves. Scot: [4:32] Frequent thanks for that summary so let's start with the kind of the elephant in the room I get this question and Jason does a lot as well you know I'm a CNBC junkie and all they talk about is inflation and recession so so anything kind of in the macroeconomics showing up in the data that you've seen. Rob: [4:51] Yeah absolutely and I think it's important to understand this holiday while the global numbers look really promising much of that if not all of that growth was concentrated. In the u.s. there's a bunch of headwinds happening for various reasons across Europe and UK along with Australian and Zealand but the US consumer who was really happy this. Cyber week and we'll talk about the data but yeah in terms of inflation are shopping index which the shopping insights ahq is built off of, has been showing an average selling price increase for the last seven quarters and that's been pretty steady and so, that's definitely played a key role in this holiday season in that much if not all of the growth that we're seeing, is driven by increased pricing not necessarily people buying more, product and I think that's a really important distinction now what I will say and I'm happy to say this in the first time we're seeing a leveling off of that inflation globally over cyber week it was only I say only a three percent increase which is promising as we're looking forward to the new year. Scot: [6:02] Yeah I think it's Cressida at least the macroeconomic around 10% so so 3 is 3 is a pretty good. Rob: [6:09] Yeah exactly it's promising. Scot: [6:12] And then that ASP increase is, does that account for mix shift so like you know if people buy more luxury goods than our and then another segment goes value could that factor into that ASP or you normalize for that in some way. Rob: [6:27] We normalize for that because to your point obviously average order value for luxury versus value segments are going to be different but we really normalize that look at it across the board, and so it's taking into account of the various factors based on segments. Jason: [6:44] Yeah and as the resident Debbie Downer it's. We always want to have simple sound bites to describe this weekend like all of these Trends to me are super complicated because you just highlighted the, conflicting Trend that like we have inflation goods are costing more / we're probably going to talk about discounting later to help Goose holiday sales which of course brings prices down and when people are nervous about the economy they shift to more needs which have higher inflation than the wants and it seems when you really dive into it it's really complicated kind of inflation seems different on online versus offline and category by category. Rob: [7:25] Yeah it is complex you're right there's not a single kind of soundbite answer although if we stay on long enough I'm sure I'll come up with one or two. But you know you're right in terms of the discount right so if I dive into that for a sec Jason to put a little color around it we saw for the week in the US there was a 30%. Average discount rate globally it was twenty-seven percent and we can talk about how that looks your rear and how it looked, compared to 2019 but even with those large discounts and by the way those are large discounts compared to any normal day. During the year we're looking at 15 16 percent discount rate so it's you know in the double of what we typically see, the reality is the reality is people are still paying more for a particular product than they were two years ago so people are feeling really good obviously that average is 30 in the us but we all saw over the last couple days, 40% 50% even yesterday 60% in the massive amount of emails that I got trying to push and really. Incentivize people to actually click the buy button so my point here though is even with these high discount rates people are still spending more for a particular product than they did a couple of years ago. Jason: [8:42] Yeah I like to say 40% off is the new 30% off for this holiday. Rob: [8:48] Yeah I mean my father was in retail growing up so we would get discounts at the various apparel and Footwear companies he worked for and he always would joke that my mother would save us so much money we're going to go broke. Jason: [8:58] I love that we might come back to this counting but I do want to zoom out for just a second. Traditionally Black Friday is the official heart start of the holiday shopping season here in the u.s. is that even true anymore. Rob: [9:15] Well certainly retailers don't want that to be true they want it obviously to be pulled earlier and earlier in the season and that's another story line that we've seen here you know we actually saw a little bit. Of holiday happen over the summer don't forget and I know you two wouldn't of Amazon Prime day or the first Amazon Prime day and for those retailers not named, Amazon we saw a 21% year over year increase looking at the second week of July compared to the second week of July two thousand twenty one so there was a little bit, very little pull forward and then of course people getting retailers Brad's wanted to take advantage of the halo effect of the second. [9:56] Prime day that happened in October and once again we saw a little bit of a bump interestingly enough some of the larger retailers front ended that with Weekend sales and that pulled a lot of growth during that time you know the weekend before Prime day in October, but the reality Jason after a couple years of spreading out of that demand earlier earlier for various reasons which we can talk about, there was so much of a concentration that happened, over cyber week meaning and based on our data the pulling forward of the couple of percentage points to earlier, in November really we're taking back, this year and were put back in cyber week and it all came down to discounts it all came down to Consumers being really patient. Not seeing what they liked in terms of the lackluster deals and waiting for. Cyber week which really contributed some very positive growth particularly in the US. Jason: [10:57] Yeah it's super interesting because as you pointed out Amazon added a second sale day which I think they technically don't call Prime day right is like Prime Early Access today. Rob: [11:05] Right right right get behind the Velvet Rope and be able to get some early deals. Jason: [11:09] Exactly and Walmart Target and others all counter programmed against that with big sales but it cut it kind of feels like all that got defeated by the fact that consumers are well aware that the discounts are going to be deep this year and it almost seems like they may have decided to wait for deeper discounts. Rob: [11:29] Yeah yeah we call this and I've said it before on the show but I gotta do it right it's an annual tradition, discount chicken right the idea that retailers go into the holiday season with a really well thought out. Plan for the promotional calendar and by the first weekend they typically rip it up and call inaudible. And really try to chase the deals and you know that's what happened this year contrary or in contrast to last year if you remember I know you do gentlemen. Because you track this closer than anyone you know their inventory inventory scarcity issues there was high demand so retailers didn't feel compelled to Discount they didn't we saw the lowest discount rates. In recent history last year and so retailers thought that the consumer was reprogrammed reconditioned and they would buy earlier the problem was, the Retailer's didn't come to the table with the biggest discounts again discount chicken the consumers are going to wait it out and wait for that. [12:29] Best deal and finally the retailers came to the table during cyber week and the consumers answered, in kind you know again last year was probably the first year that retailers won the game of discount chicken this year consumers you know, fought with their leverage and wait and they ended up winning and got some really good deals again 30 percent discount rate in the US over the course of. Thanksgiving it really peaked at Black Friday with 31 percent in the US so they really finally came to the table. Scot: [13:04] Wow, you know we were reading all about last year all those cargo ships were sending off the coast of Long Beach where it is and then you know I've heard a lot of retailers in their commentary talk about being overstocked, do you think do you think that played a role in these big discounts is just retailers or just kind of we got a really clear the shelves out kind of thing. Rob: [13:27] Absolutely absolutely both in the store and in warehouse space they got spooked a little bit right in terms of, them waiting it out didn't quite work and so the Retailer's really had to step up Scott to your point they don't want to go into the new year with too much inventory they really needed a free up both inventory and cash now of course they did that. At the feet of margin right because you see I don't care how great your margin is alright some probably are that great particularly in the luxury segment but 50 60 70 percent discount or you know I saw some it was 50% oh and by the way we'll give you an extra ten percent just to make it sound like they weren't really giving away everything but the reality is. Really margin took a hit because of the deeper discounts that retailers just had to do and to your point they have to free up both the inventory the Shelf space and the cash. Jason: [14:26] Yeah I think even Makin where's I've had a number of clients come to me and say hey we've got too much inventory but even worse it's the wrong inventory that like a lot of that stuff that we ordered for mid-year all the Home Improvement and outdoor furniture stuff that they were trying to get four last year is all in stock now and so what even further incentive fising retailers to discount. Rob: [14:52] Yeah yeah and I give credit to some of the big box players who took a hit over the summer recognizing they tear Point Jason had the wrong inventory and they did something about it they tried to clear it out earlier they were public about it and they took a hit but I think they're going to come back strong you know it's interesting I was a, analysts back in the day and one of our Focus was on supply chain and Mr research was known for supply chain got acquired by Gartner for their supply chain and industries practice, and you know always tracked the gentleman how Lee who came up with the bullwhip effect the idea that, you know any shock in the supply chain will just have this ripple effect that could last, quite some time I got it conceptually heard some examples of it but we've been living that over the last couple of years you know going from inventory scarcity buyers getting really excited thinking of the demand would really. [15:47] Keep steady and then when finally dear points got it came through the port of LA got through the domestic supply chain it was the wrong product or enough people had bought, you know a new monitor or TV or a desk or some cool background to get you know 10 out of 10 on rumerator and the demand wasn't there anymore so you're right I mean some of the things, in terms of replenishable products sure they have a long shelf life they have a long turn but some don't they have an expiration date and retailers are struggling with that and certainly, coming back around it is driving the discount strategy it's not over either will continue to see probably not the same heightened levels but now that we have an extended holiday season because, of create a fulfillment options will see some more discounts it's not the end of it. Scot: [16:34] Yeah that that's a good segue into kind of talking about the shape of the holiday so last year sounds like you saw the data we started a bit earlier and maybe maybe we kind of ended around after the turkey five or kind of came off a cliff there seems like this year consumers waited they won discount chicken and then we've had a robust turkey five maybe walk us through the days we've talked a little bit about Black Friday Cyber Monday anything else you want to hit there and then what do you think happens kind of post. Rob: [17:07] Yeah absolutely to round it out actually and just give that perspective for the entire shape as you talked about the anatomy of the Season as a bunch of my customers talk about. Um there are some kind of pretty nervous people in the industry coming out of the first two weeks of November the last two weeks of October and the first two weeks, of November you know sales kind of words Riri we saw a negative seven percent during that time again little bit of a spike the first. Week in October because of prime day and then it really leveled off quite dramatically 27 percent decline, globally and so we're really worried is this a trend is this going to continue in really what it told us is, that cyber week becomes back into Focus again people were willing to wait people are willing to be patient waiting for those deals you know what we saw for cyber week with again a higher concentration probably around 25 percent of all, digital sales will be when it's all said and done over the course of cyber week in the way we look at it sales force is, the Tuesday before American Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday so we put another two days and it just to make it a full week but we can slice and dice it anyway, you want especially on the dashboard via Tableau on our shopping insights. [18:30] HQ but for the overall cyber week for us we saw nine percent growth. [18:38] And for Global we saw two percent growth. That again as you can tell because of the global number largely buoyed By Us sales Black Friday really strong us we saw. 12% in the US and we saw. [18:57] 3.5 percent growth globally that's Black Friday Cyber Monday we saw eight percent growth in us and we saw four percent growth, globally so very strong what we also saw by the way is healthy traffic we even saw healthy traffic. Earlier in the season so what that told us is people were interested they showed intent to buy but they weren't given the right incentive to actually purchase so you know there's a demand there's. Need there's a want earlier in the season because of the traffic we saw that traffic stayed pretty steady both us and globally, throughout the week as well and obviously that turned into higher conversion rate because people are actually now buying. Scot: [19:47] Cool and then from your day to do you think Cyber Monday was the biggest day we've ever had is do you guys pontificate on them. Rob: [19:54] Yeah we do we do we actually saw a turn of the corner about 3 or 4 years ago where Black Friday. Digitally became the largest day and really what that was, primarily driven by many retailers were actually shuttering their doors both on Thanksgiving either part of or all of Black Friday and they were encouraging people to shop online that was a great altruistic message from a brand perspective but it was also great you know to actually give their Workforce some time off, as well and so n obviously Drive traffic towards digital while providing great deals, online the other piece to it that really helped drive that change was mobile. Really the huge increase in Mobile we saw a mobile traffic this year through the course of cyber week account for about seventy nine percent. [20:52] All traffic and so people were on the go it was more accessible. And they either did more of their shopping during Black Friday or actually what we started to see and it really came into Focus this year buying on the couch in the later days after Thanksgiving meal. In the u.s.a. people got sick of their family needed to digest a little watch football and they took out their phone you know they either got distracted or I don't know if you're a marketer inspired by something they saw on their phone and they started shopping so that's my long way saying we actually see Black Friday of a higher concentration a bigger, overall sales volume for online then Cyber Monday. Scot: [21:38] Interesting okay and then there used to be this big disparity between mobile traffic and sales so used to be if you had 80% traffic you could knock that in more than half or is that number closed into you guys track that. Rob: [21:50] We do we do yeah it hovers around 60% of orders and that has progressively gone up up until about. How long have we been, going through this pandemic up until a pandemic because what happened is people are actually at home they weren't visiting their friends and family they weren't as much on the go so they actually went to their computer during Thanksgiving you know for me I spent the last couple years out by my fire pit and, you know came in from the cold and went to my computer instead of my phone to check out the latest deals on Thanksgiving or. The day after two Black Friday so we did see a dip. Last couple years in Mobile because people were at home but it spiked back up this year both traffic and orders and I give you know retailers credit because, and I know Jason you spent a lot of time with your customers thinking about customer experience and design and really breaking down that friction between inspiration and purchase, you know retailers are getting much better at making it easier to actually not only find the product they want on their phone but make that purchase. Scot: [22:58] Okay so that brings us up to Cyber Monday and then you kind of hinted that you think they'll be some more discounting seems like if consumers One retail chicken you can't you can't kind of go off of it right so if you've got this inventory left you're going to have to either discount further at least keep the discounts on is that what you think is going to happen. Rob: [23:17] Yeah exactly I mean we typically see a little bit of a dip coming off of cyber week to just. Retailers take a breath analyze what they have what they did how their margin looks and then get back at it a little bit but we we are going to see perhaps not higher rates, because retailers I'm sorry consumers are getting really, crafty around price adjustments so it's not only dipping further into their margin but it's creating more operational expenses and headaches as well for the retailer and so I don't necessarily anticipate, higher discount rates but a steady drumbeat of discounts particularly those retailers that have physical stores and can extend the shipping cut off window by offering, store fulfillment options so you'll see you know a real leaning into discounts promotion. Overall just attracting people hey you haven't missed the window yet you can get that last gift for your cousin or uncle or family member and oh by the way you don't have to pay for it and you're more guaranteed to get it because you can pick it up in an around the store or will get it. To you through some sort of last mile delivery that is shipped from the store. Scot: [24:35] I think one takeaway is you know so Jason's hearing there's some concerns about revenue and stuff and then you know I'm hearing discounting could be a rough earning season as we kind of come out of the holiday if all this discounting is go on but at least I guess they'll start the year kind of having flushed out all this massive inventory. Rob: [24:54] Yeah yeah you know coming into this year we do our predictions all the way back in June and we kind of look at the data what we've seen what the storylines are and. Start craft the narrative we were big Partners in that a couple of years ago where you coin ship a get in and you know we were both early on seeing man there's some issues with this surge going on in the capacity issues with. The carriers but you know one of those storylines or the main storyline just last June was. And here's comes your soundbite so get ready are you ready to rumble. I just set way too high expectations sorry about that but you know we're really concerned that margin will be the Grinch That's deals, Christmas and to your point we don't see that until the February timeframe after the Retailer's close out their fiscal year and start reporting again some retailers got ahead of it and caution what this is going to look like but I'm. Anticipating that will be a key storyline come February Scott. Scot: [25:57] All the who's in Whoville loved prophets a lot but. Rob: [26:00] Oh nice I like it I like it and we haven't even talked about returns yet right because that's I know that's one of Jason's favorite topping that's going to certainly come into play as well as we talk about margin. Jason: [26:12] You guys are bringing me down and actually I'm afraid I might want to bring us down even more because, I would say like I came into this holiday season thinking hey top binds going to be okay because of inflation because of you know pent-up demand a variety of things but that you know the story was going to be about profits as you guys just perfectly laid out um and then you know the Cyber weekend happen and Rob's been on every news program I've watched for the for the last 12 hours and you know they're also citing these like Salesforce vanity stats right that like oh my gosh e-commerce was higher than it's ever been before which is not shocking right like. And then the internet came out with a study today more people went shopping this weekend than ever before which again. There are more people in the United States than ever before so that's not that's not shocking I have in talking with retailers, they're more guarded like they all did scenario planning for like sort of good good weekends and bad weekends and they're all like talking about being on the low end of those, scenario plantings I know you have great data for the online portion of spending but you know 74 ish percent of all this spending is in stores I know you have some signals for the in-store sales but do you. [27:38] Like are you confident that this was a really strong turkey 5 I'm I'm not clear if it was or wasn't. Rob: [27:46] Yeah I think it remains to be seen if we're defining it as Jason we should be. Retail in totality and the fact that a vast majority of sales still happen in the physical store right and we're seeing that traffic. Is up but oh by the way it was Don the last couple years so what's that comparison set right is it actually up from 2018 or 2019 I'm not, convinced it necessarily, is and so we don't track that but we look at smart people like you Jason and Scott and some other friends in the industry and the word on literally the street or the mall or whatever strip center anyways I digress, is that it was the physical traffic a bit lighter and so we can say that. [28:37] Also online sales were strong but I also to your point want to temper that by if somebody or a retailer was reading this in almost any country in Europe. They probably wouldn't believe that headline right because it just you know they've been visiting head wins, not only during cyber week for the better part of this year and so most categories saw a negative growth, throughout Europe and you can see the data specifically by each country, on our dashboard and so it to your point earlier Jason it's not a sound bite that we'll be able to tell you the entire story right and so it was positive I'm feeling pretty good about the sales and you know the retailers I'm talking to who are forecasting closer to Fat flat not fat flat, growth were pretty happy but I think it still remains to be seen in terms of stores what that looks like margin what that's going to look like and if you're a global brand how does it look in totality. Jason: [29:44] Yeah for sure, decided I'm going to make a prediction most of the good store traffic data is about three days leg so we don't have it yet but I think what I think you called it exactly right I think store traffic is going to be up from last year but still below, 2019 levels and what's confusing it is there's a few Pockets there's a few a malls that did really well this weekend as they always do and so I think journalists went to these a malls and saw a bunch of people and they you know they're talking about how it was a robust in-store holiday but I I am going to be eager to see that that store data which brings me to my next question a lot of people use your tool set for Boba so I'm imagining that you got to see. Some of the trends in both us and like did that reveal anything in terms of people that might be going to store to pick up orders. Rob: [30:37] Yeah I think that's interesting and it also talks about Jason like what are the new metrics given this new world like do. Bo piss or curbside orders count as traffic I don't know you know the consumers come in close. To the store or they're going to the pickup area within the store in many cases they buy more product so I think again if. [31:00] Weaving in those stats it helps definitely the online traffic I don't think by the way many retailers are looking at it that way just yet and I think it's an important factor to consider. But he has your question yeah I mean I think. [31:16] Bo pasts and create a fulfillment options from the store are helping Elevate traffic and driving people to brick-and-mortar based on our data what we saw is botes usage. Overthrew we'll call it cyber weekend we saw close to 10% growth compared to earlier, in the holiday season what super interesting what we typically see is the lead up to a big holiday like for instance we looked at Halloween for the two days leading up to Halloween we actually saw. Double the amount of, Opus orders because people realize they didn't get the costume or the candy or whatever other ornaments that they needed and they knew it wouldn't get shipped in time they also want to make sure it would be available if they actually purchased it. And they did both this the other really interesting thing is throughout cyber week and again we look at that for the full seven days but even no matter how we slice it it's high what we saw is and this is u.s. specifically by the way, retailers that had bo piss they offered it grew online Revenue by 38% more. [32:33] Then those without this creative fulfillment option and so it does speak to. How important the store is to your digital business right so you know another stat. [32:47] Why not I'm on a roll that I'll say is. Our research shows that 60% of digital orders are influenced by the physical store whether that's where demand is being generated or demand, is being fulfilled in this case it's being fulfilled because somebody's buying it from the comfort of their own home and it's convenient and they're able to pick it up with the confidence that the product would actually, be there so again the new rules of you know both how do you provide the incentives to the store associate how their role is changing and how you measure, Effectiveness because of such the interplay between digital and physical is super interesting to be a part of. Jason: [33:29] Yeah that to me I saw that stat about the bow purpose retards that offering boat best outperforming returns that don't and, that was super interesting and kind of tragic Rob because I don't know if you've noticed this but so both this isn't universally offered by all retailers more retailers were offering both pissed last year than this year like everybody scrambled in the pandemic to come up with some version of bow pose and a number of them turned it off either because they didn't have a robust implementation or they couldn't hire enough labor this year to support. Rob: [34:05] Yeah yeah it's less about a technology. [34:09] Project or initiative and it is to your point it's about operations and you know part of the reason people turned it off you mentioned some of them is. They couldn't get down the operational efficiency we're seeing more retailers lean into Automation and, more productivity to really refine their fulfillment operations and it's not easy it's not just about having. The right amount of labor but it's having them focused on the right tasks based on the time of day and what. The priorities are and that's not easy to do at all especially you know when consumers are standing right in front of the associate and the associate is you know tasked with having to make a call do they. Fulfill this. Bullpen disorder because they have to within 15 minutes or do they serve the consumer who explicitly came in the store because they wanted to be in a physical space and talk to a human. And get some knowledgeable service so it's my long way saying it's not easy those retailers that have been able to move from Scrappy which many did to scale really thinking about how to automate some of the processes, how to really focus on efficiency and productivity will be winners because they're not only helping with loyalty serving the consumers who want to shop that way but also thinking about the margin pressures they're feeling otherwise. Jason: [35:35] Yeah that totally agree and I can definitively answer one thing I rarely I'm almost always guessing but in terms of whether both is counts a store traffic or not I have no idea whether it should count or not or whether returns would like it to counter not but I can tell you when it does and doesn't count most retailers in America have a device on their front door that counts how many people walk in the store and it excludes employees and so two companies sell those devices sensor Matic and Retail next and they both publish Anonymous store traffic data so if you see data from either of those companies it did not include dopest but Place Rai is the third company that provides that data and they use the GPS in the consumers phone which does Campo. Rob: [36:23] Yes. Jason: [36:24] So in three days you're going to see data from all three of those companies and it's not going to agree and that is why. Rob: [36:31] That's super rich I've been that right there that is the best nugget of the last however long we've been talking that's. Jason: [36:37] Six hours. Rob: [36:38] It feels like it I could talk another six though that's the fun part but that's Jason that's super interesting and that's the type. Data you know it typically use whichever one helps tell the story you want but understanding the differences like you just dissected is so important. Scot: [36:54] Cool let's we're getting towards the end so we know you had a long day but one of my favorite things about your data is you can peel the onion on categories I have a sixteen-year-old daughter and I can vouch for the Beauty and athleisure categories but did you see those kind of pop in any other categories up or down that you want to talk about. Rob: [37:15] Yeah absolutely well again there is a correlation between performance and discounts at least from a top-line perspective and so yeah we saw some strong performance in health and beauty for sure. We also saw in consumer electronics. And we also saw it in actually General apparel and Footwear as well believe it or not particularly on the Footwear side we saw it because people are actually putting on shoes and sneakers again and getting out the. You know world again whereas I guess I can't live in my slippers or flip-flops anymore actually when we looked at the data by actual product, we saw flip-flops actually had some of the largest decline that we saw your every year because again people are getting out in the world again. The good news is two by the way again to plug the shopping insights HQ you can slice and dice by I think it's at least nine if not about 12. Categories and see what it looks like for orders and sales and the like along with traffic as well. Jason: [38:27] I did. Notice so I've been playing with the dashboard a lot and side note as you know my pandemic hobby as I learned to have well so it's super exciting for me that you you are publishing the data and Tabla, it does seem like some categories popped that like. Had been underperforming for most of the pandemic so like you know Electronics had not been a very bright spot but it does seem like they they had a pretty decent weekend like do you have a, am I seeing that data right and do you think like that that might mean they've turned the corner or do you think that that could be a holiday anomaly. Rob: [39:07] It's hard to say because again discounts drove so much of the buying there was such a correlation between discounts and sales and so it's a little hard to say and it's really interesting to understand to like some of that. Binge shopping that we all did over the pandemic and it subsided perhaps over the last 6 to 12 months, and then in gift-buying times you're seeing a pop again so I wouldn't necessarily stake the claim on this is now what's going to happen for the next 12 months in terms of demand for these categories, because a lot of it again is correlated to Discount a lot of it is correlated to what people have pot over the purchased excuse me over the last couple of years. Jason: [39:51] That's totally fair so let's pivot to how they paid for it you alluded earlier to buy now pay later traction like can you share what you saw in the data and where there any other interesting Trends in terms of payment methods. Rob: [40:06] Yeah totally this was kind of fun because we put it in there as we did each of the mornings early early early particularly those that are on the west coast thank you to the team by the way I should have done this at the beginning but it's not just me I have the fun part to have this conversation with you and speak to so many people about this including a lot of retailers not just today but we have through the rest of the holiday season we have a way to go. But it's make possible through the team that brings these data and insights to life and, the reason I say that is we are trauma through the data one morning and we got the normal like what the sales look like what does traffic look like what are the hot categories biggest discounts, and then Kayla Schwartz on my team who really is the master behind the shopping index was that. This is super interesting around buy now pay later because of the Divergence between orders. [41:04] For buy now pay later and at the average order value and what I mean by that is specifically we saw. A five percent this is throughout the course of cyber week. In the u.s. in particular where we saw in the increase of 5% year-over-year, of orders with buy now pay later and by the way this is after, a couple of years of really nice growth so five percent based on the bass is really we consider noticeable however on the other side we saw. [41:37] Average order value for the same transactions decrease by five percent so it's indicating to us. [41:46] Again you know this better than anyone buy now pay later really was hatched as a finance option for. Bigger ticket items home appliances television couches and other Home Furniture but what we're seeing is a turning of the corner. Because of the ubiquity and he is and also I think the desire to finance and spread payments over the course of a given time period rather just at once for lower price for less expensive goods and gifts, compared to 2021. Jason: [42:21] Yeah I will say you know a lot of the retailers that are like looking at the economic snapshot for next year and I really concerned about. The consumers discretionary dollar they're they're kind of concerned about this you know. Acceleration of buy now pay later and other credit means as kind of a an early indicator that the consumer might be overextending themselves. Rob: [42:47] Yeah I mean we don't look at that very closely but it is fairly intuitive to see it that way that people are leaning on. Newer creative finance options over the holiday and what does that mean for the subsequent quarters will be keeping an eye on that really closely for sure. Jason: [43:05] Yeah so we are coming up on time Rob there's one other topic I just wanted to touch on with you you know you you alluded to capacity concerns in pass holidays and of course you know we've talked a lot on the show about ship again um I'm kind of worried about a new thing this year. With the moat with this really prevalent version of discount chicken if a bunch of consumers are thinking they're going to wait till the very last minute. To get the best discount we have all the usual things in place we have like a fragile inventory that might start running out. But we also this year have lower labor levels like stores tried to hire less people and they weren't able to hire all the people they tried to hire UPS and FedEx didn't get all the people they want so I'm a little worried if consumers way too long that we you know might have another ship again in situation on our hands where there just isn't enough labor capacity to get all these orders out the last week of the year. Rob: [44:04] Yeah that's a super interesting point one that I haven't dove into very deep but I'm with you Jason that's going. Potentially be an issue I mean I'm a sample size of one but I see it any time I shop or any restaurant I go in there not taking reservations or they're not limiting reservations based on tables there. You know basically limiting it because of waitstaff and so, that's true too in the physical store when the associate is being asked to do so many things now right it's not just about scanning and bagging at the cash wrap, it's you know they're becoming social media managers that are fulfillment experts there live streamers so you're stretching them thin. Capacity gets issue by the way the other interesting thing that we didn't touch upon was returns we saw such an increase of returns heading into cyber week than we ever have in our thesis is that. People who bought product earlier in the season. Star the better discounts and we're doing price adjustments in way of returning a product and then buying it back, at the cheaper price so there may be earlier returns that are playing and usually that's not, a storyline that we talked about until you know January at NRF right but now it's actually happening more so add that to your Litany of things that will create capacity issues. Jason: [45:30] Oh my gosh know for sure and you know it's already a distant memory but with all those early sales that people tried to do one of the things that may have gone unnoticed is a lot of retailers also extended the return window because the fear was will never get people the holiday shop early if they don't think that gift recipients will be allowed to return the gifts so a bunch of these sales are on more liberal return policies, then ever before and again you know the economist are like come January we could be in stagflation and you know we don't know what returns might even look like in that kind of economic environment so it's, it's a concern for sure and that on that happy note Rob we've used up our allotted time. Because on top of everything else during this show I received about 1,000 emails from the Salesforce marketing cloud with even better deals than Cyber Monday so I'm gonna, after to go a little early so that I can get some more shopping. Rob: [46:28] Go for it please do shop on of course Salesforce Commerce Cloud websites if you may. Jason: [46:33] I didn't know there were other kinds. But in all seriousness Rob it's always a pleasure to talk to you about anything and for sure to talk about the the holiday sales loyal listeners will know the number one piece of feedback we get is they like to hear more from Kayla and from Michelle and I have to keep telling him that you always insist on coming. Rob: [46:54] Hey that will happen they are amazing I gotta say though before we go Jason Scott first of all as I mentioned before I love doing this like seriously this is. Highlight it's our Super Bowl or dare I stake a World Cup given where we are right now go us but you know. More than anything I just really appreciate your friendship it's so amazing to have friends like you and the retail industry and the amazing Community we have and I also love how humble you are in terms of you asking me these questions but the reality is you're so on top of what's Happening Now and in the future and I really value that so A big thank you all around. Scot: [47:34] Boom and you just secured yourself a fifth spot there you go Rob thanks for joining us on Twitter you are retail Rob Garf you're very active on LinkedIn I've noticed we will put a link to the hub of activity in the show notes thanks for joining us. Jason: [47:54] And until next time happy Commercing.

Ep.13: "Funkmaster Mikayla Flex"   On this week's episode of the Hersole Podcast, the girls talk Telfar Slander? A girl posted a day in the life of her Telfar bag after everyday use for two to three months and went on a rant about the damage it had. SIS WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM VEGAN LEATHER?! We finally have a black owned brand that is for us, (BY US!) but people wanna bash it and call it “cheap”    Tommy Hilfiger claims he's the first designer to do streetwear?! Yikes..   Hersole went to the June Ambrose x Puma event at WoodstackIVY! For those that don't know, she is the creative director of women's basketball at Puma! June liked our post as well! THE PRICE JUST WENT UP 

This interview first aired on Wednesday the 8th of December, 2021 on ONE FM 98.5 Shepparton. One FM Breakfast announcer Terri Cowley talks to festival producers and artists Ree Peric and Jonathan Safari about the upcoming Newprint Block 30 concert. Introducing a ‘FOR US, BY US' MUSIC REVOLUTION IN SHEPPARTON! MAV's latest program NEWPRINT is a brand-new platform all about supporting artists of colour living in outer urban and regional areas. The program will kick off with an end-of-year, end-of-lockdown live music show, NEWPRINT: BLOCK 30, in Shepparton on Friday 10 Dec 2021, @ 5pm. Shepparton is home to a growing music scene right now and ourShepparton NEWPRINT producers, @polkadot.ree and @yungkily , have programmed an amazing line up of talent from their communities including: @mrc.fernandez / The Nesian Blue | @hoodie4l | @_dorrika | @madicolville_ | @lillieawalker | @rivity_rascal The show will be an all ages-friendly affair, outdoors by the lake, with a local food truck and Amazing Race Award Winners "Nanna Marce" selling their delicious street foods made with love. There'll also be donuts, coffee, cold drinks for sale. To find out more head to https://www.facebook.com/block30events Listen to One FM Breakfast with Terri Cowley live on weekday mornings from 6am-9am. The ONE FM 98.5 Community Radio podcast page operates under the license of Goulburn Valley Community Radio Inc. (ONE FM) Number 1385226/1. Contact the station on admin@fm985.com.au or (+613) 58313131 PRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association Limited and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) that covers Simulcasting and Online content including podcasts with musical content, that we pay every year. This licence number is 1385226/1

The ecpression, handwriting on the wall is a familiar one Where did ig come from? It comes from the Bible, the Book of Daniel, chapter 5. The wall, our hearts,is written by God each day for us and BY US! What would the Lord write about us? This episode reflects on the writing on the wall. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support

Today on the show, Nkechi interview Lola Adeyemi. She is a Nigerian-Canadian immigrant, who quit her IT Consulting Government job to launch her Food & Beverage Company "It's Souper" an Afro-Fusion Soup & Sauce line because she felt there was a need to fill the void in the Canadian Retail space for African inspired/ethnic recipes made “By Us for All". Her brand is the first African & Black Female owned line of Soups sold in Canadian Retail and was nominated by the Retail Council of Canada for a Best New Product of the Year Award in 2019. Not always sure about the next step, she is taking the bold moves, and daring herself greatly to be seen. She has been putting her dreams out there, and has been knocking them off, one by one. Entrepreneurship came to her as gift to give back, and she is now leveraging that gift to help others. Take in this inspiring episode and learn the big vision that Lola is in pursuit of. Lola's Book Recommendation: "Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi Find Lola Online: Website: https://itssouper.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolaadeyemi/?originalSubdomain=ca IG: https://www.instagram.com/itssouper/ Find Us Online: https://linktr.ee/nkechinwaforrobinson

FOR US, BY US with Chef Green and Gav Ryan: @lefade_james Gav: @lazygig Isaiah Rashad "Wat U Sed ft. Iamdoechii and Kal Banx" IG: @isaiahrashad For Us, By Us Brunch Event Chefs: @s.y.s.catering @chefashleydrummer @chuckscatering Music: @kautionthedj Photographer: @joshleebphotography Security: @_juvee_317 Decoration: @balloons_by_iyone @StoopKidzPodcast Intro Music: Magnit Handz "N.Y. Civility" https://soundcloud.com/magnithandz/sets/black-loggins-vol-1

I recorded this solocast right after I got off an amazing call with one of my clients and I had a feeling I wanted to share with everyone. It was this deep resonance of how much we are supported by life and how important it is to allow the old traumas and constraints of the past to come up from the depths and be met BY US with compassion, love, and courage.Our bodies are so intelligent and know how to process these traumas but we start feeling uncomfortable and do anything to avoid them. It'd be like on a computer when you keep getting the message to install the updates and you keep hitting the "remind me later" button! Then the reminder shows up with even more intensity down the line and you hit the same button againOur emotions are affecting the actions and choices we make day to day so if we're operating in the familiar emotions of the past we're never going to get anything new!

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Toi Kyles founded INDIGOZ SHOES in 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. As both the CEO & Designer, Toi wanted to bring something fresh and unique to the shoe industry, providing both style and maximum comfort. Toi studied Fashion Merchandising at Marymount University. She also completed an internship under Carl Brown, part owner of the popular brand: FUBU, For Us, By Us. Having started her career in fashion as a model, she has experience on all side of the industry, bringing you her online version of her store, INDIGOZ SHOES as of 2020. She is holding a sale now that ends April 30th to be able to present you with a new line. Toi has a patent pending on the insoles for her shoes with a strong focus on healthy foot care: wherever in heels or flats, both women and men are sure to enjoy both style and comfort. Stepping out on faith is her Foundation where she herself partners with organizations in the Atlanta area to collect and donate shoes to give to women who are in need for various reasons. She also accepts shipments by request. You can find her on her website: www.indigozshoes.com And on Instagram using the handles below. Happy, Comfortable Shopping! www.Instagram.com/@toicherishoedesigner www.Instagram.com@indigozstore Her Foundation: www.Instagram.com/@steppingoutonfaithfoundation.

Reflection, Reframing and Reimagining (repeat of Episode 4, Season 1)   Susan Bithrey and her husband Reg were looking forward to the perfect retirement until life interrupted. Susan describes how she reframed her experience and found ways to affirm her husband’s strengths, even as they diminished. In the process, she found new strengths within herself.   As a retirement gift, Susan was given a journal to record their many “golden year’s” adventures that they had planned together. Instead it sat empty until a year before Reg’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis when she started to keep an account of her concerns about his memory struggles. It became a five-volume tool for documenting the disease and for reflective learning for her and she generously shares her very poignant first entry with us.   Susan honestly reflects on having to learn on the job of becoming a caregiver; figuring out how and when to roll up her sleeves and jump in and when to have Reg speak for himself, make his own decisions and recognize his ability to do so. She also bravely shares some stories surrounding the heartbreaking personality changes that her husband went through and recommends grief counseling for caregivers in this situation. Her humble and wise words to conclude this episode will resonate with anyone else encountering the same circumstances. Resources that may be helpful to listeners of this episode include:  Shifting the Focus – a quick guide to behaviours associated with dementia and some tips on responses. https://brainxchange.ca/Public/Files/Behaviour/ShiftingFocusBooklet.aspx   In Ontario, there is an extensive network related to behavioural supports that includes services, as well as information resources. They can be accessed at https://www.behaviouralsupportsontario.ca   The Research Institute on Aging at the University of Waterloo publishes a series –By Us, For Us which are information booklets created by people with lived experience. These can be found at https://the-ria.ca/resources/by-us-for-us-guides/

This week’s guest is Lola Adeyemi, Founder of It’s Souper. After working for over a decade in the corporate IT world, Lola Adeyemi decided to quit her job to focus on 'It's Souper', an Afro-fusion soup line she launched in November 2018.She felt that there was a need to fill a void that currently exists in the Canadian Retail space for African inspired/ethnic recipes made “By Us for All". It’s Souper is the first African & Black Owned Soup line in Canada.These recipes are shaking up the soup aisle with a burst of flavor and taste that keeps customers coming back.---- Follow Item 13 on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @item13podcastDon’t forget to subscribe & leave us a review!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Item 13 by becoming a member!Item 13: An African Food Podcast is Powered by Simplecast. 

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It's time to give this company the accolades it's so richly deserves, a brand and lifestyle that needs no introduction when you are a conglomerate known as FUBU (pronounced "foo-boo").The company was conceived and founded by Daymond John, Carl Brown, J. Alexander Martin and Keith Perrin each of whom continue to play a role in Fubu's management. Since its inception in the 1990s,Fubu is one of the fastest growing apparel company in American fashion industry history.FUBU’s credo has always been “For Us, By Us,” and the brand has been one of the most successful clothing and lifestyle brands created by Black people for Black people and beyond. In addition,the label's designs reflect the style of the music and fashion phenomenon known as hip-hop.FUBU has impacted not only Hip Hop culture, but also American culture. Come walk with us as Fubu helps Da Kultcha " Bridge the Gap between the Youth and Older Adults through Dialogue and Discussion". #DAKULTCHA #THECULTURE #UNLEARNANDRELEARN #KNOWTHELEDGE #TRUSTTHEPROCESS #WEWORKING #BIGBUSINESS #TRENDSETTERS #FORTHEPEOPLEBYTHEPEOPLE #COMFORTABLEANYWHERE #GAMECHANGER #MADWORLD #MASTERLOCK #MOTIVATION #WEALTH #KEYSTOSUCCESS #FOODFORTHOUGHT #THINKOUTSIDETHEBOX #BLACKAF #EQUALSTANDARD #LOVEHURTSWHYHATE #WAKEUP #STAYWOKE #FUBU #Fashion #HighFashion #HighEndFashion #CelebrityFashion #GoodLife

It's time to give this company the accolades it's so richly deserves, a brand and lifestyle that needs no introduction when you are a conglomerate known as FUBU (pronounced "foo-boo").The company was conceived and founded by Daymond John, Carl Brown, J. Alexander Martin and Keith Perrin each of whom continue to play a role in Fubu's management. Since its inception in the 1990s,Fubu is one of the fastest growing apparel company in American fashion industry history.FUBU’s credo has always been “For Us, By Us,” and the brand has been one of the most successful clothing and lifestyle brands created by Black people for Black people and beyond. In addition,the label's designs reflect the style of the music and fashion phenomenon known as hip-hop.FUBU has impacted not only Hip Hop culture, but also American culture. Come walk with us as Fubu helps Da Kultcha " Bridge the Gap between the Youth and Older Adults through Dialogue and Discussion." #DAKULTCHA #THECULTURE #UNLEARNANDRELEARN #KNOWTHELEDGE #TRUSTTHEPROCESS #WEWORKING #BIGBUSINESS #TRENDSETTERS #FORTHEPEOPLEBYTHEPEOPLE #COMFORTABLEANYWHERE #GAMECHANGER #MADWORLD #MASTERLOCK #MOTIVATION #WEALTH #KEYSTOSUCCESS #FOODFORTHOUGHT #THINKOUTSIDETHEBOX #BLACKAF #EQUALSTANDARD #LOVEHURTSWHYHATE #WAKEUP #STAYWOKE #FUBU #Fashion #HighFashion #HighEndFashion #CelebrityFashion

It's time to give this company the accolades it's so richly deserves, a brand and lifestyle that needs no introduction when you are a conglomerate known as FUBU (pronounced "foo-boo").The company was conceived and founded by Daymond John, Carl Brown, J. Alexander Martin and Keith Perrin each of whom continue to play a role in Fubu's management. Since its inception in the 1990s,Fubu is one of the fastest growing apparel company in American fashion industry history.FUBU’s credo has always been “For Us, By Us,” and the brand has been one of the most successful clothing and lifestyle brands created by Black people for Black people and beyond. In addition,the label's designs reflect the style of the music and fashion phenomenon known as hip-hop.FUBU has impacted not only Hip Hop culture, but also American culture. Come walk with us as Fubu helps Da Kultcha " Bridge the Gap between the Youth and Older Adults through Dialogue and Discussion" #DAKULTCHA #THECULTURE #UNLEARNANDRELEARN #KNOWTHELEDGE #TRUSTTHEPROCESS #WEWORKING #BIGBUSINESS #TRENDSETTERS #FORTHEPEOPLEBYTHEPEOPLE #COMFORTABLEANYWHERE #GAMECHANGER #MADWORLD #MASTERLOCK #MOTIVATION #WEALTH #KEYSTOSUCCESS #FOODFORTHOUGHT #THINKOUTSIDETHEBOX #BLACKAF #EQUALSTANDARD #LOVEHURTSWHYHATE #WAKEUP #STAYWOKE #FUBU #Fashion #HighFashion #HighEndFashion #CelebrityFashion

It's time to give this company the accolades it's so richly deserves, a brand and lifestyle that needs no introduction when you are a conglomerate known as FUBU (pronounced "foo-boo").The company was conceived and founded by Daymond John, Carl Brown, J. Alexander Martin and Keith Perrin each of whom continue to play a role in Fubu's management. Since its inception in the 1990s,Fubu is one of the fastest growing apparel company in American fashion industry history.FUBU’s credo has always been “For Us, By Us,” and the brand has been one of the most successful clothing and lifestyle brands created by Black people for Black people and beyond. In addition,the label's designs reflect the style of the music and fashion phenomenon known as hip-hop.FUBU has impacted not only Hip Hop culture, but also American culture. Come walk with us as Fubu helps Da Kultcha " Bridge the Gap between the Youth and Older Adults through Dialogue and Discussion". #FUBU #FUBURECORDS #FUBUTV #FUBUMOBILE #FUBUWATCHES #FUBUMEDIA #FUBUSUITS #FUBUFRAMES #FUBURADIO #DAKULTCHA #THECULTURE #UNLEARNANDRELEARN #KNOWTHELEDGE #TRUSTTHEPROCESS #WEWORKING #BIGBUSINESS #TRENDSETTERS #FORTHEPEOPLEBYTHEPEOPLE #COMFORTABLEANYWHERE #GAMECHANGER #MADWORLD #MASTERLOCK #MOTIVATION #COMFORTABLEEVERYWHERE #WEALTH #KEYSTOSUCCESS #FOODFORTHOUGHT #THINKOUTSIDETHEBOX #BLACKAF #EQUALSTANDARD #EQUALSTANDARDS #LOVEHURTSWHYHATE #BLACKAF #BLM #WAKEUP #STAYWOKE

In this episode of #Becoming1Podcast, we talk about the black community and our ability to make impact for us, BY US! Once again guys, please send us some of your stories that we can air on the podcast of things that go on in your life; good, bad, crazy, or otherwise. Send us a voice message via Instagram or the anchor app or email us at: Becomingonepodcast@gmail.com Make sure you add us on social media. -The Podcast: https://Instagram.com/Becoming1Podcast https://anchor.fm/Becoming1Podcast -Travis: https://Instagram.com/Mr.Cornerstone -Monay: https://Instagram.com/Confidently_Free --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Becoming1Podcast/support

The times that we are living in are not unprecedented. But they are severely antiquated. The Black experience in America has not changed at its core. It has simply evolved with new practices, devices, and technology. In a society filled with hatred and disdain of us with the darker skin, I present love. Listen to the voices of beautiful Black beings profess their love and admiration. For Us. By Us.

By Us. By The Artists. By You. We've Made It. Thank You For Every Play, Re-post, Like And Share. Mixed by DeeWithThe2Eyes, Pharoah, and Co-Hosted With Ozzy Oz. Where Love And Music Meets:

This week we present two stories from Black people who were dealing with the ramifications of our racist systems. Part 1: As a science teacher, Mamoudou N'Diaye was supposed to have all the answers, but he struggles to explain being Black in the USA. Part 2: Rhonda Key fights to be taken seriously by her white co-workers and students when she gets a job at a middle school. Mamoudou N'Diaye is a Mauritanian American comic, writer, filmmaker, activist, DJ, and former teacher. N'Diaye has been a correspondent for digital media companies Mic and Seeker, a creative comedy consultant for social justice nonprofits Color of Change, Hip Hop Caucus, The Center for Cultural Power, and The Center for Media and Social Impact, and a winner of 2019's Yes And Laughter Lab for his pilot, Franklin. He has written and appeared in the Comedy Central Original They Follow, written for Refinery29's After After Party, and is in post-production for the webseries Bodegaverse with Karen Sepulveda. N'Diaye is developing By Us, For Us, a late-night sketch/talk show centering Black voices, for Color for Change and Flyovers, a half-hour dramedy about being Black in the rural Midwest. N’Diaye holds a degree in cognitive behavioral neuroscience from the College of Wooster. Rhonda M. Key has served as a teacher and administrator in suburban, rural, and urban school districts throughout her career. Currently, she serves as Assistant Superintendent of Jennings School District. Under her purview as the former Principal/Director of Secondary Education-Community Partnerships, Jennings Senior High School achieved 100% graduation and job placements for the past three years. In 2014, Dr. Key was named one of Five Women to Make a Difference in the Decatur/Macon County area of Illinois. In March 2019 she was named Principal of the Year by the St. Louis Association of Secondary School Principals. Dr. Key is also the co-owner and founder of Key/Ming Educational Design LLC, educational consultant and co-author of articles regarding Urban Education. Dr. Key earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Lincoln University, and she completed her educational specialist and doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black People Need Sunscreen. Periodt! Join Dalijah as she chats with Shontay Lundy founder and creator of Black Girl Sunscreen. A screen screen for us. By Us. She shares her journey going to China and meeting the manufactures of her products, how being an entrepreneur isn't for the faint heart and WHY it is so important for us to protect our melanin from UV rays! https://www.blackgirlsunscreen.com IG: @blackgirlsunscreen IG: @shontay_lundy Sponsor of the Day: Black Girl Sunscreen Affiliation Code: BGFF

Ep. 32 introduces us to HuffPost Black Voices Editor Taryn Finley who is the living embodiment of what Black Girl Magic is. Listen as Taryn shares her journey of navigating the NY Media world after graduating from college. Learning how to never let your circumstances define who you are and more!! so Dear Black Girl.. this one is most definitely For Us and By Us.

Browny met Tom Hanks, and hadn’t told us about it this whole time; Andy Zaltzman delivers his son in style; Laurina reveals the real reason she left Bachelor in Paradise; Andrew Denton gets interviewed BY US (whoa!); and you called up with your terrible jokes. Real stinkers, they were. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Unity Among Us, For Us and By Us, the final episode of the mini-series “We Are Our Sisters’ Keepers: Black Girls and Women Empowering Each Other in the Millennium.” Topics include a summary of We Are Our Sisters' Keepers, unity moving forward advancing, celebrating, embracing and empowering each other, power in numbers, support systems, resources, and collaborations, etc. 

On this episode of City Slickers, we link with Statik Selektah and surprise guest Termanology and discuss past and future projects, growing up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, moving the New York City, working with DJ Premier, Nas, Kanye West, NYC nightlife, and the current generation of rap music. A New Yorker's Lifestyle Podcast. No Gentrifiers Allowed. For Us, By Us, Bi-Weekly. follow us on twitter: @cityslickersny @lanskyjones @thechrismendez @renisantelises follow us on instagram: @nycityslickers @lanskyjones @chrismendezz @renisantelises shout out to @smurfoUdirty (instagram) for the music selection & @jansportj (twitter) for the theme music.

Sign up for our Gameof Thrones: Dark Godis Sistarhood circle: http://www.angrydevas.com/game-of-thrones-dark-godis-sistar-circle.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for our Gameof Thrones: Dark Godis Sistarhood circle: http://www.angrydevas.com/game-of-thrones-dark-godis-sistar-circle.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for our Game of Thrones: Dark Godis Sistarhood circle: http://www.angrydevas.com/game-of-thrones-dark-godis-sistar-circle.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Join us today as we discuss powerful biblical queens focussing on Batsheba, Jezebel, Esther and Ruth. Guest cal in: (347) 826-9930   you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for our Game of Thrones: Dark Godis Sistarhood circle: http://www.angrydevas.com/game-of-thrones-dark-godis-sistar-circle.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up here for The Dark Side of Black Sistarhood Teleconference call: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-dark-side-of-the-black-sistarhood.html Hexes, Curses and Bad Luck, what is the remedy? Sign up for our Reverse the Curse class here, only $55: http://www.angrydevas.com/reverse-the-curse.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up here for The Dark Side of Black Sistarhood Teleconference call: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-dark-side-of-the-black-sistarhood.html Hexes, Curses and Bad Luck, what is the remedy? Sign up for our Reverse the Curse class here, only $55: http://www.angrydevas.com/reverse-the-curse.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Invoking the Masculine is possible sign up to learn more: http://www.angrydevas.com/dark-marriage-2-invoking-the-divine-masculine.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for our Vampirism: Be the Hunter or you're MEAT? Class here, only $45: http://www.angrydevas.com/vampirism-be-the-hunter-or-youre-meat.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Ladies, invoking the Dark Divine Masculine is possible. Schedule your private one on one session with me here: https://www.paypal.me/MysticEnchantress/50 you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for my class EMOTIONAL MASTERY RESTORATION here: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-restored-dark-feminine.html Mentorship in Restoration from Rape is essential to your healing. Sign up Here: http://www.angrydevas.com/trauma-restoration-mentorship.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Expanding our awareness of Seduction is key in the Art of Mating. Learn More here: http://www.angrydevas.com/month-4-puzzy-language-the-savage-art-of-seduction.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY! While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Curious about Godis Archetypes? Sign up for our 52 Godis Archetypes course here: http://www.angrydevas.com/dark-godis-archetypes1.html  you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY! While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Chanting is the act of doing something external to impact our internal vibration. Once we have reworked the internal vibration we are ready to manifest our desires, dreams and the things necessary for living life fully! Change your vibration by chanting!  We welcome you to join our Sacred Intonations chant circle. We will be meeting every Thursday at 7pm EST. Follow the more information: http://www.angrydevas.com/sacred-intonations.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY! While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up to Heal the Mother Wound Here: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-wounded-mother-healing.html Join our Sacred Intonations chant circle. We will be meeting every Thursday at 7pm EST. Follow the more information: http://www.angrydevas.com/sacred-intonations.html you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY! While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding. The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Curious about Godis Archetypes? Sign up for our 52 Godis Archetypes course here: http://www.angrydevas.com/dark-godis-archetypes1.html  you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

This "anger" that is the THEME of my work is Righteous! Words can be so misleading and "anger" is perceived as it is due to counter spiritual definition. Therefore, the mere mention of "anger" paints a picture that has been impressed on our minds as something volatile and hostile; however, if one can get on the other side of that definition, we are reminded that this energy is our fire and this fire our very core foundation. Do not allow this in any way to be diminished. Anger is a POWERFUL agent of change!  I recognize the power of Anger and Outrage as transformative Spiritual Initiations. The flaring of anger or indignation is an Initiation on our Dark Night/Knight of the Soul Journey. Still I Rise! Never to give up, never to give in! ;)     We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN COMMENTS

Sign up for the Great Blak Mamma of Creation book study by SUZAR here:  http://www.angrydevas.com/the-great-black-mamma-of-creation-book-study.html   Sign up for the Angry Deva's Coven, the Priestess of DARK Innana here: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-priestess-of-dark-inanna-coven.html   you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for the Great Blak Mamma of Creation book study by SUZAR here:  http://www.angrydevas.com/the-great-black-mamma-of-creation-book-study.html   Sign up for the Angry Deva's Coven, the Priestess of DARK Innana here: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-priestess-of-dark-inanna-coven.html   you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for the Great Blak Mamma of Creation book study by SUZAR here:  http://www.angrydevas.com/the-great-black-mamma-of-creation-book-study.html   Sign up for the Angry Deva's Coven, the Priestess of DARK Innana here: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-priestess-of-dark-inanna-coven.html   you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

Sign up for the Great Blak Mamma of Creation book study by SUZAR here:  http://www.angrydevas.com/the-great-black-mamma-of-creation-book-study.html   Sign up for the Angry Deva's Coven, the Priestess of DARK Innana here: http://www.angrydevas.com/the-priestess-of-dark-inanna-coven.html   you may also write to me for private mentorship sessions and consultations here: angrydevas@gmail.com   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

Today we talk about Body Image and Shaming. I want to discuss the POWERHOUSE Anowa Adjah  We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.  

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

Join us as Noted Author Jacqueline Harris comes on the show to discuss her book: Healing and Freedom through these Sacred Tone Masters. You may use this link to purchase the book and learn more about the Life and Times of Ms. Harris. It is my deep honor and pleasure to host such an Esteemed member of the Literary Community onto our show to share her Divine Wisdom with us all. Make sure you tune in, you don't want to miss this one!     We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We always talk about what we DON'T WANT, lets discuss what we DO. Today we Honor Dark Venus and Light Venus in her Masculine and Feminine Divine Glory. Tune in to hear us chop it up on the Requirements of the Divine Masculine Love-Her. We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

Valk and I are going IN on Solidarity and women not really supporting one another. Tune in as we dish the real! Angry Deva Style.   We always talk about what we DON'T WANT, lets discuss what we DO. Today we Honor Dark Venus and Light Venus in her Masculine and Feminine Divine Glory. Tune in to hear us chop it up on the Requirements of the Divine Masculine Love-Her. We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

Join us as Author Kai Blackman discusses her new book How to Shine a Light on your Path: The Empath's Guide to Happy Living.  We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

This is inpsired by a heart wrenching story, my own life history and the Wombn who empower me! Lets disuss BODY IMAGE AND VALUE.  Accessing the Divine Within is the BEST THING we will ever be able to do!  We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

You can be RESTORED after having been DIS-ENFRANCHISED, black Wombn. For more information, and assistance, click here. We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.  

For more information, or assistance please click here.   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

For more information, or for aid in healing click here. We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

A special shoutout to my Spiritual Mentor for the Divine Inspiration on this topic.   We Dish on EVERYTHING. From clothes, current events, black female enterprise, black feminism, black female rights, black female sexuality, black female health, black female wealth and most importantly BLACK FEMALE SOVEREIGNTY!   While Iyanla mite "help" you "fix" your life: the Angry Deva's help you GET YO LIFE!  In all thy Getting, get an Understanding.   The Original Mother, the Black Wombyn is the last to awaken to her Divinity and Divine Place in the Cosmos. We are the place to discuss all the things they DON'T WANT us to talk about or focus on. Tune in daily, write to us to be a host, and share! This is FOR US and BY US. so lets SUPPORT our OWN.

MAROON SOCIETIES by Richard Price will be the book of choice tonight to share resistance in the united states. Maroons, as caucasoids have labelled us, were stolen Afrikans who choose to run away from the plantation system and recreate autonomous Afrikan based societies wherever they were. Some were more successful than others, but the entire aspect of Maroonage has DELIBERATELY been left out of our history books and this aspect of resistance can only properly be told BY US.

For Us, By Us.  Health Care after Katrina Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, ranks among the costliest disasters in lost human lives and destroyed property in U.S. history.  And while a full three years have passed since the storm, New Orleans and the surrounding region are still in a state of "rebuilding". But what does that mean in real terms for many of its citizens?  How does this ongoing state of recovery translate into the daily lives of the city's marginalized populations?  Migrants. Communities of color. Working class women. Queer and transgendered people. On this edition, we talk to activists and visionaries from the New Orleans Women's Health Clinic who are reinventing their community's health and wellness landscape one person at a time. Featuring: Shana Griffin, New Orleans Women's Health and Justice Initiative interim executive director and Incite! New Orleans member; Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, New Orleans Women's Health Clinic medical director; Mandisa Moore, New Orleans Women's Health and Justice Initiative member; Monique, New Orleans Women's Health Clinic family nurse practitioner; Lanora, New Orleans Women's Health Clinic office manager; Shelanda, New Orleans Women's Health Clinic patient. Narda Hernandez, New Orleans Women's Health Clinic Spanish interpreter. The post Making Contact – September 19, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.

For Us, By Us. Health Care after Katrina Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, ranks among the costliest disasters in lost human lives and destroyed property in U.S. history. And while a full three years have passed since the storm, New Orleans and the surrounding region are still in a state of "rebuilding". But what does that mean in real terms for many of its citizens?  How does this ongoing state of recovery translate into the daily lives of the city's marginalized populations? Migrants. Communities of color. Working class women. Queer and transgendered people. The post Making Contact – September 5, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.