BC's Corner

Bryan hosts Tony Nominated Actress Montego Glover to discuss her experience in the ongoing Broadway Revival of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.

Montego Glover is a Tony Award nominee, two-time Drama Desk Award winner, Outer Critics’ Circle Award Winner and honoree, and Drama League Award nominee. Her Broadway credits include:Memphis(Tony nominee,Drama Desk & OCC winner),Les Miserables,It Shoulda Been You, The Color Purple, Hamilton(Chicago Company). OffBroadway:The Royale(Lincoln Center Theater, Drama Desk Award),All The Natalie Portmans (MCC, OCC Honor).Television/film: “The Blacklist”,“InventingAnna”,, “Bull”, “Black Box”, “The Following”, “Hostages”, “Smash”, “The GoodWife”, “White Collar”, “Golden Boy”, “Law & Order”, “Made In Jersey”, Alone (indie). As a voiceover artist, Ms. Gloverenjoys numerous campaigns and scripted projects in animation, gaming, television and narration. Most recently, voicing characters on the animated feature Entergalactic for Netflix. In June 2023, “The Montego Glover Exhibition” celebrates its one year anniversary at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center & African American Museum in Montego’s hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Connect with Montego Glover

• Website: montegoglover.com
• Instagram: @montegoglover 

All Things Into the Woods

• BroadwayInChicago.com
• Website: intothewoodsbway.com

Connect with Bryan Carter

• Instagram: @ibryancarter

What is the role of religion in society? With each successive generation becoming less and less religiously affiliated, it’s hard to tell. Bryan hosts spiritual leader Reverend Lola Wright to discuss her journey of faith, the contrast of spirituality and religiosity, and her perspective on how to create positive social impact.

Reverend Lola Wright is a noted spiritual leader, entrepreneur, speaker and vocalist. Her gifts have taken her to stages across the world including TEDx, Chicago Ideas, Harvard Divinity School, Agape International Spiritual Center, and Havana Jazz Festival. Her path has included stops at some of the world’s leading global financial institutions and technology startups, training in several well-respected coaching methodologies, and experience as an entrepreneur all culminating Lola’s mission to help others transform ways of being that no longer serve them, and generate their full freedom and aliveness. 

Connect with Lola Wright

• IG:@lolapwright
• Website: lolawright.com

Connect with Bryan

• IG: @ibryancarter

Bryan hosts serial entrepreneur, sales strategist, and positive voice alchemist Allyson Byrd to discuss how to explore the range of your capabilities, embrace the fluctuations of success, and the confidence needed to monetize your giftings.

Allyson is a celebrated leader and sales expert, Allyson has enabled her students to come together and create astounding results – $330 million in sales revenue. Her unique approach of bold guidance, disruptive challenges, and empowering encouragements have enabled thousands of people in over 20 industries from 47+ countries to exceed their own expectations; she is truly remarkable. With her vast experience and knowledge as a global mentor, a spiritual advisor, an online educator, a content creator and a virtual CEO, Allyson Byrd has been considered one of the world's leading experts for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Connect with Allyson:

• IG: @iamallysonbyrd
• Website: allysonbyrd.com

Connect with Bryan:

• IG: @ibryancarter

Bryan hosts international recording artist and actress Brooke Simpson to discuss her experience in the retelling of the American story in the direct from Broadway National Tour of 1776: The Musical.

Brooke is a powerhouse vocalist who is passionate about music, people and her culture. Brooke is full-blooded Native American and is a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe. Brooke has had the opportunity to work with artists such as Miley Cyrus, Sia and even more recently was featured in a global Nike N7 campaign. She was a finalist on NBC’s The Voice and a finalist on America’s Got Talent! and has released multiple singles including her latest release, “Haliwa.”

Connect with Brooke Simpson:

• Instagram: @brookesimpsonofficial
• Latest Single: Haliwa

All Things 1776: The Musical:

• 1776Musical.com
• BroadwayInChicago.com

Connect with Bryan Carter:

• Instagram: @ibryancarter 

The Devil Wears Prada the Musical had its world premier in Chicago, Illinois at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in the summer of 2022 for a five-week limited engagement. While the show is ramping up for its London run, we are looking back to Bryan’s conversation with cast member Megan Masako Haley (Emily Charlton).

Megan Masako Haley is an incredible actress, with credits including  the National Tours of Wicked (Nessarose), Mean Girls (Gretchen Wieners), an Off-Broadway production of Pacific Overtures (Tamate) and a plethora of TV Credits including “WeCrashed” (AppleTV), “Younger” (Paramount+) , “Broad City” (Comedy Central), “Madam Secretary,” “Blue Bloods,” “Evil,” “Instinct,” (CBS) “Not Okay” (Hulu). 

Connect with Megan

• Website: meganmasakohaley.com
• Instagram: @meganmasako

All Things The Devil Wears Prada the Musical:

• TheDevilWearsPradaMusical.com
• Broadwayworld.com

Connect with Bryan

• Instagram: @ibryancarter

Bryan hosts Healthcare Executive, Gyasi Chisley the author of “Healthy Disruption: The Benefit and Burden of a Black Healthcare Executive in America”. In this conversation we discuss Gyasi’s experience rising through the ranks of the healthcare industry, his philosophy on holistic health & community engagement, as well as his unique perspective on the future of healthcare in America.

Gyasi Chisley has been at the forefront of the healthcare industry for over the last 25 years as the lead for various health systems, health plans, and investment ventures. As President and CEO he has led WellStar in Atlanta, GA, Catholic Medical Centers in New York, NY, UC Health and Mercy Health in Cincinnati, OH, Methodist Healthcare in Memphis, TN as well as the national cancer network, Cancer Treatment Centers of America.

Connect with Gyasi:

• Healthy Disruption: The Benefit & Burden of a Black Healthcare Executive in America
• LinkedIn

Connect with Bryan:

• Instagram: @ibryancarter

Recession has been in the cultural and political conversation for some time now and in the last few months and few weeks especially we have seen the expectation, fear, and the impact of that fear play out in real time

As major companies lay off percentages of their staff and others brace for impact the question in times like these is how best to respond?

Bryan hosts Sales & Marketing Expert, Brett Kilpatrick (Managing Partner, XXL Consulting) to discuss career development, his sales and marketing methodology, and how to make the most out of seemingly extraneous circumstances.

At 6’5″, Brett is a BIG guy with BIG experience. He’s been an executive in 9 startups, raised 5 rounds of venture funding, been the head of sales in 4 IPOs, served as an officer in 3 public companies, brought 3 European companies to the US, and taken 5 US companies into Europe and Asia. He has personally managed/coached more than 500 sales and marketing professionals, and directly generated over US $1 Billion in revenue of software, services and systems.

Connect with Brett:

• XXL Consulting
• LinkedIn

Connect with Bryan:

• Instagram: @ibryancarter

Atoms do not make up the fabric of our universe, stories do.

Shared stories are the common thread between every religion, culture, nation, and community. We not only naturally tell stories but we also actively live and create our own. Bryan hosts actress, master acting coach, author and former casting director Jane Drake Brody (HBO’s Somebody Somewhere) to discuss the historic roots of storytelling, the archetypes we all continue to embody, and how all of this knowledge relates in a modern context.

Jane Drake Brody is currently a regular on the HBO Series, “Somebody Somewhere” starring Bridgett Everett.

Additional Biography:

Jane’s decade spanding career as a citizen of the theater has included, her founding her own acting school, The Audition Center in Chicago, IL now known as Acting Studio Chicago, founding her own casting house, Jane Brody Casting, and teaching scores of students the craft of acting as a master acting coach at numerous universities and conservatories, notably as an Associate Professor of Theatre at the Theatre School, Depaul University, Chicago, IL and the Head of Undergraduate Acting at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

She is the author of two books: "Acting, Archetype, and Neuroscience" (Routledge) which examines the use of neuroscience for directors and performers in all mediums, and "The Actor's Business Plan" (Bloomsbury) which focuses on creating a satisfying career and happy life for actors.

Jane has won multiple awards, most notably a CSA Artios award for her work on the Coen Bros film, "Fargo". She also received the Los Angeles Weekly's Best Actress Award for the lead role in "Absent Friends" produced by Jean Stapleton.

Connect with Jane:

• Facebook
• Acting, Archetype, & Neuroscience by Jane Drake Brody

Connect with Bryan

IG: @ibryancarter

In the wake of the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday, November 19th that left five people dead and dozens injured, Bryan host a conversation about the modern resistance to the queer liberation movement, the impact of extreme rhetoric towards the LGBTQ+ community by mainstream figures, and the role we can all play in building a progressive future.

Bryan is joined by Eric Wilkerson. Eric is the Founder & Principal of Wilkerson + Company, a nonprofit consulting firm that aims to advance an organization's mission by strengthening their strategic fundraising initiatives. 

Prior to launching his company in 2021, Eric served in a formal capacity at multiple nonprofits that serve the LGBTQ community including a Chicago-based LGBTQ community center, Illinois' statewide LGBTQ civil rights group, and as a Chief Officer at an organization combating HIV/AIDS.

Eric currently serves on the Victory Fund Campaign Board & is also Midwest Caucus Chair for the organization. Additionally, Eric is on the Equality Illinois PAC board. 

Connect with Eric: 

• IG: @ericdwilkerson
• Wilkerson + Company
• The Victory Fund

Connect with Bryan

• IG: @ibryancarter

The 2022 Midterms bring the gift of non-stop political ads, recycled memes, and inaccurate infographics. As candidates communicate their value, there is a heightened sense of care and concern over the political future of our country. Bryan unpacks the realities of political panic, midterm anxiety, and expresses his hopes for the future.

Connect with Bryan

Instagram: @ibryancarter

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