Behind The Wheel Podcast

Behind The Wheel Podcast

By Derek OxleySociety & Culture
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Behind The Wheel Podcast episodes

  • Brenda Ngozi Stallings Interview

    Brenda Ngozi Stallings is an attorney in Little Rock Arkansas, she's the 1st woman from the State of Arkansas to complete the 6 Abbot World Majors.  Brenda would've been on track to complete her 100th half marathon this year prior to covid-19 lockdown.  In this candid interview we talk about the Ahamaud Arbrey case and what it's like to be running while black in America.  

    42 min
  • Dr. Shaunna Payne Gold Interview

    Dr. Shaunna Payne gold is an Assistant Provost of Diversity & Inclusion at Townson University, she's a Mom, swim instructor and a Triathlete.  Shaunna is a multifaceted athlete with experience as an Ironman 70.3 Triathlete, she has served at large public, small public, large private  and small private institutions in roles ranging from residence life to multicultural student programming, from campus ministry to academic support programs.

    35 min
  • Black Ice Project

    Back in January of 2019 I received a Happy New Year Text and a lead on a great story for 2019/2020 from Heather King,  “I just put a group together called Black Ice Project. We are 40 black folks headed to Antartica to run marathon in January 2020.”

    The average annual temperature in Antartica ranges from about −10°C on the Antarctic coast to −60°C at the highest parts of the interior. Near the coast the temperature can exceed +10°C at times in the summer and fall to below −40°C in the winter.

    Heather and her group of adventurers choose Steve Hibb’s Marathon Adventures to help them turn their dream of running a marathon on every continent a reality.  The #blackiceeproject brought 27 African-American runners to Antarctica to run a marathon. And they all finished their races making the group the largest group of African-Americans to complete marathons and Half-marathons in Antarctica in history.

    On today’s episode we go behind with T Culpepper Glaze our correspondent, who was on the scene in Antartica.  T interviewed several of members of the BIP for this episode, we were curious to know what would compel an individual to run a marathon under those conditions, how they prepared for the event and what lessons they learned along the way.

    Then we followed up with an interview Heather King once she thawed out from the trip.

    1 hr 17 min
  • Ridesharing During Covid-19

    Milton F. Garrett II is a singer and marathoner from Chicago, a father of two sons, one is a biochemical research and the other a 2nd year medical student-both were homeschooled from the 2nd-8th grade.  The former Clark College alumni spent 25 years in the refinery industry, now a days he helps people move around the city with Uber.  Milton is member of Men Run Deezs Streets, and Black Chicago Runners.  

    17 min
  • Inattentional Blindness
    I became curious as to why we stop noticing the world around us. I came across an article, in Psychology Today written by Dr. Alan Castel, in it, he said: “We often don't notice things unless we focus and are present.”  Here are a few good demonstrations.  Count the numbers of F’s in the following passage:
    Finished Files Are the Result
    Of Years of Scientific Study
    Combined With the Experience
    Of Years.
    I tried this little experiment on Facebook; a few of my friends responded.  Most people counted two or three (in words Finished Files and scientiFic).  But there are 6 F’s. I counted four!  There’s a name for this phenomenon. It's called inattentional blindness, and it's what happens when you encounter something in a place you aren't at all expecting. No matter how strange, blatant, or eye-catching it is, our brains just don't want to notice things where we don't think they belong.
    Inattentional blindness explains why I could drive by a strip club on a primarily residential street in Bridgeport CT and not notice it.
    19 min
  • Peanut Butter Wars Skippy Vs. JIF
    Nian Hu and Amanda Krause wrote a fascinating article for Business Insider about Jif Peanut Butter, that sparked my recent obsession with peanut butter.  On February 19, around 12:20pm I received a message from a friend, let’s call her Kim, well because after all her name is Kim.  Kim wanted to know if I had anytime to chat about podcasting?  No preambles, no small talk, you know, "hey how you doing?"  "I hope you and yours are doing well" and then jump into the purpose of the text.  Nope! There was none of that just straight to the point. 
    “Hey do you have any time to chat about podcasting?” And I like that, get right to the heart of the matter. Podcasting! Podcasting? Sure I love talking about podcasting, I love listening to podcasts.  
    Kim will be launching her podcast later this month-(The Run Wave) and asked me to be a guest on her show.  We recorded our episode on Sunday, at some point the conversation turned toward peanut butter, specifically how to make a PBJ sandwich, and that’s when I lost it.  Hearing the news, of Kim toasting the bread came as a shock, while we were still recording, I asked myself, why would you need to toast the bread? 
    Was I judging Kim? No not in the least-(maybe slightly, not her existence just her peanut butter preparation choices) Shhhh!  I can hear you judging me, its okay though I get.  I was curious! In my mind there had to be a reason why she needed to toast the bread-who does that?  She probably store her peanut butter in the fridge. 
    Our sticky peanut butter discussion needed an impartial arbitrator, so I took the matter to Facebook for an informal survey, with a simple question: where do you store your peanut butter?  My recent obsession with peanut butter led to this episode, which covers The Mandela Effect and the longest running trademark war in history-the battle between Skippy Peanut and Percy Crosby's Comic Strip Skippy. 
    Enjoy.
    32 min
  • The Shell Gas Price Saga
    On July 12, 2016, pulled into a Shell gas station in Stamford CT. to fill up without checking the price, I figured it would .05¢ north or south of what I normally pay-I was wrong.  It trigged a string of events on Facebook and even severed a few relationships.  Through the entire fiasco I was never able to speak with the manager, I recently became with obsessed with solving the case.  Along the way I found myself down a rabbit hole Carrie Whitney, Phd wrote a piece entitled "Why Gasoline Prices Vary From Station to Station" I was curious to see what the gas prices were around the country what I discovered was surprising.  Yolanda Rose-(a facebook friend) shared a useful app that searches for the best prices and saves you money, "GetUpside."
    I hope your enjoyed today's episode, thanks to Siri Dhammo, NP Phyllis, Stephanie Brizard, Claudia Cardenas, Brenda Ngozi Stallings, James McCollum, Ashley Harris, Felecia McLean, Tara Taylor, Milton Garrett II, June Stambler, Eric Hudson, Wiklliam McCullough, Gary Waller, Nadine Marjanowicz-Francis, Angela Hyman, Gloria Y. Daughtry, Katelynn Elizabeth, Joann Lin, Yulonda Burris, Al Stoneburner, Yolanda Rose, Kirk Robinson, Shirel Johnson, Steven Yee, Pippi Spann, Sherrie Feger, Tony Brown, Matthew Larry Thompson, Brendetta L. Caldwell, Jamal Lewis, Alicia Marie, Nana Asokwa, Jewel Scott, Ebonyu Butler, James Bryant, Kimberley Williams, Daphnie Sicre, Rima Lecroix, Michael Sean Harris, Harriet Webb, Julie Morgan, Maryam Mulrain, Ron Muldrew, Maria Crawford, Alfreda Nikki Blanchard, Thomas Turner, Freida Dale, Thelma Gilchrist, Eric Thomas, Alejandra Marquez, Jacob Carrigan, Nneka Greene, Jennifer Dawn Jones, Edward Broadnax and Kanesha Moore for sharing the gas prices from their state.  
    Special thanks to our concerned correspondent from Connecticut Yvonne Oxley
    30 min
  • Lizzo and Jillian Debate: I love Your Music But Not Your Butt...
    On Friday, I spent the night at my sister's house, in the morning while trying to convince her to put a pot of coffee on, the conversion turned towards Jillian Michaels and her online spat with Al Roker and Lizzo.  When did we start obsessing over black bodies or should I say more specifically, fat female black peoples bodies?  When did fat become chic?  Was it when some magazine editor decided to place a fat person on the cover?  The recent controversy made me wonder, why does fatness on display offended so many people?  Where does the fear and hatred disguised as health concern stem from? 
    Should fat people be confined, to fat farms, run by Nazi type fitness instructors, like Jillian Michaels, who keeps it real with her, in your face Gestapo style and caffeine supplements?  Only after the inmates shedded their weight and came down to a size that was mutually acceptable by society would they be released from these camps.
    I mean who should be the judge and jury? What should there be there qualifications be to sit in judgment of the rest of us?
    28 min
  • Dawn Davis Calhoun Pt2
    This episode is tribute to a staple in the running and endurance community, Dawn Davis Calhoun was a wife, mother, sister, daughter and friend who sought to squeeze every last drop out of life.  Dawn was an inspirational fighter who lived her life out loud and shared her journey every step of the way to inspire, educate and to bring hope to others battling cancer.
    Dawn was a 11+3 or 14-year breast cancer survivor who was first diagnosed in 2004 at that time is was stage 1.  After going through chemo, radiation, and a couple of surgeries, she was cancer free for 11yrs.  In 2015 after the passing of a friend to cancer, she felt something in the back of neck.  Ever vigilant Dawn went to her doctor and he referred to her oncologist because of her health history.  After a variety of exams, lab work, biopsies and everything in between it was determined that she had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and that was the start of her second journey.  This week Dawn crossed the finish line.
    In this episode you'll hear some rare clips from Dawn, interviews with Crystal Blair and Evonne Bennett-(Dawn's Best Friends).  Special thanks to Khadijah Diggs and Halima Mason who provide video footage and Kimberly Tucker Hall who conducted an interview with Dawn for Sole Inspired in October 2018, Yolanda Holloway, Lilly Soliman, Qui Brown, Alexis M. Barbarin, Zsa-Zsa Porter, Ronneta Thompson, Ray QStorm Morriss, and Heather McTeer Toney.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Dawn Davis Calhoun Pt 1
    This episode is tribute to a staple in the running and endurance community, Dawn Davis Calhoun was a wife, mother, sister, daughter and friend who sought to squeeze every last drop out of life.  Dawn was an inspirational fighter who lived her life out loud and shared her journey every step of the way to inspire, educate and to bring hope to others battling cancer.  
    Dawn was a 11+3 or 14-year breast cancer survivor who was first diagnosed in 2004 at that time is was stage 1.  After going through chemo, radiation, and a couple of surgeries, she was cancer free for 11yrs.  In 2015 after the passing of a friend to cancer, she felt something in the back of neck.  Ever vigilant Dawn went to her doctor and he referred to her oncologist because of her health history.  After a variety of exams, lab work, biopsies and everything in between it was determined that she had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and that was the start of her second journey.  This week Dawn crossed the finish line.  
    In this episode you'll hear some rare clips from Dawn, interviews with Crystal Blair and Evonne Bennett-(Dawn's Best Friends).  Special thanks to Khadijah Diggs and Halima Mason who provide video footage and Kimberly Tucker Hall who conducted an interview with Dawn for Sole Inspired in October 2018.
    1 hr

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