Black in the Middle

Black in the Middle

By Travis Brown, Herman Watson & Tim McCoySociety & CultureEducationSelf-Improvement
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Black in the Middle episodes

  • We Rise By Lifting Others: An Episode on Giving Back

    Listen to Tim try and say big words as the crew covers a lot of “good” in this episode: being well rounded, lifting up those around you, the network effect of philanthropy, different kinds of giving, karma, the causes we support, how to assess an opportunity that is presented to you and the most important, giving when you don’t even have anything to give.

    30 min
  • 2020 Ain’t Over, Time to Skill Up

    With so many of us out of work and potentially still getting paid a little from the government, now is a perfect time to reevaluate your professional goals, take steps to skill up and come out on the other side of this better and stronger than before. We talk about our past layoffs, investing, credit, wealth and more.

    25 min
  • Dammit Karen Black People Own Boats Too!

    The crew dives into the fear white community members have when a black family moves in down the street, when calling the cops on black men goes wrong and an update on what it’s like jogging through the neighborhood after the public deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd.

    36 min
  • We Didn't Start This Fire So WTF Do We Do Now?

    An unarmed black man was murdered by the police...on video...again. We talk about policing, protesting, rioting, politics, systemic racism and how to handle all of the rage, anger, sadness, disappointment, confusion and lack of hope some of us have with this country and the racist people who run it.

    46 min
  • Running While Black

    Ahmaud Arbery, a 25 year old black man, was murdered while jogging in Georgia. Yup. We talk about it, how we would react in the same situation, how it's affected us and what we are going to do about it.

    34 min
  • Set Goals -The Right Way - Then Crush Them!

    Fail to plan or plan to fail; this is our blueprint for goal setting. Listen to the crew talk through experiences when they used the SMART goal framework, vision boards and SWOT to reach personal, professional and business focused milestones.

    22 min

About Black in the Middle

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Middle class, middle of map and just always stuck in between. This is a podcast about a three black friends who grew up in the burbs and how the battle of nature vs nurture turned them into the men…