Chocolate Understands

If you haven't had a chance to check out former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns' memoir, you're missing one of the best books of the year! I'll tell you what really stood out for me in this episode.

This is such a wonderful time to recharge with some of the best movies and documentaries available. What you watching? Here are my top five!

Looking for something great to watch this weekend? Look no further than the relatable perspectives of these 3 shows. Excellent writing and storytelling about navigating complex relationships in this thing called Life!

Personal reflections on one of the darkest days in our country's modern history. We will always be in the state of healing, never quite complete again.

"Really Love" is the sweet, throwback love story that deserves our attention.

Is her truth the truth? Or is her truth subjective? Can there be alternative truth like alternative facts? Let's talk about it!

This one has really been weighing heavily on me lately as we see the Delta variant becoming more pervasive. That is deeply concerning for me. What's even more concerning is the hesitance and even resistance in many Healthcare professionals themselves to be vaccinated. This is something that is not getting much coverage in mainstream media, but it needs to be highlighted. Every Healthcare system needs to mandate vaccination for Health Care professionals who have any contact with patients for the safety of the public and other providers. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that the requirement wasn't in place as soon as the vaccines became available. But here we are, several months later and there's no such requirement in most of the country. That's NOT fake news. Sources are cited in this podcast.

Whether you liked it or not, Netflix's Sex/Life is definitely interesting! But there are also interesting parallels with another hit show Sarah Shahi starred in, The L Word. This episode compares the two.

Friends and family hiring is sacred in many industries including Tech. While it definitely has its benefits, does it help to diversify orgs, or perpetuate inequity?

There are 2 camps in Black America when it comes to the N-word: One embraces it, while the other tries to leave it in America's hateful past. Is it ever okay to normalize its use?