Effie Dennison, Senior Vice President, Director of Community Development & Corporate Responsibility at Texas Capital Bank is on the latest episode with Shawn and Ryan.

Effie discusses Texas Capital Bank's commitment to and experience with investing in Southern Dallas. She specifically talks about investments in the Red Bird development, Trinity Groves, West Dallas and the Mayor's Grow South Investment Fund.

Sponsored by SMU (smu.edu) and Buck Brush (buckbrushco.com).

Deconstructing Dallas theme by www.bensound.com.

Break Music by incompetech.com/music/royalty-free.

This week’s guest is Lindsay Graham host of the American History Tellers podcast by Wondery. Just in time for July 4th, American History Tellers has launched a series called Revolution. The first episode focuses on George Washington.

Until recently. Lindsay was a marketing director at SMU. He discusses his time there and his transition to his podcast which debuted at #1 on iTunes in January.

https://wondery.com/shows/american-history-tellers

In the introduction segment, Shawn and Ryan discuss an article written in the Dallas Morning News by Professor Pamela Metzger at SMU’s Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at the Dedman School of Law.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/opinion/2018/06/29/us-failed-honor-promise-right-counsel-implications-staggering

This week’s sponsors are Buck Brush – BuckBrushCo.com and the University of North Texas System - UNTSystem.edu.

This week’s episode was produced by Andy Chiu and C3Films.

Deconstructing Dallas theme by www.bensound.com.

Break Music by incompetech.com/music/royalty-free.

Ryan and Shawn speak to Angela Ross, AT&T Vice President of External Affairs about their new campus redevelopment - AT&T Discovery District. Check out the YouTube video of What AT&T's Discovery District will look like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xta2hMVrV8s

Ryan and Shawn also talked about the Trump administration's zero tolerance border policy...

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6md1ok

and Juneteenth....

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/06/14/black-texans-turned-states-shameful-slave-legacy-international-celebration-freedom

https://abc.go.com/shows/blackish/video/most-recent/VDKA4093861

Don't forget to wish Ryan a Happy Birthday (June 23rd).

Walmart Senior Director of Community Relations discusses changes he's seen in his time with the company, Walmart's philanthropic efforts and "open call" an opportunity for potential vendors to pitch their products.

Shawn and Ryan also talk about other projects they are working on including "The Odyssey" a 500 ft. observation wheel to be built near the Trinity River and the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at SMU's Dedman School of Law.

Break music "Dueces" "TechLive" "Basic Implosion" "Miami Viceroy" and "Cold Sober" by
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Intro and Outro "Downtown" by from Bensound.com

Episode sponsored by Buck Brush (buckbrushco.com) and the University of North Texas System (untsystem.edu).

Shawn and Ryan speak to Red Bird Mall Owner/Developer Peter Brodsky about his plans for Red Bird and how he came to own the property. They guys may have also spent more than a little time discussing the Royal Wedding.

#LivStrong

http://www.omniplan.com/work/case-studies/red-bird-redevelopment.html

http://deadmalls.com/malls/shipyard_shops_outlet.html

Music from:

https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions who represents the 32nd District of Texas and is Chairman of the House Committee on Rules is this week's guest. Congressman Sessions talks about the Dallas area economy, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and cybersecurity.

https://sessions.house.gov

https://rules.house.gov

https://www.buckbrushco.com

http://smumustangs.com/index.aspx?path=tickets

Ryan and Shawn speak with Detective Frederick Frazier, self described "fugitive hunter" and Chairman of the Dallas Assist the Officer Foundation. Det. Frazier talks about ways the public can help the families of 27-year-old Dallas Police Officer Rogelio Santander who was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday and 26-year-old Crystal Almeida who was also shot in the same incident.

Frazier encourages the public to make donations at ATODallas.org.

Det. Frazier also talks about what it was like for officers who were part of the chase that ended with the capture of the suspect in shooting that took place at a Home Depot in Dallas on Tuesday.

Microsoft's Central U.S. Director of Citizenship and Public Affairs Raamel Mitchell sits down with Ryan and Shawn at the company's sprawling Irving campus. They discuss cybersecurity, gaming, virtual reality and community investment.

Break music from https://www.bensound.com

This week Ryan and Shawn speak with Dorsey Standish, the Chief Operations Officer of Mastermind, the region’s first “gym” for your brain. Dorsey has nearly ten years of experience practicing and teaching mindfulness.

Dorsey has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently working on earning a M.S. in Applied Cognition & Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas.

In 2016, Dorsey left the tech industry to pursue a career in teaching mindfulness, where she teaches high performers how to harness greater equanimity and depth of focus through mindfulness-based brain health.

Mastermind is a mindfulness-based meditation resource offering a regular classes in locations throughout Dallas, workshops, custom events and corporate mindfulness events and programs.

http://mastermindmeditate.com

Many businesses have found that mindfulness is helpful for their employees.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-big-companies-who-swear-mindfulness-henry-stewart/

Ryan and Shawn share their experiences with mediation and mindfulness and also discuss the viral "Walmart Boy Yodeling" video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cteUDkurv7E

Ryan and Shawn speak with 13 term Texas House Member Helen Giddings about her legislative career and her friendship with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.