Disruption Now

By Rob RichardsonBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement

Disruption Now episodes

September 20, 2019 EP: 39 - Eric Thomas : Push Through The Pain
Eric Thomas the worlds number 1 motivational speaker discusses his journey and how pushing past pain leads to greater success. If you give up in your worse state that will be your legacy. What will your legacy be?
34 min
September 18, 2019 EP: 38 - Jemele Hill - 'Unbothered By Critics'
It’s time for black athletes to leave white colleges
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/10/black-athletes-should-leave-white-colleges/596629/

Jemele Hill slammed for urging black athletes to attend HBCUs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7435163/Ex-ESPN-host-Jemele-Hill-slammed-urging-black-athletes-spurn-white-colleges.html

Black male athletes continue graduating at lower rates than other student-athletes, black nonathletes, and undergraduates in general
https://news.usc.edu/138228/leading-sports-schools-black-athletes-graduation-rates-lower/

Athletes are getting degrees but what does that actually mean?
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/7/9/5885433/ncaa-trial-student-athletes-education

Republicans don’t get HBCUs
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/republicans-dont-get-historically-black-colleges/597973/
29 min
September 13, 2019 EP:37 - Janelle Monáe's Twitter Mistake?
The plot thickens with Popeye's chicken. Janelle Monáe tweets about voting interest in comparison to Popeye's chicken "sammich" and creates an uproar of clap-backs.
9 min
September 11, 2019 EP: 36 - Dave Chappelle Sticks & Stones Outrage
Dave Chappelle Sticks and Stones Netflix special addresses cancellation culture, groupthink and reflexive outrage. Chappelle is provocative calling Michael Jackson accusers liars, criticizing the Metoo movement and trolling Jessie Smollett. Do you think he went too far? Or was he providing needed comedic relief to our toxic news cycle?
41 min
September 04, 2019 EP: 35 - Louis Reed: The Power of Redemption
Louis L. Reed has never forgotten his federal prison number and like a tattoo, it’s a permanent reminder of his survival and eventual redemption. Louis Reed is the National Organizer for #Cut50. Cut50 was started by CNN commentator Van Jones to reduce the prison population by half in America.
1 hr 15 min
September 02, 2019 EP: 34 - Jay Z Knee-Kaps Kaepernick?
This week Jay Z announced a partnership between his company Roc Nation and the NFL. The reactions were swift. There are two main camps, one led by Eric Reid and Kaepernick's friends who see the partnership as a sell-out move by Jay Z to silence Kaepernick's and other's protests against police misconduct and inequality in this country. The other side of the argument is that Jay-Z has a grand plan for social justice and there is more to the partnership than money.
34 min
August 30, 2019 EP: 33 - Chicken Wars: Popeyes, Chick-fil-A and Insanity
Popeyes implemented a brilliant social media marketing campaign around its new chicken sandwich to challenge Chick-fil-A. To say it was a success for Popeyes would be an understatement. It was so successful Popeyes had long lines for as across the country with wait times as long as an hour and a half. Meanwhile, our government just shut down the ability to enforce election laws in this country. Mitch McConnell appears content to let the FEC shut down by not having enough members to get a quorum. With foreign governments looking to interfere in 2020, Mitch McConnell made that task much easier. This could be the end to free and fair elections in America. But all is good at least we get Popeyes chicken.
#popeyesvschickfila #disruptionnow
23 min
August 28, 2019 EP: 32 - A$AP Rocky: Soldier or Sellout
A$AP Rocky didn't realize he was black until he got arrested in Sweden. Like OJ & MJ, A$AP never wanted to be seen as a black activist. Now he wants to use his blackness as credit card for convenience. Should Black Activists stand up for A$AP? Is A$AP Rocky a sellout or solider? What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
#AsapRockyQuotes #AsapRocky
28 min
August 07, 2019 EP: 31 - Dawn Dickson: Breaking Barriers In Tech
Background how Dawn Dickson circumvented VCs.
https://link.medium.com/LZWl6Ho4AX
Dawn Dickson’s start
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.blackenterprise.com/the-road-to-1-million-can-start-at-the-entrepreneurs-summit/amp/
Dickson’s Medical Marijuana Machines
https://www.google.com/amp/www.blacknews.com/news/dawn-dickson-black-woman-raising-900k-medical-marijuana-vending-machines/amp/
Interview on Breakfast Club
https://youtu.be/oejOtgPDkLU

1 hr 1 min
July 31, 2019 EP: 30 - Trauma and the Inhumane Treatment of Migrants
Zero Tolerance Trump
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/cost-us-immigrant-detention-trump-zero-tolerance-tents-cages.html

24 immigrants have died in ICE custody during the Trump Administration:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/24-immigrants-have-died-ice-custody-during-trump-administration-n1015291

1224 complaints reveal a staggering pattern of sexual abuse in immigration detention. Half of those accused worked for ICE.
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/11/immigration-detention-sexual-abuse-ice-dhs/

Yazmin Juarez Mother of Maria Juarez discussing how her daughter died in custody on Mothers Day
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/guatemalan-asylum-seeker-testifies-about-daughter%E2%80%99s-death-in-ice-custody/vi-AAE8KgN

The United Nations Rights Chief stated that she was “appalled”by U.S. border detention conditions. She said that detaining migrant children may constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, which is prohibited under international law:
https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/07/1041991
59 min