Let's Talk Legacy

Zika Metaxa, author and part of the internationally-known Metaxa family spirits business founded by her ancestors in 1888, talks about the unique challenges of a family business in a country where women are often overlooked, fighting the culture her family thrived in, "finding her own star", breaking generational cycles, and creating the one-of-a-kind drink that bears her name.

Tyler Summitt, son of legendary University of Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt, talks about making winning an attitude, shares a lesson that basketball great Candace Parker will never forget, and explains what his mother's final hope was for her "Definite Dozen".

Hear Tyler's full interview in Episode 32 of Let's Talk Legacy.

Tyler Summitt, son of legendary University of Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt, talks about growing up with a group of 16 honorary big sisters, making winning an attitude, putting the team before yourself (even in the face of a life-changing diagnosis), and shares a lesson that basketball great Candace Parker will never forget, as well as why the Pat Summitt Leadership Group is the true carrier of his mother’s legacy.

Andrea Wilson Woods, author, speaker, CEO & Co-Founder of Cancer University, and President & Founder of Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association, chats about losing the love of her life, and how it showed her how easy it is for things to fall through the cracks for those unwilling to be “annoyingly persistent”.

Hear Andrea’s full interview in Episode 31 of Let’s Talk Legacy.

Andrea Wilson Woods, author, speaker, CEO & Co-Founder of Cancer University, and President & Founder of Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association, chats about living her life backwards, losing her greatest love, why your life could depend on being a squeaky wheel, how success means eventually putting yourself out of business, and crafting her legacy by helping others realize their own.

George Foreman III, professional boxer, entrepreneur, author, and the founder and CEO of boxing training brands Craft Boxing Club and Mittwork, talks about how training with his father was like climbing Everest (and he still has the scars to prove it), from pulling Jeeps and digging holes, to running 10 miles in the wrong sized shoe, and getting his face in the mud...the champ runs a tough bootcamp.

Hear George's full interview in Episode 30 of Let's Talk Legacy.

George Foreman III, professional boxer, entrepreneur, author, and the founder and CEO of boxing training brands Craft Boxing Club and Mittwork, talks about George "Mother Hen" Foreman Sr, how training with his father was like climbing Everest (and he still has the scars to prove it), the essential 12 fight laws which apply both in and out of the ring, returning to boxing at 40, the unique mystique of the heavyweight class, and the legacy-building power of storytelling.

Frank Milner, President of Tutor Doctor, which provides one-on-one tutoring services to students from first grade to college in over 500 territories across the globe, talks about the emerging education crisis worldwide, which has been made worse by the Covid pandemic, but started far before.

Hear Frank's full interview in Episode 29 of Let's Talk Legacy.

Frank Milner, President of Tutor Doctor, which provides one-on-one tutoring services to students from first grade to college in over 500 territories across the globe, talks about immigrating at 12 years old, shares some of the universal challenges faced by education systems the world over, reflects on crisis management during the Covid pandemic, explains his company's drive to take up the social responsibility of tutoring, and leaving a legacy for the children of the world.

Sandeep Chennakeshu, a tech executive and author who served as the former Chief Technology Officer of Ericsson Mobile Phones and Sony Ericsson, as well as former President of BlackBerry, talks about leading the team that invented Bluetooth, and ALMOST inventing what we now know as the iPhone.

Hear Sandeep's full interview in Episode 28 of Let's Talk Legacy.