How do we create a culture that is welcoming and inclusive of people that are truly different than what we're used to? And more than that, how do we train and teach our children to befriend those who might have been born a little differently than them?

On this very special episode of LifeChat Radio on World Down Syndrome Day, we talk with Michele Thomas, Director of the DeSoto Soaring Eagles Center, on how we can teach those around us to love differently, and love unconditionally.

It's one of our favorite festivals of the year. We're taking you Inside SXSW -- >> literally!

If you've never been to the biggest music + film + interactive festival in the country, here's your shot at getting the scoop on the ins and outs of SXSW with a couple of festival vets, showcase presenter of Inside Gospel Live, Mr. Frankie Wilson(mrfrankiewilson.com) and hip hop and spoken word artist, ShySpeaks (shyspeaks.com).

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Shy Speaks

Sho Baraka

So -- the last day to vote in the primaries is literally just a few days away. But how in the world are you supposed to know who should get your vote? Why is it even important? If it's not the president, should you care?

Uh. Duh. Of course you should! And one of our favorite political gurus is gonna give you the ins and outs on how to figure out who you're voting for and WHY.

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First of all, the music in today's show -->> #superdope.

Thanks, producer.

It’s February, which probably means you’re already slippin’ on

that grand resolution you made at the first of the year.

Although Esther goes off a time or two in this episode, we promise it won't hurt too bad. So, no worries - we’ll get you back on track in no time flat.

Before you take the big giant trendy leap of "faith," called entrepreneurship, the ladies of LifeChat Radio have a bit of advice that might save you from a bit of sorrow and frustration.

We're back! And we've got a great year lined up with some amazing guests, deep topics, and more than a few truth bombs that are sure to make you go, "hmmmm..."

Hey, 2018. We're ready.

CULTURE >> it's a word that has become incredibly polarizing by the moment. Either folks are quick to jump into or impact it, or their running away from it, and hiding their children, and their wives, AND their husbands from it just as quickly as they can find the closest rock.

So - what is the best response to 'culture' in 2017 for the person who wants to make an impact?

We chat it up this week on LifeChat Radio with the one of the dopest emcees we know, ShySpeaks [shyspeaks.com], as well as our in-house Apologetics expert [we just gave him that title, by the way], Pastor Mike Mitchell [churchonthehillag.org] about what to do with the big "C" word.

#39: Pro-Everything w. Cessilye R. Smith by Feleceia Benton + Esther Calloway

"We’ve figured out how to put people on the moon, but we haven’t learned how to stop killing each other."

No Badges. No Guns. Just Humans.

Dr. Larry Terry of the UNT Dallas Urban SERCH Institute discusses their approach to solving a problem that seems to be be plaguing our country and paralyzing our communities from real reconciliation and forward motion.

The Community Leadership Academy is the nation's first peer-led leadership program that pairs police officers and community members together, and believes that "communities change when the institutions that bind them are strategically transformed from within."

www.untdallas.edu/serch

How do you make your tiny idea a big deal?

You hang out with Faith Anderson from Tenth Child Inc., that's how.

This brilliant woman has executed about a million and a half amazing ideas, and caused them to come into fruition, including creating + hosting her own event at MegaFest AND the Stellar Awards. If you don't know what those are, do some Google searching, then be impressed.

#ManifestationOnFleek [do they still say that?!] Ah well - who cares. She's doing it.

Everybody's just trying to eat -- we get that.

And that hunger makes it super easy to go super cray on social media, especially if you're pushing a product, or music, or a service, or your kid's future career as a model.

There's gotta be some balance and some strategy behind how this social media phenomenon works, right?