Money Making Conversations Master Class

My guest on the show today is one of the stars of the Amazon series Harlem, Shoniqua Shandai. She is an actress, singer, and up-and-coming fashion icon from the east coast who has graciously swept the entertainment industry since she was three. Shoniqua's character Angie on the show Harlem has a big sexy personality and a fashion sense to match it. In the front, Shoniqua's character always wears a series of high-fashion looks.   Shoniqua strongly relates to her character as a curvy woman of color, breaking the fashion and love stereotypes.   Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class Shoniqua Shandai.

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My guest is Greg Carter. He is a native of Houston, Texas, and a graduate of Texas A&M University. He has produced over thirty feature films and currently produces a popular series called Fifth Ward on the ALLBLK Channel. When I first met Greg Carter, he was one of the rising rap directors in Houston, Texas. We are talking about the Ghetto Boys' days and Rap A Lot records era. But life is about adjusting and growing your brand; he is still directing movies and television series in Hollywood and teaching students at the University of Houston. Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Greg Carter.

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My guest is Greg Carter. He is a native of Houston, Texas, and a graduate of Texas A&M University. He has produced over thirty feature films and currently produces a popular series called Fifth Ward on the ALLBLK Channel. When I first met Greg Carter, he was one of the rising rap directors in Houston, Texas. We are talking about the Ghetto Boys' days and Rap A Lot records era. But life is about adjusting and growing your brand; he is still directing movies and television series in Hollywood and teaching students at the University of Houston. Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Greg Carter.

My guest on the show today is one of the stars of the Amazon series Harlem, Shoniqua Shandai. She is an actress, singer, and up-and-coming fashion icon from the east coast who has graciously swept the entertainment industry since she was three. Shoniqua's character Angie on the show Harlem has a big sexy personality and a fashion sense to match it. In the front, Shoniqua's character always wears a series of high-fashion looks.   Shoniqua strongly relates to her character as a curvy woman of color, breaking the fashion and love stereotypes.   Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class Shoniqua Shandai.

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Rushion Interviews The Suga Chef and Ricky Anderson

This week's topic is: Exceeding Expectations and I will be speaking with…

My guest is Executive Pastry Chef Padua Player, also known as SugaChef.  He is the youngest of seven children.  He has been featured on WE TV’s Platinum Weddings and was a competitor on Food Network’s Sweet Genius and Holiday Baking Championship. He won the 2013 Capital Food Fight’s High Stakes Cake Battle in DC, hosted by Duff Goldman. Following that success, he returned in 2014 and 2015 as a celebrity chef judge and appeared on Cooking Channel’s Cake Hunters in 2018. Television called on his sweet culinary skills once again and he appeared on CHOPPED Sweets on Food Network in 2020. Chef Padua has his own line of gourmet desserts and has provided his sweet delicacies to countless celebrity clientele.  Plus he has a consulting service,  Allow the SugaChef to bring a cost-effective and fresh perspective to your business!  Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class Executive Pastry Chef Padua Player.

My guest is Attorney Ricky Anderson.  He is a proud graduate of his HBCU started his professional career working 9-5, because everybody told he was being successful.  Well he left that successful job in Houston, Texas and bet on himself.  While becoming one of the top Entertainment Attorneys in Hollywood, large roster of clients including Steve Harvey, Cassi Davis, Isiah Washington, Monique, Rickey Smiley & Yolanda Adamshe also became an Adjunct Professor at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1998. His lecture topics include entertainment law, music industry contracts, and trial preparation. In 2014, he was inducted into the Black Entertainment and Sports Law Association (BESLA) Entertainment Attorney’s Hall of Fame.  Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class, Attorney Ricky Anderson.

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Rushion McDonald interviews Melanie Charles.  A refreshing, inventive and gifted multi-instrumentalist, and jazz singer.  Melanie’s improvisational style, inflection, and spontaneity talents displayed in her celebrated album “Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women.”  has been held - 'a sheer 'masterpiece.'  In 2022, Ebony Magazine listed her album as one of the top female jazz albums to listen to and enjoy. "Melanie Charles' rumbling voice is perfectly in tune with her music: her songs touch upon issues such as social economic disparity, the pay gap and Mother Africa, all set to a deep, pumping bass beat. 

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Rushion McDonald interviews Brély Evans.  She is an Actress, Vocalist, Voice Over Talent and Philanthropist. Whether Brély is making you cry in a drama, laugh in a comedy, or challenging you intellectually through her thought provoking podcast interviews, she finds time to Key Note speak on being A Curvy Girl and Unapologetically Unique.   She currently stars in Kold X Windy: This original series, follows the lifelong hustle of young females, as they navigate their careers on Chicago’s South Side.  It premiered on WE TV and the ALLBlackNetwork.  Brely is on the show to discuss her career, charitable work and new show Kold X Windy. 

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Rushion McDonald interviews Tavonia Evans.  She is a native of New York and “mompreneur”. She has been called The Queen of Crypto.  She has been featured in Glamour Magazine’s May 2018 “Women in Crypto”, CNN, Bloomberg, Complex TV, CNBC, Marie Claire, Blavity, Ozy.  Tavonia made the transition into the world of Blockchain in 2016 as a result of identifying Cryptocurrency as a tool that could stimulate economic growth and financial freedom within the Black community. She is one of the first Black women heralded as being the founder and lead engineer in developing a coin with such a mission within the Black community.   

Rushion McDonald interviews Laura Foos.  She is the owner and CEO of Foos Financial Services.  A Tax Preparation Company - They provide tax preparation for individuals and small businesses.   They can accommodate all states and can service clients remotely.  Laura has been a tax consultant on Money Making Conversations Master Class since 2017.  Laura knows all too well about financial struggles, how to overcome them, and using that knowledge to turn her life around having gone through bankruptcy herself when she was 7 months pregnant, being a single mother most of her daughter’s life, to then starting several profitable businesses over the past 15 years and being the financial advisor for them all and she also maintains a fulltime corporate career.  She is on the show to discuss taxes and steps to grow your business and career.  

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Rushion McDonald interviews Dr. Artesius Miller.  He is the Founder & CEO of the Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School Network. Miller is recognized as a visionary leader in K-12 education who founded Georgia’s first state-approved charter school following recreation of the State Charter Schools Commission.  Miller has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Morehouse College, a master’s degree in Education Leadership from Columbia University, and a doctorate degree in Educational Administration and Policy from the University of Georgia.   This interview is about education and opportunities.  

Rushion McDonald interviews Sonia Fears of Fears Group at Morgan Stanley.  Sonia Fears, is the First Vice President Financial Advisor, Sr. Portfolio Manager Global Sports & Entertainment Director.  Sonia’s team works with families to understand how their money can be used to accomplish their goals and help them plan for their future so that they can enjoy all life has to offer. This interview is about stocks, retirement and financial planning.   

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Rushion McDonald interviews Ben Jealous.  Ben is a New York Times best-selling author, scholar, journalist, civil rights leader, and philanthropist, currently serves as President and CEO of People For the American Way, and Professor of the Practice, University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly President and CEO of the NAACP, Director of the Human Rights Program at Amnesty International USA, and Executive Director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.   He is on the show to discuss his new book, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free. 

Rushion McDonald interviews Lenore Anderson.  She is the co-founder and President of Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), one of the nation’s largest safety and justice reform advocacy organizations. ASJ works with public officials and grassroots partners to advance smart public policy and sponsors Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, the nation’s largest organizing program for victims of crime. She is also the founder of Californians for Safety and Justice, ASJ’s flagship state advocacy program. Lenore is an attorney with extensive experience working to reform criminal justice and public safety systems.  She is on the show to discuss her new book, In Their Names, The Untold Story of Victims’ Rights, Mass Incarceration, and the Future of Public Safety. 

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Rushion McDonald interviews Johnny Wright. His book Natural & Curly Hair For Dummies offers you step-by-step direction and accurate information to manage and style your hair. Celebrity hairstylist Johnny Wright is here to help you ditch the chemicals and love your textured locks. Johnny is a celebrity hairstylist with over 30 years of experience, Johnny Wright worked his way through Chicago and then Los Angeles before spending 8 years as Michelle Obama's personal hairstylist during the Obama Administration. Since 2019, he's worked as Tamron Hall's key hairstylist on her EMMY Award-winning eponymous daytime talk show and most recently co-starred in "To Catch a Beautician" with Tamar Braxton on Vh1. You'll also see his work on celebrities like Queen Latifah, Kerry Washington, Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Samira Wiley. 

Rushion McDonald interviews Ramon Hervey II.  He shares insightful tales of his remarkable four-decade career plotting and overseeing fame, success, crisis and spinning for seminal talents at the top of their game, from Little Richard, Bette Midler, and the Bee Gees, to Aaliyah, Rick James, and Vanessa Williams—a juicy and addictive retrospective that also traces the origins of fame and how social media is changing the rules. Ramon has earned global recognition for his work as an entertainment manager, brand consultant, and public relations specialist. 

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Join us as we revisit the interview with Actor and Producer of "The Woman King" Julius Tennon. He discusses the impact "The Woman King" has had on our culture and society.

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Julius Tennon is an accomplished film, television, and theatre veteran actor and producer with over thirty years of experience.

He is the President, Development and Production at JuVee Productions. Julius Tennon is Co-President of JuVee Productions which he founded with his wife Viola Davis.

Julius began as both a thespian and a star linebacker.

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Julius Tennon is Co-President of JuVee Productions which he founded with his wife Viola Davis. Julius is an accomplished film, television, and theatre veteran actor and producer with over thirty years of experience. A native of Austin, Texas, he began as both a thespian and a star linebacker. Julius was offered a full football scholarship to the University of Tulsa, where he became the very first African-American to graduate from the theatre department. Julius and Viola have shared both the stage and screen, appearing in such notable projects as Intimate Apparel at the Mark Taper Forum, CBS' Laws of Chance, The Architect, and the JuVee produced films Custody and Lila & Eve. 

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