The story of Michael Kent and Tiffany Whittier is inspirational all by itself - a black, female parole officer is assigned to a white supremacist parolee, and their interactions causes Michael to turn his life around. However, it is only when you go deeper, to get to to the story behind the story, that you find the true riches that come, not only from their story, but from your own. 

In this episode, we look at the highlights of the story of Michael and Tiffany, all the while looking into our own heart and our story, and asking "why? what makes my story so special?"

Theme Music: Wild & Windy - BledJon (Worth The Weight, 2020)

Transition Music: Soaring Above the Waves - RolikMusic

Marketing and Social Media Management: Imani Tahira

Episode Artwork: by Roman Kraft on Unsplash

Michael Kent clips: Unlikely Friends - I Am Second Conversations by I am Second

If there is one thing that is true, it is that good food brings people together. And not just around a table - Good food unites generations, passing down recipes and traditions from parents to children. It also allows friends to share their creations with their loved ones, whether around a table, or through the medium of social media.

In this episode of Perpetual Good, we continue our conversation with Claude Ellis IV, Founder of BDF Catering and Executive Chef at The Olde Pink House, Savanna Georgia, to hear about his journey into the fantastic world of good food.

Theme Music: Wild & Windy - BledJon (Worth The Weight, 2020)

Transition Music: Soaring Above the Waves - RolikMusic

Marketing and Social Media Management: Imani Tahira

Header Image by Brooke Lark on Unsplash

Kitchen Sounds from Sounds To Sleep To

Be it large gatherings celebrating traditions and cultures, families gathered for a backyard barbeque, or good friends meeting to catch up, you can pretty much count on there being good food.

Many of us tinker in the kitchen with the same passion as professionals, desiring to deliver a culinary experience to our family and friends, while others take it a step further and turn their passion into their profession.

In this episode of Perpetual Good, we go on the road, back to our home town to talk to Claude Ellis IV, Founder of BDF Catering and Executive Chef at The Olde Pink House, Savanna Georgia, to hear about his journey into the fantastic world of good food.

Theme Music: Wild & Windy - BledJon (Worth The Weight, 2020)

Transition Music: Soaring Above the Waves - RolikMusic

Social Media Marketing and Management: Imani Tahira

Kitchen Sounds from Sounds To Sleep To

Header Image  by Jay Wennington on Unsplash

Have you ever looked back at your life and thought, "if only I had more time", or "if only that one thing hadn't happened, I would have fulfilled my dream"? Delays, prohibitions, jobs, having kids, etc., all valid reasons why things get placed on the back burner, or get locked away, never to be considered again. There is a proverb that says, "delayed hope makes the heart sick, but fulfilled desire is a tree of life." Delayed and unfulfilled dreams, or circumstances that prevent us from fulfilling who we really are can have a profoundly negative affect on us. 

What if I told you that neither time nor circumstance are powerful enough to stop us from fulfilling our dreams? While the end result may look different than we originally pictured it, as long as we hold onto those desires, there is a possibility for them to happen. 

In this episode of Perpetual Good, we will look at 2 people who defied both time and circumstance to see the fulfillment of what was in their heart:

Theme Music: Wild & Windy - BledJon (Worth The Weight, 2020)

Transition Music: Soaring Above the Waves - RolikMusic

Additional Clips:

Living For the City - Stevie Wonder (Innervisions, 1973)

Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers (The Time Has Come, 1967)

Media Graphics and Production: Imani Tahira

What do bells, basketball and black pens have in common? Very little… not that they have nothing in common, but in all three cases, something very little about each of them resulted in a very memorable or impactful event, even potentially saving the lives of astronauts.

In this episode, we look at the unlikely savior of the Apollo 11 mission, the start of the Salvation Army Bell Ringers, and a very special basketball team manager, to see how the smallest of things can bring about the largest returns.

Theme Music: Wild and Windy by BledJon, featuring Linnea Locsin

Additional Audio:

Header Image Photo by History in HD on Unsplash

Header Image Design by Imani Tahira

It is very easy to allow the hardships of life to take over and make us believe that there is nothing to be thankful for. However, by taking the step to pursue gratitude, our eyes will be opened to all of the things we have to be thankful for.

In this episode, we look at people who have made the choice to not only start being grateful, but who are living a life of gratitude .

Theme Music: Wild and Windy by BledJon, featuring Linnea Locsin

Episode Art: Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

It is very easy to allow the hardships of life to take over and make us believe that there is nothing to be thankful for. However, by taking the step to pursue gratitude, our eyes will be opened to all of the things we have to be thankful for. 

In this episode, we look at people who have made the choice to not only start being grateful, but who are living a life of gratitude . 

Theme Music: Wild and Windy by BledJon, featuring Linnea Locsin

American history from the 1950's and 1960's is full of images of civil rights conflicts, and as many marches for equality as there were, there were an equal number of protests against fair and equal treatment of citizens of African descent. One notable story involves a little girl, Ruby Bridges who by entering William Frantz Elementary School set off a series of angry protests and the withdrawal of every white student from the school by parents who believed that black and white people should remain separate.

Yet years before Ruby made her historic walk to the school, the community of Sunnyhills in Milpitas California was being formed as the first planned racially-integrated community in the United States. Sunnyhills was not mandated by the government, but by the people who lived and worked there, and serves as an example of what can happen when people decide to take action and do things different.

This week, I have the privilege of speaking with Donnie Eiland, Executive Producer of "54", a documentary on the founding of the Sunnyhills community, and about what makes this community so special.

Link to Documentary "54" 

Episode Art: Photo by Rajiv Perera on Unsplash