The Quad

Compliments to the Chef! Chef Kee shares how he began his culinary journey at age 14 working in the kitchen of a nursing home. His love for cooking has opened up opportunities to be a private chef for prominent individuals while also showing off his skills on different movie sets. We discuss the chef game and what gave him his foundation, and about being from a family of chefs growing up in New Orleans; a city known worldwide for its tantilizing cuisine. He shares cooking dos and don’ts, and some cooking creations he has pulled off during his career, including the jambalaya pasta he brought with him for the crew! Look out for him, he’s likely to be on a cooking show soon challenging the best chefs in the game! His confidence and swag bring flavor to his dishes, but he always pays homage to those who believed in him and inspired him to reach his full potential. He’s all about mastering his craft, so prep your earbuds and enjoy this New Orleans style conversation.

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Website: www.thekeerecipe.com

Instagram handle for Chef Keshon Drew: @mechefkee

On this episode, a Doctor is in the house! We invite Higher Education Scholar, STEM Advocate, Policy Enthusiast, and PhD Jared Avery to the studio to ask the all-important question, Is College still really worth it? When you look at the wealth structure in our society, it appears college is the breeding ground for the workforce, not the business owner or entrepreneur. With the amount of the national debt accumulated by students, we have to wrestle with this topic and find some answers. It’s one thing to go to college, yet another to major in courses which allow you to make the salary post -graduation that will help pay back the significant debt you now owe. With the rapid advancements in technology, can colleges prepare and train students for jobs and professions that haven’t even been created yet? Something to think about for sure, AFTER you listen to the show of course! Tune in as Dr. Avery gives a history lesson on the education system.

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Instagram handle for Dr. Jared Avery: @smartguyphd

This episode was sponsored by Melanin Origins children’s book and publishing company. Visit the website at www.melaninorigins.com to see their online book shelf for all children reading up the second grade level.

On this episode of the Quad, the team is on assignment in the community attending two events and building with the people. We attended the Malcolm X Festival at the Pan-African Connection bookstore in Dallas. We were able to get many interviews and perspectives on the importance of the event, and the importance of coming together as a community to celebrate this historical leader.

As the evening progressed, we visited an event hosted by a previous guest from episode 3, Gloria FreeMe Johnson. She hosts a "Freedom Speaks, Conversation Piece" in Dallas on a quarterly basis. The community came together to discuss the topic of being an entrepeneur and running a small business, and how we can continue to support each other while still holding businesses accountable for their products and services. The night wouldn't be complete without some poetry!

Turn on your ears and enjoy the interviews! For information on the interviewees, please see below.

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Akwete Tyehimba
Founder/Organizer of the Malcolm X Festival
Founder/Owner of the Pan-African Connection Bookstore
Dallas Texas

Dr. Safisha Hill
Adjunct professor. African and Black Studies
Acts of Change, Institute of Cultural Art
Dallas Texas

DeMarcus Rogers Tennessee Welterweight Champion
Boxing, Fitness, Athletics
@grindnationperformance
Tennessee

Ricki Clark
Consultant for Fort Worth ISD - My Brother's Keeper Program
"Once you know self, everything else will lead you to greatness"

Nation of Islam - Dallas
https://www.noidallas48.org

Moorish Science Temple of America - Dallas
https://www.facebook.com/Moorish-Science-Temple-Of-America-Inc-Study-Group-11-DFWTX-740344892817843/

N'Cobra - Reparations
https://www.ncobraonline.org/

Gloria FreeMe Johnson
IG: @23_freeme

Poet Queen Janine Livington

Idaysia Jackson is a vibrant 22 year old young woman on the road to success in the fashion industry.

Growing up on the North side of Flint, Michigan, Idaysia says that Fashion is what really saved her life and kept her going. She says,”it kept me inspired to want more out of life. I moved to Texas my junior year of High school, after graduation moved to Houston, TX for college. My dreams were to become a Dallas Police Officer, which is why I left Houston and moved to Dallas.”

However, her fate soon changed when a celebrity friend requested her styling assistance for a huge event. We dig into her views on maintaining her strong, christian values while working in the fashion industry, the state of everyday life in Flint, and how those inspired by her story can step out on faith to follow their passion!

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You asked for it, and here it is! In this most professional unprofessional episode, the Quad breaks down Kanye West and the statements that went beyond viral. We discuss his genius and how that in itself can be misunderstood as crazy and deranged. There is no denying his discography and the growth we’ve seen in his music, but are his current statements about slavery being a choice inaccurate or irresponsible? Engineer Spider chimes in about how Kanye’s recent statements are an example of the media using their tactics to keep us divided. The TMZ video was chopped and screwed, then released a snippet with his slavery comment days before the entire video was released for public consumption, and ironically that was one of the points Ye was trying to make in the interview.

Kanye has been acting real Kardashian these days, but is there a bigger issue? Is he doing this for promotion of his many upcoming projects, or is he trying to fight through his mental health challenges? There’s nothing wrong with free thought, but we have to be responsible with our platforms, and be calculated and intentional about what messages we put out there. #KanyeWest2024. #poopityscoop

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Music: J Lyric

Knowledge is information, deception is the act of deceiving. Are teachers intentionally failing to effectively teach our boys, or is the real problem their lack of preparation, education, and training for the classroom?

Is the school system working in the best interest of our children? Alarming statistics suggest the school is merely a pipeline to the prison system for black boys in particular.

Earl Jr. (Dr. E. J.) sits down with us in a discussion about the importance of having a teacher that is well informed and prepared to teach the children. Teachers must understand the idea that with diversity in children, comes diversity in how they learn.

He comes with an extensive background in coaching, mentoring, and teaching. He is a professor training the teachers in courses such as Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Exploring Diversity at the University of North Texas. He has also authored many peer reviewed journal articles addressing topics related to culturally responsive teaching.

In an industry dominated by white females, is the black male teacher an endangered species? Let’s see if we can unpack this subject in Episode 6.

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Music: J. Cole – Brackets

If you ever felt like you’re in a constant battle at work, or war has been waged against you for reasons such as your race, gender, personality, or your style and swag…this episode is YOURS!

Corporate America can be a battle field, and we sit down with a woman who is navigating her way through all the traps, obstacles, and mine fields that one faces while working with the “privileged.” She shares how she prepares herself to prevent from becoming a casualty of corporate war. She also provides us with solutions on how to deal with the madness when you’re leveling up and advancing your career, while also maintaining your individuality and inner peace.

It’s about strength, resilience, and having the courage to address inequalities that confront you. Arriel embodies these traits as a woman of color with power and influence in her field. In Corporate America, you often have to fight with your pen and your words, so she is a voice for those working alongside her, and those that will follow. This Juris Doctor is fully equipped and understands it’s not always about success, sometimes it’s about survival.

Please become familiar with your Diversity Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Offices in your respective organizations. They have been established for a reason.

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On this episode, it's THE QUAD, minus Ashli Nicole (we missed you). Wakanda afterglow is this? It's the podcast where we discuss our views about Marvel's historic blockbuster movie: Black Panther. You'll get the QUAD perspective on the movie, how certain aspects of the movie stood out, and the hidden gems you may have missed! You'll also hear perspectives from some special visiting guests! Was it just a movie? We continue the all-important conversation on how to move it forward and make Wakanda Forever. It was more than a movie, and we can use the continued momentum to come together, connect, and build for the future....TOGETHER!

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What do you know about Alzheimer's? What causes dementia? Did you know there was a HIV prevention pill? On this episode of the Quad, we invite Gloria "Free Me" Johnson to the studio. Gloria embodies community engagement, and shares with us her passion for humans of all generations. "It's a passion, but it's also personal". We discuss her leadership with the young women of our community in the Speak Sister Speak youth female organization. We then transition to her background in the health field and cover HIV, Alzheimer's, Dementia, the causes and also how some diseases are interconnected. You will be enlightened and educated!

Free Me also started the Conversation Piece event around the Dallas area where the community comes together for open, honest, and unfiltered dialogue. As a poet, we couldn't allow her to leave our presence during National Poetry Month without blessing the mic with a piece she was moved to create DURING the show! Check out this episode, and leave us a review.

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J Lyric is a Southern Rap veteran who has earned his stripes in the music industry by aligning himself with rap legends like, C Murder of the iconic No Limit Records, and Young City (Choppa), from MTV’s Making The Band. J Lyric recently released his new project, Loyalty Over Love, and traveled to Dallas to be our first podcast guest at The QUAD, and shared a few great stories
his views on the state of the music industry, politics and the struggle of choosing between the lesser of two evils, and also providing insight as an entrepreneur in multiple genres, and we couldn’t let him leave without delivering a melodic freestyle.

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