This episode we speak with “The Most Important Person In Entertainment You've Never Heard Of”, Jesse Thorn of public radio, podcast & pop culture fame. We talk with Jesse on growing up in the Bay, the culture vulture conversation, independent media & more. Enjoy.

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This episode we talk with 28 time Emmy award winning director Jesse Vaughan. Our conversation gets into directing, Muhammad Ali, his relationship with Quincy Jones, overcoming tragedy & some great motivation. Enjoy.

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This episode we speak with Dr. Julianne Malveaux on her time at the DNC and her book, Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy. We also get into questions on style vs. substance & minority vs. marginalized. Enjoy.

Dr. Malveaux's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Race-Obama-Public-Policy/dp/0982775016

Article on Black Women running the DNC https://t.co/V8xIQIsCcC

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This episode we have on the very funny and insightful Kristina Wong. Kristina is a comedian, commentator and performance artist with a unique take on many topics. We get into most of them in this conversation. Enjoy.

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This episode we have on a very special guest from the podcast Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period, stand up comedian and writer, Kevin Avery. Kevin is also a writer on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. We go long on this episode, including down a couple of R&B rabbit holes. We also get into Matt Damon, diversity in Hollywood, passive prejudice and Kevin rejects his nerdom. Oh and I've never seen Star Wars. Enjoy.

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Some of his work is here:

"Thugs, the Musical" Links:

A) Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PUPUI5ElOs

B) Album: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thugs-musical!-album-ep/id848470829 - (or stream it at this private link: https://soundcloud.com/whitesmithent/sets/thugs-the-musical-the-album/s-QM9u7 )

C) NEW animated music video for “Drive-By” (a song from the film/album): https://www.facebook.com/The-Bro-Show-Toons-126893967350746/?fref=ts

His parody of an all-white Wiz here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8iDpSGbekM

On this episode we talk with Bob Ruff, host of the Truth & Justice Podcast, but he's much more than that. We get into his unique story, his mission to exonerate the wrongfully convicted and what it's like to take on one of the most corrupt counties in the country.

This week we speak with WFAA-TV Dallas reporter Rebecca Lopez on the events of Thursday night and we also speak with Lt. Thomas Glover, President of the Black Police Association of Greater Dallas, on policing while Black and the murders of the Alton Sterling, Philando Castille and the Dallas officers.

On this special episode week we talk with writer and HuffPo contributor, Shane Paul Neil about his essay "Dear White People, I Don't Hate You". We get into BlackLivesMatter, activism and I learn some new words.

Shane's Essay http://shanepaulneil.com/dear-white-people-i-dont-hate-you/

http://shanepaulneil.com/oped-muhammad-ali-was-the-hero-america-needed-but-didnt-want/

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This week we talk with the founder of Blackgirlnerds, Jamie Broadnax. We get into her story, her mission and what it's like to be a black girl nerd.

This week we talk with comedian and actor, Kevin Bartini. We talk comedy, Trump and I have some revelations on voting.

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