What's Your Legacy?

Yvette's discussion with Activist Actress Alexandra Paul covers Alexandra's multifaceted career and social engagement. Though most known for starring on the TV series Baywatch for 5 seasons, Alexandra has often been arrested for peaceful civil disobedience around issues of human rights, peace, the environment and animals. She also cooked for and served the houseless of West LA every Monday night with Food Not Bombs: an all-volunteer movement that recovers food that would otherwise be discarded, and shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities in 65 countries in protest to war, poverty, and destruction of the environment.

Yvette has an engaging conversation with Rev. Karmen Michael Smith about his groundbreaking book, Holy Queer: The Coming Out of Christ. Rev. Smith is a theologian and cultural critic who has written his book as an expression of the gift of being gay. He serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary.

Through her own spiritual exploration, Valerie Brown found hope and courage when facing life's devasting challenges and loss. Yvette's discussion with Valerie, a Buddhist-Quaker Dharma teacher, facilitator and executive coach, seeks to answer or provide a guide to answering, "Who am I?" and "What is my purpose?"

Valerie Brown is an award-winning author. Her latest book, Hope Leans Forward, can be ordered at www.valeriebrown.us.

Yvette met with the first African-American President of Bucks County Community College. Dr. Felicia Ganther will lead the community college as its fifth president in the College's 57-year history. Prior to Dr. Ganther's appointment in 2021, she was the associate vice chancellor for student affairs at Maricopa County Community College in Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Ganther has a remarkable record of accomplishments, both as an educator, administrator, and strong advocate for students.

Yvette has a lively conversation with A'Lelia Bundles, the great-great-granddaughter of trailblazing entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker. Madam C.J. Walker is often referred to as one of the first self-made African American millionaires. But what is most important is the legacy that Madam C.J. Walker left, the generational wealth she created, the women she empowered and the causes she was involved in. A'Lelia Bundles, an award-winning journalist and author, has been at the forefront of documenting the legacy of Madam C.J. Walker. Her book On Her Own Ground served as the inspiration of the Netflix series Self Made about Madam C.J. Walker's life.

Yvette talks with fellow Georgetown University Law School alumnus Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League. As did his father, Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, before him, Marc served as a prominent Mayor of New Orleans before leading the nation's largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization.

Yvette talks with Pandit Dasa, who lived as a monk for 15 years in New York City, about his current work in mindfulness. Pandit is the author of Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness and the Divine and Closing the Apps: How to Stay Mindful at Work and at Home. He is a consultant to many Fortune 500 companies and has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg and USA Today. Pandit shares with Yvette his messages of resilience, leadership and stress management at work and in life.

Over $7 billion in medical debt for almost 4 million people has been abolished by the charitable work of RIP Medical Debt. Yvette speaks with its president and CEO, Allison Sesso. Allison shares that RIP Medical Debt was established for the sole purpose of reducing the medical debt burdens of low-income individuals with limited capacity to pay their medical bills. In this inspirational episode, Yvette explores with Allison her history of working to help those in need.

Yvette explores health and well-being with Dr. Michael Greger, a physician, author and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety and public health issues. Dr. Greger runs the popular nutritionfacts.org website and shares his perspective on living a long and healthy life. Notably, he was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous "meat defamation" trial held in Texas.