TonyTidbit: A Black Executive Perspective

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/james-meredith-first-at-ole-miss-then-forgotten- Episode Video Link: What does it take to attend class when a mob is determined to keep you out? James Meredith’s fight to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962 forced America to confront segregation, federal authority, and the gap between having rights and exercising...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/confidence-or-disrespect- Episode Video Link: Is standing your ground a strength, or does it depend on who you are? Grace Fooden Correy explores confidence, cultural identity, and workplace belonging through the story of a young Black woman she mentors. Educated in predominantly white environments and working in a predominan...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/cornell-seven-justice-or-judgment- Episode Video Link: When does public commentary become a public verdict? Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed examine the Cornell Seven controversy through the lens of consent, due process, campus accountability, and political influence. They discuss competing accounts, questions surrounding the i...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/vote-as-if-your-life-depends-on-it- Episode Video Link: Is waiting for the perfect candidate a risk voters can afford? Dr. Nsenga Burton returns to Need to Know on A Black Executive Perspective with a forceful commentary on Black history, political accountability, and the stakes of the 2026 midterm elections. She shares her...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/mixed-race-a-glitch-in-the-system- Episode Video Link: If Black America is living inside The Truman Show, where does that leave mixed people? Grace Fooden Correy explores biracial and multiracial identity through a powerful metaphor: mixed people as the seam in a painted sky, exposing the boundaries of society’s racial categ...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/ai-could-kill-us-all- Episode Video Link: Could artificial intelligence escape human control? Or is the greater danger what humans teach it? Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed II explore AI safety, corporate greed, racial bias, and leaders' responsibility to protect the public. Using Star Trek’s “The Ultimate Computer” as a strik...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/progressive-parents-invisible-kids- Episode Video Link: Can parents act on their progressive beliefs while overlooking what their own children need? Grace Fooden-Correy reflects on Nikole Hannah-Jones’ essay about her daughter’s education and connects it to her own childhood navigating a predominantly white private school an...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/black-men-vote-why-arent-politicians-listening- Episode Video Link: Black men can influence election outcomes. Mike Bland wants candidates to understand that earning their votes means listening to their priorities and delivering results. In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective , host Tony Franklin speaks with the ex...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/blackfishing-they-want-the-look-not-the-black-experience- Episode Video Link: When does cultural appreciation cross the line into blackfishing? Grace Fooden-Correy explores how white influencers can profit from Black hairstyles, features, and beauty standards without experiencing the discrimination attached to Blackness. She...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/How Not to Get Killed by the Police Episode Video Link: Former FBI agent, federal prosecutor, and Dedication to Community founder M. Quentin “Q” Williams joins Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed II for an unfiltered conversation about race, policing, justice, and survival. Q shares how growing up biracial and in poverty shaped hi...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/is-social-media-killing-american-culture- Episode Video Link: Has American culture evolved, or is it slowly unraveling? In Part Two of America on Trial , Tony Tidbit, Chris P. Reed, and MOB put American culture on the witness stand. They examine how social media, music, television, news, and online celebrities influence our...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/belonging-shouldnt-cost-you-a-parent- Episode Video Link: When people tell someone of mixed heritage to “pick a side,” what are they really asking that person to give up? Grace Fooden-Correy explores the emotional cost of having other people define your racial identity. Inspired by a young biracial woman who was told she was...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/The NFL Wasn’t Built for Her Episode Video Link: Dr. Jen Welter entered a world that was never designed to include her and became the first woman to coach in the NFL. Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed sit down with the professional football pioneer, psychologist, author, and founder of Gridiron Girls for an honest conversation a...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/america-on-trial-guilty-of-broken-promises- Episode Video Link: Is America living up to its promises, or is the American Dream collapsing under the weight of inequality, division, debt, and corporate greed? Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed put America on trial and invite the BEP Live audience to present the charges. The convers...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/the-hidden-cost-of-being-the-only-one- Episode Video Link: For years, Grace Fooden Correy navigated corporate culture as one of the few people of color in the room. What once made her feel distinctive eventually became emotionally exhausting. Grace reveals how leaving corporate life helped her recognize the identity-related...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/the-black-vote-loyalty-or-leverage- Episode Video Link: Has Black political loyalty been earned, exploited, or taken for granted? Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed examine the relationship between Black voters, the Democratic Party, Donald Trump, and the Republican Party. They explore why some younger Black men are shifting poli...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/when-ai-takes-your-job-will-america-fight-back- Episode Video Link: Artificial intelligence was introduced as a tool designed to help employees work smarter. Now, workers are confronting a much harder possibility: companies may use that same technology to eliminate their positions. In this episode of BEP Live , Tony Tidbit a...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/who-decides-what-a-leader-looks-like- Episode Video Link: In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace Fooden Correy shares what happened when she entered her first vice president role wearing her natural hair and refusing to let corporate expectations completely define her. Grace reflects on moving from the crea...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/who-owns-our-story- Episode Video Link: Who owns Black history, and who benefits when that history becomes a source of economic power? Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed welcome April and Justin Hampton, entrepreneurs, historic preservationists, storytellers, and community builders transforming neglected properties in Montgomery,...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/mixed-black-and-done-explaining- Episode Video Link: Grace Fooden-Correy has heard two seemingly opposite judgments throughout her life: “She thinks she’s white” and “You don’t have to tell people you’re mixed. You look Black.” In this episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective , Grace explains how both comments placed the sam...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/black-lives-lost-who-owns-the-solution-part-2- Episode Video Link: In Part 2 of Black Lives Lost , Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed II move beyond identifying the causes of community violence and confront the question that matters most: Who owns the solution? Using Baltimore’s historic decline in homicides as a case study, they...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/only-one-black-seat- Episode Video Link: Is there only room for one Black leader at the table? In this episode of BEP Live , Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed challenge the scarcity mindset that turns another Black professional’s promotion into evidence that fewer opportunities remain for everyone else. Through real conversation...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/Black Girls Are Not Grown Women Episode Video Link: Why do we continue blaming Black girls for the choices and misconduct of grown men? In this episode of Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton , presented by A Black Executive Perspective , Dr. Burton uses the public conversation surrounding Brandy’s teenage relationship with W...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/Why I Chose Not to Have Children Episode Video Link: Grace Fooden-Correy always knew she did not want children, but the real reason had little to do with career, freedom, or ambition. In this deeply personal episode of A Mixed Executive Perspective, Grace reveals how growing up biracial shaped her decision not to become a pa...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/Black Lives Lost: Who’s Failing Black Men? Part 1 Episode Video Link: Black men are dying at a rate America cannot explain away. Although America’s national murder rate is declining, Black men and Black youth continue to experience a devastatingly disproportionate share of homicide. Why does this crisis remain so concentrate...