Small Talk, Big Names Podcast!

Our first ever explicitly comical interview. This episode should be enjoyed in 75/85 traffic at the exact moment when you realize that the cause of today's traffic jam is a turned over chicken farm transport truck for reasons unknown (probably had to do with a dropped cellphone)- trust us, turn off the engine. Meet Spike Spielberg of Shibumi Media Group and the host of YouTube's Mercenary Edi...

Lucky you! Meet Nia Perry my podcasting coach, purveyor of the Gradient Global Collective and a one of the reasons I may have been considered cool at CAU. We discuss life before CAU and why the south, how following your interest to the highest level while leaving room to be wrong, or allowing yourself the grace to walk away is just as important as deciding to go left instead of right. Meet Nia Per...

With over 40+ years of winning programming, Melinda Pruitt is one of the original architects of quality childcare delivery in the southeast (though she doesn't do "throw up"). Proudly hailing from Hudson, NY with a sense of human and humor that's not only contagious, but insultingly refreshing and abusively reassuring. Melinda is fueled by her mother's grace and poise and powered by her Roc. Armed...

Special Episode: Last week, as discussed with our Resident Sociologist- Dr. Taura Taylor  Last week was EPIC! The passing of the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair" Act (C.R.O.W.N Act) in the House (now on to the Senate, then Executive) with all but 14 Republicans voting against the measure, calling it "unnecessary and a distraction", claiming that protections against hair disc...

It was not a windy day when the apple fell from this tree as today's guests are the dynamic mother and daughter team. With roots that began in Nigeria to being one of the most requested and pronounced voices of the people on local radio station, WRFG - Mfon Ufot is the Original People's Champ, followed in closely by her dynamic and amazingly concise carbon copy- Nse.  In 2020, 700K Georgians...

Atlanta's own Jordan Parker joins the show as the youngest guest ever! Jordan is the owner of Parkr The Brand (a fiercely "lit" yarn couture brand...our words, not her's) and the leader of the oldest and largest black women's speech and debate team in history- Spelman University's Speech and Debate team, formally the Wheatley-Fauset Storytelling Club. Jordan joins the shows to introduce and inform...

Meet Murialist and Engineer Temika Grooms- you've seen her work throughout the city- at those pesky red lights (maybe a few roundabouts), on buildings at the corner of this and that and on your little one's bookshelf. From the West End of Atlanta to Little 5 Points and beyond, TeMika is redefining art and scale. As one of Atlanta's emerging premiere muralist, TeMika is a visionary that brings math...

From Berkeley to Atlanta's West End, Dr. Taura Taylor is making waves among students and natural hair enthusiasts throughout the country. Join us as we discuss brown sugar, cognitive pluralism and the mystery of the delivered package.