Less Than One Percent

In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Brandon Pankey, Vice President of Business Development and Operations at Live Nation Urban, shares treating people well can open doors that titles alone never will. He talks about building Apex, his vision for artist-driven content, the importance of live experiences, and how fatherhood changed his perspective on success.   This is how Brandon Pankey disru...

In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Brandon Pankey, Vice President of Business Development and Operations at Live Nation Urban, shares treating people well can open doors that titles alone never will. He talks about building Apex, his vision for artist-driven content, the importance of live experiences, and how fatherhood changed his perspective on success.   This is how Brandon Pankey disru...

In this episode of Less Than One Percent, actress, comedian, and entrepreneur, Nika King, discusses breaking into comedy as a Black woman and why taking action matters more than waiting for someone else's approval. She also shares the story behind Blue Tree Cafe, the vegan restaurant she runs with her mother in Fort Lauderdale, and how they're using food to support health and serve their community...

In this episode of Less Than One Percent, actress, comedian, and entrepreneur, Nika King, discusses breaking into comedy as a Black woman and why taking action matters more than waiting for someone else's approval. She also shares the story behind Blue Tree Cafe, the vegan restaurant she runs with her mother in Fort Lauderdale, and how they're using food to support health and serve their community...

On Less Than One Percent, Forged in Fire champion Keaton Goddard talks about leaving a career in mechanical engineering to pursue bladesmithing. He opens up about self-doubt, the importance of kindness, and why he’s ready to return to ambitious creative projects—including making steel from scratch.  This is how Keaton Goddard forged his own path, blended art with engineering, and kept chasing what...

On Less Than One Percent, Forged in Fire champion Keaton Goddard talks about leaving a career in mechanical engineering to pursue bladesmithing. He opens up about self-doubt, the importance of kindness, and why he’s ready to return to ambitious creative projects—including making steel from scratch.  This is how Keaton Goddard forged his own path, blended art with engineering, and kept chasing what...

What if the parts of yourself you're still figuring out are the very things that make your art different?  Actor, rapper, and entrepreneur Bre-Z (All American, Empire) joins Less Than One Percent to talk about using music and acting to process life, embrace vulnerability, and tell authentic stories. She shares how she's challenging expectations, building her production company 722 Studio, and crea...

What if the parts of yourself you're still figuring out are the very things that make your art different?  Actor, rapper, and entrepreneur Bre-Z (All American, Empire) joins Less Than One Percent to talk about using music and acting to process life, embrace vulnerability, and tell authentic stories. She shares how she's challenging expectations, building her production company 722 Studio, and crea...

What happens when you pick up a sport at 26 and end up holding a championship belt?  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dominic Barry talks about starting to box at 26, handling pressure and scrutiny on social media, overcoming doubters, raising daughters, discovering his ability to motivate others, and the adversity that taught him how to keep moving forward.   This is how Dominic Barry di...

What happens when you pick up a sport at 26 and end up holding a championship belt?  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dominic Barry talks about starting to box at 26, handling pressure and scrutiny on social media, overcoming doubters, raising daughters, discovering his ability to motivate others, and the adversity that taught him how to keep moving forward.   This is how Dominic Barry di...

What happens when you pick up a sport at 26 and end up holding a championship belt?  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dominic Barry talks about starting to box at 26, handling pressure and scrutiny on social media, overcoming doubters, raising daughters, discovering his ability to motivate others, and the adversity that taught him how to keep moving forward.   This is how Dominic Barry di...

What happens when you pick up a sport at 26 and end up holding a championship belt?  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dominic Barry talks about starting to box at 26, handling pressure and scrutiny on social media, overcoming doubters, raising daughters, discovering his ability to motivate others, and the adversity that taught him how to keep moving forward.   This is how Dominic Barry di...

What happens when the future of medicine depends more on how human we are?  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dr. Tony Cirillo, President of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and Mu explore what happens when technology can access the same medical knowledge as physicians, why the “art of medicine” may matter more than ever, and how the loss of community is affecting young...

What happens when the future of medicine depends more on how human we are?  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dr. Tony Cirillo, President of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and Mu explore what happens when technology can access the same medical knowledge as physicians, why the “art of medicine” may matter more than ever, and how the loss of community is affecting young...

Kier Gaines joins Less Than One Percent for a deeply personal conversation about mental health, masculinity, fatherhood, and the courage to be fully yourself.  A licensed therapist and creator with millions of followers, Kier has built a platform around making complicated emotional concepts easier to understand. Kier and Mu talk about why people increasingly connect with the person behind the cont...

Kier Gaines joins Less Than One Percent for a deeply personal conversation about mental health, masculinity, fatherhood, and the courage to be fully yourself.  A licensed therapist and creator with millions of followers, Kier has built a platform around making complicated emotional concepts easier to understand. Kier and Mu talk about why people increasingly connect with the person behind the cont...

Solome Tibebu, founder of Behavioral Health Tech, joins Less Than One Percent to talk about her journey with OCD and anxiety, building a thriving behavioral health community, and discovering that community building is her superpower.  Solome shares what anxiety looked like for her growing up, why OCD can be difficult to talk about, and how finding clinicians specifically trained in exposure and re...

Solome Tibebu, founder of Behavioral Health Tech, joins Less Than One Percent to talk about her journey with OCD and anxiety, building a thriving behavioral health community, and discovering that community building is her superpower.  Solome shares what anxiety looked like for her growing up, why OCD can be difficult to talk about, and how finding clinicians specifically trained in exposure and re...

Dr. Russell J. Ledet went from working as a security guard in a hospital to becoming an MD, PhD, MBA, pediatrician, adult psychiatrist and child psychiatrist. Today, Dr. Ledet uses his experience in medicine, psychiatry, and his own childhood to help our youth and families understand mental health in a language that feels real.  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dr. Ledet talks about authe...

Dr. Russell J. Ledet went from working as a security guard in a hospital to becoming an MD, PhD, MBA, pediatrician, adult psychiatrist and child psychiatrist. Today, Dr. Ledet uses his experience in medicine, psychiatry, and his own childhood to help our youth and families understand mental health in a language that feels real.  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dr. Ledet talks about authe...

Lee Merritt is a civil rights attorney known for representing victims and families impacted by police violence and racialized violence. But his journey to becoming an advocate for justice was anything but conventional. After being expelled from school, placed in a Marine Institute, and told he was an “at-risk” youth with a 0.333 GPA, Lee went to Morehouse College, law school, and began a career ch...

Lee Merritt is a civil rights attorney known for representing victims and families impacted by police violence and racialized violence. But his journey to becoming an advocate for justice was anything but conventional. After being expelled from school, placed in a Marine Institute, and told he was an “at-risk” youth with a 0.333 GPA, Lee went to Morehouse College, law school, and began a career ch...

Jeffrey Stevenson is a professional saxophonist, creator, educator, and former meteorologist who took a leap of faith to build a career around music. Jeffrey's journey isn't about finding success as a musician. It's about learning to move past self-doubt, letting go of perfectionism, and realizing that you don't have to be the best at something to make it meaningful.  On this episode of Less Than...

Jeffrey Stevenson is a professional saxophonist, creator, educator, and former meteorologist who took a leap of faith to build a career around music. Jeffrey's journey isn't about finding success as a musician. It's about learning to move past self-doubt, letting go of perfectionism, and realizing that you don't have to be the best at something to make it meaningful.  On this episode of Less Than...

Dr. Judith Joseph is a psychiatrist, mental health expert, and one of the most influential physician creators online. As the only physician on the TIME100 Creator list and a TikTok Top 50 creator, she has built a platform around making complex mental health topics understandable, relatable, and grounded in evidence.  In this episode of Less Than One Percent, Dr. Judith Joseph talks about high-func...