The Culture Soup Podcast®️

One of the most acclaimed mezzo sopranos of our time is joining me on The Culture Soup Podcast, and I’m so proud to call her friend! She debuted at the Metropolitan Opera, She’s sung for multiple Presidents. She is on the faculty at Juilliard. She even sang at the home going of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and she is on a mission to tell the story of Black people in opera. Meet the prolific and lovely Deny...

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One of the most acclaimed mezzo sopranos of our time is joining me on The Culture Soup Podcast, and I’m so proud to call her friend! She debuted at the Metropolitan Opera, She’s sung for multiple Presidents. She is on the faculty at Juilliard. She even sang at the home going of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and she is on a mission to tell the story of Black people in opera. Meet the prolific and lovely Deny...

While I put some final touches on my daughter's debut children's book, No Thanks for Girls: 7 Ways to Say I'm Beautiful, Strong and Enough, we're embracing a #ThrowbackThursday on The Culture Soup Podcast®.This one has layers of significance to the #NoThanks series:1) I chat with fellow National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) member and friend Charisse Jones of USA TODAY who covers retail...

@LarryLundy and I talk sports in today's episode that streams this afternoon—from back office to the playing field—and how social issues have impacted it all. We also discuss breaking into sports, no cleats required. Jobs in the corporate offices may have your name written all over them. But who can talk sports without mentioning Lebron James, Naomi Osaka, Emmitt Smith and more? We have it all on...

Larry Lundy and I talk sports in today's episode that streams this afternoon—from back office to the playing field—and how social issues have impacted it all. We also discuss breaking into sports, no cleats required. Jobs in the corporate offices may have your name written all over them.   But who can talk sports without mentions of Lebron James, Naomi Osaka, Emmitt Smith and more?   We have it al...

How has the sports industry changed in this unprecedented time of societal, cultural and technological change? Sports is culture, and culture is sports, but recently, we have seen where some have suggested that sports has no voice in social issues, especially the racial ones. But more and more, we are seeing teams, players, executives and even leagues making their positions clear. Most recently, w...

When was the last time you allowed yourself to dream—intentionally? I'm hosting a very special The Culture Soup Podcast. It's a video edition, and it will resemble The Coaching Corner episode, which I've decided to make a once monthly recurring episode during the Thursday timeslot. We are living through a time of unprecedented change. What would happen if you took the change by the horns? Times of...

When was the last time you allowed yourself to dream—intentionally?   Tonight, I'm hosting a very special The Culture Soup Podcast®. It's a video edition, and it will resemble The Coaching Corner episode, which I've decided to make a once monthly recurring episode during the Thursday timeslot.   We are living through a time of unprecedented change. What would happen if you took the change by the h...

In the bonus edition of No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I'll Just Include Myself, The Remix, we go back to the plantation, and you may wonder why a business book does that. It was necessary. If you want to understand the mindset of the primary microaggressive bully for Black women as identified by a large percentage of them responding to a survey I issued, you need to know where she comes from and why sh...

In the bonus edition of No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I'll Just Include Myself, The Remix, we go back to the plantation, and you may wonder why a business book does that.   It was necessary.  If you want to understand the mindset of the primary microaggressive bully for Black women as identified by a large percentage of them responding to a survey I issued, you need to know where she comes from and why...

This goes out to all the boss ladies out there! And it's about the boss lady who was the first millionaire in U.S. history. Did you know that Madam CJ Walker hosted one of her first Mary Kay-like conventions in 1917? Do you know what date that was in history? Just on the heels of the so-called “Spanish Flu” the only other pandemic in American history, and much like the #bossbabes of today, she had...

This goes out to all the boss ladies out there! And it's about the boss lady who was the first millionaire in U.S. history. Did you know that Madam CJ Walker hosted one of her first Mary Kay-like conventions in 1917? Do you know what date that was in history? Just on the heels of the so-called “Spanish Flu” the only other pandemic in American history, and much like the #bossbabes of today, she had...

I've been grinding away during launch week, but we still have a fresh new bowl of soup for you!  This time, I'm in conversation with my brother from another mother in HOTlanta, The @brandprenuer himself, Nick F. Nelson (brand / pre / nuer).   We talk about what it was like going through the thick of the pandemic with our corporate executive and small business personal brands as they considered how...

I've been grinding away during launch week, but we still have a fresh new bowl of soup for you! This time, I'm in conversation with my brother from another mother in HOTlanta, The Brandpreneur himself, Nick F. Nelson (brand / pre / nuer). We talk about what it was like going through the thick of the pandemic with our corporate executive and small business personal brands as they considered how to...

While I continue to prepare for the launch of No Thanks, The Remix and the online course and discussion guide, I thought this conversation was still particularly timely. Woke-washing.  Pink Washing. Pride-Painting. You’ve seen it in marketing and advertising, or maybe you don’t know what any of it is.  Either way, you need to tune in for this #TBT episode later today.  I’m talking to the global pr...

While I'm in the lab, preparing for the release of the new No Thanks, The Remix Online Course and Discussion Guide, I thought it'd be a great time to throw things back to Episode 58.This is one half of the powerhouse podcasting duo that is Reid This Reid That. If you are curious about the vegan lifestyle, this episode is for you. I talk to one of the gurus out there, TV and Radio journalist Jacque...

We're happy to bring you this new episode that was held hostage to technical difficulties for a bit! We unleash it later today! It was great reconnecting with my friend Gina McCray who happens to be the sitting CEO of one of the oldest employee resource groups in corporate America--The NETwork National Integrated Communications Professionals of AT&T.We sat for a bit to discuss the importance o...

Making up for lost time, we're flashing back on a Friday because the Thursday spirits worked against us.  Technical difficulties did us in, so we're aiming for next Thursday to bring you Gina McCray from The Network National of AT&T.  Until then, enjoy the incredible Cheryl Grace talking about my new book, No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I'll Just Include Myself.  The Remix drops in May.

It was great reconnecting with my friend Gina McCray who happens to be the sitting CEO of one of the oldest employee resource groups in corporate America--The Network National of AT&T. We sat for a bit to discuss the importance of these organizations, especially in the context of times like these--muddling through bad news headline after bad news headlines whether it is about the pandemic and the...

The pandemic has hit women and women of color hard, and the moms even harder. Gillea and I talk about it on the newest episode of The Culture Soup Podcast. It has been hard on us, but it definitely makes us amazing leaders. It's streaming now everywhere you get your favorite podcasts.

I had the pleasure to chopping it up with my friend, the President of D Partners, Gillea Allison this afternoon. She is a media executive, a master marketer and a changemaker. I grew up in Dallas and recall seeing her flagship magazine on the racks in line at the grocery store. Was this really my Dallas? Well, within the last three years, Gillea and her team have transformed D Magazine and all of...

I had the pleasure to chopping it up with my friend, the President of D Partners, Gillea Allison this afternoon. She is a media executive, a master marketer and a changemaker. I grew up in Dallas and recall seeing her flagship magazine on the racks in line at the grocery store. Was this really my Dallas? Well, within the last three years, Gillea and her team have transformed D Magazine and all of...

Did you miss the NSC Spring Cleaning Audiocast? Great news! We are airing the audio on a special bonus edition of The Coaching Corner for The Culture Soup Podcast. Sis, we've been through and are going through a lot. It's been hard to see clearly or stay on the path to any goal because I know there has been anxiety and stress simply because of the times we are living in. You've been stretched to t...

How far we've come, but we still have a long way to go. I reminisce over the past year with one of my good friends, political pundit Matt E. Stevens who is the founder of The Matt Minute in Politics. We talk about what is going on in this incredibly intense season we find ourselves in as Americans-- the state of the pandemic, vaccines, federal and state-level politics, voter suppression, the civil...