The Culture Soup Podcast®

Social media is culture soup. Have you noticed that black church culture is extremely popular on the interwebs? If not, just pay attention during the Thanksgiving holidays. There is one meme that we just can’t shake. I talk to award-winning, national recording artist, worship arts minister and entrepreneur Gaye Arbuckle about why this is. We also talk about her being discovered by gospel legend Ja...

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/10917884/ep-60-throwthursday-anniversary-editon We are still celebrating the podcast's birthday!  I'm going get some gluten free cake!  So I'm re-racking one of the most downloaded episodes of all time, and you may be surprised at which one it is.  Happy listening!  Enjoy!

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/10917884/ep-62-throwbackthursday-the-hidden-figur This #ThrowbackThursday is not only about Hidden Figures, it has a hidden gem in it.  There's news for you in this edition that includes an editor's pick harkening back to March 2019, Women's History Month.  We take a look back at the Hidden Figures event sponsored by the North Texas Black Sports Professionals...

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/10917884/ep-61-resurrecting-an-iconic-beauty-bran You know, one of the best ways to get to know someone is to be in the trenches with them. In this case, it was the trenches of the beauty business. If you don’t know who this is, you need to. She is the driving force behind the revival of one of the most iconic brands in black beauty culture, and I’m proud to s...

If we can deplete supplies of chicken sandwiches and clear the shelves of sweet potato pies, what would happen if we withheld our influence and dollars? We could kill industries, but we are too busy consuming to know it. Nielsen SVP Cheryl Grace joins me on Thursday’s show to talk black influence and the black dollar. Tune in for our regular edition wherever fine podcasts drop. Oh, and HAPPY HAPPY...

Well, it's a wrap.  We went live for the first time on LinkedIn with the Coaching Corner Episode, and by all accounts, it was good.  A little snag with audio, but you won't know of it here.  We peel back the onion on personal branding.  Listen in... and my friend Shannon Lanier from CW39 in Houston joined.

Well, it's a wrap.  We went live for the first time on LinkedIn with the Coaching Corner Episode, and by all accounts, it was good.  A little snag with audio, but you won't know of it here.  We peel back the onion on personal branding.  Listen in... and my friend Shannon Lanier from CW39 in Houston joined.

This #ThrowbackThursday is not only about Hidden Figures, it has a hidden gem in it.  There's news for you in this edition that includes an editor's pick harkening back to March 2019, Women's History Month.  We take a look back at the Hidden Figures event sponsored by the North Texas Black Sports Professionals Network--the first time the show recorded live...because it will happen again in a very...

You know, one of the best ways to get to know someone is to be in the trenches with them. In this case, it was the trenches of the beauty business. If you don’t know who this is, you need to. She is the driving force behind the revival of one of the most iconic brands in black beauty culture, and I’m proud to say that I got a piece of that action. My former agency took the brand onto the pages of...

We are still celebrating the podcast's birthday!  I'm going get some gluten free cake!  So I'm re-racking one of the most downloaded episodes of all time, and you may be surprised at which one it is.  Happy listening!  Enjoy!

We are still celebrating the podcast's birthday!  I'm going get some gluten free cake!  So I'm re-racking one of the most downloaded episodes of all time, and you may be surprised at which one it is.  Happy listening!  Enjoy!

It's hard to believe that we just made a lap around the sun in the name of tech, culture and business, but we have!  Walk down memory lane with me and listen to a surprise guest...our first true reprise...who is also celebrating an anniversary.  Who could it be? You'll have to listen to know.  Happy Wednesday, and surprise!!  A bonus episode is here...Turn UP!  Thank you for making us one of the t...

Who is ready to go all in on the vegan lifestyle?  I talk to one of the gurus out there, TV and Radio journalist Jacque Reid.  It's more than just a diet.  You need to hear this.  Eat better, do better....feel better.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} span.s1 {font: 12.0px '.Apple Color Emoji UI'} I had the extraordinary privilege of chatting it up with this amazing man this morning, Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr, the foremost *anyone* on culture, ancestry and black heritage. Yes, he is a friend! But I was a fan first, having cited his writings t...

In celebration of the fact that Toure just signed NSC Group to manage his speaking and other paid appearances, and because he drops Dr Henry Louis Gates, Jr's name a round a bit, I'm re-racking episode 46.  Great nuggets here about the writing process and how to hack writer's block.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} Whew... my sisters, we deal with a lot, don’t we? Turns out the stress of being a double-outsider  on the job (Catalyst)  has a physical impact on our health, and if that isn’t enough, even some of our beauty and eating habits habits are impacting our well being. Coach Gessie is on a crusade to inform women of ev...

Whew... my sisters, we deal with a lot, don’t we? Turns out the stress of being a double-outsider has a physical impact on our health, and if that isn’t enough, even some of our beauty habits are impacting our well being. Coach Gessie is on a crusade to inform women of everything that’s ailing them thanks to the power of the Internet, and she is kicking up enough dust to get the attention of natio...

When Lamar Tyler sets his mind to something, it gets done, let me tell you! When I first met him and his lovely wife Ronnie, I was extremely impressed. Let me first say that the bloggers of today are not cut from the same cloth as the ones my teams first worked with in 2008...I’m talking about Lamar and Ronnie, Patrice Yursik, aka Afrobella, Luvvie Ajayi...I think you follow me. These bloggers wer...

t’s Easter, ya’ll! Especially when it comes to the resurgence and resurrection of black media in the digital age. The Internet has breathed new life into some of the older names in the media landscape and given birth to the younger players in the game. But you need to know strategy to survive, according to Rolling Out publisher and media titan Munson Steed. And these consumers are on the hunt for...

LIFE’S A BEACH... or it's a cabin in the mountains if you are my new friends Calvin L. Butts, Jr. and Carrington M. Carter of East Chop Capital.  They are investing in real estate in some of the hottest vacation venues on the east coast, and business is booming!  They are putting the human touch back into the popular AirBnB model, and their properties are some of the hottest tickets in town—if you...

When tech, culture and business collide off the coast of Boston, it’s magical. Of course I’m talking about Martha’s Vineyard, and the fact that the men of East Chop Capital are literally capitalizing on it, is in itself magical. You’ll need to listen to Thursday’s episode to find out how Calvin L. Butts, Jr. and Carrington M. Carter are seizing a key moment in time where tech is enabling an incred...

I'm off today.  I'm still celebrating my birthday, but I wanted to take you back to one of my favorite episodes where a listener volunteered for laser coaching.  We also shared a replay of the Women's Opera Network webinar on networking.  A rich discussion on both ends.  Enjoy!

THIS IS META. Listen, this won’t be your surface conversation about D&I. This brother goes deep... and only the businesses who are serious about real change will even begin to understand where he’s coming from and how he is activating for real change. @jeffreylbowman and I see eye-to-eye on several things, and that is that real change starts from the inside out. Find out how his journey as a tech...

Completely geeked to have this marketing legend on the show—fellow LEAD360 faculty member and downright world beater, Dorinda Walker. You have GOT to hear her story. Talk about unprecedented resilience! It was a joy to discuss #blackwomensequalpayday, what happens when you brand shines too brightly for your employer and what really needs to happen at companies to ensure equity and inclusion... on...

Completely geeked to have this marketing legend on the show—fellow LEAD360 faculty member and downright world beater, Dorinda Walker. You have GOT to hear her story. Talk about unprecedented resilience! It was a joy to discuss #blackwomensequalpayday, what happens when you brand shines too brightly for your employer and what really needs to happen at companies to ensure equity and inclusion... on...