The Dolewite Podcast

Lorenzo Washington is the owner of The Jefferson Street Sound Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. He was front and center when Jefferson Street was one of the epicenters of live blues music before I-40 changed the neighborhood forever.

Tim Wise is an anti-racist activist and writer. His work can be found at timjwise.medium.com.

Kenya Raymer is a spiritual guide and energy worker... and also my wife and the mother of our 4 year old daughter, Selah. In this episode, we discuss our decision for Kenya to attend Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica for 3 weeks over the summer.

William Wilson is a Nashville Native and an award winning, Multi-Million Dollar producer who has a passion when it comes to helping others on their journey to home ownership.

Tamara Winfrey Harris is a writer who specializes in race and gender and their intersection with politics, popular culture, and current events. Her latest book, THE SISTERS ARE ALRIGHT: CHANGING THE BROKEN NARRATIVE OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA is available now.

Ty Allan Jackson is a youth motivational speaker, a three time TEDx presenter, and author of MAKE YOUR OWN MONEY, a children's book series that teaches children financial literacy.

Armando Lucas Correa is the editor in chief of People En Espanol and author of IN SEARCH OF EMMA, which details his journey into parenthood during the years when becoming parents was very difficult for gay couples.

Wendy Sanford is the co-author of THESE WALLS BETWEEN US: A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP ACROSS RACE AND CLASS which tells the story of Wendy's 60 year friendship with Mary Norman, a black woman whom she met when they were teenagers and how that relationship impacted Wendy's outlook on her privilege.

Derecka Purnell received her JD from Harvard Law School and works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and training to community-based organizations through an abolitionist framework. Her writing has been featured in numerous publications and her new book, BECOMING ABOLITIONISTS: POLICE, PROTESTS, AND THE PURSUIT OF FREEDOM is available now.

Dr. Sheila Modir and Jeff Kashou are authors of THE PROUDEST COLOR, a children's book that dives into race and emotion. Sheila and Jeff share a wealth of knowledge about the importance of children growing up in diverse environments and talking to children about race at a young age.

Qian Julie Wang is an attorney, Ivy League graduate, and author of the book BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, which tells her story of immigrating to America undocumented.

Rhonda V. Magee is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco and the author of THE INNER WORK OF RACIAL JUSTICE: HEALING OURSELVES AND TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH MINDFULNESS, which offers a compassion -based approach to confronting racial injustice.

My guest is Christina Conklin, author of THE ATLAS OF DISAPPEARING PLACES, a book that combines both art and science to take an extraordinary look at climate change.

Robyn Lucas is a domestic violence survivor and author of PAPER DOLL LINA. In this episode, she breaks down her book, gas lighting, financial abuse, and domestic violence.

Tequila Johnson and Charlane Oliver are co-founders of The Equity Alliance which unapologetically builds independent black political and economic power. They educate, empower, and mobilize people to take action and keep our government in check.

Zakiya Dalila Harris is the author of THE OTHER BLACK GIRL, which is being adapted for an upcoming Hulu series. In this episode, Zakiya speaks about her book, her journey from working in publishing to being published, and all of her upcoming projects.

Dr. James E.K. Hildreth is the President and CEO of Meharry Medical College, a world renowned infectious disease expert, graduate of Oxford and John Hopkins Universities, and member of President Biden's Health Equity Task Force. In this episode, Dr. Hildreth dispels vaccine disinformation, discusses the delta variant, and talks all things COVID.

Danielle McGee is the founder of Black Business Boom (@BlackBusinessBoom) a social enterprise that helps grow the digital footprint of Black-owned companies. Black Business Boom helps Black business owners succeed in the digital economy by offering digital marketing resources, services, funding and education.

Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. is a Nashville native from a well known Nashville family that currently plays guard for Tennessee State University. Marcus came on to speak about what the NIL means for a player in his circumstance, why he chose TSU over other schools, and everything in between,

Jessamyn Stanley is an author, yogi, and overall dope human being. She advocates for everyone, regardless of ethnicity and body type, to start a yoga journey and I'm pretty sure she convinced me to give yoga a try in this episode!

Tyra Gittens is a heptathlete competing in the long jump for Trinidad and Tobago in the upcoming 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Tyra describes what it means to represent her country, what her daily training and nutritional regimen is, and growing up in Nashville, TN.

The cost of college has doubled since my freshman year at Georgia Southern in 1996. Not only that, the average student loan debt has tripled in that time and the cost of college is at a growth rate that is 8 times faster than wages. Dr. Shanna L. Jackson is the President of Nashville State Community College and she's here to make the case for not just Nashville State, but all community colleges.

Ted Johnson is a 20 year U.S. Navy Veteran and author of WHEN THE STARS BEGIN TO FALL: OVERCOMING RACISM AND RENEWING THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. Ted believes that racism is the existential threat to America and speaks on that threat, racial education, Critical Race Theory, and so much more in this episode.

The #1 question I get about being vegetarian is "What do you for protein?" My guests in this episode are Robert Cheeke and Matt Frazier, the authors of THE PLANT BASED ATHLETE, a book that tells the story of numerous champion athletes that cut out meat for peak performance dispelling the myth that meat is needed to build muscle.

Josh Black is a comedian from Nashville, Tennessee who went viral during the pandemic for his hilarious commentary about the city of Nashville. His brand of playful and political comedy have made him a rising star.