TonyTidbit: A Black Executive Perspective

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/did-tuskegees-dress-code-go-too-far- Episode Video Link: Tuskegee University’s decision to prohibit bonnets, durags, bedroom shoes, and other casual attire in classrooms and professional campus settings has ignited a larger conversation about Black culture, career preparation, and respectability politics. In this episode of...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/Why Are Black Women Still Fighting to Survive? Episode Video Link: Black women are confronting serious threats to their health, reproductive freedom, employment, and economic security. In this episode of Need to Know, Dr. Nsenga Burton examines the case of Adriana Smith and what it reveals about Black maternal mortality, bod...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/why-corporate-america-keeps-burning-out-black-women-leaders- Episode Video Link: Black women are praised for being strong, but that praise often becomes an excuse to place more work, responsibility, and emotional pressure on their shoulders. Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed sit down with Ebonie Grover , founder of Love You Like...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/they-banned-our-drums-black-ingenuity-refused-to-die- Episode Video Link: Black ingenuity is more than invention. It is the intelligence found in our relationships, cultural memory, creativity, rhythm, resistance, and ability to build community when established systems fail us. Dr. Kim McLear joins Tony Tidbit and Chris P. R...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/is-selective-outrage-sabotaging-black-progress- Episode Video Link: Is selective outrage creating real progress, or dividing the Black community? Chris P. Reed and Felicia Smith confront the complicated reality of modern Black activism through the Target boycott, economic power, community accountability, and the difference b...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/Trump’s Behavior Could Get You Fired Episode Video Link: Donald Trump may be able to insult journalists, ignore protocol, and escape workplace consequences—but you probably cannot. In this episode of Need to Know , Dr. Nsenga Burton delivers a candid warning about privilege, professionalism, and abusive leadership. She exami...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/no-internet-no-opportunity-americas-digital-divide-exposed- Episode Video Link: Reliable internet access can determine whether someone receives an education, applies for a job, connects with a doctor, launches a business, or reaches emergency services. So why are millions of Americans still being left behind? Tony Tidbit spe...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/ice-threats-and-the-attack-on-workplace-accountability- Episode Video Link: Who gets to count as American, and who gets held accountable when discrimination occurs? In this episode of BEP Live from A Black Executive Perspective , Tony Tidbit connects two troubling stories involving identity, power, and accountability. First,...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/why-america-keeps-erasing-black-soldiers-from-history- Episode Video Link: Black soldiers have defended America throughout its history, even while America denied them full citizenship, equal treatment, and recognition. Why have so many of their sacrifices been erased from the stories the country tells about itself? Tony Tidb...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/should-black-kids-trust-white-friends- Episode Video Link: Should Black parents warn their children about being the only Black person in a predominantly white environment? In this episode of BEP Live , Chris P. Reed and his guest debate how parents should balance cultural identity, safety, friendship, education, opportunity,...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/ai-needs-you-more-than-you-need-it Episode Video Link: Artificial intelligence can generate answers in seconds, but that does not mean those answers are accurate, unbiased, or complete. In this episode of Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton , Dr. Burton examines the dangers of placing unquestioned trust in AI. She explains t...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/can-community-power-break-mass-incarceration- Episode Video Link: Can community power succeed where the criminal justice system has failed? Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed sit down with Thena Robinson Mock, Vice President of Programs at the Public Welfare Foundation, for a powerful conversation about mass incarceration, crimin...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/are-you-being-informed-or-manipulated- Episode Video Link: In this episode of Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton , presented by A Black Executive Perspective , Dr. Burton explains the difference between misinformation and disinformation, and why both have serious consequences. Misinformation can be accidental, but it can st...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/will-you-die-with-your-gifts-still-inside- Episode Video Link: In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective , Christina Kenney, known as MC Inhergy, shares a raw and powerful story about recovery, identity, faith, family expectations, entrepreneurship, and the courage to become fully yourself. After heartbreak, job loss,...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/fairness-is-not-protection- Episode Video Link: Dr. Burton examines the controversy surrounding the National Association of Black Journalists, the decision to engage Donald Trump during an election year, and the broader dilemma facing Black journalists and identity-based organizations. Should institutions always follow tradi...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/they-never-told-us-these-careers-existed- Episode Video Link: They never told us these careers existed. In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective , Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed speak with Ben Gilbarg and Angel Diaz, co-founders of STEAM the Streets, about changing the way young people discover career opportunities. U...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/is-family-business-the-problem-or-is-it-bad-governance- Episode Video Link: Is family business really the problem, or is bad governance the real issue? In this episode of BEP Live , Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed take on the popular warning, “Don’t do business with family.” They explore the truth behind family-owned businesse...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/is-the-dei-backlash-hurting-black-college-students- Episode Video Link: In this episode of Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton , Dr. Burton explores how the national DEI backlash is reshaping higher education. She breaks down what is at stake when colleges retreat from scholarships, equity programs, academic hiring, campus p...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/can-leaders-build-wealth-without-losing-integrity- Episode Video Link: How can leaders build wealth, create lasting impact, and protect their integrity along the way? In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective , Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed welcome entrepreneur, innovator, and humanitarian Shelton Mercer III for an ho...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/is-it-racism-capitalism-or-both- Episode Video Link: In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective , BEP Live tackles a hard question with no safe takes: is racism or capitalism the bigger barrier to success in America? This conversation explores systemic racism, poverty, corporate promotion barriers, personal responsibil...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/How Hypervisibility Erases Black Women at Work Episode Video Link: In this Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton episode, Dr. Burton explores the harsh reality of hypervisibility and its impact on Black women in leadership, politics, academia, and the workplace. Black women are often highly visible when difficult work needs to...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/making-history-they-cant-erase- Episode Video Link: In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective , Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed welcome back Valeria Howard Cunningham , President and CEO of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo . This conversation goes beyond the arena. Valeria shares the truth about Black cowboys and cow...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/is-college-still-worth-the-debt- Episode Video Link: In this episode of BEP Live , Chris P. Reed, Tony Tidbit, and MOB, also known as Brilz, tackle one of the biggest questions facing families today: Is college still worth the debt? The conversation explores student loans, trade schools, apprenticeships, Corporate America, B...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/when-did-dei-become-a-racial-dog-whistle- Episode Video Link: In this Need-to-Know episode, Dr. Nsenga Burton explains how DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion, has been distorted into a racial and political dog whistle. Using the backlash after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Dr. Burton examines how Bla...

Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/Is AI the Next Civil Rights Battlefield? Episode Video Link: In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective Podcast , Roy L. Austin Jr. joins Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed for a powerful conversation about artificial intelligence, civil rights, racial justice, technology, and accountability. Roy explains why AI is not neut...