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  • Gabby Thomas: On Harvard, Winning Gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Surviving a Health Scare

    Gabby Thomas: On Harvard, Winning Gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Surviving a Health Scare
    2024/10/29
    This week, Gabby Thomas joins the podcast to share her journey—from moving to an all-white town in Massachusetts as a young girl to attending Harvard, where her coach had a game-changing heart-to-heart with her about running track. She talks about being named Ivy League Most Outstanding Track Performer two years in a row, turning Pro with New Balance, winning medals at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, training in Austin, TX, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Jemele Hill: Growing up in Detroit, The Importance of Black Journalism Mentors, and Working at ESPN

    Jemele Hill: Growing up in Detroit, The Importance of Black Journalism Mentors, and Working at ESPN
    2024/10/22
    Jemele Hill joins the podcast to talk all about her tumultuous childhood growing up in Detroit, the “Why not me?” moment she had becoming the only black female sports columnist at a daily newspaper in North America, getting her own show, her new podcast Spolitics, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 19 分
  • D-Nice: Producing 'Self-Destruction,' Club Quarantine, and the Importance of Evolution

    D-Nice: Producing 'Self-Destruction,' Club Quarantine, and the Importance of Evolution
    2024/10/15
    D-Nice joins the podcast this week to talk about growing up in New York, encountering fame at a young age and how that shaped him, the support system he had in the entertainment idustry, producing the famous song” Self-Destruction" for the Stop the Violence Movement, what made him start Club Quarantine in 2020, how he continues to evolve as a creative individual and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 14 分
  • Quincy Isaiah: Leading man qualities, mental health, and the Magic Johnson sign-off he never got.

    Quincy Isaiah: Leading man qualities, mental health, and the Magic Johnson sign-off he never got.
    2024/10/08
    Quincy Isaiah joins the podcast this week to talk about booking the role of Magic Johnson in the HBO series Winning Time, what life was like post-filming, if Magic Johnson signed off on the TV series, understanding the producing process and his interest in directing, valuing therapy and taking care of your mental health, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 13 分
  • Diallo Riddle: Stepping Out on Faith and What it’s Really Like Developing a TV Show

    Diallo Riddle: Stepping Out on Faith and What it’s Really Like Developing a TV Show
    2024/10/01
    EMMY-nominated writer, actor, and show runner Diallo Riddle joins the podcast this week. He talks all about the struggle of figuring out how to pay for your life while you’re pursuing your art, the confidence of your 20’s you can use to your advantage, having faith in your dreams, what it’s really like developing a TV show, his excitement for Sherman’s Showcase live in Los Angeles, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 分
  • ALOK: Using Art as a Healing Ritual, The Value in Vulnerability, and Being a Tortured Poet with Taylor Swift

    ALOK: Using Art as a Healing Ritual, The Value in Vulnerability, and Being a Tortured Poet with Taylor Swift
    2024/09/24
    ALOK joins the podcast to talk about the challenges they’ve come across as a trans person in the world of comedy, having to constantly prove their work, being disruptive to induce change, the feelings workshops they’ve led across the world, the value in vulnerability, taking inventory of the cost of not being yourself, crushing on Pedro Pascal, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 分
  • Roy Wood Jr.: His Journey from Radio to Comedy, Becoming Just Like His Father, And Learning To Be Alone

    Roy Wood Jr.: His Journey from Radio to Comedy, Becoming Just Like His Father, And Learning To Be Alone
    2024/09/17
    Roy Wood Jr. joins the podcast to talk about growing up watching his dad work in the radio business and the risks he took to get his own start, what he realized he had to do to stand out in the world where sports commentary meets comedy, what he wants his tombstone to read one day, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 12 分
  • Michael Ealy: On Fatherhood, Life after Think Like a Man, and His Biggest Hollywood Crush

    Michael Ealy: On Fatherhood, Life after Think Like a Man, and His Biggest Hollywood Crush
    2024/09/10
    Michael Ealy joins the podcast to talk about his acting journey from New York to LA, following his gut instincts, how fatherhood changed him, landing his breakout role in Barbershop, what it was like for his peers to see him in a new light after one life-changing role, his true thoughts on winning awards, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 23 分