Crazy and The King Podcast

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Julie Sowash and Torin Ellis are serious about destroying the lame, losing and punitive Diversity and Inclusion narrative. A weekly podcast of talking truth, exploring the uncomfortable, and often ignored. Chasing solution and never hiding from behind lip service. They won’t always get it right, but they will always bring it real. Grab a latte and rock with Crazy and the King - ya heard! #crazyandtheking More on Torin and Julie: Julie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliesowashdisabilitysolutions Torin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torinellis

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Spin Zone: Obsessed w/ AirBnB & High Hopes for The North Face

Julie and Torin are off and running with the spring conference season in high gear. So in between regular episodes, Torin or Julie will give quick insights into the best and potentially, the worst of what we hear on the trail. In this Spin Zone, Julie shares a few highlights from The Gathering marketing and branding conference in Banff, Canada. The Gathering is a who's who of global cult brands and their most senior marketing executives. Julie heard and saw everything she needs to become an AirB...

Feb 24, 2019•8 min•Ep. 6

Principal in Blackface, GM's Lame Offer, and Disability in Davos

On our Valentine's week episode, Julie and Torin have no love for this week's outrageous Diversity and Inclusion fails, but still manage to end on a high note. In the month that brought us more and more blackface, we find a principal who thinks playing Steve Harvey was no big deal. General Motor's offers $25k to find out who is hanging nooses in their Toledo, Ohio plant while fighting the claim of responsibility in court. The World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos included its first ev...

Feb 13, 2019•31 min•Ep. 5

Facebook goes Blind, Benefit FTW, & Strange (SHRM) Bedfellows

In this week's episode: Benefit captures our hearts and our dollars, Facebook goes Blind, and other tales of strange HR bedfellows Julie and Torin fall in love with new face of Benefit Cosmetics, "Bene Babe" Kate Grant. No one quite understands how Blind and Facebook happened, but Torin knows anonymous does not equal warm and fuzzy. Finally, Julie drops the hammer on the new SHRM and Koch Industries Getting Talent Back to Work partnership. Follow Us: Julie: Twitter & LinkedIn Torin: Twitter ...

Jan 30, 2019•33 min•Ep. 4

Palantir Lies and Oracle Tries

It's Episode #1 people! On the debut episode, Torin and Julie take Palantir's bald-faced lies head on, challenge Oracle's "steal my talent" charade and talk Megyn Kelly's Blackface Payday, Men and Mental Health, and give some love to Gillette's newest commercial tearing down toxic masculinity. Prepare yourself for Crazy and The King. Show Source Links: Planatir and Oracle: https://www.revealnews.org/article/oracle-and-palantir-said-diversity-figures-were-trade-secrets-the-real-secret-embarrassin...

Jan 16, 2019•34 min•Ep. 3

Crazy and The King Teaser

Julie Sowash and Torin Ellis introduce their new podcast -- Crazy and The King. Julie and Torin are serious about destroying the lame, losing and punitive Diversity and Inclusion narrative while chasing a narrative of ambition and freedom to explore. A bi-weekly podcast of talking truth, exploring the uncomfortable, and often ignored. Chasing solution and never hiding from behind lip service. They won’t always get it right, but they will always bring it real. Grab a latte and rock with Crazy and...

Jan 08, 2019•4 min

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