.Calvin Ridley leaves the NFL for his metal well-being. Was the response different from a female athlete's focus on mental health? Memorial Hermann Health Systems, Houston hospital, fires a Black CDO before he starts because of his focus on race AND he drives a Porsche. Restuarants and all of forms of hospitality are having an especially tough time restaffing after the pandemic. In fact, more than 10% of all hospitality roles are unfilled. Is it money or something else? What is your take on this...
Nov 04, 2021•38 min
Citigroup agrees to conduct a racial equity audit, perhaps to some of their executives chagrin. Texas Legislature continues attacks on it's citizenry signing a bill this week attacking transgender student athletes. Forbes' Andrew Pulrang's, gives us his NDEAM 10 must knows about disability and employment. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! Interested in sponsoring Crazy and the King? Contact us to...
Oct 28, 2021•42 min
Print media's history of Printing Hate exposed. Do gay parents Pete and Chasten "deserve" parental leave? And Texas makes the show again with their new social studies law leaving teachers and administrators asking if they will need to teach students opposing views to the Holocaust. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! Interested in sponsoring Crazy and the King? Contact us today! Email us at CATK@Cr...
Oct 22, 2021•38 min
Our reaction to Dave Chapelle's most recent Netflix Special and the hypocrisy of cancel culture. NC LT Gov doubles down calling LGBTQ individuals "filth" and we share a Raider's Superfan's reaction to Jon Gruden. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! Interested in sponsoring Crazy and the King? Contact us today! Email us at CATK@CrazyandtheKing.com JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare ...
Oct 14, 2021•40 min
LA County has returned stolen land in Manhattan Beach to the Bruce Family. This week, California Gov Newsom signs legislation to return $75MM worth of Manhattan Beach beachfront property to the descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce. In the UK, the Sport Council Equality Group released their "Review into Transgender Inclusion in Domestic Sport in the UK' and our discussion how to create access, equity and fairness for athletes, including transgender athletes. What is your take on this week's sto...
Oct 07, 2021•52 min
Gerard Charlot is passionate about helping the BIPOC community by addressing systemic challenges in the health care system by educating people of color about their health issues and connecting them with clinical trials. The Idhini Platform is a digital health marketplace, for and by the BIPOC community, that provides community members with the best and most relevant clinical trial options and health information. Gerard Charlot has over 20 years of experience in technology, finance, healthcare, a...
Sep 30, 2021•33 min
Apple and Activision face the reality of a woke AF Silicon valley. Anti-Muslim AI shows that AI isn't ready for primetime, but VC and M/A keeps flowing in to TA and HR solutions promising a quick fix. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! Interested in sponsoring Crazy and the King? Contact us today! Email us at CATK@CrazyandtheKing.com JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare yourself for...
Sep 22, 2021•38 min
What can we learn from looking at the history of engagement with corporations and underrepresented communities? Why haven't we learned the lessons of our past and changed the systems and structures that keep inequity in place. Simple, that is the way the way the White Power Structure maintains their power. This week, a deeply personal story from Torin, and how a NYT article Black Capitalism’ Promised a Better City for Everyone. What Happened? helped Julie to understand it. Also, Salesforce tells...
Sep 16, 2021•49 min
On Sept 1, Texas put into place the country's most restrictive abortion law and in their most deplorable move yet turned citizens into bounty hunters. SCOTUS provides no injunctive relief allowing nearly 50 years of a women's right to choose to effectively be overturned. Some companies came to the rescue, some continued to donate to the politicians who passed the law. They all still played the game in Texas. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you...
Sep 09, 2021•34 min
Parenting is NOT easy and today's episode explores some more parental (and caregiver) woes and some solutions in the works. China is limiting screen time for all children under the age of 18! How has the pandemic exposed the childcare industry, demonstrated the dramatic need for caregiver leave and supports, and where are fixes coming from. Let us know what you think of our new segment celebrating the accomplishments of women in all walks of life, HerVoice! What is your take on this week's stori...
Sep 02, 2021•36 min
REPLAY FROM JUNE 2021: The CATK Interview with Frantz M. Berthaud Administrative Director, Disease Center Operations of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology and the Center for Cancer Therapeutic Innovation at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Frantz gives incredible insight into health equity, DEIB in healthcare, "surviving" & critical impact of clinicians who look like their patients. About Frantz: Frantz M. Berthaud is the Administrative Director, Disease Center Operations of the Lowe Center ...
Aug 26, 2021•52 min
Julie and Torin share some documentaries and books currently in rotation for CATK, including Black Godfather and Woke Inc.. What is on your summer watching and reading list? Then DDI CEO Report, PBS invests in diverse creators, and check on the veterans and women in your life this week. #Afghanistan Let us know what you think of our new segment celebrating the accomplishments of women in all walks of life, HerVoice! What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. T...
Aug 19, 2021•36 min
Nike demonstrates inclusion SELLS, sometimes too well. Cuomo is out. The first female Gov of NY is in. Tesla settles to the tune of $1.2MM. Then, as implied by the title, Torin gets da business from #disabledtwitter. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare yourself for Crazy and the King! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrazyAndTheKing...
Aug 12, 2021•43 min
Chad and Cheese, Symphony Talent's Chief Joy Officer, Debbie Tuel and SACKET Join the Pod for a Motor City Podcast Mash UP! What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare yourself for Crazy and the King! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrazyAndTheKing Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crazyandtheking/ More on Torin and Julie: ...
Aug 05, 2021•31 min
Torin and Julie are back together again for the first time in person since 2019. We joined so many amazing podcasters to celebrate Symphony Talent's Joy Roadshow! We catch up on dumb, even unitentionally, tweets from Warton IO, Adam Grant. Bad police officers spoil the bunch, Julie is always learning from Torin. Last a new segment we call HERVoice. Each week we will be celebrating an amazing diverse women who change the world. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and ...
Jul 29, 2021•26 min
Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition is out and damn those cover models are as diverse as they are beautiful! Naomi Osaka, Megan Thee Stallion and Leyna Bloom are rocking this year's cover(s) and we love it. Is integrity important to leadership? We say yes and so does author, Dan Hough, in his brilliant book Analyzing Corruption. #DisabilityTwitter is a thing and we love it. We share some of our favorite tweets from the week including support for Becca Meyers, multi-gold medal Paralympic Swimmer...
Jul 22, 2021•43 min
Torin and Julie welcome a VERY special guest, one of our biggest fans and roving story guy in London, Matt Stubbsy. We grab stories on the Judge Rotenberg Center and shock therapy, VC in Black businesses, and Amazon hides performance improvement plans until its too late. Finally, we discuss the racism and its place in football (soccer) as demonstrated by rapid English fans at EUFA 2021. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and t...
Jul 19, 2021•42 min
Torin and Julie are back this week for the first time in a month without a special guest. They catch up on Walmart's new benefits offerings for new parents including doula services, maternity and parental leave. Howard University snags Nikole Hannah-Jones and UNC loses. Finally, we celebrate Disability Pride Month and challenge our listeners (and their organizations) to do the same. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to th...
Jul 08, 2021•34 min
The CATK Interview with Alex Orue, Executive Director of It Gets Better, Mexico. Join Julie and Torin as we have an incredible conversation with Alex about storytelling in the LGBTQ+ community to share the growth, opportunity and acceptance available for LGBTQ+ youth who struggle with coming out, moving past internal doubt and embracing acceptance. About Alex: Born in 1990 in Texcoco, Mexico State, Alex graduated from the University of British Columbia (in Vancouver, Canada). His involvement in ...
Jul 01, 2021•42 min
The CATK Interview with Frantz M. Berthaud Administrative Director, Disease Center Operations of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology and the Center for Cancer Therapeutic Innovation at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Frantz gives incredible insight into health equity, DEIB in healthcare, "surviving" & critical impact of clinicians who look like their patients. About Frantz: Frantz M. Berthaud is the Administrative Director, Disease Center Operations of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology a...
Jun 24, 2021•52 min
Do Not Miss This Show: Torin and Julie welcome Wil Shelton, Author of The Silent Agreement and CEO of Wil Power Integrated Marketing in a knock down interview on the every day fight between Black professionals and the White power structure in our organizations. Wil wrote The Silent Agreement as a call to action to corporations across America regarding their sincerity in sharing solidarity with the Black community. Many corporations were actively stating their support of the Black community follo...
Jun 17, 2021•44 min
Torin and Julie jump right into this week's big DEIB stories. Amazon auto-enrolls you in internet sharing with your neighbors, EEOC Commissioner, Keith Sonderling, calls out the significant implications of programmatic and AI driven job advertising related to Federal Civil Rights laws, FINALLY. LinkedIN invests by increasing pay of ERG leaders. The US Senate continues to fail women with eight female senators voting against the Fair Paycheck Act. We continue our focus on bringing light to AAPI ag...
Jun 10, 2021•48 min
Join Torin and Julie this week to welcome Head of Americas for Workplace from Facebook, Christine Trodella. Christine shares how she approaches remote work to ensure it is inclusive, effective, and promotes employee well-being, as well as perspectives on what she is hearing from customers who use Workplace to ensure all of their employees have a voice. . Christine dishes on technology, best practices, safety and her all-time favorite TV shows. About Christine: Christine Trodella has been at Face...
Jun 03, 2021•47 min
Can we build more inclusive AI? Accenture is planning for inclusion now. Apple believes accessibility is a human right and are building better, inclusively designed tools for all of us. Amazon continues to hold sales of facial recognition software. Is it enough? The ACLU says nah. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare yourself for Crazy and the King...
May 27, 2021•44 min
This week we welcome, author, CEO, and much, much more, Deanna Singh. Deanna shares her story of being a Black-Asian American and first generation American. This leader, entrepreneur and inspiration does more in a day than most of us do in a month! Her book Purposeful Hustle may give us some insight as to how. Listen and get inspired and motivated with Deanna, Julie and Torin on this week's interview. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our...
May 20, 2021•47 min
Join Torin and Julie in welcoming entrepreneur, gamechanger and former Basecamp dude, Andy Didorosi. This guy is so much more than meets the eye and drops bombs like the CEO of Basecamp drops staff. Join us, Andy left us wanting to do more and to hear more about his amazing impact. Learn more about and support some Andy's social impact businesses here: Detroit Bus: https://thedetroitbus.com/ Arsenal of Clean: https://arsenalofclean.com/ Follow Andy: @ThatDetroitAndy What is your take on this wee...
May 13, 2021•43 min
Berkshire Hathaway rejects climate and diversity transparency. The Bears win with Justin Fields and the NFL puts the impact of ableism in the workplace on full display. Plus, lots of data to dive into. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare yourself for Crazy and the King! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrazyAndTheKing More on Torin ...
May 06, 2021•43 min
This week on the CEO show,....Julie and Torin jump into a LOT of news including JPM's focus on 2nd Chances, Basecamps removal of "paternalistic benefits" and Paycom's CEO tops the list of highest earning CEOs of 2020. Catch up with us on these stories and much more. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare yourself for Crazy and the King! Follow us on ...
Apr 29, 2021•45 min
Are you sleeping enough? Why did Torin call Julie "middle aged"? Why does Kroger think we don't see them? When we will get passed the DEIB basics? Is it fair to expect HR to have DEIB skills? And will Julie ever be home again? These questions and many more answered on this episode of Crazy and the King! What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare yourself...
Apr 22, 2021•47 min
Is requiring a Black Soldier to wear chains ever okay? The Army took 6 years (and a court) to decide it is definitely NOT okay. Where do you think the "future of work" is headed in a post-pandemic world? Hints are all around us. Check out our latest round up of current jobseeker trends and corporate intentions. What is your take on this week's stories? Tell us on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn. Thank you to our sponsors and to the team at Evergreen! JobVite: Learn more at www.jobvite.com/catk Prepare ...
Apr 15, 2021•56 min
