Dr. Osose Oboh (@ososee) is currently an Internal Medicine Intern at the Osler Medical Residency Training Program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is the Immediate Past President for the Student National Medical Association, an accomplished photographer, content creator, and world traveler. Osose applied and matriculated into the University of California, Los Angeles, fall of 2009 where she majored in Biology. She graduated in 2013 and matriculated into the University of Southern California to...
Jan 16, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Joe Briggs, Esq. (@joebriggsesq) is a Public Policy Counsel for the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) and the first individual to lead the NFLPA Government Relations Department. Mr. Briggs is also a professor at Georgetown University and often speaks on subjects ranging from politics to sports and everything in between. He is currently a member of the Alpha Omega chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated. Born and raised in Dundee, Florida, Joe Briggs was a scholar...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 34
The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer by Steven Kotler
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Kirk Brown (@kirkandre) is the Chief Development & Communications Officer for the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, GA where he leads the fundraising, partnerships, and communications strategy. Over the past 12 years of his fundraising career, Kirk has successfully raised more than $70 million dollars to support individuals, including RCA’s most recent gift of $5 million from Oprah Winfrey—the single largest gift the Academy had ever received. This conversation revolves around changing education...
Mar 23, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Prem Kumar is the CEO of Humanly, a hiring platform that screens and schedules job candidates at scale, reducing time to hire and providing the best possible candidate experience for all applicants. Before Humanly, he spent 10 years in product at Microsoft, and 2 years at HR SaaS startup TINYpulse as Director of Product. This episode revolves around the Humanly.io platform, but we dive into the role artificial intelligence will play in our lives moving forward, unconscious bias within the hiring...
Mar 03, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Kate Johnson is the current Chief of Staff at Trim, a financial health company devoted to helping you spend less, pay off debt, save more, and be healthy. She was an External Relations Lead at Google and Global Director of Client Services at Juntos. Kate's passionate about helping tech products that increase social mobility and her past experience spans fintech, consulting, and corporate responsibility. We talk about life's meandering path and how you really don't know where it's going to take y...
Feb 16, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Books Recommended: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck (if you want the highlights, we reviewed this book on Season 2 Episode 7 ) Radical Candor (Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity) by Kim Scott Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur by Dermot Berkery...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Owning your narrative implies that what is told about you (your life story) matches the way you'd like it to be told (without misinterpretations or half-truths). This show is all about rejecting past accomplishments and blazing a path that you will be proud to tell your children one day. We discuss the hustle of Silicon Valley, the constant 'flex' shown on Clubhouse, saying 'yes' to yourself, and the power of being a small to medium-sized business owner. Tim "Mr. Future of Work" Salau, is the Ex...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Finding your purpose (raison d'etre) is one of the quintessential elements of being human. Erikan has figured out what her purpose is. This long-form conversation explores the winding path to purpose, being unapologetically yourself, and becoming aware of our collective relationship with money. This deeply introspective conversation will make you take a second look at your day-to-day routine and what you aspire for in 2021. Erikan Obotetukudo is the Founder and Executive Producer at PaperTrail M...
Jan 15, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 27
5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida...
Jan 11, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Prince Bhojwani is the founder and CIO of Graywall, an alternative investment firm that specializes in AI/data ventures and commercial real estate. Prior to Graywall, Prince founded Bubcart, an e-commerce platform that was acquired by a private equity group in 2019. Graywall has deployed millions of dollars and is on track to work through a pipeline of over $100M by working closely with firms such as Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Y-Combinator to invest in robust data platforms that build d...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Major Oni is a former Division 1 athlete and alumni of Portland State University with a knack for creating market value for minimum viable products. Major Oni is the co-founder at Nubi Websites, a self-funded tech startup in the software and content management system market offering web-based software for consumers with limited proficiency in web development. Major has been an entrepreneur since the age of 16, but it wasn’t until 2016 that he quit his 9-5 to pursue his happYness. This show is al...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Poke the Box is a manifesto about producing something that’s scarce, and thus valuable. It demands that you stop waiting for a road map and start drawing one instead. You know how to do this, you’ve done it before, but along the way, someone talked you out of it. Brian and Nsima discuss the necessity of failing, a JUST DO IT mentality, and perseverance as key traits to winning in any field or industry. This show is for anyone starting something new or might need some encouragement to keep on goi...
Oct 16, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 23
I posted a video on YouTube recently about "THE 1 BIG KEY to GETTING Your DREAM BODY". Well, in this episode, let's explore a little idea that can allow ANYONE to have massive success at anything they do.
Oct 02, 2020•10 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Tony Robinson is a family man, Supply Chain Manager at Tesla, real estate investor and founder at Alpha Geek Capital, and host of the Your First Real Estate Investment podcast. As a serial entrepreneur, he discusses becoming a father at 16, starting a real estate business, climbing the ranks of corporate America, and mindset & goal setting. This show follows his journey of discipline, resilience, and dreaming big. To connect or partner with Tony, please visit www.alphageekcapital/invest or T...
Sep 24, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 21
New week, new book review. We reviewed a new read, Always Day One by Alex Kantrowitz, a book that reveals the inner workings of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, and showing us what makes them tick. Learning about these companies and how they've been able to grow (or stagnate) teaches us how to prioritize innovation over refinement. Good read for anyone starting something new or looking to improve their current processes and output. Great complementary book, Mindset by Carol Dweck ...
Sep 15, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Jacent Wamala is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Las Vegas. She has a private practice that focuses on working with black women on anxiety, depression, and trauma recovery. She’s the onsite mental health professional for a local charter school and teaches courses at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) in areas such as personal growth and development, multicultural issues in families, and contemporary couples and families. In three years, she paid off over $90,000 in credit card...
Sep 10, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Listen to Love Yourz - J. Cole. And don't forget, there is beauty in the struggle.
Aug 25, 2020•8 min
Simping has been around since the dawn of time but folks are really chirping about it a lot more often these days. Another fun episode dissecting simping, how men and women view attractiveness (generally) as we get older, and the evils in high standards. The antidote to simping is knowing your value and not seeking the approval of someone who feeds on your subservience.
Aug 11, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Books & albums mentioned in this podcast: Innercise by John Assaraf The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Mindset by Carol Dweck Show Your Work by Austin Kleon Visualize by Daymond John
Aug 04, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Cancel culture is upon us. What's right, what's wrong, and who gets banished? Chocolate and Horchata figure out that we tend to rank folks based on perceptions of sin and societal contribution. We talk Kevin Hart, Nick Cannon, Chris D'Elia, Bill Cosby, and Amy Cooper, you know, all the people that have been canceled recently.
Jul 28, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Does free speech extend to all citizens? Is society inherently better than it was 30 years ago? We dive into a spirited debate on whether hate speech should be allowed, our individual definitions of free speech, and how it should be treated with deeper analysis and care. The betterment of society conversation still persists, we will let you decide who won that debate. Nsima and Brian attempt to grapple with these topics as best possible. This is a long one, so buckle up, eyes forward, and try to...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Black Twitter went wild when Jada dropped the word 'entanglement'. We generally don't weigh in on celebrity do's or dont's, but today we wanted to touch on the difficulties in marriage, the necessity for relationship guidelines and transparency, and making sure you have good people around you. Stop listening to friends (or society) who don't mean well for your future!
Jul 12, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Nsima and Brian dove all the way in on the era of white guilt that we are currently in. What does privilege mean and are folks using it to further productive conversation? We touch on Bigmouth, Bozama St. John, and that constructive approaches to equity and job accessibility are sorely needed. Corrections: *American Disability act was passed in 1990. *Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man with Emmanuel Acho *Jenny Slate was the actress from Big Mouth who gave her role away, saying Black c...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 13
The dynamic duo dive into the importance of sobriety and being prepared. If you're old enough, you've enjoyed a glass or two of alcohol, sometimes a bit more than that. We talk about moderation, choosing the right friends, and not using alcohol as a crutch to escape your issues.
Jul 02, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 12
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery. This show is simply a moment to discuss the internal conflict within us all. Black folk have always been keenly aware of systematic oppression, the assault on black people, and now the disproportionate impacts on our community by COVID-19. Hopefully, now, there is a hyper-awareness around these topics. However, there is something each and every one of us can do. If nothing else, think about what role, big or small, you play in helping alleviate the co...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 11
What have we learned during quarantine? Nsima and Brian dive into lessons they've learned during the shelter-in-place restriction, why Jeff Bezos is not the cause of our suffering, and the necessity of sunlight. Please leave us a review! We are active on all our social networks (Facebook & Instagram) and recently set up a Youtube page! We'd love to hear from you.
May 17, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In this episode, Mark J. The Poet joins WDKY to discuss how his porn addiction affected his childhood, his relationships with others, and how it almost cost him his marriage. This vulnerable and intimate peek into his story shows us that porn doesn't just impact young singles or couples, but has lasting impacts well into other seasons of life.
Apr 15, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Nsima and Brian discuss the increased use of addictive behaviors during the quarantine period, primarily pornography. We go through it all, the effects of porn on the brain, impacts on relationships and our own personal experience with porn.
Apr 11, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Mindsets and perceptions are what distinguish top performers from the rest of the pack. Carol Dweck does an awesome job detailing a fixed mindset vs. a growth mindset. In this show, we dive deep and detail how this book has impacted our lives and how it can impact yours too!
Aug 12, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 7
