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In this special anniversary episode, hosts Tony Tidbit, and Chris P. Reed, along with producer Adrian Alvarado and co-host Les Frye, reflect on the incredible journey of the 'Black Executive Perspective' podcast since its inaugural episode on September 19th, 2023. They discuss the evolution of the podcast, highlight memorable episodes, and express their gratitude to guests and listeners. The hosts also emphasize the podcast's mission to have open conversations about race, particularly in corporate America, and its impact on fostering understanding and empathy. The episode includes a montage of significant moments from the past year and ends with a call to action, encouraging everyone to learn, empathize, share, and stop discrimination (L.E.S.S). The team looks forward to continuing these important discussions and making a difference in the years to come.
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I am just amazed at the progress of this podcast.
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:Um, it is so sleek.
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:The topics are really just, you know,
I've recommended this podcast to
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:everyone that is navigating corporate
America, especially people of color
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:and people who are not of color for
that matter, because I need to get
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:them the idea of the perspective of
many voices as opposed to just my own.
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:So I'm just very.
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:Proud of what has been achieved here.
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:The accomplishments, uh, it
just keeps getting better.
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:Every time
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:Tony Tidbit: we'll discuss race
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:and how it plays a factor and how
we didn't even talk about this
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:topic because we were afraid.
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:BEP Narrator: A black
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:executive
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:perspective,
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:Tony Tidbit: welcome to a black executive
perspective, podcast, a safe space where
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:we discuss all matters related to race,
especially race in corporate America.
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:I'm your host, Tony.
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:Chris P. Reed: And I'm
your cohost, Chris P.
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:Reed.
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:Tony Tidbit: And we are live at WNHU 88.
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:7 on that Richter dial that's
shaking up and down the University
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:of New Haven podcast studio.
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:Again, we thank the University of
New Haven allowing a Black Executive
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:Perspective podcast to record here.
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:Students are back.
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:We're hoping they have a
very exciting semester.
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:Go Chargers.
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:Chris P. Reed: We also want to
take this moment to thank our
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:partners at CodeM Magazine.
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:CodeM Magazine, where the mission
is saving the black family by
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:first saving the black man.
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:That is CodeM Magazine, 2Ms.
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:com, CodeM Magazine, check them out.
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:Tony Tidbit: Yeah,
definitely check them out.
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:And check out today, because
today is a special day.
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:Back in September 19th of 2023,
was the first recording of a
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:black executive perspective.
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:Podcast.
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:It's been a year that this podcast
has been out in the stratosphere.
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:And you know, when we put this podcast
together, where we are today and where
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:we started, it seems like light years.
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:Our goal was to have open
and honest discussions.
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:about race.
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:It was about being authentic and making
people that have these uncomfortable
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:conversations and really make people feel
comfortable so we could all come together.
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:And our goal, one of our other goals
was to make this a platform that was
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:for everyone, that everybody could
come on, share their story, share
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:their success, be authentic, And talk
about the things that we typically
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:don't talk about when it comes to
corporate America and all other things.
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:So today we are very proud.
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:And with me today, I have the
whole crew who on September 19th,
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:help kick this podcast off first.
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:I have the legendary Les Frye.
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:All right.
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:Who was the original co host?
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:She's here.
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:To share and talk about the last year of
a black executive perspective podcast.
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:I have my man who was always,
you know, pulling the strings
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:and making stuff happen.
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:And it was always real smooth Double A.
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:Our producer, Adrian Alvarado
here to reflect and talk about
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:podcast started as a tadpole.
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:And ended up becoming, I don't
want to say a frog, but ended up
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:becoming a beautiful butterfly.
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:And as well, the co host with
the most, my man, Chris P.
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:Reed.
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:So I'm very excited.
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:For having you guys all to
come and talk about what we've
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:accomplished over the last year.
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:So Les, let me hear from you, my friend.
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:Les Fyre: Well, I tell you, I am just
amazed at the progress of this podcast.
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:Um, it is so.
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:Sleek.
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:The topics are really just, you know,
I've recommended this podcast to
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:everyone that is navigating corporate
America, especially people of color
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:and people who are not of color for
that matter, because I need to get
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:them the idea of the perspective of
many voices as opposed to just my own.
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:So I'm just very proud of
what has been achieved here.
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:The accomplishments, uh, it just
keeps getting better every time.
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:Tony Tidbit: That well, number one,
that's a lot because of you and we want,
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:we're going to dive in deeper, um, of
all those things that the black executive
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:perspective podcast Double A, buddy.
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:Let's hear from you, my man.
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:Adrian Alvarado: What's
happening, everybody.
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:Nice to see everyone.
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:This is so, so fantastic.
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:Hi, Les.
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:How are you?
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:My man, Chris P.
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:Reed.
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:Uh, no, it's great.
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:It's, I mean, it's been a journey,
um, and life's all about journeys.
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:Um, and it's been a great one, you
know, Uh, it's been, you know, all those
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:things, you know, like the stock market's
a bumpy, it's been a bear market, it's
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:been a bull market, you know, and we've
navigated those, those, uh, those roads.
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:And, uh, I've learned so much.
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transformed me this whole podcast.
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:So I'm just going to say that.
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:Tony Tidbit: That's awesome.
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:That's all.
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:And buddy, again, you
were there right there.
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:Right.
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:And, and talking about
transfer transformative.
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:That's something that we've all been
able to, you know, start off and
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:really take it to the next level.
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:Chris P.
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:Reed.
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:Chris P. Reed: Oh, I mean, this is
easy to back clean up when you got
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:people up front, you know, doing what
they supposed to do and get on base.
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:So it was, I think my journey was
a little different than theirs.
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:And the fact that they were in the
conception meetings and, and all that.
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:And, you know, by the time I got
wind and, and got my feet set,
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:it was already smooth sailing.
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:So the bumps had already been
kind of, you know, ironed out.
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:I remember watching that
first episode with her.
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:We'll get to that.
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:But, and I was like, Oh, this is more
of a, a tale, almost like a fable, you
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:know, type situation where you guys
talked about your, your growth into
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:blackness and things of that nature.
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:And, uh, I remember
coming away more of a fan.
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:It was almost for me.
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:It was really a fan experience, right?
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:It's like you get invited to.
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:Uh, to, uh, go to camp with the
Cubs or some junk like that, right?
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:So it was just, it's just been fun
for me more than anything else.
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:No pressure.
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:No, nothing is just show up and and be
able to, you know, be amongst your heroes.
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:Tony Tidbit: Well, thank you, my friend.
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:And let's talk about
that evolution, right?
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:Because, you know, at the end of the
day, and I'll go to less on this.
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:At the end of the day, this all came out
of what we were doing at work, right?
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:The open conversation on race.
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:In which we would get together on
a weekly basis at work and have
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:these open and honest discussions
about race, which was the first time
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:that we actually did that at work.
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:Right?
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:And so that was groundbreaking.
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:So speak a little bit about that
Les because that's how you and
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:I met, you know, and actually,
that's how I met Chris P.
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:Reed as well is because
of what we started doing.
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:But you and I, we started doing this over,
you know, in our early years of Xandr.
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:Les Fyre: Yes.
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:Um, so let's, let's set this, the,
the tone here because unfortunately
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:this conversation would not have been
fortunately and unfortunately this
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:conversation would not have been had if it
hadn't been for what happened with George
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:Floyd and the crisis that we were facing
in America at that time, race related
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:crises, Mike Brown, all of these things,
um, both Tony and I are from the Midwest.
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:Uh, I happen to have grown up on the
border of Florissant and Ferguson
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:and I just, I wanted the world to
see a different perspective here.
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:People were hurting, people couldn't
understand what was going on.
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:And I, you know, I want to say
that it took Tony to say, listen,
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:we have an issue here and this is
not the world that I grew up in.
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:This is not the world that we
fought to have, you know, if we
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so we need to have a conversation.
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:You know, at a time where people were
really hurting and they were confused
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:about what was going on in America.
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:Cause let's, let's be clear here, you
know, from the civil rights movement in
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:1962 to what we have now, a lot of our
children, and that's most of the young
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:people that we were working with at that
time, that generation had not experienced
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:the racism that we experienced,
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:Tony Tidbit: right?
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:Les Fyre: You know, we have
pretty much paved the way for
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:them not to experience it.
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:And if they did experience, it
was a little isolated situation.
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:But to this magnitude, they had
never experienced anything like that.
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:And now with social media, actually
seeing someone's life being taken, you
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:know, on, you know, right in front of
you, you know, through, uh, you know,
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:you could Instagram or whatever you're
watching this, but they were horrified.
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:So we recognize that, or at least Tony
recognized that people were in pain.
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:And so he started this conversation, you
know, and I just kind of partnered with
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:Tony, um, In the place that we work in
as not too many black people in tech.
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:And we just saw each other like, you
know, two black people usually do on the
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:street and, you know, you give each other
the nod, but you just know, you know, you
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:just say, Hey, and we sort of have this
conversation and it was groundbreaking.
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:It was groundbreaking.
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:What we did is we set the tone and
saying, this is a safe space, a judgment
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:free, don't ask what you want to
ask and nobody's going to judge you.
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:This is for educational purposes so
that you can walk away from this.
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:Feeling better about who you are,
who the world is, everything.
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:And that's where it began.
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:We started taking subjects
and we started speaking to it.
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:Little known things about black culture,
Asian culture, um, you know, white
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:culture, um, you know, the, the bad bird
of the indigenous cultures, the, the bad
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:bird of, of, of white privilege, you know,
which a lot of people, you know, You know,
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:And we were basically saying, Hey, we
understand that this is not you, but this
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:is a generation of things that you, you
know, We're exposed to that has set up the
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:It was a base of knowledge.
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:And I'm telling you what I knew
when it was a success, when
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:people kept coming back and there
were more people coming back.
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and, you know, having these conversations,
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:it just, it was just, uh, wow, that's
all I can say is just, it was explosive.
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:What happened there?
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:No,
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:Tony Tidbit: it was, it was a great thing.
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:Double A, man.
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:Talk about it a little bit
of the evolution, right?
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:Because, you know, the thing was,
is that we wanted to scale this out.
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:Um, to be able to reach more
people than we were at work.
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:We saw the, um, the impact as Les
was just talking about, that impact,
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:but talk a little bit in terms
of, you know, the evolution and
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:Adrian Alvarado: Well, yeah, I mean,
speaking of the, the origins, um, I
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:remember that, that first, the first
meeting that you had, you know, it
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:was in, uh, you know, of all places to
start this, this podcast of diversity
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:and racial, uh, creating the safe
space was in Darien Connecticut, right?
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:I mean, the first, the first, that
was the first broadcast conversation,
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:Tony Tidbit: open conversation on race.
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:Adrian Alvarado: Um, you know,
I mean, think about that.
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:Uh, and, uh, and then it was during COVID.
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:They were parade.
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:There were people marching
right outside the street.
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:Um, and you know, we
were talking in masks.
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:I mean, it was just this thing,
but we were creating something.
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:We were like, you know what?
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:We're going to fight through this.
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:We're going to fight through these masks.
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virus and just, you know, it's like
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:you stand out the window is like,
I'm not going to take it anymore.
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:We got to talk about this.
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:And I knew it was important.
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:And I just, I says, Hey, I'm going to use.
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tools to just say, Hey, let's,
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:Um, and then just once we got
together after that, it just evolved.
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so later, we kept talking about it.
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gonna start a podcast on this.
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:You get some paper and pen and
you start getting together.
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:You put the microphone on and
you put the lights on and say,
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:I'm not going to tell you
the first things, Tony.
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:Tony Tidbit: No, yeah, the first
things was and I thought they
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:were, you know, a masterpiece and
we can't use those words today.
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taping to where we are today is just I
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:Chris P.
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:Reed, you were part of those
conversations that we're having at work.
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:My brother, talk about that a little bit.
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when you first came on, I didn't know
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:you came in and then you started talking
about, uh, you know, corporate, you
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:started talking about how black execs,
you know, um, have a hard time moving up.
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:So speak a little bit about, but
speak a little bit about that.
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:Chris P. Reed: you talk a
little earlier, my journey was.
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:You know, a little different.
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:Like I said, I usually draft
off other people's creations.
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:I just make the things, you know, a
little different, a little better.
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:So right around time when you guys
were doing that, when you said
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same, you know, similar situation.
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:They were people calling
black folks say, Are you okay?
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folks are doing all this.
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when the executive said, first of all,
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you know, people gravitate towards you.
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industrial psychology stuff and
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conversations, but it wasn't
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really leadership and fitting
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year later, two years later, I get
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say, we want to create this thing.
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doing a conversational race and we want
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:Yours is a little adjacent and
the idea that you're doing a broad
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to kind of check it out.
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I come to your call and you spend
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because I am really a, you know,
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I'm really a mind your business.
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:That ain't got nothing to do with me.
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:You know, I don't know nothing about
nothing when the police show up and you
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:And let me, let me give you
all the game behind the game.
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:And you got slides and you know,
your stuff is eight slides and
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and you know, pulling off the lid.
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:So it was so, but it was cool because
then when getting a chance to see you
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see the people that you were affecting,
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company, you had people calling in.
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graded, created a groundswell.
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inspirational and it was exciting.
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you know, that I had a perspective
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:on, I would provide that perspective.
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:You know, I still was
trying to feel my way.
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:My calls were in a situation where
I would just kind of, you know,
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and step back and let them do it.
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:Right.
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:I just kind of let them go.
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:I just gotta, you know, poke
the bear and then let all the
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this platform, as I stated, I saw that
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talking about in Alton and in, in,
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in those areas coming from Peoria.
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and all, it was just so intimate and I was
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with a black man and I thought based off.
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from four years ago or whatever it could
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:And then you contacted me.
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:It was like, Hey, I need you to jump on.
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:I'm doing like tidbit and friends and it's
like, I don't know if you want that, bro.
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:You know, everybody know,
Tony, no, you'll be great.
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:It's going to be great.
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:Everything's great.
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:And I was like, no, Hey, I carve
out some time and get on there.
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:And then I got bit like they
say in show business, I got bit.
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:And, uh, you know, it was, it
was, uh, it was, but I think what
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you guys were very easy going, you
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:Hey, hey, do this.
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:Put your camera here, dude No, he was
he was easy to hey, and it was just
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I'm a kid showing up you you know,
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:it's just comic con to me, right?
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:I'm showing up all the heroes are
assembled and i'm just talking on a
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and then you know fast forward It
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to me But once again, i'm on the
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:Tony Tidbit: Buddy, I can't believe
it does seem like a week ago.
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:It's just amazing that
we've been here a year.
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:Let's talk about, we, we
recorded a lot of stuff.
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of those, some of your favorites.
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:What's some of the most memorable
moments and favorites that you
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:guys have on, you know, working
and being on a black executive
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:perspective podcast, Double A buddy.
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:You is behind the glass.
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:You, you know, met everyone.
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:You were there.
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:Let's hear some of the
things that you really like,
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:Adrian Alvarado: uh, the episode
of assimilation, um, with Himalaya.
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my eyes and gave me ammunition.
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that I learned about a black executive
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foremost, I want to say that, you
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the majority of our guests, you
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know, uh, you know, black women.
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:Uh, and, and I just thought it just
every episode just getting more and more
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beyond like intelligent, you know, you
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I mean, I come in from Hollywood, you
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of everybody, you know what I mean?
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:They paint pictures of me too, you
know, but not that I, I had those
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:pictures, but like when you really
start engaging in these conversations.
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:And that episode of assimilation just
gave me this ammunition because I found
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it's like, well, I grew up poor too.
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too and, and this and this and that,
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I'm like, yeah, but it's different.
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couldn't defend myself.
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sort of, even after all these years,
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not, you know, I understand,
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:And it related to the conversation
about poverty and whiteness, right?
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:It's like, okay, well, poverty,
you know, it's, it's bad in itself,
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also, it's, it's, it's just, it just
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:Tony Tidbit: poor and be
white, but work your way out of
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:Adrian Alvarado: that
conversation right there.
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:Yeah, I mean because you can fake other
stuff you can fake being poor you can
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:fake like she said you can fake being
you Know your sexuality you think being
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:married you fake all kinds of things.
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:You can't fake being white
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:You know, I mean I was like,
oh wow, so if you know how to
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:play the game You know what?
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:You'll be just fine.
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:That's awesome buddy.
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:Don't compare yourself to I'm not gonna
let anybody else compare themselves
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:to me, you know, I mean, especially
when they haven't lived a moment
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:in my shoes, which is right, right,
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:Tony Tidbit: right.
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:That's awesome, buddy.
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:Less.
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:What about you?
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:Memorable moments, memorable episodes,
memorable, you know, what do you think?
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:Les Fyre: Um, well, definitely the
first episode that we did where we were
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:having a candid conversation about our
childhood, um, and letting our audience,
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:um, look into our lives and peer into our
lives and having that intimate moment.
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:And as Chris said, You know, about
the things that we experienced.
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:I think as someone of
African American heritage.
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:And somebody who grew up in the Midwest.
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:These are stories that
are not often disclosed.
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:I mean, we just pretty much live our
lives as you know, this is normal to us.
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:But when you start speaking about this
stories, you start talking to people
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:about it, you start realizing how
really messed up that is, you know,
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:and so getting a glimpse of that lets
people know that who we were in our
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:past is a product of who we are today.
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:And why we are so fierce about telling
these stories and making people
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:aware of things that are little known
histories about people of African
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:American heritage here in America.
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:I'm going to segue then that to our
indigenous peoples day, you know, here
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:in America, race is a construct and that
we have to fit into 1 of those races.
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:But as of someone, most
of us here of color.
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:We are people of mixed heritage, and
we are often told that we have to deny
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:that side of ourselves because we have
to fit into the construct of America or
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:the caste system of America by color.
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:So, just giving insight on indigenous
people, who is indigenous, uh,
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:every one of us here on this.
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:Panel is of indigenous heritage, you
know, and nobody would know that because
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:there's a defining line in America
that says you can't claim that about
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:yourself because of how you look yet.
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:Still, you have to deny.
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:Your ancestry, the people who made you
who you are today in order to fit in.
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:So just speaking a little bit
about that, giving a little bit
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:of history about indigenous people
in America, the struggles that
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:they face, uh, people of black and
indigenous heritage for that matter.
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:Um, and embracing that side of
yourself because it is a part of you.
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:And then lastly, I think the thing
that really stuck out to me more than
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:anything now that we're thinking about it.
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:Is we have Mayka Little on
here considering what is
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:going on in our country today.
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:We have a black woman
running for president.
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:It was a surprise to me to see this
young black woman speaking about being
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:in politics and how important it was
for you to vote in primaries, you know,
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:because your, yeah, your local primaries,
because that even determines how your
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:areas police, how your areas educated
the funds that go into your area.
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:So now that I look at that, that
conversation with her, I think that I.
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:And more in awe of what she's about
to, what she was doing in politics
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:and now the potential of her becoming
even more greater in politics based on
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:how our situation is here today, that
we have a female, a black female of
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:mixed heritage running for presidency.
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:Tony Tidbit: Good stuff.
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:Excellent stuff.
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:Chris, what about you, buddy?
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:Memorable moments.
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:Chris P. Reed: Um, you know, I
think that Up until recently I was
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:thinking that the servant protect.
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:Um, episode that we did, uh, was really
impactful and, and really, I enjoyed doing
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:it, the history of policing in America
and, and as a person, you know, uh, having
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:a, you know, as a historian having a
degree in history, it was, it was right up
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:my alley and this and that, but I'm gonna
tell you what shattered everything for me.
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:Um, and got me outside of worrying
about what I had specific education
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:in or specific experience in was the
Abdul Muhammad episode like that is,
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:is by far my funnest episode, my,
my, my happiest episode because he.
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:Took me to understand that we
aren't all in of one diaspora.
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:We're not all of one monolithic, right?
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:We're not monolithic as people.
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:And when he started talking about,
he grew up in a Muslim kid in New
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:York, went to New Mexico or whatever,
and then joined a Jewish fraternity.
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:And it was getting a full academic
ride to the University of Florida.
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:I was like, this dude, a younger
me would have said, Oh, this
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:brother don't know who he is.
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:But an older man knew he knew exactly
who he was and wasn't going to be denied.
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:And he was saying how he's gotten so
much support economically and, and,
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:uh, from a business perspective from
his fraternity brothers, getting
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:connected with other people, uh, of,
you know, the other Jewish people that
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:the dudes was connecting him with.
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:And it's all business is good business.
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:And it was right.
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:His whole get down was so cool to me,
you know, we had a Double A knows this.
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:He produced the hell out of
the episode because we have
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:some, some audio difficulties.
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:So he had to kind of get behind,
you know, he had to get behind the
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:turntables and make it happen, but
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:Adrian Alvarado: he's like, I'm
gonna do it from right here,
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:Chris P. Reed: and it
worked out handsomely.
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:But I think his story for whatever
reason, grace of God or whatever you
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:want to call it resonated with me.
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:That is so much bigger
than what we think it is.
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:And if you so desire it, if you go for
it, if you want it and you believe in
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:yourself and he said, you know, his
uncle's teased him and all this other
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:stuff, but he was so cool with him that it
made it a cool episode, a cool situation.
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:And it kind of says we can do
anything we want to on here.
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:Like before that I was thinking,
I got to stay in my wheelhouse.
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:I can only write down notes and
stuff I know about blah, blah.
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:But then after that, I
can say whatever I want.
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:Tony Tidbit: Yeah, no,
he was, he was fantastic.
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:And to be honest, We didn't
because of the wifi issues.
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:We didn't hear half the stuff he
was saying until we put it together.
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:And it was one, to be honest, to your
point, that was a very popular episode.
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:Right.
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:And we didn't know what we had and the
Double A's like, I don't know what we got.
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:But at the end of the day, it
was a very popular episode.
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:So he was awesome
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:I totally, that was a good one.
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:Mayka Little was great.
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:Obviously the indigenous that we
did in a Double A, read a pair, a
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:passage from, um, uh, a Columbus book,
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:Les Fyre: right.
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:Tony Tidbit: And, uh, so that was great.
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:That was, I think that was our,
we did a bonus episode then.
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:Let me ask you guys this, you know, one
of our goals was to educate people, right.
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:And, and make sure.
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:That not only that we were being
authentic, but we were providing facts.
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:We're providing education on issues that.
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:People may not be aware of, right?
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:Because at the end of the day, our
goal here is to talk about things
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:that people haven't talked about
and educate them, hoping that that
534
:will, you know, bring people together
because one of the major things that
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:we deal with is ignorance, right?
536
:Um, because our leaders, our
political figures, are trying
537
:to divide people, right?
538
:And they use, they tell lies and misnomers
and use stereotypes, dog whistles, all
539
:those type things to divide people.
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:Okay.
541
:So I want to ask you this Double
A spoke a little bit and it was
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:intersectionality where you were talking
about with, with, with, with, uh,
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:uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Himalaya.
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:Um, and he talked about what
he learned from them, but I
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:love to hear from you guys.
546
:What some of the things that you've
learned by listening Listening
547
:to our guests, even stuff that
we talk about as we do amongst
548
:ourselves, what's some of the things
that you got out of this podcast?
549
:Chris P. Reed: You may, I'm telling you
the biggest lesson that resonated with
550
:me and Double A kind of hit on this as
far as black women, um, the trials, as
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:far as balancing your life as a female.
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:As a mother and as a professional, I
never have had those candid conversations
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:or those opportunities to really, uh,
most women in corporate America that
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:I've, you know, sat next to, or been
in rooms with were not vulnerable.
555
:They were making sure they played the
part of the strong, knowledgeable,
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:rock steady person professionally.
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:And so getting a chance to see some
of the guests that we have here.
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:And they unveil that it was tough for
me to leave my young son to go on a
559
:business trip and, and just, you know,
climbing the ladder simultaneously with
560
:being a good parent and being a wife
and, and all of these different hats.
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:I hadn't seen it from that perspective
before, or hadn't had that type
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:of vulnerability or that type of
understanding provided to me from
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:women that were so successful.
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:You just thought they, they made all
these sacrifices and they did make a lot
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:of sacrifices, but we thought that they.
566
:themselves of other things of
the totality of being a woman.
567
:And so kind of like what they were
saying, it's amazing all the things
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:that women can absorb and embrace and,
and secure in this world, despite the
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:world being for it, you know, despite
the world being so misogynistic and
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:so, you know, one sided, it is amazing.
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:So even now with the presidency
pending, it's amazing.
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:That all these things can
be done simultaneously.
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:And I think that's the biggest
lesson I learned from some of the
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:great guests that we've had on here.
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:Uh, Tony,
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:Tony Tidbit: that's awesome, buddy.
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:Awesome.
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:What about you Double A?
579
:Oh,
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:Adrian Alvarado: another thing I
learned from, um, Malik, I believe our
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:guest, it was about, uh, historical
trauma, just these little, little
582
:nuances that That reveal things
about me, you know, that I don't
583
:understand or didn't deeply understand.
584
:And that just sort of adds
more perspective to it.
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:You know, just having guests
like him, hearing his story.
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:I mean, just everyone.
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:I mean, I mean, you know, being
involved in it and just being involved
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:in every conversation, uh, from
behind the scenes and producing it.
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:It's just been amazing.
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:And I mean, my, my sister wrote a
syllabus, I mean, uh, a thesis about it.
591
:You know, about historical trauma and
about Puerto Ricans and Hispanics.
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:And it was way before
our episode came out.
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:So it was just a synchronicity
that was happening.
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:And I'm like, yeah, we're supposed to
be having these conversations right now.
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:So, um, it's just all been amazing for me.
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:So I'm just, I'm just really grateful.
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:Tony Tidbit: That's awesome, buddy.
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:Les?
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:Les Fyre: Um, I do have to
piggyback off of Chris and say,
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:you know, that I feel seen.
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:Because I think that no, seriously,
no, I'm agreeing with you and you know,
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:I think too, I think a lot of black
women judge themselves and say, okay,
603
:I'm, I'm either doing too much or I'm
crazy or people are going to look at
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:me differently and stuff like that.
605
:It's just the drive that was
instilled in us by our mothers.
606
:And how we had to overcompensate for
a lot of things, and I don't want to
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:get into the deep dive territory of it.
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:But what you're seeing right now is
who we have traditionally always been.
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:I'm reminded of something that
I just recently saw that Gwyneth
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:Paltrow was talking about, um,
amongst her successful black friends
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:and her successful white friends.
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:And she was saying that white women feel
they have to compete with one another.
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:So you're going to see a lot
of backbiting in the corporate
614
:scene between white women.
615
:But she said, if we could
learn from my black friends.
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:And she said, because black
women lift each other up.
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:It's like we always are rooting that
person on, and we don't feel that
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:because I have a lesser role, I feel
more diminished than you are when one
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:of when you succeed, we all succeed,
and it's just something that we learn.
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:We were the pillars of our communities,
and it's something that we continued
621
:in the corporate lifestyle.
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:In addition to taking care of
everything that we've taken care of.
623
:You know, it wasn't because of lack.
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:It was just because it was the way
that we are built and designed, you
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:know, and our circumstances dictated
who we have become here in the U.
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:S.
627
:or worldwide for that matter.
628
:I feel like I learned a
lot from this podcast.
629
:Um, I'm constantly amazed.
630
:I'm constantly amazed, but more than
anything, when I look at the world and
631
:the world seems sometimes so Disappointing
to me to know that there are people
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:that feel the same way that we do.
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:They feel the same way
and care about diversity.
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:They care about the
success of their people.
635
:They care about educating people about
things that they don't know, despite all
636
:the noise and craziness that we're seeing.
637
:And so this, what I appreciate about
the show is that we don't go out there.
638
:We like really are going through the
woods and the weeds, looking for people
639
:and stuff, people really come to us
because we have a platform and they
640
:want to speak on what they're saying.
641
:They found us and they want people to know
that this podcast amplifies their voice.
642
:Tony Tidbit: There's no question.
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:Number one, thank you all for that.
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:You know, if you think about it,
,:
645
:inaugural episode that Les and I
did, that was episode number one.
646
:Um, we've done, including bonus
episodes, um, including, um, we've
647
:probably done 70, 80 different episodes.
648
:Right?
649
:We created a partnership with
CodeM Magazine, who's our partner.
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:You know, Dr.
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:Nsenga Burton.
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:Mm hmm.
653
:Has a weekly segment each week
called need to know all those things
654
:came out from September 19, 2023.
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:So just think about it from, from what
Double AA said earlier about, you know,
656
:the first recording where I'm saying MFs.
657
:All right.
658
:And thinking that's going to be, you know,
our first recording to where we are today.
659
:So let's all take a look and let's play.
660
:I, we, I put together, we put together
a video, uh, uh, montage, a collage
661
:of, All the different guests, all
the different episodes that a black
662
:executive perspective podcast has put
together over the last year, all the
663
:different topics that we talked about.
664
:So let's all take a look.
665
:And then after we take a look, I love
to hear just your thoughts on what
666
:you've just seen, what you've guys
been a part of for the last year.
667
:Are you guys ready for
668
:Les Fyre: this?
669
:Listen to this podcast.
670
:Ask us questions, things that we may
not even talk about on this podcast.
671
:We're going to give you an
authentic, honest response.
672
:Renee Santos: Find out
they were Cuban till 16.
673
:I was like, That is white privilege.
674
:You basically hid as a
different race for 16 years.
675
:Like, there's no way, Tony, that you would
find out you were black when you were 16.
676
:You know what I
677
:Sarissa Thrower: mean?
678
:Or business environment, where
you're expected to sort of stiff up
679
:or lip your way through everything.
680
:And
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:Geraldine Moriba: I have
never forgotten that.
682
:Because it really pissed me off.
683
:I was so angry because basically what
I was told is I had to work harder
684
:than everybody else in the room, right?
685
:There was no, no letting down.
686
:Don't give her a down, down time.
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:Keep her working.
688
:Keep her working.
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:Bianca Reed: Intro and guy raises
his hand and says, how does it
690
:feel to be a diversity hire?
691
:You're thinking on my diversity hire.
692
:Cause I'm black.
693
:I'm a diversity hire because you need
something on this team from leadership
694
:that you didn't have before I got here.
695
:Yeah.
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:Chris P. Reed: We have to hold people
accountable if we're going to hold
697
:ourselves as a society accountable.
698
:And I think that for us on this platform
and this podcast, we as black people are
699
:overarched in the accountability factor.
700
:Like we are, we have to be, it's
the black taxes, all this other
701
:Chanel Lake: action that elevates
that person's name or experience and
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:opportunity and spaces and places
that they don't have visibility
703
:or they're not in the room.
704
:Kerry King Brown: I own a thing
called the black wolf app.
705
:He goes, well, what is that?
706
:I said, You know what Uber and Lyft is?
707
:He goes, yeah, well, mine's the same
thing as the ride share, but the
708
:difference is we have armed drivers.
709
:When I said that, he said, dude,
we're going to become famous.
710
:5GRV: I get to spend time with
other Black women in the space.
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:Something that I wanted
when I was a child.
712
:And that's one of the main reasons
why I do this, because I want
713
:to be what I needed as a child.
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:Tony Tidbit: The white advertising
agencies Would be skeptic if it would be a
715
:long shot for them to hire you as I would
716
:Jimmy Smith: very long shot
717
:Mayka Little: They don't hold them
accountable for doing the things that
718
:they said they were going to do And so
the only way your vote can really matter
719
:is if you stay engaged and see it through
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:Chris P. Reed: It's
three phases to a career.
721
:The first stage is survive
The second stage is to thrive.
722
:The last stage is to create where you
get to a point where you so up there
723
:that you can put other people on, or you
can guide people at that point in time.
724
:And that's the holy grail.
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:Brad Bowling: We also, we want to be.
726
:Very honest about where we are as a people
727
:Pastor Glenn Germany: Like
728
:Bilal Akram: the line from
the movie passenger 57 Wesley
729
:Snipes said always bet on black.
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:It's also
731
:Dr Coker: the felicity of the
falseness Of falsehoods of enslavement.
732
:You've conditioned people into believing
that they were less than human.
733
:You don't want those
facts in the textbooks.
734
:Chris P. Reed: Remember to
incorporate L E S S less.
735
:The L is for learn.
736
:Educate yourself on racial
nuances and cultural aspects.
737
:and make sure that you learn as
much as you can, wherever you can.
738
:Dr. LeGoy: She was the
darkest girl in her family.
739
:And she said that she was told from the
time she was young, you better marry
740
:someone European or someone white.
741
:Like, that's your only
chance for a good life.
742
:Alex Tremble: As a black male
myself, I've been the token.
743
:I've been in spaces where literally
I walked in the office and I saw
744
:people's faces claim it because they
were afraid they saw me and they
745
:were like, Oh my God, who is this?
746
:Does he belong here?
747
:Brian Stern: I became very hypersensitive
to every little thing that I thought
748
:was some sort of racial slight.
749
:And so I became like, I know
this is cliche, but like
750
:the angry white guy, right?
751
:Like I became the guy who was like,
everything was racial and I wanted to talk
752
:about it and I wanted to fight everybody.
753
:I want to fight the world and get angry
about it, but my wife just didn't want
754
:to talk about it.
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:Kevin Clayton: We talk
about managing diversity.
756
:I need to understand that those
folks are going to bring different
757
:complexities to my management style.
758
:If I use the concept of I'm
going to manage everybody the
759
:same way, I am a poor manager.
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:Iris Ivana Grant: What
761
:I
762
:want people to do is understand
that philanthropy, in its true
763
:sense, is the love of humanity.
764
:I need you to find,
where's your love button?
765
:Where's your passion word?
766
:Robert Townes: I really work
with my children on educating
767
:them about their history first.
768
:And then also want to instill a confidence
in them that they can carry themselves
769
:in this world with their head held high.
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:Tony Tidbit: Fortune 500 CEOs.
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:The number is 0.
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:8 percent of fortune 500 black
CEOs, just to be clear here.
773
:All right.
774
:And when we say 0.
775
:8%, we're talking eight individuals.
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:Tactics that haven't worked
the last five, 10, 15 years.
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:What tactics are you talking about?
778
:Andrew Beamon: I'm talking about these.
779
:These myths or these symbolic gestures.
780
:Adrian Alvarado: Back in the day, you
know, you can't even say this anymore,
781
:but it was cowboys and Indians, right?
782
:So you either were a cowboy
or you were an Indian.
783
:And I always chose to be an
Indian because, you know,
784
:that's what I thought I was.
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:Abdul Muhammad: And choosing
786
:powerfully who you want to be.
787
:Versus who you've been told to be,
who you've been conditioned to be,
788
:who society is trying to make you.
789
:Sonia Haynes McNaughton: Stop
asking middle aged white men
790
:that have been in their positions
for the last 20 years to be the
791
:decision makers on how to cultivate.
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:And empower their high achieving
black women or women of color.
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:Tony Tidbit: Exactly.
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:And then after you learn
is E, E is empathy.
795
:Okay.
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:Now you should be more empathetic
to your friends and colleagues about
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:the situations that they go through.
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:White Lady: I understand that
it's a system of advantages and
799
:disadvantages based on race.
800
:So as much as there's the disadvantage
piece of it, there's the advantage
801
:piece of it, which is what I
experienced as a white person.
802
:Tony Tidbit: What did your
803
:parents tell you about the police?
804
:Chris P. Reed: Give them no reason.
805
:Make sure you don't give him no
reason to make you not come home.
806
:Shawn Norville: It sort of eats away
at your, your soul because you almost
807
:sometimes feel like you're betraying
your mother or your sister because
808
:there's this connotation that if you days
outside of your race, you don't love.
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:Black women the same as you do
other women because you've been
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:brainwashed to like certain types of
hair or certain types of complexions.
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:Leslie Drish: We
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:didn't hire those diverse
vendors because they were black.
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:Tony Tidbit: They
814
:were diverse.
815
:Leslie Drish: We
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:hired those vendors because we
intentionally, we looked for people
817
:that could give us the services
and products that we needed.
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:Brian Stern: Soon as she walked in, they
told her that she couldn't afford it.
819
:They told her that this wasn't the
right environment for her or the child.
820
:And she came home upset, and she knew
at this time, this is a racial issue.
821
:Erika Tindill: The only exposure
to anything other than themselves
822
:is what they have as popular media.
823
:Tony Tidbit: Jordan
from Lakeland, Florida.
824
:No, I did not swim here.
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:I'm Cuban and Arabic.
826
:And anytime I tell somebody that, they
ask me if I'm a terrorist, or if I swam
827
:here, especially since I live in Florida.
828
:Nsenga Burton: Systemic racism.
829
:Structural racism.
830
:Right, it's all of these things that
are baked into our everyday lives,
831
:such that we, they become normal.
832
:They appear normal, but they're not.
833
:Brad Bowling: Our brothers
and sisters who don't go vote.
834
:Steve Capers: We got
835
:big names coming.
836
:We have everyone from DL Hughley,
Sherry Shepherd, Ken Whitley.
837
:We have a comedy legend, Marshall
Warfield, and so many others.
838
:And it's always hosted by my best.
839
:One of my best friends, my dear
friend, uh, comedian Damon Williams.
840
:Chris P. Reed: And then the
first, that is for share.
841
:Share the things that you learned.
842
:Don't hide it, divide it.
843
:Make sure that those around you understand
what you've just gained and understood.
844
:Les Fyre: We don't hear how
we made this country wealthy.
845
:We don't hear how things
were stolen from us.
846
:Tony Tidbit: You gained a lot
of hate for the gay community.
847
:Why was that?
848
:David Christel: It took me until I was
about 17 to realize that I'm actually gay.
849
:Adrian Alvarado: And I told
her I was Puerto Rican.
850
:And she's like, Oh, and you're successful.
851
:Maya Tindill: They would call
me white girl occasionally.
852
:It was just very much, I was different
from them and they wanted me to
853
:know I was different from them.
854
:Last year, I had a friend who would call
me half breed as a joke, and I didn't
855
:know how to tell him it wasn't funny.
856
:Nsenga Burton: So that's what it is about.
857
:It's about inclusion, right?
858
:Not about unqualified people
getting jobs they don't deserve and
859
:running the country into the ground.
860
:That's
861
:Erika Bennet: Deeply
insecure people, right?
862
:Who've been told their entire life,
you're not supposed to be here.
863
:We're going to make it
so hard to get here.
864
:And then when they get into
these positions of power, it, it
865
:becomes their undoing in a way.
866
:Courteney Mitchell: So floored
that this woman had to have this
867
:conversation with, with her children,
white people would never have to have
868
:that conversation with their kids.
869
:There could be a possibility that
I could go out wearing a hoodie
870
:and a hat and, and get shot at.
871
:Like I would never even thought
that would never even cross the
872
:minds of anybody in, in my space.
873
:Tony Tidbit: Guess what?
874
:We were asleep, but now we will stay woke.
875
:Let's hear.
876
:Some of these DEI dog whistles.
877
:Fox News Contributor: DEI,
which stands for didn't earn it.
878
:We're gonna have doctors who
don't know how to perform heart
879
:surgery, and we're gonna have planes
that are falling out of the sky.
880
:I'm sorry, if I see a black pilot, I'm
gonna be like, boy, I hope he's qualified.
881
:JJ Dionisio: Ryan from Coota, Oklahoma
says anti racist is a code for anti white.
882
:Bobby from Baltimore, Maryland says
pro black doesn't mean anti white.
883
:White Lady: It's very
uncomfortable to talk about race.
884
:Um, it's not something,
it's not something I do.
885
:White Kid: I don't want to say
anything that would offend anyone.
886
:White Man: It's a very touchy subject.
887
:It's still difficult, even if you feel
like you're on the right side of it.
888
:Malik Frederick: Don't
wear that hoodie at night.
889
:I have three sons.
890
:I tell them this stuff
can get you killed, right?
891
:Um, that's trauma.
892
:That's my trauma speaking out.
893
:I'm scared.
894
:I'm scared for my child.
895
:Bree Frank: You can't be the company that,
you know, puts the black square up after
896
:George Floyd and then hires a bunch of
xecutives who are now gone in:
897
:You're going to slowly disappear into the
night and then everyone's going to go away
898
:and you think that people aren't going
to notice that you got rid of all of the
899
:brown folks you hired three years ago.
900
:Marcus Townes: People will say
like, you're not even black.
901
:That's just weird to me because
like, I am black and I am white.
902
:Sometimes I just don't know
like how to respond to that
903
:because it's just like, why?
904
:Simma Lieberman: But we would be black,
white and brown people together to
905
:dialogue and get to know each other.
906
:Cause when you get to know each other,
907
:Tony Tidbit: And then the final S is stop.
908
:We want to stop discrimination
as it walks in our path.
909
:So if grandma says something at
Thanksgiving table that's inappropriate,
910
:you say, grandma, we don't say that.
911
:We don't believe that.
912
:You stop it right then.
913
:Maxwell Pearce: Um, stereotypes,
like, you know, we're stereotyped
914
:to be one dimensional, um, not
intellectual, not capable of
915
:anything else outside of our sport.
916
:James Jones: When I went to Juilliard,
that was sort of the beginning of it.
917
:I was in the American Opera
Theater there, right up to Harvard.
918
:That was my first time having to confront
that I really didn't have the emotional
919
:maturity and what it meant to be a young
black person on the streets of New York.
920
:I had nothing to prepare me for that.
921
:Mikaela Franklin: You grew up in
a predominantly white community.
922
:Where you don't see diversity, where
you're not being educated about diversity.
923
:How are you supposed to
know, like, these things?
924
:And like, when you say something,
you might not mean it with malintent,
925
:but the way that someone perceives
it and, like, receives that, it can
926
:be hurtful and you just don't know.
927
:Himalaya Rao-Potlapally: If a person looks
exactly like you, comes from your same
928
:culture, because of intersectionality,
They might have so many other factors that
929
:impede them from achieving that same goal,
even if they work just as hard as you.
930
:Malik Frederick: The African
931
:American
932
:is so unique in his experience.
933
:400 years!
934
:What the Black community
have is continuous stress.
935
:Rhonda Hight: Basically, you know, all
of us, I don't care who you are, but
936
:especially people of color, we wear masks
in the work environment, in a corporate
937
:environment, in any work environment.
938
:In other words, we come in, we
assimilate, or we don't, they
939
:say, bring your authentic self,
but yeah, y'all couldn't handle
940
:Chris P. Reed: it.
941
:To define what it is, or
to define what woke is.
942
:Rebecca Nunez: I'll tell you my personal
experience as a first generation
943
:Mexican American, the many instances of
racism that I've experienced from not
944
:being weighted at or, you know, people
thinking I can't afford a certain thing.
945
:Nsenga Burton: Black and white people
lived nicely together until black people.
946
:Started rising, right?
947
:IE home ownership,
business ownership, kill
948
:Tony Tidbit: people, and then
install their own government, and
949
:then rewrite history books, okay?
950
:To come out as heroes and then hide it.
951
:I mean, I mean, that's the most
heinous thing that you could do.
952
:If everybody can incorporate LESS, L E
S S, we'll create a more understanding
953
:world, and more important, we'll
see the change that we want to
954
:see, because LESS will become more.
955
:Wow.
956
:Can you believe that?
957
:All of that came out of an idea.
958
:And the first episode, September 13th.
959
:I mean, what's your thoughts on that?
960
:Chris, let me hear from you, buddy.
961
:Chris P. Reed: You know what?
962
:I
963
:think it surprises
964
:me that diversity on the screen,
965
:because it's not just, it's a
black executive perspective,
966
:but that's a misnomer.
967
:And the idea of it's a perspective
of all executives, all people
968
:that are enterprising, all
people that are forward thinking.
969
:And so when you're looking at
it and you're going through it,
970
:you're like, okay, white dude
971
:okay.
972
:Okay.
973
:Like,
974
:it is just a cornucopia of
different people that have come
975
:together with the same agenda.
976
:And you had said something in your
original, um, think about allyship, right?
977
:About allies.
978
:And so I think that's what resonated with
me more than anything else was, Oh, wow.
979
:We got a lot of allies out there.
980
:We got a lot of allies, smiling faces.
981
:And it's not, you know, it's not
a, a contentious type of situation.
982
:We deal with serious stuff.
983
:We deal with, Things that need to be
said, but we do it in a way that's
984
:inviting and embracing and easy to digest.
985
:And if you don't rock with us,
it's because you absolutely
986
:just don't want to rock with us.
987
:It's not because of anything else.
988
:And so, uh, I think that's what
resonated with me kind of seeing that.
989
:Tony Tidbit: Double A,
what's your thoughts?
990
:Buddy, you were there.
991
:A lot of them was funny, you
know, it's just amazing and some
992
:of the stuff, um, you know, um,
so I love to hear your thoughts.
993
:Adrian Alvarado: Well, my perspective,
you know, we, you know, it's, it's,
994
:uh, it's a black executive perspective.
995
:It's all about perspectives.
996
:Um, as a producer, you know, it's a
different perspective for me, you know,
997
:because, you know, you're thinking
about all these things, you know, and
998
:there's all these things that happening,
you know, whether it's wifi, whether
999
:it's, you know, it's the lighting or
it's, it's, it's all these things.
:
00:50:39,664 --> 00:50:45,045
So, you know, beyond all that, that I
was feeling and like, oh my God, what's
:
00:50:45,045 --> 00:50:46,785
going on, we're really doing this.
:
00:50:46,805 --> 00:50:47,405
This is a lot.
:
00:50:47,435 --> 00:50:51,875
I mean, I felt, you know, I, I, I heard a
quote recently that pressure is an honor.
:
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:52,870
Right.
:
00:50:53,620 --> 00:50:54,390
From an athlete.
:
00:50:54,590 --> 00:50:58,280
Uh, you know, Oh, how do you feel about,
you know, being, you know, favorite or
:
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:01,020
whatever, you know, it's like, Oh, it
was Caleb Williams or something, maybe
:
00:51:01,060 --> 00:51:03,150
someone he's like, pressure is an honor.
:
00:51:03,460 --> 00:51:05,270
And I'm like, wow, I
never heard it that way.
:
00:51:06,060 --> 00:51:11,880
And I felt a lot of pressure, you know,
because it's really important and, and
:
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,930
I wanted to do right by it, you know?
:
00:51:14,470 --> 00:51:19,660
Um, so it was just a lot of emotions and
just seeing it all come together now.
:
00:51:19,710 --> 00:51:21,450
I mean, this is so satisfying.
:
00:51:21,985 --> 00:51:26,155
and gratifying and to know that, you
know, this is what we're here for to
:
00:51:26,155 --> 00:51:32,185
just, you know, uh, add, add to the
narrative, you know, expand our voices
:
00:51:32,805 --> 00:51:35,535
and, you know, change people's lives.
:
00:51:35,605 --> 00:51:37,455
And hey, we're here to talk about it.
:
00:51:37,724 --> 00:51:40,895
I've always been here to talk
about it, you know, so, hey, you
:
00:51:40,895 --> 00:51:42,465
don't know something, it's okay.
:
00:51:42,905 --> 00:51:45,285
This is why we're here to do and
that, that's what got me through.
:
00:51:45,325 --> 00:51:46,575
So it was.
:
00:51:47,345 --> 00:51:48,195
frustrating.
:
00:51:48,245 --> 00:51:49,525
It was exhilarating.
:
00:51:49,535 --> 00:51:51,085
It was gratifying.
:
00:51:51,095 --> 00:51:53,705
It was all of these emotions,
which is what life is all about.
:
00:51:53,745 --> 00:51:55,235
So I'm very grateful.
:
00:51:55,575 --> 00:51:56,155
Tony Tidbit: Yeah, buddy.
:
00:51:56,165 --> 00:51:56,555
Yes.
:
00:51:56,555 --> 00:51:57,105
Les.
:
00:51:58,274 --> 00:51:58,894
What's your thoughts?
:
00:51:58,894 --> 00:52:02,905
If you saw what over the last
year of all the guests and all
:
00:52:02,924 --> 00:52:04,645
the, you know, people that were on
:
00:52:05,174 --> 00:52:12,715
Les Fyre: very emotional,
uh, namely because, you know,
:
00:52:13,645 --> 00:52:15,275
knowing where this started.
:
00:52:16,105 --> 00:52:23,395
How the conversation started, it was
lightning in a bottle and now seeing
:
00:52:23,395 --> 00:52:27,655
it, you know, so that everybody
can have these conversations,
:
00:52:27,655 --> 00:52:29,485
hear other people's perspectives.
:
00:52:29,875 --> 00:52:35,035
Uh, 'cause I know how much effort we
used to put into those conversations.
:
00:52:35,035 --> 00:52:35,036
Yes,
:
00:52:35,140 --> 00:52:35,815
Tony Tidbit: yes, yes.
:
00:52:35,875 --> 00:52:39,115
Les Fyre: Um, and we were
dedicated to that too.
:
00:52:39,145 --> 00:52:42,685
Like if you had to go out on a business
trip, you know, you always like, I'm
:
00:52:42,745 --> 00:52:44,320
a call for people to come in and do.
:
00:52:45,460 --> 00:52:51,070
You know, do a presentation and
the people that's that, I mean, it
:
00:52:51,070 --> 00:52:53,180
didn't, they had various backgrounds.
:
00:52:53,449 --> 00:52:59,080
People would step up to the plate and do
some content that was just life changing.
:
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:03,409
So seeing that and knowing
where we are today.
:
00:53:04,369 --> 00:53:05,719
Made me very emotional.
:
00:53:06,149 --> 00:53:06,539
Tony Tidbit: Yeah.
:
00:53:08,835 --> 00:53:12,015
Les Fyre: You know, it, it makes
you believe that anything you put
:
00:53:12,015 --> 00:53:14,065
your mind to, you can create it.
:
00:53:14,095 --> 00:53:14,895
And that's what you did.
:
00:53:14,905 --> 00:53:16,464
You were so passionate about it.
:
00:53:16,475 --> 00:53:20,184
Tony, you were so like, you're
like, I don't know what I'm doing.
:
00:53:20,184 --> 00:53:21,224
I'm not a podcast.
:
00:53:21,224 --> 00:53:24,865
I don't have the right, you know, but
look at you now, look at this now, you
:
00:53:24,865 --> 00:53:27,685
know, so I'd say that was very emotional.
:
00:53:27,685 --> 00:53:28,585
I'm well done.
:
00:53:29,295 --> 00:53:30,365
Tony Tidbit: Yeah, definitely.
:
00:53:30,385 --> 00:53:33,915
You know, listen, it's, it's,
uh, number one, it's, uh,
:
00:53:34,055 --> 00:53:35,585
um, you should all be proud.
:
00:53:36,385 --> 00:53:36,755
Okay.
:
00:53:36,755 --> 00:53:41,725
To be honest, when I look at that, I'm
proud because at the end of the day, um,
:
00:53:41,815 --> 00:53:46,174
we may, we turn nothing into something
and we had people come on and was willing
:
00:53:46,175 --> 00:53:51,474
to share their stories and talk about
uncomfortable conversations to educate.
:
00:53:51,764 --> 00:53:54,294
And these wasn't just people
we found off the street.
:
00:53:54,745 --> 00:53:56,175
These were guests.
:
00:53:56,215 --> 00:54:01,725
I mean, people that were CEOs and
entrepreneurs and SVPs and EVPs
:
00:54:02,075 --> 00:54:04,545
from all all around the country.
:
00:54:04,775 --> 00:54:05,475
Okay.
:
00:54:05,635 --> 00:54:09,504
And they came on a black executive
perspective because they believed in our
:
00:54:09,504 --> 00:54:12,064
mission and what we were looking to do.
:
00:54:12,064 --> 00:54:14,235
And they wanted to be
part of the solution.
:
00:54:14,575 --> 00:54:21,355
And they was, and, you know, as we
move forward into::
00:54:21,355 --> 00:54:23,174
going to continue to push the envelope.
:
00:54:23,715 --> 00:54:25,735
We're going to have new partners.
:
00:54:25,765 --> 00:54:29,725
We're going to have other people
that do different type of segments.
:
00:54:29,725 --> 00:54:33,775
We're going to tackle, you know,
uncomfortable conversations because
:
00:54:33,775 --> 00:54:35,215
they need to be talked about.
:
00:54:35,695 --> 00:54:36,335
Okay.
:
00:54:36,485 --> 00:54:39,535
We're going to have people,
you know, share their stories.
:
00:54:39,535 --> 00:54:42,155
We're going to continue
to share our stories.
:
00:54:42,155 --> 00:54:45,315
We're going to continue to be
vulnerable because I never thought
:
00:54:45,625 --> 00:54:50,735
for somebody who never talked about
race at all in corporate America.
:
00:54:50,965 --> 00:54:56,385
And then since George Floyd, Started
having a forum and sharing my
:
00:54:56,405 --> 00:55:00,345
stories and stuff that I always,
I kept buried inside, right?
:
00:55:00,495 --> 00:55:05,525
But to do that so that we could all
feel comfortable and try to finally
:
00:55:05,525 --> 00:55:10,745
tackle this big gorilla that's called
race and racism and discrimination.
:
00:55:11,094 --> 00:55:11,674
Okay.
:
00:55:11,735 --> 00:55:13,279
So that's our goal.
:
00:55:13,430 --> 00:55:15,370
We're going to continue
to push the envelope.
:
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:21,070
We're going to continue to bring on
and have debates and have, as Double A
:
00:55:21,090 --> 00:55:23,730
said, talk from different perspectives.
:
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,390
Because that's what
this platform is about.
:
00:55:26,500 --> 00:55:28,210
It's the people's platform.
:
00:55:28,390 --> 00:55:31,209
And I'm so proud that we created that.
:
00:55:31,209 --> 00:55:34,550
So, real quickly, I'd love to
get final thoughts from everyone.
:
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:36,460
Les, final thoughts.
:
00:55:36,460 --> 00:55:36,974
Final
:
00:55:36,974 --> 00:55:37,489
Les Fyre: thoughts?
:
00:55:38,050 --> 00:55:39,020
Just keep going up.
:
00:55:39,260 --> 00:55:39,990
Keep going up.
:
00:55:40,350 --> 00:55:42,309
Uh, greater things.
:
00:55:42,309 --> 00:55:42,379
Thanks.
:
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:47,190
And that's what we need to
shoot for, um, more education.
:
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,980
I'd like to see this
podcast be something that.
:
00:55:51,295 --> 00:55:53,785
You know, it's spoken
about as a reference.
:
00:55:54,065 --> 00:55:57,085
You know, there are a lot of people
that out there that are soothsayers,
:
00:55:57,125 --> 00:56:01,165
people who, you know, people follow that
are, uh, you know, activists like that.
:
00:56:01,165 --> 00:56:02,994
This is what I want to
see at this podcast.
:
00:56:03,075 --> 00:56:07,154
I wanted to see bigger and greater
things and more difficult conversations
:
00:56:07,154 --> 00:56:08,924
and us working through it as a people.
:
00:56:09,885 --> 00:56:10,875
Tony Tidbit: Absolutely.
:
00:56:11,034 --> 00:56:11,524
Double A.
:
00:56:12,254 --> 00:56:13,265
Adrian Alvarado: Well,
you know, thank you.
:
00:56:13,375 --> 00:56:14,885
I just want to thank you again.
:
00:56:14,975 --> 00:56:19,395
I want to thank you first of all, for
inviting me to join you in this podcast.
:
00:56:19,965 --> 00:56:20,795
It's been an honor.
:
00:56:21,445 --> 00:56:24,765
I want to thank our audience for having
me on a black executive perspective
:
00:56:24,765 --> 00:56:26,345
to, uh, opening stories to you.
:
00:56:26,345 --> 00:56:30,484
These conversations has been such an honor
to engage in this crucial conversation
:
00:56:30,494 --> 00:56:31,964
about race and corporate America.
:
00:56:32,744 --> 00:56:36,334
Um, you know, just as someone whose
journey began, you know, here as a
:
00:56:36,335 --> 00:56:42,685
producer, I've learned firsthand how
vital it is to have these diverse
:
00:56:42,705 --> 00:56:50,244
voices and conversations, and I truly
value that, um, and Hey, in flipping
:
00:56:50,244 --> 00:56:52,035
my script Which it's coming up.
:
00:56:52,035 --> 00:56:53,255
I'm going to put a shameless plug.
:
00:56:53,255 --> 00:56:53,985
I share my story.
:
00:56:53,985 --> 00:56:57,995
I'm pushing past barriers and
taking control of my path And I
:
00:56:57,995 --> 00:57:00,674
hope it encourages others to do the
same especially when the system is
:
00:57:00,675 --> 00:57:04,155
built To not support us Absolutely.
:
00:57:04,255 --> 00:57:07,564
We all deserve a seat at the table and
more importantly we deserve to be feel
:
00:57:07,565 --> 00:57:11,295
empowered to change the conversation
when necessary So thank you again
:
00:57:11,325 --> 00:57:14,815
for this platform and for creating a
space where we can have these real raw
:
00:57:14,815 --> 00:57:18,640
conversations So let's continue to push
forward Flipping our scripts and making
:
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:20,460
room for everyone in America and beyond.
:
00:57:20,750 --> 00:57:21,550
Tony Tidbit: Absolutely.
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00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:24,960
And Double A has a book coming out
called flipping, flipping the script.
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Adrian Alvarado: Oh, flipping my script,
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Tony Tidbit: flipping my script.
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So definitely check it out.
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He'll be out.
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We'll have some info on it where you
can check it out and be able to buy it.
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00:57:33,269 --> 00:57:33,709
Chris P.
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Reed, you get the final
thought, my brother.
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Chris P. Reed: Uh, well, I mean, the
final thought, but definitely not the
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00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:42,510
best, um, is that this becomes easier.
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00:57:42,885 --> 00:57:45,575
As you expand your
expectation in your mind.
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And as a parent, I see inspiration
for stories every time I talk to my
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daughters about different things.
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00:57:51,775 --> 00:57:54,595
And now I'm starting to
see it everywhere, right?
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00:57:54,595 --> 00:57:58,755
I'm seeing opportunity and inspiration
because I've opened myself up to it.
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00:57:58,804 --> 00:58:00,934
You know, a person that was
really kind of, like I said,
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minding my own business a lot.
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You've infected me now.
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00:58:03,635 --> 00:58:07,085
And I'm seeing, I'm sending you
stuff, you know, 12 o'clock at night.
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00:58:07,085 --> 00:58:08,065
Like, man, we should talk about this.
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00:58:08,065 --> 00:58:08,875
We should talk about that.
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00:58:09,275 --> 00:58:12,085
And the thing that, that
excites me the most.
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00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:15,620
Is that Tony, you know, this
Double A, you know, this and Noel
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00:58:15,620 --> 00:58:17,180
behind the camera now knows this.
:
00:58:17,620 --> 00:58:22,190
We get so many people after we say cut
at the end that says that was wonderful.
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00:58:22,730 --> 00:58:24,060
That was so cool.
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00:58:24,090 --> 00:58:28,610
I feel so it's almost like therapy for
these folks to get on here and get it off.
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00:58:28,650 --> 00:58:32,740
And that feeling resonates outside
of just these, this taping.
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00:58:33,030 --> 00:58:36,080
But when people listen to it, I
have people calling me and it was
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00:58:36,089 --> 00:58:37,490
like, man, y'all was on with buddy.
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00:58:37,660 --> 00:58:38,839
And that was so cool.
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00:58:38,839 --> 00:58:40,940
And do seem so like, was
he like that for real?
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00:58:40,940 --> 00:58:43,900
Like how many takes or how many, and
they're like, no, that's all, you
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00:58:43,900 --> 00:58:45,120
know, that's all coming off the dome.
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00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:47,240
So it's a good situation.
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It's a great platform.
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00:58:49,025 --> 00:58:53,745
And I think that what resonates more than
anything else is the guest gravitating.
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00:58:53,745 --> 00:58:56,855
We've had so many important
people say, I want to come back.
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00:58:57,204 --> 00:58:59,284
And he was like, I thought you
said everything you said, like,
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00:58:59,284 --> 00:59:00,324
why would you hold him back?
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00:59:00,374 --> 00:59:04,525
And they like, no, because as life
continues, I want to keep coming back to
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00:59:04,525 --> 00:59:09,535
let you know, this is what is required
of us to make sure that we're guiding us.
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00:59:09,870 --> 00:59:11,540
Down this path that is life.
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00:59:11,630 --> 00:59:14,760
And so on this journey, I'm just
happy to be with you, you folks.
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And, uh, it's, it's like I said, it's
a privilege just to be, be around.
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00:59:18,970 --> 00:59:20,340
Tony Tidbit: Well, that is awesome.
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00:59:20,740 --> 00:59:23,149
And I want to thank each
and every one of you guys.
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You guys have been instrumental
in building this platform, as
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Double A said, and I agree.
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I want to thank our audience who
took a chance on tuning into a
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Black Executive Perspective podcast.
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00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:38,760
Not knowing what we're about,
how are we going to be around.
:
00:59:38,999 --> 00:59:41,139
You guys have given us
really great comments.
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00:59:41,149 --> 00:59:45,370
You've, you've, you've subscribed
and followed and, and, And you,
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00:59:45,380 --> 00:59:49,560
you, uh, you know, engage in
our social, uh, uh, marketing.
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So really, really ask you to continue
to share our podcast with everyone else.
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If you haven't, if you're
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Please subscribe.
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Follow us because as you heard from
Double A and crispy read and the
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01:00:01,910 --> 01:00:06,559
legendary Les Frye, um, we want to
continue to grow, reach more people,
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01:00:06,610 --> 01:00:10,560
touch lives, and more importantly,
we want to change and I'm going to
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01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:12,980
use Double As, a title to his book.
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We want to flip the script.
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Okay.
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01:00:16,345 --> 01:00:17,715
So want to thank you.
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So now I think it's time for Tony's Tony's
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Adrian Alvarado: tip.
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So the tidbit today, all
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Tony Tidbit: good.
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01:00:28,145 --> 01:00:30,774
Adrian Alvarado: So
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01:00:30,774 --> 01:00:36,305
Tony Tidbit: the tidbit today is from the
first S episode to now, a black executive
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01:00:36,305 --> 01:00:40,925
perspective podcast has been a beacon
of insight for the executive world.
:
01:00:41,465 --> 01:00:43,115
Happy first anniversary.
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01:00:43,325 --> 01:00:49,025
May our conversate conversations
continue to inspire and challenge,
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01:00:49,555 --> 01:00:51,205
and that was the tidbit today.
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01:00:51,995 --> 01:00:52,955
Chris P. Reed: So we, amen.
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01:00:53,285 --> 01:00:57,125
We definitely don't want to get outta
here without reminding you guys to
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01:00:57,125 --> 01:00:59,755
tune in to need to know with Nsenga.
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01:00:59,775 --> 01:01:03,435
You know, you don't wanna miss this
week or any weeks Need to know with Dr.
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01:01:03,435 --> 01:01:04,335
Nsenga Burton.
:
01:01:04,635 --> 01:01:07,290
A Black Executive Perspective
podcast is where Dr.
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01:01:07,290 --> 01:01:10,895
Burton dives into timely and
crucial topics that shape
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01:01:10,895 --> 01:01:12,335
and motivate and motivate.
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01:01:12,625 --> 01:01:13,985
Are the world around us.
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01:01:14,275 --> 01:01:16,955
So please tune in and gain
those unique insights.
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01:01:17,285 --> 01:01:18,425
You definitely don't want to miss it.
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01:01:19,595 --> 01:01:19,835
Tony Tidbit: Now.
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01:01:19,835 --> 01:01:22,815
You don't want to miss her
every Thursday, check her out.
:
01:01:22,835 --> 01:01:25,505
So I think it's now time
for our call to action.
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01:01:25,505 --> 01:01:33,505
And obviously the whole crew is going to,
uh, participate in BEP's call to action.
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01:01:33,505 --> 01:01:34,355
And our goal.
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Is to decrease racism.
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01:01:37,015 --> 01:01:37,705
Okay.
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01:01:37,815 --> 01:01:41,175
To decrease all forms of discrimination.
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01:01:41,175 --> 01:01:45,995
So our call to action is called
less L E S S kick us off.
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01:01:46,005 --> 01:01:46,564
Chris P. Reed: Chris P.
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01:01:46,564 --> 01:01:46,974
Reed.
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So the L is for learn.
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01:01:49,864 --> 01:01:54,035
You always want to educate
yourself in order to advocate for.
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01:01:54,395 --> 01:01:58,735
Uh, your space on this earth and you
want to make sure that you are bringing
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01:01:58,735 --> 01:02:02,715
in as much information as you can to
make the right decision at all time,
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01:02:02,725 --> 01:02:06,415
not only for you or your family, but
your community and the world as a whole.
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01:02:06,415 --> 01:02:06,994
And
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01:02:09,375 --> 01:02:14,365
Les Fyre: for me, the letter is
E and that's develop empathy to
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01:02:14,564 --> 01:02:17,265
understand diverse perspectives.
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01:02:17,445 --> 01:02:19,535
Remember, there are not races.
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01:02:19,535 --> 01:02:22,105
There's only one race and
it's called the human race.
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01:02:23,720 --> 01:02:26,590
Adrian Alvarado: And for
me, the letter is S, share.
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01:02:26,780 --> 01:02:29,210
So share your insights
to enlighten others.
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01:02:29,660 --> 01:02:29,870
All right.
:
01:02:29,890 --> 01:02:33,130
So doing this will help build a
fairer, more understanding world.
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01:02:33,570 --> 01:02:38,729
Start your journey, start your journey
today and be the change you want to see.
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01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:39,839
Tony Tidbit: Yeah.
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And then the final S is stop.
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We want to stop all discrimination.
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01:02:43,890 --> 01:02:48,310
So if you see grandma at the grant,
at the Thanksgiving table, and grandma
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01:02:48,310 --> 01:02:52,369
says something inappropriate, you say,
grandma, we don't believe in that.
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01:02:52,630 --> 01:02:53,770
We don't say that.
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01:02:53,770 --> 01:02:55,680
And you stop it right there.
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01:02:55,689 --> 01:02:56,099
Right?
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So if everyone can incorporate less L E
S S, this is something in your control.
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01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:05,880
If we all do that as double waste,
Double A said, we'll build a more
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01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,020
fair and understanding world.
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01:03:08,605 --> 01:03:12,985
And we'll get, see everyone be able
to see the change that they want to
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see because less will become more.
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Chris P. Reed: First of all, I want to
make sure that you guys continue to tune
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in because we're just hitting our stride.
:
01:03:21,935 --> 01:03:24,855
You know, it was a lot that has
happened, you know, went by so fast,
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01:03:25,145 --> 01:03:26,724
but this is just the tip of the iceberg.
:
01:03:26,725 --> 01:03:30,905
It's so many things that we're going
to, you know, survey over and bring you
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01:03:30,905 --> 01:03:35,015
into as we move forward with everything
that we have in our power, but we
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want to make sure that you review us.
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Subscribe wherever you're
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Make sure that you, uh, go to the
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Tell us what you need from us and we'll
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Tony Tidbit: Absolutely.
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01:03:49,285 --> 01:03:53,245
And you can follow a black executive
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the legendary Les Frye Double A.
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01:04:08,885 --> 01:04:09,645
Chris P.
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Reed and the lady behind
the glass, Noel Miller.
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Guess what?
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We talked about it.
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01:04:15,585 --> 01:04:17,615
We've been a year about it.
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All right.
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And we can continue a
few more years about it.
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01:04:21,475 --> 01:04:21,994
All right.
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So we love you.
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And guess what?
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We're out.
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BEP Narrator: A black
executive perspective.