Melissa Mitchner of The Bark Shoppe
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Season 2 Episode 19: As part of our series, BLACK BUSINESSES BREAKING BARRIERS, Carrie and Gloria talk with Melissa Mitchner, the Founder and CEO of The Bark Shoppe, a pet care company based in Harlem, New York.
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Diversity at Work (re-release)
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Season 2 Episode 18: Gloria and Carrie reflect on diversity at work during their careers, and share how they both ended up at the job that reunited them in their 20's. (re-release)
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Part 2 - White Guilt and Black Disparity (re-release)
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Season 2 Episode 17: Gloria and Carrie continue to explore the differences of being white and black in America. And why it feels like Black Americans continue to get the short end of the stick. (re-release)
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White Guilt and Black Disparity - Part 1 (re-release)
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Season 2 Episode 16: In this episode Carrie admits that white guilt often makes her over-compensate. Gloria talks about the conversations that occur at the dinner table when you’re raising a black son in America. (re-release)
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Us and Them (Re-Release)
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Season 2 Episode 15: In this episode Gloria and Carrie talk about the social divide between them and attempts that were made at crossing that gap. (re-release)
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The Scholarship Winners!
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Season 2 Episode 14 - With the generosity of over 200 donors, Carrie & Gloria were able to raise more than $60,000 to help 4 winners, and 17 runners-up, from Boston's inner-city pay for college. Today Carrie & Gloria speak to the 4 winners.
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Secrets From The Suburbs
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Season 2 Episode 13 - Carrie & Gloria reconnect with high school friend, Christian Matyi, who reveals some dark secrets from their past. Christian shares what it was like being a queer teenager at time when it was still socially taboo.
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Complicated Questions About Race
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Season 2 Episode 12 - Carrie and Gloria address some complicated questions from listeners about race, acceptance and tolerance.
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Dear Naysayers
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Gloria & Carrie discuss the trials and tribulations of creating a podcast about race.
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Code Switching
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Code switching involves altering one’s appearance, speech, demeanor, and expression. Gloria and Carrie talk about the ramifications of code switching and how they’ve both adjusted their behaviors to fit in.
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In this episode, Marian Howe-Taylor recites MIDWAY by, Naomi Long Madgett:
I've come this far to freedom and I won't turn back
I'm climbing to the highway from my old dirt track
I'm coming and I'm going
And I'm stretching and I'm growing
And I'll reap what I've been sowing or my skin's not black
I've prayed and slaved and waited and I've sung my song
You've bled me and you've starved me but I've still grown strong
You've lashed me and you've treed me
And you've everything but freed me
But in time you'll know you need me and it won't be long.
I've seen the daylight breaking high above the bough
I've found my destination and I've made my vow;
So whether you abhor me
Or deride me or ignore me
Mighty mountains loom before me and I won't stop now.
Naomi Long Madgett passed away just after we recorded this episode. Our thoughts are with her family and all who knew her and her poetry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/books/naomi-long-madgett-dead.html