S03E07 David Henderson on media interviews, being a legal commentator, and authenticity
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David Henderson a presentation skills expert at Spoken with Authority and Let 'Em Speak Podcast collaborator, has more than two decades of experience in high-profile communication-based roles, including 20 years as a trial attorney during which he tried over 70 jury cases to a verdict. Previously, he served as an associate at Vinson & Elkins, LLP, and as a prosecutor in the Special Crimes Division of the Bexar County’s District Attorney’s office. Currently, he serves as a civil rights attorney at Ellwanger Law PLLC, and a workshop facilitator and coach at Spoken with Authority. David...
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S03E06 Lisa Corrigan on antiracism, Black liberation, and stepping aside
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Dr. Lisa M. Corrigan is a Professor of Communication and Director of the Gender Studies Program at the University of Arkansas. She has written two books, Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation (University Press of Mississippi, 2016) and Black Feelings: Race and Affect in the Long Sixties (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). Her third book is an edited collection titled: #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist and it will be out in July 2021 published by Routledge. Lisa also co-hosts a popular podcast with Laura Weiderhaft called Lean Back: Critical Feminist...
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S03E05 LeRon Barton on stuttering, preparation, and courage
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LeRon L. Barton is a writer from Kansas City, Missouri currently living in San Francisco, California. A graduate of Paseo Academy of Fine Arts, LeRon is the author of two books, Straight Dope: A 360 degree look into American Drug Culture and All We Really Need Is Love: Stories of Dating, Relationships, Heartbreak, and Marriage. In addition to his books, LeRon is an essayist whose topics cover racism, mass incarceration, politics, gender, and dating. These works have appeared in Black Enterprise, Salon, Harvard Business Review, The Good Men Project, Your Tango, Media Diversity, Raconteur,...
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S03E04 Beth Ridley on truth and reconciliation, curiosity, and workplace culture
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Beth Ridley (https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-ridley-a92b8b5/) believes a positive, connected and committed organizational culture is critical to business success. That’s why she combined her 25 years of corporate leadership and management consulting experience with her expertise in diversity and inclusion and positive psychology to launch, The Brimful Life (https://www.thebrimfullife.com/dei/), a coaching and consulting firm that works with executives to strengthen their leadership skills and transform their leadership teams and organizational cultures to better support their vision and...
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S03E03 Chelsea Grey on diversity, accountability, and being a Capitol Hill staffer
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When not trying new vegan recipes, Chelsea Grey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cagrey/) is riding her Peloton or tracking her packages. At the time of recording, she was a senior congressional staffer in the House of Representatives, but has now transitioned back to Atlanta with the hopes of continuing her political career. For the last five years, she was covering policy on education, transportation, women and LGBTQ+ issues, foreign affairs, and much more. New York-born, Georgia-raised. By listening to this conversation with Chelsea, you’ll learn about: - Being more than your...
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S03E02 Cameron Stout on mental health, openness, and self-care
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Cameron Stout an attorney, gives mental wellness, self-care, and ethics presentations and mentoring services to professionals, lawyers, and to students around the country. Cam’s presentations are based in part on his own journey through, and resilient recovery from, a major depressive episode in 2013, and his nine years of sobriety. Cam’s mental wellness work is supported by Stout Heart, Inc., a non-profit 501c3 corporation He also writes a blog about wellness and self-care: By listening to this conversation with Cam, you’ll learn about: - “What Mental health needs is more...
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S03E01: Anna-Lesa Calvert on cultural humility, law, and soccer
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Anna-Lesa Calvert (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-lesa-calvert/) is the Manager of Professional Development and Diversity at Hodgson Russ LLP. At Hodgson Russ she develops training, organizational effectiveness programs, while creating programs and processes that support a diverse and inclusive work place. Prior to her work at Hodgson Russ, she ran a non-profit focus on ensuring that underserved youth in her community had access to sport and its benefits. By listening to this conversation with Anna-Lesa, you’ll learn about: - Being a diversity officer at a law firm - Increasing...
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S02E09: Rev. Peter Johnson on civil rights history
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Reverend Peter Johnson is a prominent civil rights leader and one of the last living links to MLK. In 1963, Johnson began working for the Congress of Racial Equality as a student and participated in civil rights protests across the South, including campaigns in Birmingham, Selma, and the March on Washington. Johnson went on to work for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta, alongside icons including Andrew Young, Bernard Lafayette, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1969, Johnson moved to Dallas, TX, on a temporary assignment for the SCLC, but chose to stay and work...
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S02E08: Mamta Accapadi on brownness, salience, and redemption
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Mamta Accapadi is the Vice Provost for University Life at University of Pennsylvania and a national leader in university student affairs, whose career has been devoted to the goals of inclusion, community, and social justice. She has been a particular advocate for first-generation students, low-income students, and children of immigrants, reflecting her own background as a child of immigrants who went on to earn three degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Mamta previously served as vice president for student affairs at Rollins College from 2013-2020, following four years as dean of...
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S02E07 Soroya McFarlane on health disparities, listening, and expertise within communities
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Soroya Julian McFarlane, Ph.D. ( University of Miami, 2019) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on designing and evaluating communication interventions that address health disparities at the community level. Dr. McFarlane’s research agenda is driven by understanding how culture influences health, and how communication interventions that translate science for diverse populations might be effective in reducing health disparities. Her recent research has been on women’s sexual and reproductive health in...
info_outlineJosephine Thinwa is a physician scientist at UT Southwestern in Dallas in the field of infectious diseases. She completed her MD/PhD degree in 2015 at UT Health San Antonio and joined UT Southwestern for Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship as part of the Physician Scientist Training Program. She completed her residency and then Infectious Diseases fellowship in July 2019.
During her infectious disease training, she became very interested in treating HIV/AIDS patients who are prone to severe viral brain infections. To this end, she is studying in the lab how our bodies fight viruses that infect the brain, hoping to develop new treatments. She has several publications in both clinical and scientific journals and has presented her research at numerous regional and national meetings where she received recognition for best poster awards. In 2018, she was featured on the main webpage of the Infectious Disease Society of America website as a member spotlight for her accomplishments thus far. Her goal is to have her own lab within the next few years and continue doing research that impacts patients while maintaining her clinical practice.
By listening to this conversation with Josephine, you’ll learn about:
- Being a black woman and a “double doctor”
- Women and surnames
- Redirecting presentations from hostile audience members
- Addressing insecurities when communicating