Category: podcast
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497 Farah Jasmine Griffin: Autobiography, literary criticism, and the quest for Justice
in podcastAbout Farah Jasmine Griffin Farah Jasmine Griffin is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University where she also served as the inaugural Chair of the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department. Where to find Farah Jasmine Griffin WebsiteTwitter Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature Farah…
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496 Reece Jones: How immigration laws in the U.S. have always been motivated by racial exclusion
About Reece Jones Reece Jones is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow and a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai‘i. He is the author of two award-winning books Border Walls (2012) and Violent Borders (2016) as well as over two dozen journal articles and four edited books.…
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495 Steve White: Living impactful life and leaving a lasting legacy
in podcastUncompromising: How an Unwavering Commitment to Your Why Leads to an Impactful Life and a Lasting Legacy by Steve White
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494 Emily West: How Amazon became a fundamental par of our lives
in podcastAbout Emily West Emily West writes about promotional culture, platforms, and digital media. She is the author of Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture. She is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Where to find Emily…
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493 Payal Kadakia: Building a billion-dollar fitness business
in podcastAbout Payal Kadakia Payal Kadakia is the founder and was executive chairman of ClassPass, a monthly membership program that provides people of all fitness levels access to the best boutique fitness classes, gyms, and wellness experiences across the US and abroad. Since its launch in 2013, ClassPass has facilitated almost 100 million reservations across 22,000…
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492 Matt Drayton: Leading While Black
in podcastAbout Matt Drayton Sergeant Major Matthew R. Drayton grew up in an underprivileged neighborhood in Georgia. Now retired from the service, Matt joined to leave his environment and become financially independent–and his military career spanned nearly three decades. He spent 20+ years in the US Army, sixteen of those years working with elite Special Operations…