The first hour features Dr. Otto Stallworth, who was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama during the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s. He crossed the Alabama state line for the first time at 16 to attend college, graduated and became the first college graduate in his family. This was followed by a medical degree at 24 and later an MBA.
Outside of medicine, he had several businesses, including Oh Yes! Management and Hollywood Fries Restaurant.
As personal manager, he discovered and secured a record deal for Taste of Honey, the first Black artist in the 22-year history of the Grammys to win the award for “Best New Artist,” for their mega-hit song “Boogie Oogie Oogie” in 1979.
The Hollywood Fries Restaurant, in the Westwood/UCLA area, opened in 1999 with his partners Hollywood Casting Director Reuben Cannon, actor Danny Glover, and Pepsi executive Olden Lee. The restaurant closed in 2005 before the second location opened, a casualty of post 9/11 economics.
He began a slow retirement in 2016 and pursued his hidden love for writing and enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program at UCLA. Completed just one year of the two-year program because of a short-term illness, but completed a screenplay—“Murder at BeautyWorld,”— a fictional murder mystery, and the title of his next book.
In 2018, Denise Nicholas, award-winning actress and author of acclaimed book “Freshwater Road,” invited him to join her Longwood Writers’ Workshop, where this memoir, “Are you A N####r or a Doctor,” was conceived, and then delivered December 23, 2022.
In early 2022, he began a non-profit foundation, the Stallworth OhYes! Foundation, which awarded four-year full scholarships to students at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, his alma maters, in August, 2022.
His goal is to award many more scholarships from donations to the Stallworth OhYes! Foundation.
https://www.ottoestallworthjrmd.com
In Hour 2, Comedian, educator Dylan Brody joins me.
With an ever-expanding repertoire of witty and profound tales of his journey through life that are unique, yet utterly recognizable to everyone, Dylan has earned a reputation as one of America’s great raccanteurs.
Currently Executive Producing his unexpectedly successful web-series, The Corona Dialogues - a dylan brody project with producing partner Bonnie Hunt, Mr Brody is currently touring his brand new comfortingly hilarious headlining set for a post-pandemic world.
For three years running, best-selling author and humorist David Sedaris invited Mr. Brody to share his stages when touring the West Coast. Brodys work has garnered praise and professional boosts over the years from comedic legends such as wide-ranging as David Sedaris, Robin Williams, Jenny Lawson and Richard Lewis, and the Carl Reiner. Frankly, your interest in him indicates an exquisite refinement of taste.
https://linktr.ee/dylanbrody
