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no worries if notEP 22: 'We are friends' - Tori from Wild Rose interviews meI'm still trying to figure out what to do with this solo podcast, in this episode Tori flips the script and becomes the interviewer, and asks a bunch of questions about what I've been thinking about and what I want to do with this podcast2023-07-2140 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 40: Jaki Shelton Green - Poet Laureate of the PeopleIn nearly six decades of work, she has mentored hundreds of authors, poets and women globally. Her poetry has appeared in African American Review, Essence Magazine, Ms. Magazine... and dozens of literary journals and lifestyle magazines. In 2003, she was the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature (the highest award the state can bestow for significant contributions in science, literature, fine arts, and public service). She was selected for the Forbes distinguished 2022 list, 50 Over 50, in the Lifestyle category. She is an activist and a humanist, expertly versed in the power of words to lift the spirit, and she...2023-03-2526 min
The Culture of YouNot Your Therapist: Tori ReidIn this episode Tori and I talk friendship, growing professionally, late in life autism and ADHD diagnosis, social media, clients, mentoring and mentees, tools for self exploration and processing, boundaries, and getting underneath the surface to the root of it all.
Tori is a writer, mentor, coach, educator, and mindset junkie who loves processing through the lens of parts work and attachment styles. She is a lifelong learner and very fascinated by the human condition. She is a very big deal and she is also one of my best friends. I managed to get her on camera an...2023-02-1048 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 39: Jenifer Lewis - Walking In My Joy: In These StreetsDubbed a “national treasure” and nicknamed the “Mother of Black Hollywood,” she’s starred in over 400 episodic TV shows, 68 movies, and four Broadway shows. During her prolific screen career, she’s most notably known as Zelma Bullock in Tina Turner biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" and as Ruby Johnson in the socially-conscious sitcom "Black-ish." She’s an award-winning actress who steals every scene she’s in, and yet her “real work” is off stage and off camera as an activist and a mental health advocate. She’s a whirlwind of energy who has no time to waste. Her latest book...2023-01-3133 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell018: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - Derek Lewis (Part II), Corporate Titan of Community"Social Responsibility" is all but a catch phrase in American corporate lingo. In this Part II episode, PepsiCo's Derek Lewis, President of Multicultural Business and Equity Development for PepsiCo Beverages North America, provides insight into a first-rate business IQ, and spells out how profit-driven corporations will not propel transformational change with money alone. He uniquely understands that it will take not only billions in financial commitment from corporations, but an attendant will power for sustained change from within the system. He explains how diversity and inclusion fundamentally impact the Fortune 500 bottom line and P&L. Dere...2022-12-0318 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell017: CHANGE - Derek Lewis, President of PepsiCo Multicultural Business and Equity DevelopmentThe first African American PepsiCo employees were hired in the 1940s. Maryann Bond and Allen McKellar, Jr. were hired by PepsiCo's CEO Walter S. Mack to market Pepsi Cola to African American communities. In 2021, Derek Lewis was promoted from within the ranks of PepsiCo to President of Multicultural Business and Equity Development for PepsiCo Beverages North America. A Pepsi tradition of corporate social responsibility results in bottom line results nearly 100 years later. In the wake of George Floyd's death and the international Black Lives Matter marches of nearly 26 million, countless Fortune 500 companies pledged nearly $50 billion dollars to soci...2022-12-0217 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 38: Tom Dreesen (Part II) - The Man Who Made Sinatra LaughPart II: Tori returns in delight with one of her favorite spirits, a true comedian's comedian and one of the world’s most groundbreaking, well-respected, and beloved entertainers. A true pioneer and legend in the entertainment industry with 52 years of comedy, relationships, stories, and wisdom to share. He has made over 500 national TV appearances as a stand-up comedian, including more than 60 appearances on The Tonight Show, and was a favorite guest of David Letterman. For fourteen years, he was the opening act for Frank Sinatra, and performed countless times with artists like Smokey Robinson, Liza Minnelli, Natalie Cole, and Sa...2022-11-0125 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell015: LEADERSHIP - Darrell K. Williams, The Business of Leadership and EducationDarrell K. Williams is a retired three-star general who is now the President of his alma mater Hampton University. He is also a former Vice President and Managing Director of Leidos, a Fortune 250 technology company where he provided global logistical support to U.K. military forces. Williams is a tried-and-true leader whose greatest assignment as a leader, commander and director may very well be in front of him with the Hampton, one of the world's top historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and a beloved institution. In this special episode of Getting Deals Done (GDD), our executive prod...2022-10-0720 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 37: Ruth E. Carter (Part II) - What Makes Ruth, Ruth?She is so much more than a costume designer or expert storyteller. She is a trailblazer. A pioneer. A leader. Think Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing or 12 other Spike Lee joints. Ava DuVernay’s Selma. Lee Daniels' The Butler. Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. Coming 2 America… and so much more. But who is the woman behind the accolades? What makes her tick? What gives her life? And what drove her to become the first African American to win an Academy Award in Costume Design? And furthermore, how has it changed her?H...2022-08-3122 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 36: Dr. William R. Harvey - The Visionary Leader and the Power of LegacyTori returns to her beloved alma mater, Hampton University, reflects and has a very special homecoming with the singular President Dr. William R. Harvey. Known for more than 40 years of legendary leadership, he transformed the university from a small Black college to a world-class leader within higher education. Whether it’s his powerful presence, establishing the largest free-standing proton beam cancer center in the world, increasing the endowment from $29 million to over $400 million dollars, erecting 29 new buildings and the initiation of 92 new academic degrees… or simply his passion and unwavering commitment behind it all, he is a highly respected tita...2022-08-0138 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 35: Ruth E. Carter - The Origin of Ruth Carter and Her Afrofuturistic Costume DesignShe is so much more than a costume designer. She is a national treasure and global visionary. She was nominated twice for an Oscar for her timeless work on Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. She became the first African American to win an Academy Award in Costume Design for her exquisite designs on Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. The proud Hampton University graduate has designed an impressive filmography of over 60 diverse film and television projects. She has worked artfully with Spike Lee on 14 films including Do The Right Thing, and has designed for other direct...2022-07-0128 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell013: PROFESSIONALISM - Michael Stradford, Turning Passion into an Exceptional Executive CareerHow does a passion for comics, James Bond films and music become a career for a senior executive in Hollywood? In this episode, we learn the fine art form of Getting Deals done under the mega wattage of tinsel town's bright lights.Michael Stradford is a senior Warner Brothers executive who is a producer and executive director on projects as Matt Reeve's Batman and the Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam. he has pioneered myriad forms of media including music, radio, DVD, film, television and interactive entertainment on films as Spiderman, Men in Black, Lawrence of Arabia, Bad Boys, Bu...2022-05-2132 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 34: Tom Dreesen - The Comedian's Comedian and Living the DreamTori delights in talking to one of her favorite spirits, a true comedian's comedian and one of the world’s most groundbreaking, well-respected, and beloved entertainers. He has made over 500 national TV appearances as a stand-up comedian, including more than 60 appearances on The Tonight Show, and was a favorite guest of David Letterman. For fourteen years he was the opening act for Frank Sinatra, and performed countless times with artists like Smokey Robinson, Liza Minnelli, Natalie Cole, and Sammy Davis, Jr. For the first six years of his career, he shared the stage with Tim Reid as America’s firs...2022-04-2741 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell012: PUBLICITY - Roz Stevenson, Gold Standard in Publicity, Filmmaking and Star PowerWho’s behind films like “Schindler’s List” and “Scent of a Woman” or “American Gangster” and “Inside Man?” How about “Erin Brockovich” and “Yentl?” Even “Do The Right Thing” and “Rocky III and IV” or “Ray?” The trailblazer and film publicist … Roz Stevenson. April is Black Women's History Month and for every Maya Angelou, Angela Bassett, and Ava DuVernay, there are millions of women who have done the work for centuries without any notoriety. Roz Stevenson is one such woman and talent. She’s been creating notoriety for many of Hollywood’s premier film and A-list talents fo...2022-04-1220 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell011: DEDICATION - Dr. Candace Steele Flippin, Our Purpose and the American DreamMillennials and Generation Z will alter the very nature of reality with enterprises in industries as varied as crypto currency, cannabis, space travel, the metaverse, artificial intelligence and investors who are increasingly applying nonfinancial metrics of Environmental, Social and Governance considerations in how they deploy their capital. The nature of capitalism itself is evolving from a ruthless 0 sum game to one where all participants are ennobled. Dr. Candace Steele Flippin is the author of “Generation Z in the Workplace” as well as “Millennials in the Workplace” and as a Gen X'er is a bridge b...2022-03-3121 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 33: Cassandra Freeman - On Becoming Aunt VivJust who is the woman behind our latest "Aunt Viv?" Let's get the Inside track, and we use that word "inside" knowingly, on this powerful, every woman. Get ready for joy. Fresh out of NYU's Tisch Graduate Acting Program, she fulfilled her dream of working with both Denzel Washington, as his wife, and Spike Lee, in the hit film, "Inside Man". How? You may wonder. By being herself. And she's been on the inside of culture with successful shows as Luke Cage, Atlanta, and The Last O.G., and in films as Chris Rock's "I Think I Love My Wi...2022-03-3137 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 32: Anthony Hamilton (Part II) - What Makes Anthony, Anthony?Part II: Tori explores the ancient adage "to whom much is given, much is required" with a soul star and Grammy Award winner and soul storyteller for Part II of this fun, insightful, and warm conversation. As a self-described "country boy" and "soul man whisperer", he never forgets his roots, and is determined to always fuel his communities that he stays connected to through his music, and his soul. He has been nominated for 17 Grammy Awards, sold nearly 50 million albums around the world, and has been compared to such icons as Sam Cooke and Al Green. He is the t...2022-03-2328 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell010: CAPITAL - Delilah Panio, Women and the North American Capital MarketsDelilah Panio's expertise is helping entrepreneurs access capital to dreams builders, entrepreneurs and business impresarios. As VP of Capital Formation for the Toronto Stock Exchange, she works with US companies considering listing financing in the Canadian capital markets (TSX). By the end of 2021, the total market capitalization of those companies listed on the TSX and TSXV (TSX Venture Exchange) reached CDN $4.0 trillion the first time ever. Delilah is also passionate about a key growth factor in those markets - women.Delilah is the founder of Fortuna Funding (a consulting firm), working work with early-stage companies on their...2022-03-1420 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 31: Richard Roundtree - The First Black Action Hero and His CreatorFor Black History Month, we're celebrating a cultural icon dubbed the "first Black action hero" and the groundbreaking film that birthed him, made Oscar history, and was inducted for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Shut yo mouth! He returns for a Part 2 conversation as he talks about the 50th anniversary of the film “Shaft,” working with the Renaissance man himself… Gordon Parks, remembering John Singleton, and more. Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother, man? We also heard he was a bad… w...2022-02-2029 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell09.5: MAVERICK - Tim Reid (Part II) - History Maker and System BuilderThis Black History Month and on Super Bowl LVII, we celebrate a champion and pioneer in the truest sense of the words.Since 1974, Tim Reid has both starred and guest starred as a venerable who's who of the small screen. From The Richard Pryor Show to WKRP in Cincinnati to Simon and Simon and Snoops or That 70s Show, he has acted, produced, directed, and created himself into a cult classic iconoclast over several of the golden ages of television.Every icon has a creative expression or project which demonstrates their virtuosity as well as...2022-02-1322 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell009: LEGACY - Tim Reid, Maverick Auteur Working Outside of the SystemThe best storytelling the world has ever known requires several tentpoles: Authenticity, Outcome, Consistency, a Clear Agenda, a Flair or Perspective and Involving the Audience in the world of the Story. This coming year, Master storyteller Tim Reid will demonstrate a certain mastery of not only the artform but the business of storytelling with his new Legacy of a People platform (LGCYTV) set to debut globally. In this episode of “Getting Deals Done”, Mr. Reid’s Legacy Platform is clearly demonstrative of a basic storytelling principle: Storytelling is nothing more or less than being able to use words, music, images...2022-01-3019 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 30: Richard Roundtree - What Makes Richard, Richard?Tori takes pleasure in speaking with the “original Black action hero” and a cultural iconoclast. Many see him simply as John Shaft with a brash, ‘take no prisoners’ veneer. He however says, “what you see is not the actual”. So, he is not only cool but a true gentleman, gentle soul and master thespian whose works span 5 decades including his forthcoming show with Ava DuVernay. The man also known as double R (or RR) is his father's son and a loving father with a disarming wit that will delight if not tickle you to all ends.He began his one...2022-01-3019 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 29: Shungudzo - the Free Soul and Fighting for LoveTori has the pleasure to speak with an emerging, compassionate love champion. A true champion of the spirit. She is a proud Zimbabwean singer-songwriter, philanthropist, activist, storyteller, gymnast and television personality. Using words as weapons of love, her 2021 debut album "I'm not a mother, but I have children," is about the responsibility she feels to build a better world for future generations of all living things. From being Zimbabwe's first Black woman gymnast at the All-Africa Games, to being a cast member on Real World: San Diego and working with MTV as a host and correspondent, she's accomplished a...2022-01-0143 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell008: DEVOTION - Mobolaji Olambiwonnu & Aloe Blacc, Ferguson RisingMobolaji Olambiwonnu, an auteur, has helmed “Ferguson Rises” is a documentary film about the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that has suffered the loss of “gentle giant” Mike Brown. The film won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award, debuted to a worldwide audience on PBS, and Mobolaji has been traveling the nation and world to talk about the film which has been mentioned in an extremely competitive field as a prospective Academy Award nominee. How did the film get made? What was the director’s driving force? Why did Grammy Award singer Aloe Blacc come on...2021-12-2619 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 28: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu & Aloe Blacc - Ferguson RisesBefore George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in Ferguson Missouri, Darren Wilson, a white officer, fatally shot an unarmed Brown, and in the days that followed protest, anger, frustration and fear took over the city and its community. Six years later, a new story emerges, one filled with hope, love and beauty. Through interviews from community members, including Dorian Johnson, who was with him that day, and Michael Brown’s father, "Ferguson Rises" illuminates the stories from within the city since that time, in...2021-12-0125 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 27: Anthony Hamilton - Love is the New BlackHe is a soulful storytelling master. As a matter of fact, he is in the soulful lineage of Sam Cooke, Al Green, or Bill Withers in his vocal mastery, storytelling prowess and evolution of self, as well as his sound. He could be one of the last of his kind in an era characterized by quick fixes on social media, streaming music and the evolution of Hip Hop. He is a soul man who takes his sweet Southern time and by his own lyrical admission, "my soul is on fire!" This time, he is tuning all of our spirits to...2021-11-2940 min
The Knowledge ShopEpisode 19 - Screw it, let's do it. The Knowledge Shop's Alpha programme is open for applicationsWondered why I have been a little MIA recently? Those following my podcast will know I came down with Shingles - ouch ouch ouch!
Luckily I am out the other side. So after a little R&R, and a lot of self-talk, I am excited to say that I made it Linkedin official and opened The Knowledge Shop up for it's first Alpha testers.
Now just need to keep sucking up the fear, and tell more people in my network about it - think Chief, Day One etc.
To get there, repeating a...2021-11-0809 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 26: Aaron Chang - The Art of Living & Surf PhotographyHe is an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer, an evolving spirit, and a humble creative. One who captures the ocean, the sun… the surf - like no other. Known for being the Creator of Modern Surf Photography, he’s redefining the sport of modern surfing through his lens. He’s traveled to over 50 countries for films, travel journalism assignments and his epic imagery has been published worldwide in hundreds of books, along with over 100 magazine covers globally to his name. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, GQ, People, US Weekly and Elle. He’s shot a variety of subje...2021-10-0135 min
The Knowledge ShopEpisode 12 - "...are you there god"? and the Apple blip - pretty sure they are linkedAnother whirlwind in the life of a startup founder.
In no particular order this episode covers....
Quick thoughts:
Think Apple had a blip last week - my episode didn't appear for a 3 or 4 days, and that was strange. Funnily enough listening figures were down too - pretty sure they were connected. Keeping fingers crossed for this week.
The Knowledge Shop learnings from customer interviews - we all need “safe spaces”, with like-minded individuals / similar stage companies to compare notes / learn from. I want to make sure to solve for this as i build The Know...2021-09-1617 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 25: Brent Fischer - Love, Respect and Continuing a Music LegacyThis is Part II of a 2 part series celebrating and looking closely at the Fischer family musical legacy to our times and the world.Grammy-winning producer, composer, arranger Brent Fischer carries on the legacy of his legendary father, Dr. Clare Fischer. Brent's arranging credits appear on over 30 million albums to include: Usher, Michael Jackson, Elvis Costello & The Roots, and D'Angelo (who won Grammy Album and Song of The Year for "Really Love" from his album "Black Messiah" where Brent Fischer is credited as arranger and producer). Brent produced the last eight Clare Fischer albums, including: Grammy-nominated 2011 release ‘Cont...2021-08-2035 min
The Knowledge ShopThink this is the most scared I've been talking on an episode yet. But figuring things out slowly.So this week's episode was pretty personal for me. Before I dive into that, here are some quick reflections on what I’ve learnt this week.
Use hooks to grab people’s attention in marketing. For me that was strawberry jam on Linkedin, previously bagels in my episode names. Now wondering what other hooks I can use, to increase engagement / awareness?
Found that posting on Linkedin around 12, gets me the most interaction - perhaps a good split between east coast US and UK / Europe? Test to find your time, and avoid re-sharing content on Linkedin. The algorithm hates it...2021-08-1918 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell006: RENEGADE - Bruce Craven, Outlaw LeadershipBruce Craven is a novelist, screenwriter and maverick who lives in the Palm Springs Desert. His last book, “Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones”, Bruce Craven brilliantly analyzes the journeys of the best and worst leaders in Westeros, so that leaders can create their own narratives of success. His newest idea is “outlaw leadership” as an essential component of American leadership and business success. He analyzes the disparate styles of Willie Nelson, Toni Morrison and Frederick Douglass - their style of going against the grain, having their own unique brand of leadership and being unafraid to carve out a...2021-08-1321 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidHTL Musing: KindnessI am Tori Reid and I have a long standing tradition called “Tori Sundays” where I tune in, in order to tune up. Call it meditation. Dancing. Dancing with the universe. Dancing in my innerverse. Reading. Call it prayer. Writing. Call it really loving myself. For me, that’s Tori Sundays. I've put my all into these shows. But really, they are sharings of myself with my listeners. And I get so many comments about not only our magical, incredible and brilliant guests, but also the thoughts and spirit musings throughout. So we're trying something new: My HTL Musings.2021-07-2809 min
Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell005: SPIRIT - Bill Duke, Hollywood's $1.5 Billion Man & Quintessential SpiritStarFilms and television shows with Bill Duke have grossed more than $1.5 billion. After a Bill Duke box office overview, that's the tally in the line notes below. He has more credits behind the camera as a producer and director than as an actor. But the bottom line has always been artistic achievement and continual refinement craft - not riches. In the game of business that is Hollywood, however, score is kept with bottom line tallies. So, let's take a look at the numbers, their correlating cultural assets and some analysis: Films (annotated list) in which Bill Duk...2021-07-0720 min