Sound mood: New Day song by Alicia Keys I'm no stranger to corporate America on a large scale. I've worked and consulted for some of the best companies such as Sage Software, The New York Times, Clientlogic just to name a few. I've seen the ups and downs of multi-million dollar infrastructures and have taken bits and pieces into my entrepreneurial …

Sound mood: Weird Science by Oingo Boing Closing the racial wealth gap is something that is important to the voice of Subject Thread Podcast. We have strategically discussed subjects such as credit restoration, real estate, entrepreneurship just to name a few that will evolve black, brown, and other marginalized voices while using the art form of p…

Disk Jockey & Birmingham Sound mood: What If by Aaliyah Music is a universal language that all walks of life can relate to it encompasses emotions from happiness, sadness, angry, and love. A Disc Jockey is a heartbeat to a party, wedding reception, and radio program they bring life into a space that would just translate into quietness without music…

Sound mood: Funhouse Kid 'n Play Entrepreneurship in the late 80s and early 90s wasn't a thing as far as mainstream until this hip hop duo arrived. Kid N Play came on the scene with music, films, and a cartoon it made what was impossible very possible. House party 1 grossed over 26 million and cost 2.5 million to make followed by House Party 2, 3 a…

Queensbridge Venture Partners business profile. Sound mood: Nobody Nas F. Lauryn Hill We know Nas for his historic music catalog, however, his venture capital profile is very impressive. In this episode I talk about Queens Bridge Venture Partners a venture capital firm founded by Ajay Relan, Anand Murthy, Anthony Saleh, Craig Vaughan, Dee Murthy an…

Credit, fico, and tradelines Season 2 Episode 37 Sound mood: Mirrors by Cam O'bi, Rejjie Snow, and Snoh Aalegra. It's hard to believe that the credit system is only 65 years old and was developed by Engineer Bill Fair and mathematician Earl Isaac the fico score wasn't developed until 1989 all that means is we are still in the early stages as a soci…

Sound mood: NY 90s Snyp Life F. The Lox The 90s keeps reinventing itself through clothes, fashion, music, and pop culture. The latest Verzuz proved this statement. In the latest episode, I recap the importance of health in wealth and how that was displayed. I also dive into the perimeters of black and brown diseases statistics and how the Lox intro…

Sound Mood: Wilshire Tyler, The Creator Economics is one of those conversations that a lot of us didn't have growing up. Supply and demand, rate hikes, inflation all part of the economic vocabulary. In this episode, I dive into the United States rate hike and what they mean for consumers and summer plans for Subject Thread Podcast and more! Stream …

Sound Mood: Flashing Lights Kanye West The culture of roller skating popularity can be seen since the 1960s it was common to see someone rocking an Afro, cool threads, and a swagger style before swag was a normal vocabulary word. Skating dates and transcends through time, culture, and music with its attachment on all three from the rinks of Atlanta…

Music & Sunflowers Sound Mood: • for The Yellow House, Pt. 1 [Explicit] by Ash León & Spekulate the Philosopher B. B. King, Issac Hayes, and Stax Records have an origin in common for the music lovers who embrace historical data and facts to back it that origin is a city tucked on the Mississippi River which flows music, rich culture and an undoubte…

Cannabis and Conversations Sound Mood: Doowutchyalike Digital Underground Second time back in Oakland, California, and this time we had the pleasure of speaking with Chaney Turner, who is someone that represents what it means to unconditionally love everyone that is black. Chaney Turner is an entrepreneur, activist, community builder, and a Oakland…

Love Series Part Two Sound mood: Syd - Getting Late (From "Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack Love Series 2.0 brought clarity and realism to the topic of connections through the lens of our guests discussing it all. There are no topics that are off-limits. In this bonus episode listeners write in questions and panelists answer them, no question is off-li…

Financial Literacy Children Sound mood: Everybody Loves The Sunshine Roy Ayers Financial literacy is fairly imperative nowadays the one stream income road map seems obsolete. Many black households weren’t taught the importance of money, budgeting, allowance, and investing. We can blame it on systematic racism, redlining, and the wealth gap from gen…

Sound mood: Adore - Prince It is said that Prince completed the song Adore in 1986 without the initial trumpets, he felt like it was a great song but knew it needed to be complete and that's the way we can establish love we can believe something is good and then sit back and reflect and make something better. Love is complicated or are we more comp…

Illustrating The Black Experience sound mood: Young, Gifted and Black - Aretha Franklin In the current high tide of life, it's hard to remain calm in the current climate of black lives meaning so little in the United States another hashtag coupled with the loss of a son, a daughter, a father, a mother, and a child of the universe. Davian Chester Co…

Cannabis & CBD sound mood: Sussudio Phil Collins In the era of wellness and health in the form of yoga, meditation, nutrition, and exercise an element of health is often overlooked because up until the last few years the Cannabis conversation has been extremely biased. CBD & Cannabis a dynamic duo and evidence-based to help in pain management with …

The Funnel Doctor sound mood: Sometimes DMX The idea of a funnel is to show a message to a broad array of potential customers and networking opportunities. It opens doors to potential conversations that normally would have taken double the time to generate. Ryan McCrary is known as “The Funnel Doctor” is a former licensed investment professional tu…

The Understanding sound mood: Through The Fire Chaka Khan Authentic Talent and creativity are sometimes hard to find throughout this digital world we all have come to love and that’s the concept in which you will hear when you listen to Devin Tracy singer and creative. Devins range of vocal ability and songwriting is immense within his arrangements…

Creative Expression Of Art sound mood: Killing Me Softly The Fugees What started out as a thought-provoking art piece "Trump World" opened the door to a much-needed conversation for artist Lyne Lucien a native of Hatti and her art reflects that throughout her pieces. Not only are they an expression of black culture in its beauty and well-needed for…

Jordan Hilton Interiors sound mood: Dreamlover Mariah Carey Fashion exudes in spaces of interior design and that’s something Andre Jordan Hilton founder of Jordan Hilton Interiors points out through his eyes for fashion and architecture background it is no wonder he has been able to successfully combine the two elements into interior design. Hilton…

The Remix To Life sound mood: Xscape - Just Kickin' It Labor Day weekend 2010 Atlanta is live as it always is No Hands by Roscoe Dash, Wale and Waka Flocka Flame has hit the radio and the video is literally a movie thanks to then-Director Lisa Cunningham who has worked on some of the best videos in the music scene from Missy Elliot, Waka Flocka, TL…

Hella Coastal In Oakland, CA sound mood: Oaklandish Too $hort, Guapdad 4000 & Rayven The culture of arts is still riding the music wave of the Too Short and E-40’s Verzuz which gave an individual who wasn’t familiar with Oakland a small but necessary glimpse of a city that has birthed the Black Panther Party and has influenced the art, music, and c…

Cyber Security and Data Privacy Advocacy sound mood: Check The Rhime A Tribe Called Quest Cyber Security, Internet protection can sound confusing to many, most people don’t change their passwords yearly and most people use their birthdays in the form of a password that statistically has been deemed unsafe. Cybersecurity is serious and not often tal…

Education. Social Activism. Equality sound mood: Beyonce - 7/11 (Danger Ultra Jersey Club Remix) Education and social activism in ways go hand and hand. For one, the one who is always seeming to educate a lot of times from a social activism standard, and in the case of Mark Yabut founder of Free Malaya it is no different. Mark’s story is a compelli…

Push Tattoos 8 W 3rd St, Wilmington, DE sound mood: Super Rich Kids Frank Ocean F, Earl Sweatshirt Fashion, art, and tattoos sound like an r&b group that always tends to go together and in this case, that statement would be deemed true. When we think Delaware we think Joe Biden or if you are a business owner you think tax-friendly state. You wouldn…

Harlem Renaissance art movement sound mood: In a Sentimental Mood Duke Ellington and John Coltrane On the heels of The United States Vs. Billie Holiday movie a lot of individuals who weren’t familiar with the historical great now we're introduced to not only Billie’s music but the fashion and everything that exudes Harlem, NYC. It’s because of the …

Cajou Creamery (Kah-jū) sound mood: Ms. Lauryn Hill Featuring Bob Marley & The Wailers Spring is around us, and those nostalgic feelings of warm weather, summer memories, and ice cream run synonymous and for many who maintain a plant-based approach for food having a selection of plant based ice cream with international cuisine, flavors are sweet me…

Prel·ude an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important. sound mood: Aaliyah It's Whatever Love should feel like a 90s r & b song. So nostalgic, so fresh and so full of life. That’s the feeling I received at the last Verzuz TV featuring D’Angelo as he was performing I felt the first album all over again, I felt Crusin pie…

Raw And Radiant sound mood: Maze and Frankie Beverly Golden Time Of Day (Remastered) Everyone has their own time of arrival it can be in a form of a spiritual journey, mental clarity, or physical transformation and that process started for Ashley Renee Chong about 9 years ago. It started with a simple let me lose a few pounds for my sister's weddin…

Just Another Day sound mood: Adore (2020 Remastered) Prince Adeline Michele was the lead vocalist of the Escort, an American nu-disco band from Brooklyn, New York. Born and raised in Paris, this French-Caribbean artist has been performing since the age of five. Brooklyn is home to Adeline and her appreatiation for the arts and culture of this borou…

BK We Go Hard sound mood: Brooklyn Go Hard Jay-Z featuring Santigold Metaphors and punchlines are something that can make an average rapper a phenomenal one. Brooklyn alumni Big Daddy Kane, Foxy Brown, Lil Kim, Biggie, and Jay-Z all have entrepreneurship in common from music, investments, fashion, and the Brooklyn artistry which can be translated i…

Market Talk sound mood: Nights. Frank Ocean As an active day trader since 2015, I understand market manipulation, money management, and all the things that come with the investment industry. I understand that being a successful female day trader is super rare and something I rarely speak of. I also understand that the conversation of investing was …

sound mood: Dead Wrong Ms. Jade Featuring Nate Dogg A savior in the urban music industry, Wendy Day is an active mentor and consultant for rap and hip hop artists. She founded a not-for-profit organization named Rap Coalition in the 90s to prevent exploitation of the budding artists in the music world. Wendy is a student of the culture of arts and …

Gloves and Glory sound mood: Feng Shui, (from insecure season 4 soundtrack) Jidenna Featuring Raedio Franchón Rebecca Monich Crews made an appearance to the world in 1987 her name similar to a french dessert out of Paris, However, Franchón born and raised in Virginia and prides herself on her southern routes. As a youngster, Franchón knew she was s…

Music Streaming Profitability sound mood: Southern Hospitality, Ludacris Featuring Pharrell Williams It is safe to now say that the city of Atlanta is now a transit city and according to The Census Bureau roughly 284,541 moved to the peach state in 2019, with the top people moving from the NY-NJ-PA Metro Area you would be lucky to meet someone born…

Six-figure incomes on Turo, Airbnb, and more utilizing skills from call center past work. sound mood: Naima, John Coltrane When you think call center you can think of a vast assembly of b2b, inbound, outbound, sales, and more. It is a career path often overlooked until now. If you’ve ever worked at a call center you have developed skills that will …

My Sister's Keeper Defense sound mood: Wake Me Up Remy Ma, Featuring Lil Kim After being in the Army National Guard for seven years, Marchelle "Tig" Davis worked at a local Atlanta gun range and fell in love with the idea of starting a program to empower women with the knowledge and education of firearms, she witnessed women's lack of representatio…

"Dark Skin Body Art" sound mood: Bigger Than Life Nipsey Hussle The words Dark Skin Body Art and Brandon Bean are almost synonymous. Brandon Bean Virginia Beach, VA is a well-known tattooist engaged in making people more beautiful with his expression of art. He uses the phrase "Dark Skin Body Art" as his brand name to showcase tattoos on people of …

#WEARBRIMS in Atlanta, GA with co-founders Archie Clay III and Tajh Crutch sound mood: Bonita Applebum” A Tribe Called Quest (Pharrell Williams Remix) The sentiment that history repeats itself in culture and fashion would be a statement of truth and in the case for WEARBRIMS co-founders Archie Clay III and Tajh Crutch, fraternity brothers who met i…

Planting Seeds in Detroit! sound mood: New L.A. Sir (feat. Anderson.Paak & King Mez) Google warm climate countries and you will get an abundance of places from South America, Africa, and the Caribbean’s in which you will also find trees, nature, and gardens. Since the beginning of time, many natives from these historical places have loved gardens, …

Entrepreneurship, venture capital, technology, and ai intelligence all markers of the 21st century, and Uwem Uwemakpan is no stranger to any of those words. A start-up coach, entrepreneur, and a venture capital partner at Ingressive Capital are what his resume exudes but there’s more to the man than that just his accolades. He understands the notio…

According to IRS.GOV, The IRS will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns on Friday, February 12, 2021, this year is different for so many people with stimulus checks, Eldl loans, PPP, losses, gains anything goes and you want to have all your paperwork and credentials in order. We recently sat down with Mr. Issac Grace and Alahna Reev…

Before the celebrity clientele, before the remarkable weight transformation before Rodney Lenon Fitness, and before the move to Atlanta Rodney Lenon birthed out of Dade country Florida was a product of an environment that plagues so many. He experienced the hurdles of a felony, health issues within his family a narrative that could detour most from…

Inflammation, Dairy, Gluten intolerances can lead anyone into a vegan lifestyle. Well, that’s exactly what happened in 2018. I talk about my journey, what inflammation is, and more. Stream new episodes weekly on Spotify, Deezer, Audible, Amazon, Google Podcast, Podchaser, TuneIn, Player FM, Listen Notes, and www.subjectthreadpodcast.com…

Thoughts. Feelings. Behaviors. The mental health crisis for 2020 was something out of a horror movie. 2020 was a year of uncertainty, fear, and a year of uncharted waters for many people. The middle class was now wondering how they were going to feed their children, if they were going to have a job, immune health, family, friends, love ones and so …

New Year, New Beginnings as we discuss 2020 recap, what's new for Subject Thread Podcast, the power of manifestation, the power of voice memos, journaling, and more. Stream new episodes weekly on Spotify, Deezer, Audible, Amazon, Google Podcast, Podchaser, TuneIn, Player FM, Listen Notes, and www.subjectthreadpodcast.com…

Ko·ex·ist As we are preparing for a new year it’s always a time to reflect, it’s always a time to improve, and it’s always a time to do better that is normally everyone's sentiment universally. This year in particular has been a measure of growth and loss for so many people. Universal languages that many of us can relate to is Love no matter race, …

A Peace Of Soul Vegan Kitchen EP 031 When we think about soul food origin we think about the southern states and soul food deriving during slavery in the Deep South: South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, are traditional taught navigation skips are ancestorial plant-based roots and not by fault by, traditional landscapes…

Closing the gap in venture capital was a nonfactor for a very long time in the industry of VC for several minority groups. It is no secret that minority women businesses are underfunded and for this reason, it is always a privilege to highlight those that are changing this narrative. The man who created a massive forum for entrepreneurs to reach th…

Technology and innovation will carry the logistics and supply chain industries for years to come. If there is anything that we have learned in 2020 is that we need things shipped to us in lighting speed times. When we think about logistics at a glance we usually don’t think about a woman minority-owned logistics company out of the south until Hope …