Adventures of Moose and Goose is a serialized science fiction podcast for kids that focuses on two sisters with super smarts. Moose, the 5 year old tech whiz created a time machine for her and her sister Goose to go on adventures. Goose is one of the leading history experts in the world and she's only 9 years old! Together they were recruited by the Department of Advanced Technology and tasked with exploring history while chasing down the fiendish Frederick Bottomquack. Join them as they tra ...
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Successful African American business and professional people in Atlanta, GA share stories about their lives and explain how their careers evolved based on the choices they made. Two different podcast series are part of this broadcast. LESSONS from LEADERS allows individuals to talk about their achievements. ABL DUOs interviews two professionals about one topic. All episodes are part of the Atlanta Business League's official 90th anniversary celebration in 2023.
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Golf Strategy School is a place where you can get great actionable tips, strategies, and information from the best and brightest golf instructors from around the world.We feature guests like:Tom Stickney - Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor, Golf Digest Top 20 Under 40 alumniTim Kremer - Feature speaker at the 2013 PGA & LPGA teaching and coaching summitsGeoff Greig - PGA instructor and Amazon best selling authorTyrus York - 2014 Kentucky section PGA teacher of the year.Alison Curdt - 2016 LPG ...
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An original podcast from T-Mobile for Business and iHeartRadio, Jonathan Strickland connects with the world’s most unconventional thinkers, the leaders at the intersection of technology and business, to understand how they continue to thrive in a world of complex organizations and lightning-fast technology. How do these executives innovate and enable change, both inside and outside their companies, and what are they looking forward to tackling next? Let’s find out…
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Welcome to the Connection Period Podcast, a show inspired by the amazing educators who teach and inspire at Bremen High School District 228 in the South Suburbs of Chicago. The goal of Connection Period is to shine a light on the awesome educators teaching in this district and to teach better by learning from each other. #228Learns
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This is a story about storytellers. Janis Ware has published the Atlanta Voice for 42 years. It's a newspaper written for the African-American audience in Atlanta, GA. But there's more to her life's work. It starts with her father, J. Lowell Ware an immensely talented and hardworking man who honored a deathbed request that changed his life. Lowell …
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ABL DUOs: Delmarie Griffin and Rodney Strong
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This podcast is about two legal warriors who have spent the last 30 years protecting the concepts of equity in the courts, through analysis and by helping municipalities create policies that withstand assault. Rodney Strong and Delmarie Griffin are also a married couple who have come together from very different backgrounds. Delmarie was raised in …
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LESSONS from LEADERS: William F. Pickard, Ph.D.
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This podcast is a 30 minute history lesson. When you listen, you'll hear stories about Black entrepreneurs who lived in 1800s, 1900s and 20th century that will make your jaw drop. That's because William F. Pickard, Ph.D. qualifies to be a part of this series for two reasons. He's a very successful Black business owner with more than 50 years of exp…
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This is an episode about the second generation of an incredible African American family. We describe the topics discussed as generational continuance. Herman Jerome Russell founded his Atlanta based construction company in 1952. He made it one of the largest Black owned companies in the United States and then diversified. He owned a beer distributo…
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What’s the connection? Jonathan Strickland reflects on a season full of Restless Ones.
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With the end of another great season of The Restless Ones, Jonathan looks back on some of the guests and conversations we’ve heard from. With some truly inspiring leaders, driving change at the intersection of technology and business, he reflects on the common themes throughout these discussions and the consistent thread that connects them all - co…
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“Life Out Here”: Building a Stronger Community Through Network Connectivity: Rob Mills, EVP, Chief Technology, Digital Commerce, and Strategy Officer, Tractor Supply Company
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The local convenience store - the cornerstone of rural America, once a one-stop shop for everything from farming and pet supplies to household goods and homemade apple pies. Fast forward to today where those same stores are providing network connectivity, technology infrastructure, and operating efficiency to bustling farming communities. With inte…
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Milton Jones, Jr. is one of the most respected business leaders in Atlanta, GA. He has a professional history in finance that spans decades and can trace his family tree back generations in Atlanta. However, there's one characteristic about him that almost everyone knows. Milton's mathematical skills are so formidable that he has a nickname. He's k…
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Laying an Innovative Foundation for Fresh Tracks and Unprecedented Experiences: Tim April, EVP and CIO, Vail Resorts
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Many people visit resorts to relax and take a break from their daily routines. However, for resort managers, disconnecting from technology is not an option if they want to provide a great guest experience. To ensure guest satisfaction, including catering to their preferences, reducing wait times, and improving services, resorts need to have a const…
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ABL DUOS: T. Dallas Smith and Leonte Benton
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The most important thing to know about T. Dallas Smith and Leonte Benton is that they are not quitters. That shared characteristic has allowed them to make history. T. Dallas broke barriers in commercial real estate by becoming the first African American broker in the Atlanta market and possibly the state of Georgia. He started his career, official…
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The Evolution of Technology: From Today’s Impact to Tomorrow’s Innovations: A Conversation with Phillipa Leighton-Jones, Senior Vice President of The Trust with the Wall Street Journal, and Matt Griffin ...
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The word “innovation” usually evokes new ways of thinking, acting, and accelerating what’s possible, but none of that means much if it doesn’t deliver meaningful results. So, when it comes to gauging innovation’s impact, Phillipa Leighton Jones and Matt Griffin are particularly well attuned. In this special episode recorded live from Mobile World C…
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Atlanta Business League's LESSONS from LEADERS: Shirley Franklin
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Shirley Clark Franklin is remembered by most people as being the 58th mayor for the City of Atlanta, Georgia. However, she had more than 20 years in various positions of city government that gave her a firm grasp on organizational structure. But her leadership training began much earlier than that. Shirley grew up in Philadelphia, PA. and had uniqu…
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How Integrated Technologies and a Startup Mentality are Delivering on the Promise of Omnichannel Retail: A Conversation with Seemantini Godbole
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A world where customers can buy everything they want, whenever and wherever they want isn’t 100% there—but it’s pretty close. And perhaps no company has been up for that challenge as much as Lowe’s. In this episode of The Restless Ones, I had the chance to sit down with Seemantini Godbole, EVP and CIO of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., whose early start as…
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ABL DUOS: Al Edwards interviews Ernest Greer and Christopher Womack
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This is a special edition of Atlanta Business League DUOs. It features interviews from two Herman J. Russell CEO of the Year award recipients and the person conducting both interviews is ABL Chair Emeritus Albert G. Edwards. These three men are powerhouse leaders. Greer is the Co-President of Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm that has mo…
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Empowering the Visionaries in Science: A Conversation with Mike Wondrasch, Executive Vice President and CIO, Avantor Sciences
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Building blocks are a critical part of almost any private or corporate mission to reach success and scale. They let executives quickly assemble a foundation for the rest of their plans to be built on – but how are the actual building blocks getting built? Enter Avantor, who is using advancements in connectivity, data, and computing power to “set sc…
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Roosevelt Giles could only attend school, as a child, when it rained. Yet, he was such a talented technology person that a Republican billionaire from South Carolina, USA, sought him out and mentored him. As a result, Roosevelt became an incredible international business owner with technical skills that were so impressive that he was a keynote spea…
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How Climate Change is Driving Innovation in Emergency Management: Sonia Kastner, Founder and CEO, Pano AI
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As the impacts of climate change continue to escalate, public and private sector organizations find themselves in urgent need of innovation. Emergency management has been grappling with outdated tools and insufficient tech investment for decades. Companies such as Pano AI are stepping up to mitigate and better prepare for further crises with a new …
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ABL DUOS: Andrella Kenner and Michael Baylis II
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When Andrella Kenner was a little girl her mother exposed her to a series of aviation professionals in Nashville, Tennessee airport. That information gave her the foundation necessary to establish an aerospace, information technology and aviation company that operates in three countries and 22 locations. What position did Andrella's mother hold at …
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Delivering Last-Mile Innovation – How Clevon is Making Logistics Safer, Simpler, and More Sustainable: A Conversation with Sander Sebastian Agur
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Autonomous vehicles open up a world of possibilities. From supporting more efficient roadways and improving delivery reach to mitigate labor shortages and fostering a cleaner environment, there are many use cases. So where do companies focus their efforts to make an impact? For one company, they decided to tackle one of the most challenging use cas…
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There are very lucrative industries that aren't considered glamorous. The fast food industry falls in that category for most people, but not for Mack Wilbourn, Jr. He owns an Atlanta, GA based company named Mack II. It has operated for more than 50 years and has allowed Mack to develop extraordinary business partnerships. He is the franchise operat…
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Gatekeepers of the Network: Educating Users to Enable Safer Innovation: Mike Anderson, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Netskope
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For decades securing a corporate network was as simple as securing your home office. Global workforces, outside partners, and widespread mobile access have changed that challenge into a seemingly endless set of attack surfaces for CIOs to battle. Whether it’s a website, SAAS app, or a program running in a corporate data center, 5G is moving that t…
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The sale of cars, travel and dealerships has a history in African-American communities that is often ignored or unknown. That's why the story of Gregory and Juanita Baranco is so inspiring. They own two Mercedes Benz car dealerships. One is in one of the ritziest zip codes in Atlanta, Ga and the other is in their home state of Louisiana. In this ep…
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The Power of Public-Private Partnerships in Shaping Education: Dr. Amy Novak, President, St. Ambrose University & Dr. Kiesha King, Senior National Education Administrator, T-Mobile for Education
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Education has a dual challenge of not only keeping up with the scores of information and knowledge developed every day, it must also keep up with the changing ways we learn and consume content. Education is also too valuable of a tool to be isolated to the financially or geographically fortunate. Connected technologies, paired with 5G, are helping …
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This is the final episode created for Black Music Month, which is in June. This broadcast completes a trilogy of information about the business side of music as experienced by the professionals who are in the industry. Peabo Bryson is unique in this category because, at the time of his interview, he has been a performer for 58 years. His life story…
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Spearheading More Productive Healthcare through People-Centric Process and Technology: Peter Fleischut, M.D.; Group Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Transformation Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian ...
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In the medical field, the ability to transfer and interpret data in real time can be the difference between life and death. That data needs to be of high quality, moved at a high speed, and handled with the highest safeguards possible to ensure patients and their providers can receive and provide the most effective care. Building the processes that…
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This episode takes a look at what structured business planning looks like at the beginning of a person's career in a creative industry. This is the story of Jacques and Maretta Johnson; mother and son. Jacques, in June 2023, is a 26-year-old musician. He's had a mild degree of success, has opened for internationally known acts and has his own reali…
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Revolutionizing the Trucking Industry—A Connected Journey of Innovation: Danny Lilley, CTO, Werner Enterprises
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Logistics are a critical component to the success of any business, and transportation companies invest heavily in mastering it. Whether it’s managing customer orders, corporate fleets, or the employees that “drive” the business forward, progress is accelerating in a 5G-connected era. Companies such as Werner Enterprises have embraced 5G-enabled tec…
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Returning for season four of the Restless Ones, an original podcast from T-Mobile for Business and iHeartRadio, host, Jonathan Strickland sits down with some of the most forward-thinking technology leaders—those at the intersection of technology and business—to explore their unique missions, challenges, and approaches to driving their organizations…
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June is Black Music Month in the United States. This episode of LESSONS from LEADERS actually offers a mini-lesson about the music industry from the perspective of a professional who has been able to experience it from two different views. Frank Ski is the professional name of a radio personality who has been entertaining African-American audiences…
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ABL DUOs: Wonya Lucas and Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice
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Friendship and respect, in a challenging academic setting, helped mold two women into history making captains of industries. Before Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice became President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA she studied chemical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. That's where she met Wonya Lucas, another chem-E…
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Science and business are not two topics that ordinarily operate in sync. But this episode of LESSONS from LEADERS focuses on the achievements of an extraordinary man. Lonnie Johnson's name might jog something in your memory that makes you smile. That's because he's the acknowledged inventor of the Super Soaker a powerful water gun that, at one time…
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This is a story about friendship. Ryan Wilson and T.K. Petersen met each other in college. However, learning about their lives before they shared a dorm room on the campus of Georgetown University really helps more people understand why Variety Magazine, INC., Wired, USA TODAY, Bloomberg, Black Enterprise, The Guardian, The Root, All the Fly Kids, …
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This is the story about how a brilliant builder used the life gifts of a stable family upbringing, good education, and both cultural and business mentorship to do more than just benefit himself. Egbert Perry L. J. Perry is the dynamic and articulate chair and president of the Integral Group, LLC. It's described as an Atlanta, GA based real estate d…
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ABL DUOs: Monica Pearson and Justice Leah Ward Sears
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This episode of ABL DUOs actually aired during one of the Atlanta Business League's signature events, the Super Tuesday conference, in 2021. The event is the largest gathering of Black business and professionals in the United States. It is an all day conference that has several segments and this Q&A session ran as a 45 minute broadcast. The two wom…
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LESSONS from LEADERS: Karen Duckett, J.D., R.D.
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Karen I. Duckett founded , one of Atlanta’s most respected architecture, planning and interior design firms in the metro area, Duckett Design Group. Her company has executed projects totaling more than $1.8 billion in construction costs creating 3 million square feet of space. She was the joint venture partner for the design of the Hartsfield-Jacks…
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Atlanta Business League Duos interviews two African American professionals from Atlanta, GA about one topic. This episode for the series talks to Daryll Harris Griffin and her son, Michael Griffin, Jr. Their story as Black business entrepreneurs starts with Daryll's grandfather, J.E. Jordan, born in 1888. This podcast introduces Jordan's accomplish…
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LESSONS from LEADERS: Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.
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Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. spends 30 minutes explaining how his leadership as a student at a Georgia HBCU launched his career into politics. His political experiences ultimately helped him become a successful businessman. Dortch also provides an unique perspective on how his life was impacted by the municipal power dynamics shaped through race relations…
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In this episode of ABL DUOs husband and wife, Dave and Karla Moody talk about topics you don't normally hear on a program about African American business ownership. Dave owns a construction company, based in Atlanta, GA, that has generated $3 billion in projects. He bluntly explains the obstacles he and his wife faced when they started his firm out…
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It's been a while since Josh Boggs, PGA has been on the show but he's back! In this episode Josh talks about how you can tell when it's time to change clubs. Not only does he lay out a lot of great information he shares a fact that absolutely blew my mind! Friend of the show Chris Finn from Par 4 Success has put together a free assessment to see ho…
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Navigating Innovation - Adapting the Sport of Sailing to Foster Competition and a Growing Fanbase: Russell Coutts, CEO, SailGP
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Sailing the high seas has been a right of trade, survival, and sport for as long as time. For centuries, advancements came at a slow pace. Navigating through the stars and elementary improvements in shipbuilding eventually progressed with the technology age into data-based advanced tracking of currents and GPS navigation capabilities. The advent of…
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We are back again with Chris Finn the founder of Par4Success.com talking about something we hinted at in his appearance last month - rotational exercises, specifically with medicine balls. How you can use it to help your golf game and more importantly how to avoid hindering your golf game! Friend of the show Chris Finn from Par 4 Success has put to…
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Where Data & Response Times Matter Most – How 5G is making a difference in patient outcomes: Ray Bajaj, Chief Technology, Cardinal Health
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Technology continues to change every aspect of the healthcare industry. From the treatments, devices, and medicines available to patients, to the supply chain and distribution methods designed to provide access for all. The advent of 5G has had an impact well beyond telemedicine. Connectivity has touched all aspects of the medical field, from the c…
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Course Rating VS Slope, What's the Difference
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Today we're talking about two of the most confusing numbers on the scorecard. Course rating and slope. They are related but they speak to two different groups of golfers. If you want to see where you stand against golfers in your age group, sign up for a free self assessment at Par4success.com/griffin Friend of the show Chris Finn from Par 4 Succes…
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After talking with Chris Finn last week about how to the four rotational centers I wanted to dive a little deeper into one of the things that we touched on lightly. Angle of attack. I'm sure a lot of my listeners have heard the term but I wanted to explain the basics of it and take a closer look at it for the people who aren't as familiar. If you d…
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Setting new records through deeper insights, on and off the field: Danny Miles, Chief Technology Officer, Under Armour
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Perhaps there’s no better place to see how the worlds of high-performance tech and high-performing humans come together than the athletic wear industry. Companies are endlessly evolving their products and, most recently, connected services, to match the demands of customers who are constantly pushing their own limits. The 5G era has ushered in a wa…
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How Do You Rank Against Golfers Your Age?
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Today we welcome back friend of the show and fellow heart surgery punch card owner Chris Finn from Par 4 Success! Chris has more data than just about anyone in the golf industry and in this episode we're talking about how to measure yourself against other golfers your age. *HINT Chris will help you do it for free at par4success.com/griffin* Friend …
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