What do large scale sea travel, the Hajj, Parson Weems’s biography of George Washington, and Welsh naming customs have to do with the richest man in history? EVERYTHING, folks! They […]
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Category: Black History
Ep 43: Nana Asma’u: Educational Innovator Extraordinaire
Nana Asma’u is the smartest and most influential women you’ve probably never heard of. She was a teacher, princess, scholar, social reformer, teen mother — and the original glass ceiling […]
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Ep 40: Mary Seacole: Nurse, Doctress & Social Entrepreneur
There’s a reason Mary Seacole was voted the greatest black Briton in history. Long before Silicon Valley coined the term “social entrepreneurship,” she was using her business savvy to address […]
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Ep 38: Women in the Workforce
Ever heard people say that “women entered the workforce during World War II?” Meredith, Emily, & Frank address why that belief is incomplete and inaccurate — and how that myth […]
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Episode 36: Southern Food, Aunt Jemima, & Innovation
Join Emily, Meredith, & Frank as they explore the real story of southern food. They discuss: how a recent episode of the PBS series Mercy Street both illuminated and perpetuated the […]
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