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TELLING OUR STORY Atlanta Business League Podcasts
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.
Episodes
24 episodes
LESSONS from LEADERS: Janis Ware
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 star...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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24:51
ABL DUOs: Delmarie Griffin and Rodney Strong
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 De...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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31:13
LESSONS from LEADERS: William F. Pickard, Ph.D.
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. Pickar...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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35:44
ABL DUOS: Jerome and Michael Russell
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 1...
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Season 1
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28:42
LESSONS from LEADERS: Milton Jones, Jr.
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 on...
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28:31
ABL DUOS: T. Dallas Smith and Leonte Benton
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 becomi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:53
Atlanta Business League's LESSONS from LEADERS: Shirley Franklin
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 struct...
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Episode 8
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38:02
ABL DUOS: Al Edwards interviews Ernest Greer and Christopher Womack
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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34:21
LESSONS from LEADERS: Roosevelt Giles
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 be...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:33
ABL DUOS: Andrella Kenner and Michael Baylis II
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 technolog...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:57
LESSONS from LEADERS: Mack Wilbourn, Jr.
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 op...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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34:43
ABL DUOs: Gregory and Juanita Baranco
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 dealership...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:20
LESSONS from LEADERS: Peabo Bryson
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. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:37
ABL DUOs: Jacques and Maretta Johnson
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. Ja...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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31:54
LESSONS from LEADERS: Frank Ski
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 di...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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28:06
ABL DUOs: Wonya Lucas and Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice
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 i...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:14
LESSONS from LEADERS: Lonnie Johnson
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:24
ABL DUOs: T.K. Petersen and Ryan Wilson
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 mor...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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34:18
LESSONS from LEADERS: Egbert Perry
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....
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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30:08
ABL DUOs: Monica Pearson and Justice Leah Ward Sears
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 i...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:02
LESSONS from LEADERS: Karen Duckett, J.D., R.D.
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:58
ABL DUOs: Daryll and Michael Griffin, Jr
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 B...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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27:49
LESSONS from LEADERS: Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.
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 pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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27:49
