November 2019 - Marcus Whitney

There is only one Mickey Guyton, and we have her on the show this week. Mickey is an incredible talent, a genre-bending revelation and one of the sweetest people you will ever meet. Her story reminds me that the path less traveled is the one with all the breakthroughs. She’s had hit records but she’s also…

Emotions don’t care about what’s fair It’s Fall. It’s getting darker, earlier. The temperature is dropping, and the holiday season is upon us. In conversations these days, we ask questions of ourselves and others that are both reflective and forecasting. “How has the year gone?” “What are we doing for the holidays?” “Any big plans…

An absolute treat for you all this week. Maneet Chauhan is a dynamo, and Nashville hit the Jackpot when she and her husband Vivek decided to build their culinary empire here. You may have seen her on the Food Network as a regular judge on Chopped, but hearing her story will inspire you to believe…

We’re not robots; we’re humans. Last week was a great week for me, work-wise. It was a week of long days working on a big vision with great people. The week wrapped up on Friday morning, and I went to see my hairstylist Ebonee to get my hair done. While sitting in Ebonee’s chair in…

This week’s podcast features my good friend Newton Dominey. Newton is the founder of Nashville’s original climbing gym, The Crag, now with two locations and an incredible community that it supports. But that’s not how Newton and I met. We met in the very early days of Nashville Soccer Club (then, Nashville Football Club). Newton is…

Tell it like it is When I was six years old and in the 2nd grade, I rode home on a small private bus that my parents hired. The bus dropped me off at my grandmother’s house on St. Johns Place in Brooklyn. St. Johns is a very wide street for New York City, with…

I’ve had some incredible moments in recording the #CreativePower Hour this year, but so far only one has left me absolutely speechless and on the verge of tears. It would be this episode with my sister in spirit, Mignon Francois. Mignon is the founder of The Cupcake Collection and the absolute embodiment of Creative Power,…

That argument has been won already Like clockwork, my new life is starting not to seem so new. More and more, people are approaching me about my podcast and The Grind. These are becoming the things that people associate me with. Coincidentally, it’s becoming more comfortable to create podcast episodes and issues of The Grind.…