In this episode, Dr. Yndia sits with award-winning luxury event designer Ieasha James, founder and creative director of Endless Flair Events, a Boston-based event-design firm nationally recognized for immersive, luxury, story-driven installations. Listen in as Ieasha shares her journey as a former healthcare professional who leaned into her creative and entrepreneurial vision to become a highly sought-after creative known for crafting unforgettable, high-end experiences for celebrities, politicians and everyday people. Her story of artistry, mental health resiliency, and faith-based purpose-driven leadership will inspire you to dream bigger and boldly. Production credit: @Masauko. Episode sponsored by @Give Black Alliance and @Get Konnected!

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In celebration of UK’s Black History Month, this episode Dr. Yndia features award-winning British-Grenadian visual artist, photographer, and filmmaker Simon Frederick, one of the 100 Most Influential Black Britons in Media & Entertainment. In this powerful conversation, Simon Frederick and Dr. Yndia discuss visual storytelling, identity, and the important transformative role art plays in reclaiming Black representation in the British postcolonial narrative and beyond. Simon Frederick also reflects on why “Blackness is a privilege,” the significance of his works, from his portraits representing the largest acquisition of African and Caribbean photographs in the National Portrait Gallery to his Netflix/BBC films Black is the New Black and They’ve Gotta Have Us, and the ways his Caribbean diasporic sensibilities informs the lens. Production credit: @Masauko. Episode sponsored by @Give Black Alliance and @Get Konnected!

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WE ARE BACK! In this Season 7 premiere, Dr. Yndia is in conversation with Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., scholar, T.V political commentator, and NYT bestselling author. In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, they discuss his latest and riveting book, We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For–a work that challenges us to reckon with the moral crises of democracy, the soul of Black America, and our own responsibilities in this era of transformation. They explore his personal journey, his evolving scholarship, and the urgent politics of Black belonging–locally and globally. Production credit: @Masauko. Episode sponsored by @Give Black Alliance and @Get Konnected!

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