Brooklyn Savvy: Recent Episodes
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Brooklyn Savvy is a talk show hosted by Toni Williams that celebrates the diverse perspectives and life experiences of the women that call Brooklyn home. Each episode features a multi-cultural, multi-generational guest panel who share their candid opinions and sharp insights alongside a featured guest who provides advice for leading a successful and meaningful life. Tune into Brooklyn Savvy Sundays at 10:00AM and Thursdays at 3:00 PM on WNYC-New York City Life Television on channel 25, check with your cable provider as stations vary. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/toni-williams6/support
Brooklyn Savvy speaks with Dr. Tracy Norris, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst who talks about the unique issues people of color face when confronted with the onslaught of racism. Dr. Norris asserts the need for psychological autonomy as a mindset that can help one frame a perspective that enables success in oppressive structures.
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Brooklyn Savvy chats with Grainne McNamara the Chair of the New York Women's Foundation, this organization has awarded $77 million over 31 years, including more than $11 million in 2018. This investment is focused on women's issues, and programs that confront economic, gender and racial justice.
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Brooklyn Savvy talks with Dr. Iris Davis and Collette Ellis in this two-part episode on what it means to be a medical intuitive and psychic healer. We explore trauma and stress and its impact on the body, as well as heart, and mind coherence when it comes to balancing and regulating the body.
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Brooklyn Savvy talks with Dr. Iris Davis and Collette Ellis in this two-part episode on what it means to be a medical intuitive and psychic healer. We explore trauma and stress and its impact on the body, as well as heart, and mind coherence when it comes to balancing and regulating the body.
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Brooklyn Savvy talks to Dr. Helen Neville in a two-part episode on bi-racial and multi-cultural identities and cultural competency and its importance in today's society.
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Brooklyn Savvy talks to Dr. Helen Neville in a two-part episode on bi-racial and multi-cultural identities and cultural competency and its importance in today's society.
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Brooklyn Savvy mets with President of Medgar Evers College Dr. Patricia Ramsey as she talks about the college's social justice roots and academic orientation, tune into this episode to hear more.
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Brooklyn Savvy introduces Traci Lester new President of the Brooklyn Center for Fiction who shares the programs, member services, and writing programs for Brooklynites and beyond.
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Brooklyn Savvy speaks with the President of LISC Valerie White who shares how this organization connects communities to resources that lift the quality of life.
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Brooklyn Savvy talk to Dr. Harriette Mims of the Village Family Support Center who founded a Jews of Color network. There are 7m Jews worldwide, of which 8-20% are considered Jews of Color and this is growing. We explore why the jewish faith is appealing to all types of people worldwide.
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Brooklyn Savvy features Jennifer Jones Austin, President of FPWA, as she shares the work she is doing with the Racial Justice Commission to revise the City Charter. Racial inequity and discrimination are embedded into our institutions and society. The RJC is revising the City Charter to transform our government to represent our values and affirm the rights of all New Yorkers.
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Brooklyn Savvy features our own Jennifer Jones Austin as she talks about her experiences as a part of a delegation that visited the Haitian Border Crisis, and its impact on the Haitian population in New York City.
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Brooklyn Savvy talk to Yolanda Richard of FPWA who talks about Roll Up Your Sleeves the Vaccine hesitancy and outreach to the African American community. We explore what the real underlying issues are that create the distrust.
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Political Science Professor and Author Terri Givens talks about her book Radical Empathy with Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas. The book focuses on the kind of empathy that encourages understanding the feelings of others and to create the change that allows everyone to benefit from economic prosperity and develop social relationships that are beneficial to our emotional well-being.
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Political Science Professor and Author Terri Givens talks about her book Radical Empathy with Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas. The book focuses on the kind of empathy that encourages understanding the feelings of others and to create the change that allows everyone to benefit from economic prosperity and develop social relationships that are beneficial to our emotional well-being.
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Clarissa Romero, author, coach and thought leader talks with Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas about what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur from the inside out. She delves into the self-talk that can keep you from living your best most authentic life.
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Toni Williams and Brooklyn Savvy panelists talk with author Michelle Hollinger about what it means to "Love," yourself and to live life with authenticity.
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Toni Williams and Brooklyn Savvy panelists talk with author Michelle Hollinger about what it means to "Love," yourself and to live life with authenticity.
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Lisa Gold of the Asian American Alliance and Snehal Desai East West Players in Los Angeles discuss with Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas the issues related to the increase in Asian American bias, and the resulting violence in Brooklyn and beyond.
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Toni Williams and Brooklyn Savvy panelist Phyllis White-Thorne talk with Dr. Steve Perry founder of the Capital Preparatory School, and his passion, dedication and commitment to the education of black children, especially black boys.
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Toni Williams and Tobie Stein talk with Donna Walker-Kuhne and Kristina Newman-Scott talk about this moment in the arts, and how it is shifting the conversation and landscape in art and culture toward Diveristy, Equity, Inclusion and Access.
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Toni Williams goes one-on-one with Kristina Newman Scott and talks about how arts organizations are faring in this time of covid-19. Newman-Scott talks about the issues related to systemic racism, and it's impact on art and culture organizations.
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Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas talk with author Shawn Rochester, and President of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Colvin Grannum talk about the increased hidden cost for being black in America
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Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas talk with author Shawn Rochester, and President of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Colvin Grannum talk about the increased hidden cost for being black in America.
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Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas go a bit deeper in their discussion about "White Fragility," with The Getting Uncomfortable Book Club," and explore why it is so difficult for white people to talk about race.
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Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas talk about "White Fragility," with The Getting Uncomfortable Book Club,"and explore why it is so difficult for white people to talk about race.
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In this episode of Brooklyn Savvy, Toni Williams talks to Kristina Newman-Scott about the state of the art and cultural organizations in the age of covid-19. This episode also discusses the digital divide, education, and how BRIC helps young people of color with creativity. Learn about rigorous curiosity as well as how asking more questions may help today's problems. The concerns
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Professor at St John's University Tyesha Maddox Dr. Tyesha Maddox is a Historian of the African Diaspora and an assistant professor of African and Africa American studies at Fordham University. Dr. Maddox received her PhD in History from New York University in 2016. Before joining the faculty at Fordham, she was the 2015-2016 African and African Diaspora Studies Dissertation Fellow at Boston College and a 2015-2016 Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society. In 2018, she was a Scholar in Residence at the Schomburg Research Library in NYC as a Ford Foundation/Mellon
Ken Irish-Bramble, was born to Montserratian parents in Marigott, St. Martin. Dr. Irish-Bramble currently holds a BA in Political Science from the City University of New York (CUNY); a MA in Comparative Politics from New York University (NYU); a MA in Secondary Education from Pace University and; a Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from NYU.Dr. Irish-Bramble has worked in a variety of not-for-profit and government agencies as an educator, community advocate, researcher, service coordinator, athletic coach and advisor. He served as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences for twenty years. Until recently, he also served as a high school mathematics teacher and disciplinary Dean for the New York City Department of Education and a Research Fellow at the Caribbean Research Center at Medgar Evers College (CRC).
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Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas talk with author Shawn Rochester and President of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Colvin Grannum about how the increased cost for being black is a hidden one. The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America is a book that discusses how black people are economically disadvantaged every day simply for being African-American. It gives examples from true-to-life experiences, such as how black communities are undervalued.
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Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas talk with author Shawn Rochester and President of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Colvin Grannum about how the increased cost for being black is a hidden one. The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America is a book that discusses how black people are economically disadvantaged every day simply for being African-American. It gives examples from true-to-life experiences, such as how black communities are undervalued.
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Black and white women engage in candid, authentic, and self-disclosing conversations around race, and what it would take to dismantle white supremacist structures on this podcast of Brooklyn Savvy. A podcast for allies, and accomplices in the struggle. The episode focuses on White Fragility as discussed in Robin DiAngelo’s book and inspires others to read it as a primer if one really wants to tackle the issues of race relations. We'll talk about why conversations about race unsettle white people? Why is being oblivious an obfuscation, and what will it take to progress to an egalitarian society.
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Have you wondered which voice in your head is the one you should listen to and follow? Have you asked about how to develop your intuition? Do you believe you have the gift of discerning spirits? Listen to Toni Williams and the Brooklyn Savvy panelistas talk to a psychic Johneatha Campos as she talks about her personal journey embracing her gifts and how she uses them to assist others in their spiritual walks.
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Black and white women engage in candid, authentic and self disclosing conversations around race, and what it would take to dismantle white supremacist structures on this podcast of Brooklyn Savvy. A podcast for allies, and accomplices in the struggle. The episode focuses on White Fragility as discussed in Robin DiAngelo’s book and inspires others to read it as a primer if one really wants to tackle the issues of race relations. We'll talk about why conversations about race unsettle white people? Why is being oblivious an obfuscation, and what will it take to progress to an egalitarian society.
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Cesi is a producing artist. She's founder and curator of Short Plays to Nourish the Mind & Soul. Cesi talks about hard issues related to trauma, domestic violence, and abuse in a creative way, as she weaves stories that get to the heart of the matter while also transforming the subject matter by using colorful characters in her short plays that trigger subtle changes in the reader.
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If you don't believe in the "Biological Clock," perhaps you should when you really want to raise a family. Tanya Selvaratnam talks candidly about her journey, as she asks herself whether she waited too long for motherhood.
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Brooklyn Savvy with Toni Williams leads a discussion with Author, and Thought Leader in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion space, Dr. Tobie Stein as she talks about the systemic racial issues that compound authentic engagement of People of Color in art and cultural organizations.
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Toni Williams leads a discussion with Brooklyn Savvy panelistas with Dr. Donna Marie Freitas who shares her insights on the prevalence of sexual assault, and sexual violence on college campuses. Dr. Freitas engages in an in-depth discussion on the "hookup culture" fueled with alcohol creates a toxic mix for college students, especially young women, who are exploring their sexual freedoms. Every parent of as well as, college students should listen carefully to this episode to be better informed about the campus policies or lack thereof.
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Listen to co-founder of Black Women Lead Kimberly Peeler-Allen discuss what it takes to get black women elected in this episode of Brooklyn Savvy. Black women are in the forefront of politics, healthcare, and other sectors of the economy making a difference and lifting our voices. Peeler-Allen shares strategies and talks about the importance of a network. Please watch Brooklyn Savvy on Sunday on New York City Television WNYC channel 25 at 10:00 and Thursday at 3:00 PM.
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Dr. Sweeney the author of Condom-sense talks about the current state of the incidence and treatment of HIV/AIDS in the general population. The incidence of HIV/AIDS in the white gay male population has decreased, while it has increased with women of color, especially black women, and is still a killer of black gay and bi-sexual men, in urban areas and in the south. Dr. Sweeney discusses this health disparity on this podcast of Brooklyn Savvy. Dr. Monica Sweeney MPH, FACP served as the retired vice dean for global engagement and clinical professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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Listen while Dr. Indira Etwaroo Director of the Steve Jobs Theater, and Artistic Advisor of The Billie interviews Toni Williams Creator, Executive Producer and Host of Brooklyn Savvy talk about the importance of Brooklyn Savvy as it bridges communities and issues. And provides advocacy and awareness to social justice issues and more.
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So what does it mean to be intimate.......Listen to Dr. Catherine Valencia as she talks about taking online meet-ups to the next level through a Second Life and other virtual platforms that blur the line between reality and illusion or do they in this podcast of Brooklyn Savvy.
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NY Jets’ first African American female coach, Collette Smith, is making her dreams come true on and off the football field, while sharing traumatic experiences that she has translated to victories. Listen to this inspiring story.
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Toni Williams host of Brooklyn Savvy and panelistas talk candidly about issues related to transitioning gender with Afghanistan veteran Jennifer Long about her transition from male to female.
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