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Few professions have been quite as diminished and mocked by pop culture as Flight Attendants.  Usually portrayed as comically incompetent, insatiably promiscuous, and dumb - they get the worst of it.  Put that together with the well documented racism, sexism, ableism, and body shaming and it's a bit of a mystery how they continue to smile every day.  Sherley Altidor is none of the stereotypes...

In over 20 years in the recruitment sector Megan Couch has seen it all.  She has worked with employers of every shape and size, locally and nationally.  She has a lot of opinions, a lot of commentary, and is happy to share it all!  Megan doesn't sugar coat anything, and says out loud the things that other recruiters keep in their head...

Riding Shotgun with Charlie is a delightful podcast with lots of good humor, honest conversation, and... well... guns.  The host is a former musician, former teacher turned firearms instructor named Charlie Cook.  Is he a conservative?  When it comes to the second amendment OH YEAH, but he's also one hell of a nice guy who makes it really hard to only think of the stereotypes...

Are chiropractors real doctors?  Why do so many of them sell essential oils?  Do babies need chiropractic care?  What about that chart that says chiropractic care will make my liver work better?  How do I spot a woo-woo/scam artist chiropractor? 

Dr Melissa MacDonald answers all of this and more with a lot of humor and a straight talking, bs-free approach rivalled only by Michele Olivier herself...

Courntey Snowden is a lot of things to a lot of people.  Smart, sassy, incredibly articulate, and well versed in the art of getting shit done in Washington DC.  Here, she says it better than I could:

DC native, seasoned government relations professional, boy mom of Malik and Maxwell, Peloton enthusiast, and Founder of Black Girl Magic: The Peloton Edition

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Everyone needs help sometimes.  When you're in a position of leadership with a highly visible company, especially a tech giant, it can be hard to know where to turn.  Who can you trust?  Where is it safe to be vulnerable?  One answer that many of these leaders turn to is Marc Levine.  Marc works with leaders to identify areas for growth, and then help them find new ways to approach their challenges...

Chelsea Dacus has a super cool job.  She gets paid to learn, talk, and think about really old stuff.  There's a little more to it than that, but that's the gist.  As an Assistant Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts - Houston she spends a lot of her time managing the realities of cultures appropriated, sacred artifacts contaminated and/or desecrated, and a local population with changing expectations of what a museum is and should be.  That's a lot...

In this very special episode Michele is joined by Carroll-Sue Cassella Rehm and Janis Melillo of the dynamic podcast 2Sistas.  If that wasn't enough trouble, she brought in her own sister, Bridgette Uriegas, to the conversation!  The four sisters discuss everything from raising kids, to starting business, and education in the time of Covid...

You think Texas and you think big hair, cowboy boots, oil, horses, and RED!  Well times are a changin'.  Wearing one of her many pairs of fabulous boots, with a full but not "big" mane of hair Reverend Joanna Crawford is at the forefront to that change...

Death is at best an uncomfortable subject for most of us.  At worst it's terrifying and the literal stuff of nightmares.  Yet there are those who live, work, and even thrive in this space.  They are the ones who help shepherd us through those dark moments and help orchestrate the details of saying goodbye.  Ryan Ballard is one of those people.  In this conversation he talks about the reality of his work - the highs and the lows, as well as what it takes to do it...