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My guest is Stacy Spikes, co-founder and CEO of the nation's first theatrical subscription service, Movie Pass. Stacy is also founder of the Urbanworld film festival and author of Black Founder, The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider. Recently named by USA Today as one of the 21 most influential Blacks in technology, Stacy joins me to talk about his background, breaking into the music business, surviving the ebbs and flows of being an entrepreneur. Along the way he has plenty of advice for wou...

Ward Clayton, author of the new book The Legendary Caddies of Augusta joins ADmire! host Larry D. Woodard to talk about growing up in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina with its great sports and coaching culture, falling in love with sports and sports writing, working for the PGA and making sense of LIV Golf. He explains how the caddies of Augusta National story found him and the emotional connection that has developed over the years. He talks about the new book.Thanks for listening. Don't forget...

ADmire! Podcast host Larry D. Woodard sits down with World Rugby Hall of Famer turn MMA fighter Phaidra Knight and they discuss how it felt to knock out Halle Berry, raising pigs, chasing dreams and giving back.Thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe.

In this episode I chop it up with Adobe's Chris Duffey about the Metaverse, AI and the future of life as we know it on planet earth. (I bet that got your attention)Thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe.

Host Larry D Woodard and Chicago treasure, Yvette Moyo, go "there". That's right, they explore Yvette's career and in the process deal with the realities of being black and in business.Thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe.

For those of us of a certain age, Rodney Allen Rippy was one of the first people in the world to really go viral. His ads for Jack in the Box in the early 70's made him instantly recognizable everywhere. This is a great American story. Buckle up and tune in!Thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe.