Afrigather “I simply didn’t know what it meant to have cash. I used to be consuming the $3 knishes on the road,” says Issa Rae in Direct Deposit: What Occurs When Black Folks Get Wealthy, a brand new podcast from Audible premiering Oct. 13.
Tech entrepreneur-turned-author Chad Sanders (Black Magic: What Black Leaders Discovered From Trauma and Triumph) hosts the eight-episode collection, which was impressed by his personal experiences as each struggling author and up-and-coming Hollywood scribe, mentored by Spike Lee and writing for HBO Max’s Rap Sh!t. To assist him navigate the adjustments that include rising fortunes – significantly as they pertain to the distinctive dynamics of Black wealth – he speaks to various high-profile friends from the worlds of leisure, enterprise and sports activities, together with Rae (creator of Rap Sh!t), Charles D. King, Gabrielle Union, Soledad O’Brien, magnificence influencer Jackie Aina, Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole and elite NFL quarterback coach Quincy Avery.
“I believe it’s a really Black factor to really feel liable for the folks round you and to make it possible for they’re good and to not really feel good till they’re,” Rae continues in her episode.
Sanders additionally created and co-hosts the Quitters podcast with Fashionable Household alumna Julie Bowen.
Hearken to the audio trailer for Direct Deposit beneath.
