The Walt Weekly Podcast

Small Business and Entrepreneurship With Ray J. McGuire Former Vice Chairman Of Citigroup and Former NYC Mayoral Candidate

The TWW welcomes trailblazer Raymond J. McGuire. He is a former NYC Mayoral Candidate and a former Vice Chairman of Citigroup. He was also Global Head of Investment Banking during his tenure at Citigroup with a specific focus on Mergers and Acquisitions. Ray held this position for 13 years. This was the longest any person, Black or White, held this role.

Ray is a graduate of Harvard College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ray will bring his expertise and experience to small business, startups, and entrepreneurship. What does the current environment look like with COVID, supply chain disruptions, inflation, and the country’s political divide?

Saving Our Kids: :Stop and Frisk, Raise the Age? Rebroadcast

Attorney Walter Fields and his partner, Ronald Fisher,  will be discussing the” Raise the Age” changes that Bronx DA Clark wants to implement as part of the fight against gun violence. We will also discuss the return of” Stop and Frisk” and the Rittenhouse not guilty verdict. Today’s guest will provide us with a legal analysis of this verdict.

Where Are Our Black Churches? Rebroadcast

Harlem ‘s Reverend Dr. James A. Kilgore and  Greg Coleman join us to discuss why black churches appear to be absent from the struggle for equal rights.

Healthcare and the African American: Why Are We Left Out?

The TWW is joined today by a 16-year Healthcare professional who will help us discuss the lack of proper Healthcare African Americans have received. Whose to blame?

The Corona Pandemic exposed the ingrained discriminatory treatment of Blacks by the medical profession. It is prolific and permeates throughout this most important service. If you are not healthy, your options are automatically constrained and most tines unobtainable. Ergo, the lack of proper treatment served to insure that Blacks remained at the bottom of the economic ladder. What can be done? Is there some quick remedy? Or do we have to totally restructure the existing system.

Unnamed Guest Background

BSN (bachelor in the science of nursing)
CEN (certified emergency nurse)
16 years of experience

 

 

Black Fathers Not Getting Credit

This show is about why Black fathers are hardly mentioned when thanks are being given out by Blacks who have become successful in their fields. This could be sports, entertainment, etc. Black fathers are the Rodney Dangerfield of parents. We get no respect, no respect at all.

Superman‘s Son Is Bisexual- Rebroadcast of Friday Live

The TWW takes on the the recent announcement by DC Comics that Superman's son will be bisexual. Is this an attempt at normalization? What about the young kids that are comic book enthusiast? Are we supposed to just accept this as part of our being in the 21st century?

Who Is At Fault for Violence In Our Community? Us!

Black on Black violence, with images of shootings, babies being caught in the crossfire, other innocents killed or wounded. What can we attribute this scourge too?  We have gangs, drug dealers, people that prey on the old and elderly. What do we do? Depend on the police to implement programs to address it? They have. We have. Yet it continues unabated.

Let’s put the responsibility where it lies. We are responsible first and foremost. A child is a product of his environment. If he is brought up in an environment where life is cheap and going to school is for punks, this will become his reality. This along with systemic racism has manifested itself with kids who don’t respect life. It is not precious to them.

Have you ever asked yourself how a kid can kill someone and go to McDonalds? How a mother can grieve for her murdered child, not knowing that her child killed another child 2 weeks ?

 

The Way it Was. What Happened? Rebroadcast

On this week’s show ,we want to go back, way back, to growing up Black during the 60s and 70s. Life was valuable, and discipline was up front and community driven.

What Happened to us?

Photo provided by my classmate,  Tonette Speller

Teachers and COVID Another Front Line: Rebroadcast

We have several teachers who are joining us to talk about their experience and position on the reopening of schools during this Covid epidemic. Are they happy, scared, indifferent, or trying to retire? Maybe they are quitting teaching altogether.

Several teachers are not a good sample size, but we are hoping to get our listeners some indication of how they are feeling. and what they are seeing in the classrooms. We know that they share among themselves, lets'  hope they will share a little bit with us.

Athletes and Mental Illness with WNBA Star Val Whiting-Raymond: Rebroadcast

Have you heard of all these high-profile athletes removing themselves from the spotlight due to mental health issues? Is this something new? Are they weak? They have reached the pinnacle of their careers, yet they are asking for time away from the activities that they love and excel in.

WNBA superstar Val Whiting has first-hand knowledge of this issue.

About Val Whiting-Raymond

Graduate of Stanford University Drafted in 1996, Round 2, #11 Overall Career- 1996-2002 She averaged 10.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in her 157-game career with the San Jose Lasers, Seattle Reign, Detroit Shock and Minnesota Lynx. She began playing during the 1996 season and last took the court during the 2002 campaign. She is currently - a certified performance mindset coach.