Lisa Borders,  has three decades of leadership in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Former President of the WNBA, CEO and President of Time’s Up, Vice President of Global Community Affairs at The Coca Cola Company, and President of the Grady Health Foundation.  Lisa offers an enlightened approach to leadership and she sits with us to discuss what activism can do for the world.

What is bias? We all have it, but how do we recognize and combat it? Dr. Rodney Glasgow, head of an independent school, founder of the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, and the president of the Glasgow Group, an anti-bias organization, is committed to answering these questions. In this episode, Dr. Glasgow speaks to us about how we can confront our own bias in order to evolve into a more inclusive community.

In 1968, three black men were shot dead by police at a bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina. 47 years later, nine black members of the Mother Emanuel AME Church were shot dead by a white supremacist in Charleston. How could such a similar event occur so many years later? Why hasn’t there been more progress in race relations in South Carolina? Bakari Sellers has felt the continuous effects of this stagnation throughout his life, especially growing up in the rural town of Denmark, where opportunities for this majority-black community were limited. His father, Cleveland Sellers, was shot and arrested in the events of Orangeburg in 1968. Bakari grew up aware of the hardships his father faced, using them to fight for equity and justice in political positions in government and media. Bakari Sellers’ life has been dedicated to preventing this repetition of history.

A story of corruption, racism, murder, and the fight for freedom of the press. A politician shoots a newspaper editor in broad daylight in Columbia, South Carolina, over one hundred years ago. The story has been largely forgotten yet it is eerily tied to our political climate today. A historian, two local journalists, a famous South Carolina prosecutor, and the great nephew of the victim help us tell this lost story.

The future of the Republican Party is at stake as a civil war rages from within over the true meaning of conservatism.  What is the future of the GOP?  Who better to answer that question than Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district?  Wilson followed his family's legacy in the party by standing up for conservative values, and has inspired future generations to do the same.  In this episode, we speak with Representative Wilson about the Republican Party's past, present, and future, and why he believes conservatism is the best way to propel our republic forward.

You may have seen her on the court representing Team USA in the Olympics or on the sidelines of the latest USC Women's Basketball game. From living in poverty in Philadelphia to coaching professional basketball, Dawn Staley has demonstrated the importance of self-motivation and resilience in one’s success. Staley played division one basketball at the University of Virginia, and after graduating college she went on to be a gold medalist Olympic basketball player. After her successful playing career, Staley moved on to coaching, where she found her passion in encouraging her players to follow their dreams just as she did. She revived the USC Women’s Basketball team in only a few short years with the program, and led them to a National Championship. In this episode we had the opportunity to sit down with Staley and discuss how she found her identity, and how she helps her players find their own.

While the concept of the American Dream is an enduring idea, predating the union itself, the term “American Dream” was coined in 1931 by James Truslow Adams as "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." However, throughout history, this dream has been repeatedly denied to marginalized groups. Jaime Harrison, the current chairman of the Democratic National Party, seeks to change that. In this episode of The Outspoken Leader, Harrison revises Adams’s definition of the American Dream and serves as a success story of that dream.