The Culture Soup Podcast®
The Culture Soup Podcast is where tech, culture and business collide. Each episode, L. Michelle Smith interviews foremost and emerging thought leaders in the space, with topics driven by hot conversations on social media.
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September 25, 2026 • 45 mins
Some conversations are too good to happen behind closed doors. This one happened at The Dock Bookshop in Dallas, and if you were in that room, you already know. L. Michelle Smith sits down with Cynt Marshall — former CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, trailblazing Fortune 500 executive, and one of the featured leaders in *Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church* — for a live fireside chat that moves ...
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September 25, 2026 • 45 mins
Some conversations are too good to happen behind closed doors. This one happened at The Dock Bookshop in Dallas, and if you were in that room, you already know. L. Michelle Smith sits down with Cynt Marshall — former CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, trailblazing Fortune 500 executive, and one of the featured leaders in Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church — for a live fireside chat that moves fr...
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July 16, 2026 • 2 mins
Toxic positivity isn't always syrupy sweet platitudes. Sometimes it is buried in the "keep it moving" or "keep going" mentality and the pushing through to the next despite the adversity. That's why some of us really aren't as resilient as we think...at least not yet. We call ourselves tough. We call ourselves strong. We try to skip over the most important part that grants us the resilient title: the reflection and the healing, th...
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June 11, 2026 • 28 mins
What if the most sophisticated leadership training you ever received happened before you turned 15, and it happened in church? In this fireside chat recorded live at Greater Life Church in Dallas, L. Michelle Smith joins Pastor Stephen G. Brown for a conversation that moves between sermon and scholarship, between science and story. Drawing from her bestselling book Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, ...
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Episode Summary: What if the most sophisticated leadership training you ever received happened before you turned 15 — and it happened in church? In this powerful conversation recorded live at Greater Life Church in Dallas, L. Michelle Smith joins Pastor Stephen Brown for a fireside chat that is equal parts sermon, scholarship, and strategy session. Drawing from her bestselling book Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons ...
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April 18, 2026 • 2 mins
"It was important to me to not just go on a hunch..." LMS Watch this clip from my recent book tour stop at Texas Christian University's Brite Divinity School with my friend and classmate, Rev. Dr. Shonda Jones as she probes about my research methodology for my new bestseller Call and Response. No pressure at all...right? I always get a little nervous when I'm speaking to a well-credentialed scholar, but I have to say that this ...
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March 20, 2026 • 109 mins
There is something powerful about returning to a university campus to talk about leadership. At Texas Christian University, our conversation around Call and Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church (Amistad Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing and JVL Media) was not just about a book. It was about formation. It was about where leadership really begins. About the spaces that quietly shape courage, discipline, ...
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March 19, 2026 • 63 mins
Show Notes: Call & Response at TCU — A Conversation on Culture, Leadership, and Legacy At Texas Christian University’s Carr Chapel, L. Michelle Smith returned to her alma mater for a powerful conversation on Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, joined by Rev. Dr. Shonda Jones, Executive Vice President and Dean of Brite Divinity School. What unfolded was more than a book talk. It was a r...
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March 6, 2026 • 98 mins
If you couldn't be in the room, now's your chance to be a part. TOMORROW at noon, Thursday, March 5 we'll be streaming video of the kickoff to the Call and Response book tour that happened at the Barnes & Noble bookseller at Hillside Village on multiple platforms. It will be featured here on Linkedin, so grab your colleagues, family and friends and bring a journal: Cynt Marshall and I will be holding class, a different kind o...
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March 5, 2026 • 49 mins
The Culture Soup Podcast® Live from Barnes & Noble: Call & Response — 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church In this special live episode of The Culture Soup Podcast®, L. Michelle Smith celebrates the launch of her newest book, Call & Response: Ten Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, recorded live at Barnes & Noble in Cedar Hill, Texas. Joined by trailblazing executive and former Dallas Mavericks C...
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January 29, 2026 • 49 mins
In the first episode of year seven of the Culture Soup Podcast, L. Michelle Smith sits down with equity strategist, author, and Waymaker Change Group founder Tara Jaye Frank for a timely and deeply personal conversation about leadership, grief, obedience, and self-preservation. They explore the making of Tara’s new book, You Are Before the World: Lessons on Doing Good Without Being Undone, including why she chose to self-pub...
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January 29, 2026 • 49 mins
In the first episode of year seven of the Culture Soup Podcast, L. Michelle Smith sits down with equity strategist, author, and Waymaker Change Group founder Tara Jaye Frank for a timely and deeply personal conversation about leadership, grief, obedience, and self-preservation. They explore the making of Tara’s new book, You Are Before the World: Lessons on Doing Good Without Being Undone, including why she chose to self-pub...
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January 24, 2026 • 35 secs
Because sometimes, we must rest from it all and center ourselves... Don't miss my compelling conversation with my friend, author and founder Tara Jaye Frank who just released her new book "You Are Before the World" an ode to the "helpers" who find themselves needing help themselves but rarely seeking it. We also have a very candid conversation about publishing that you won't want to miss. The Culture Soup Podcast is entering it...
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November 20, 2025 • 18 mins
In the final installment of the Leadership Revival Series, L. Michelle returns to the third and final pillar of the Call & Response Leadership Revival Framework: leadership theory. This episode includes: • A reading from When You Receive the Language for What You’ve Lived • A deeply personal full-circle story about meeting Abby West (now VP & Editorial Director at Amistad Books) • A throwback clip from Episode 161 w...
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November 20, 2025 • 18 mins
In this third installment of the Leadership Revival Series, L. Michelle Smith brings the journey full circle. After exploring history & culture in Part 1 and applied science in Part 2, today’s episode takes us into the final pillar of the Call & Response Leadership Revival Framework: leadership theory. This episode weaves together research, lived experience, and a deeply personal full-circle story that became a turni...
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September 29, 2025 • 1 min
While everyone is talking about mid-career pivots and layoffs at the top, we’re overlooking a key group hit hardest by today’s shaky job market: college seniors. The Class of 2025 is entering a world of work that looks more like a tightrope than a career ladder. I sat down with my friend and colleague Leilani M. Brown, CEO of Giant Steps and author of From Campus to Career, to talk about what this generation is facing&m...
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September 26, 2025 • 41 mins
he Class of 2025 is shaken. Join me and Leilani M. Brown as we unpack how today’s grads can shift with intention—despite a wobbly job market. Practical tools, straight talk & career clarity await. Let’s talk about your giant steps forward.
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September 25, 2025 • 1 min
The Class of 2025 is "shooketh." Join me and Leilani M. Brown as we unpack how today’s grads can shift with intention—despite a wobbly job market. Practical tools, straight talk & career clarity await. Let’s talk about your giant steps forward on The Culture Soup Podcast, streaming everywhere you watch or listen today.
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September 24, 2025 • 26 secs
Putting on my university faculty hat for a second... I may be on break from lecturing on campus, but as a board member and graduate alum of one of the best strategic comms schools in the country, TCU Bob Schieffer College of Communication, I still have a heart for young scholar leaders. And I recognize that the Class of 2025 Is shaken by a less than accommodating job market. So what now? Today’s graduates are staring int...
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August 21, 2025 • 49 mins
Resilience isn’t just about bouncing back—it’s about building a system that makes you stronger, wiser, and better. Join me for Episode 195 of The Culture Soup Podcast with my mentor coach and longtime friend, Valorie Burton, bestselling author of Rules of Resilience. We’ll unpack 10 practical rules for thriving through uncertainty and leading with authenticity. This extended edition streams live this Thur...
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