How I Crushed It
Welcome to How I Crushed It, a podcast where we shine a light on talent within the community. In each interview each guest will share their journey on how they have been able to crush it whether it be in the world of the arts, sports, or the business world and beyond. Listen in to be entertained and find out how they each overcame big obstacles, find out who inspires them and what are the next goals for them to achieve. No matter what career you are in each interview will offer up takeaways which will help you to also CRUSH IT
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Monday Aug 19, 2024
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Femi Oguns is founder and CEO of both Identity School of Acting and Identity Agency Group and he has become one of the most influential people in the British Film and TV industry. He has been named on the Powerlist top 100 most influential figures of African/Caribbean descent in the UK and in 2014 he was appointed MBE for services to the acting industry.
Talent Agency
Drama School
Instagram
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Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
To celebrate the start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, we thought we'd have an Olympic Special featuring guests that have come onto the podcast. Each guest describes how they have been impacted by the Olympics in their own way.
Featuring clips from (click the link below to listen to the full episode):
Tunji Akintokun
Kike Oniwinde Agoro
Maggie Alphonsi
Jordan Jarrett-Bryan
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Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Jordan Pitt is an actor, filmmaker and founder of One Umbrella Productions and has 30 years experience in the industry. His most recent piece of work is the Sky documentary ‘Untold Stories: Hair On Set’ which features insights from notable figures including Naomie Harris, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Afua Hirsch and can currently be viewed on Now TV or on Sky TV.
Website
Untold Stories: Hair On Set
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Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Jamilia Grier is founder & CEO of Bytebao and a lawyer with over 15 years of experience in the U.S., Asia, and the Middle East. She is also the host of the Barely Legal in Web3 podcast.
Website
Podcast
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Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Sonita Alleyne OBE is Master of Jesus College at Cambridge University and when appointed in 2019 she became the first black person to lead an Oxbridge college and first woman to lead Jesus College in its history. Previous to this she co-founded and led Somethin' Else, the award winning production company that creates hit podcasts and radio shows.
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LinkedIn
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Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE was a child prodigy and aged 11 she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level Computing in the UK. She has carried this gift through to adult life and in 2013 she co-founded Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM & STEAM sectors. Anne-Marie was the temporary Arithmetician for 60 episodes on Channel 4’s Countdown, the world’s longest-running game show and she is currently Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University.
Website
Stemettes
Book - She's in CTRL
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Saturday May 18, 2024
Saturday May 18, 2024
Naomi Sesay is the Head of Creative Diversity at Channel 4. She started her career at MTV and has over 20 years’ experience in television and media. She is also a powerful keynote speaker, property investor and is building a Smart City in Sierra Leone!
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LinkedIn
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Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Sarah Akinterinwa is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. She started her current career during the pandemic by creating the comic Oyin and Kojo, which now features in the iconic American magazine, the New Yorker. Her work explores dating, relationships, identity, politics, and navigating adult life as a young woman of colour and has featured in the likes of the Guardian, the LA Times and for Roc Nation.
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Her dating book - "Why You’ll Never Find the One"
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Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Jumoke Abdullahi is a speaker, writer and one half of the duo behind The Triple Cripples, a platform created to increase visibility & highlight the lack of representation and discrimination faced by Black and non-Black women, femmes and non-binary people of colour, living with disabilities.
The Triple Cripples
Instagram
Ted X talk
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Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Danny Sapani is one of the most accomplished actors in the UK. His work spans film, TV and theatre and over the course of his career he has appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such Black Panther and Star Wars, TV such as Killing Eve, and Netflix's The Crown, and he can currently be seen on stage playing the lead role of King Lear at the Almeida Theatre in London.
Danny Sapani
King Lear
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