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Episode 269
Season 1
269 - Changes and Focusing on the Vision with Anna DeShawn
Listeners, we're back this week with Anna DeShawn.
Anna, pronouns anything respectful, is a Chicago-born social entrepreneur who builds streaming platforms which center & celebrate BIPOC & QTPOC creatives. Media has always been her passion and in 2009 she turned that passion into a reality when she founded E3 Radio, an online radio station playing Queer music & reporting on Queer news with an intersectional lens. Most recently, she co-founded The Qube, a curated app where you discover the best music & podcasts by BIPOC & QTPOC creatives. Anna is determined to ride media into its next era by utilizing digital media streams to tell the stories and play the music that deserves to be heard.Learn more about her work here.In no particular order I’m also a daughter, wife, sister, and friend who loves cooking and running.Favorite Quote: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” –GandhiDid you know? Anna has been in love with Robin Roberts all her life. Interviewing her will be the ultimate experience.
During this episode we talked about:
- 02:52 - Being Black American and from the Southside of Chicago
- 09:42 - Ignorance and racism
- 11:48 - Media representation
- 18:22 - Her professional road
- 24:10 - Progress
- 25:13 - Creating change
- 34:01 - The business
- 37:36 - The pandemic and taking the big leap
- 38:43 - Live without regrets
- 44:17 - Releasing control of the when and the how
- 44:44 - Her exit plan
- 49:22 - Self-sabotage
- 50:31 - The Qube
- 52:58 - We deserve visibility
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