Podcast Episodes featuring Shaka Senghor

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King For a Day Ft. Datwon Thomas, Adell Henderson and Shaka Senghor

I'm Here for The Food - April 14, 2020 18:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 476 ratings
Have you ever met someone who, after speaking to them, you’ve realized it was almost predestined for you to meet? That your lives have seemingly been running a parallel course for years up until that moment? Intersectionality is a common theme in all of our lives and on today’s episode,...

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Shaka Senghor on Incarceration, Identity, and the Gift of Literacy

Conversations with Tyler - November 20, 2019 12:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
How do you survive seven years in solitary confinement? The gift of literacy is what saved Shaka Senghor. Reading, journaling, academic study, and writing books was a way to structure and survive an inhumane, mentally toxic environment. And after 19 years in total behind bars, he was finally abl...

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20VC: a16z's Ben Horowitz on How To Create An Environment of Trust with Founders, How and Why Creating Shocking Rules Is So Impactful To Culture & What The Samurai, Shaka Senghor and Toussaint Teach Us About Company Culture Building

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch - October 28, 2019 07:45 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 292 ratings
Ben Horowitz is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the leading and most prestigious venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Facebook, Github, Slack, Lyft, Coinbase and many more incredible companies. Ben is also the author of the New ...

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Shaka Senghor Session: Things I Learned in Prison You Can Apply to Your Life

Oprah's Super Soul - July 03, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 27.5K ratings
In a live appearance at UCLA’s Royce Hall, author, mentor and criminal justice activist Shaka Senghor uses his powerful story to share the surprising universal life lessons he learned in prison. At the age of 19, Shaka was sent to prison for second-degree murder. After being incarcerated for nea...

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Shaka Senghor: Prison Taught Him the Power of Love, Forgiveness and Redemption

Oprah's Super Soul - October 11, 2017 04:57 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 27.5K ratings
Oprah calls this interview one of the most powerful in her career. Author, mentor and criminal justice activist Shaka Senghor turned his life around after spending 19 years in prison and solitary confinement for committing second-degree murder. During his incarceration, an unexpected act of forg...

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26 : Conversation with Shaka Senghor

Joi's Conversations Podcast - December 24, 2016 19:22 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Talking to Shaka Senghor, author of Writing My Wrongs about incarceration, forgiveness, Detroit, writing, the Media Lab and his journey. [EP-EN-26]