Better than Clout
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsBetter than Clout is True Chicago's inaugural podcast. Over the course of 10 episodes, co-hosts Matt Fulle and Bianca Lackings will chat with established musicians, artists, and leaders in sports to deconstruct the concept of mainstream success. They'll explore their guests' careers, reflect on how their concept of success has evolved, and how there really is something better than clout to chase, especially in this day and age.
The podcasts launches October 16, and will release new episodes every Saturday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and check out True Chicago's instagram for updates.
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Episodes
Basketball and Lessons from Pro Sports with Tommy Adams
November 23, 2021 16:21 - 51 minutes - 58.6 MBMatt and Bianca chat with Tommy Adams, former NBA player and current Director of Athlete Intelligence at Gatorade, about his career and what he learned from his time as a professional athlete. They explore how professional athletics informed his evolving definition of success and how sports can be a double edged sword for fans - both making measures of sports success easily digestible and obscuring the true ups and downs of success in sports.
Economic Development as Creativity with Quilen Blackwell
November 13, 2021 17:34 - 50 minutes - 57.2 MBMatt and Bianca go outside the box of the traditional creative fields with Quilen Blackwell, Founder of Ecohouse Chicago, to chat about his work reimagining vacant lots around Chicago as vibrant flower gardens. They unpack his journey as a leader and offer some advice for the next generation of creative leaders who want to think outside the box in how they leverage their creative talents to support their communities.
Photography, Storytelling, and Defying the Trends with Adrian Octavius Walker
November 05, 2021 17:23 - 50 minutes - 59.1 MBMatt and Bianca chat with photographer and multimedia artist Adrian Octavius Walker, who currently works as an artistic director for Getty Images, about his professional photography career, the benefits and drawbacks of trendiness and social media in the arts, and how he defines creative success in his practice. They dive into the trial and error process that is finding your creative calling - and understanding the ebb and flow of learning about what gives and takes away our creative energy....
Music, the Creative Process, and Learning from the Greats with D'Shondra Perry
October 30, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutes - 18.8 MBMatt and Bianca chat with gospel star D'Shondra Perry about her career, her new EP, and the ins and outs of her creative process. They explore how her early rise to success in the music industry affected her definition of success. And they pull back the curtain on her creative process to offer advice on staying authentic in making music and maintaining creative energy as a professional creative. They wrap up with D'Shondra's advice on how to learn from the greats in our creative fields. D’...
Restorative Justice, Streetwear, and Authenticity with Mashaun Ali Hendricks
October 23, 2021 03:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBIn an adapted interview from their old Twitch show, Matt and Bianca chat with Mashaun Ali Hendricks about how he arrived at his calling as a restorative justice practitioner and visual artist owning Trap House Chicago. They walk through his journey to finding his calling, how other folks have tried to label him - for better and for worse - as his work and definitions of success evolved, and the relationships that have informed his definitions of success. Mashaun Ali Hendricks is a restora...
Hip Hop, Sports, and Redefining Success with Philmore Greene
October 16, 2021 03:00 - 41 minutes - 21.1 MBCo-hosts Matt Fulle and Bianca Lackings chat with Philmore Greene about his hip hop career and how his definition of success has evolved with his creative calling. They explore the importance of authenticity in musical storytelling as musicians build relationships with their audiences, how Philmore became a master engineer of music, and the intersections between expectations of extreme success in sports and music. You can read the Chicago Sun Times profile of Philmore. Philmore Greene is...
Trailer: Better than Clout
October 11, 2021 02:56 - 1 minute - 1.03 MBWelcome to True Chicago's inaugural podcast! Over the course of 10 episodes, co-hosts Matt Fulle and Bianca Lackings will chat with established musicians, artists, and leaders in sports to deconstruct the concept of mainstream success. They'll explore their guests' careers, reflect on how their concept of success has evolved, and how there really is something better than clout to chase, especially in this day and age. The podcasts launches October 16, and will release new episodes every S...