E84. Yesha Callahan Is Not Going To Be Your Black Lives Matter Siri

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🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Yesha Callahan (Essence Magazine) and Bridget bond over their shared fear of being trampled in a crowd, their mutual disdain for agents, and marvel at the spectacular idiocy of people behaving badly in public in the age of camera phones. Yesha covers growing up poor in a house full of extended family, what led her to a career in HR, and how she jumped into a career as a writer on a late night talk show. She shares her darkest moments after being laid off and struggling to support her son, working as a freelance writer, and taking the advice of a best friend to “act like a white lady” and ask for a job at The Root. She and Bridget discuss Black Lives Matter, why she loves TikTok, why she doesn’t believe that struggle makes you stronger, how white people are afraid of saying anything wrong, and the least racist country she’s ever traveled to. Full transcript available here: WiW84-YeshaCallahan-Transcript

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production.
0:02.4	Now available on Apple Podcasts.
0:04.1	Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts.
0:08.3	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Petacy.
0:10.9	I'm Bridget Petacy, I'm Bridget Petacy and you are welcome. You know the drill.
0:25.0	the drill.
0:27.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends, send smoke signals, whatever.
0:32.0	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you. your
0:33.0	feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:35.0	This week on the podcast, we welcome Aisha Callahan.
0:39.0	With a knack for breaking news, Aisha Callahan has seamlessly transitioned from a corporate HR career to being one of the most
0:46.0	sought after online news media mavens. In 2012, Aisha received her big break as a politics and comedy writer for
0:53.8	B.E.T's former late night talk show Don't Sleep created by the Daily Show
0:58.8	Creator Madeline Smithburg. Shortly after the talk show ended, Aisha landed a position with the relatively
1:04.7	unknown Black News website the Root in 2014 and then in the summer of 2018
1:10.3	I should join the staff of Essence, which is where she is now, the number one
1:15.4	destination for black women when it comes to the world of beauty and fashion.
1:19.5	And at essence, Aisha is responsible for cultivating its news, politics, and culture section, as well as managing a group of writers.
1:27.0	I can't what the celebrities.
1:29.0	Oh, yeah.
1:30.0	They're out of control.
1:31.0	They're bored.
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