We're welcome back to Franklin Covey's on leadership podcast series.

My name is Scott Miller, and I am privileged each week to continue serving as your host

and moderator.

Man, do we land an interview today, Emmanuel Acho, former NFL player, interim recent

host of the bachelor, massive influencer, likely the next host for Jeopardy at the

rate he's going, he is the author of the new book, Uncomfortable Conversations with

the Black Boy, a young reader's adaptation of a previous book called Uncomfortable Conversations

with the Black Man, a manual welcome to on leadership.

Scott, it's a pleasure to be joined by you.

I feel smarter through osmosis just by being in the presence of you and your incredible

bookshelves.

You know, the books you mean, not so much me, you can judge me by the end of this interview,

but hey, we are so pleased that you fit us into your schedule.

I mean, I saw you on Twitter today on Ellen, I saw you on Good Housekeeping that you

would give us some of your time today is enormously gracious.

You know, Emmanuel, I really think you're an educator.

I mean, yes, you are an expert professional athlete and you are a viral, you know, YouTube

sensation, you're an author, you're a coach, you're a mentor, but at the end of the day,

you're a teacher because you're educating literally millions of people around the world

on how to have this comfortable, uncomfortable conversation around race and equality.

Today, your new book is out, Uncomfortable Conversation with the Black Boy.

Would you just reorient the millions of listeners and viewers that may have some context

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