Finding Enlightenment with Shaka Senghor
Deeply Well with Devi Brown
The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Shaka Senghor is a New York Times best-selling author, a globally recognized leader in criminal justice reform, and an entrepreneur. Shaka joins us to discuss the path he took enlightenment while serving 19 years in prison, 7 of which were in solitary confinement. One of Oprah's Supersoul 100 alumni, Shaka's books 'Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison' and 'Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom' have helped shift societal narratives around incarceration and trauma. He shares his journey of transformation and emphasizes the importance of exploring one's internal world, the power of personal dignity, and the need to confront ugly truths to move forward.
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| 0:30.0 | Hey cousins, it's Debbie Brown from Deeply Well with Debbie Brown. I'm so excited to announce that I'm going to be hitting the stage at the Black Effect Podcast Festival. |
| 0:41.0 | So join me for a live episode of Deeply Well. It'll be featuring |
| 0:44.2 | Michelle Williams and Dr Joy Hardin Bradford. I cannot wait to be in |
| 0:48.8 | conversation with these beautiful queens, along with some of the dopest shows in the podcast industry, they will be there too, all taking place in Atlanta, Saturday, April 27th. I'll be hitting the live podcast stage with other amazing shows like Carefully Reckless, Black Tech Green Money, and so many more. |
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| 1:08.8 | Hi, I'm Vanessa Bayer and and this is my brother, Jonah. |
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| 1:17.9 | Not only do you get to know me and my brother, |
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