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Professional Troublemaker with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Learn The Craft (with Ruth E. Carter)

Professional Troublemaker with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Luvvie Ajayi, Humor, Social Media, Luvvie, Self-improvement, Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, Politics, Lifestyle

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Luvvie and Academy Award winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter have a conversation about what it really takes to be the best in your field. Ruth shares stories about her grind, her grit and the glow up. Her work–ethic and ability to be a good listener are just a few of the foundations of the career she built over the years that bought her home an Oscar for Costume Design in 2018 for the blockbuster, Black Panther.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yo, my people's welcome to Ranton Randomness.

0:04.6

I'm Love You, Jay, your side-eye sorcerers.

0:06.9

And this is my podcast when I'm talking about the things I'm loving, the things that

0:09.8

I'm judging, and having great conversation with really, really great people.

0:14.4

I'm here at the Chicago Recording Company, bringing you all the radio voices always.

0:18.8

And on this episode, I'm feeling good about my league teals.

0:21.7

My taught you retreat.

0:23.2

I'm ranting about how it's important for us to work just as hard for black women and

0:27.1

our friends.

0:28.1

And I'm spotlighting the Do Better Academy, which is my online school where I teach people

0:31.8

how to do better in professional and business ways.

0:34.5

My interview is with Ruth Carter, costume designer, extraordinaire, legendary costume designer.

0:40.9

So let's jump in.

0:41.9

It's going to be a good episode.

0:47.9

Yo, I'm feeling so good about all the new I pixie dust goodness that I was sprinkled

0:52.7

in and sprinkled on.

0:54.1

By my fellow bosses at my leaks, my taught you retreat in Cancun, Mexico.

0:59.0

Yo, it was popping.

1:01.2

So my league teal is the founder of a company called Curlbox, the subscription company that

1:08.4

makes sure they sent products to help black women's hair every month.

1:14.3

So my league was also the second guest ever on ransom randomness.

1:19.2

She's a good friend of mine.

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