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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | CEO DESTROYS Trump's DEI LIES!

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

Society & Culture, News

3.8659 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Don sits down with a former broadcast executive and TV producer to talk about her new venture, ShopRedBag, a marketplace to fight back against the wave of DEI rollbacks, giving consumers a place to discover and support diverse brands. They discuss why backing these brands matters now more than ever, the rapidly shifting media landscape, and where the industry is headed. From the challenges of the present to the possibilities of the future, it’s a candid conversation about business, culture, and change. This episode is brought to you by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/LEMONDROPS and use LEMONDROPS at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.5

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0:05.7

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0:10.1

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0:13.9

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0:23.6

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0:44.8

A very special show for you today and a very special guest.

0:47.9

I wanted to introduce you to a powerhouse of a person, of a woman and a dear friend. Candy Card is legendary Emmy Award winning television,

0:58.8

talk show, and news producer. She was the woman behind the Oprah show, The View,

1:08.5

Tamara Hall, and on and on and on.

1:10.9

She's the CEO and the founder of Cistis Media,

1:12.9

pioneering, innovative e-commerce solutions

1:15.0

for the entertainment industry.

1:17.0

And she founded Shop Red Bag,

1:19.4

which we want to talk about,

1:20.2

an online marketplace created to uplift

1:22.4

underrepresented brands,

1:23.9

especially those that are black-owned,

1:26.1

women-owned, queer-owned, and veteran-owned. Candy, welcome. Thank you. Hi, love. Hey, how are you? Look, as I watch you, and we talk about this, you're very brave considering this environment and when so many people are bending the need to the administration, especially over diversity, equity, and inclusion, you're like, bunk that. I'm going to lean in. What's up with that?

1:44.4

Why are you doing that?

2:01.9

You know, essentially, first of all, we're tiny. So if they even know who we are, God bless them. But, you know, I was just, I saw the outrage online, all the DEI rollbacks. And there has to be a place where we can uplift brand. And so Jamal Bryant does a boycott, probably the biggest boycott I've seen in my lifetime, economic boycott. Where are we going to put those dollars?

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