Why Salli Richardson-Whitfield Is Hollywood’s Secret Weapon

Yes, Girl!

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Cori Murray, Women, Yes, Arts, Music, Podcasts, Essence, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Black Women, Celebrity, #Blackgirlmagic, Girl!, Pop Culture, Charli Penn, 509640, Essence Magazine, Cardi B, Yolanda Sangweni, Entertainment, Blackgirlmagic, Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Podcastsforwomen, Podcast

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Salli Richardson-Whitfield (@sallirichwhit) is a boss on so many levels. Beyond her nearly 30 year acting career, she has become one of the top five Black female TV directors, in just three years…EPIC! Charli and Cori connected with this phenomenal woman in Los Angeles, to learn more about her secret to leveling up, while staying employed and balanced in Hollywood. Plus, we have a few theories of our own about the meaning of Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’. What are yours? Connect with Charli (IG @charlipenn + Twitter @manwifedog) and Cori (@corimurray). Be sure to use #yesgirlpodcast

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0:00.0	Kory Murray.
0:05.0	Welcome back.
0:08.0	Hello, Charlie.
0:10.0	Hi, you've been to Tuesdays in like four days. I've been on two coasts.
0:15.0	Two coasts. Yes, let's be correct.
0:17.0	Cori, tell the people where you were.
0:19.0	Oh my God, so I was at Disney World and it is everything but no but essence magazine we partnered with Steve Harvey to produce the Disney Dreamers Academy
0:31.7	Which is we do every year. This is her 12th year. It's really, really beautiful.
0:37.4	And I want to give a shout out to Sharia Jackson because Sharia Jackson for years held it down,
0:41.1	teaching the journalism deep dive but now
0:43.3	Sharia has soaring out there promoting continuously promoting her book and
0:48.6	web series Boss Bride but I stepped in to teach the journalism students and they were the best students.
0:55.0	So shout out to Laini, Patrice, and Agio.
0:57.8	You guys were really, really fantastic.
0:59.6	We put together a newsletter just in three days.
1:02.1	And can I tell you
1:03.6	ajo and Laini so on Saturday the kids they we're not just only talking
1:09.2	about journalism they get to learn about imangeneering you've been a Disney world but you know they get to learn all about Imogeneering. You've been to Disney World, but you know, they get to learn all the ends and outs of Walt
1:16.0	Disney.
1:17.0	The business. And Walt Disney.
1:18.0	And Walt Disney. And Walt Disney World, which is amazing.
1:19.8	But they gave up their park time.
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