May the 4th is Intergalactic Star Wars Day, and Jon celebrates with a brand new conversation with Anthony “C3PO” Daniels. Daniels will be talking about how he plans to celebrate Star Wars Day on May 4th and his various Star Wars-related projects. Will he spill the beans on Episode VII? Jon is crossing his fingers!
Art celebrates the life of Lawrence McKiver, the longtime lead songster for the McIntosh County Shouters, a Georgia group representing the last community in America to perform the traditional ring shout — a centuries-old black form of ecstatic worship that marries singing, percussion and movement. Having learned the tradition from his grandparents, who were former slaves, McKiver is responsible exposing the ring shout tradition to a whole new audience outside of the Coastal Georgia community of Bolden.
Joey Reiman is an Atlanta-based ideation and purpose marketing professional, author and university teacher, famous for his theory that companies which remain true to their “purpose” – an organization’s distinct reason for being – attain “soulful excellence” and outperform the stock market.