In this episode, we delve into the concept of being "qualified" in the workplace, examining who gets labeled as such, who doesn't, and the underlying reasons. We explore "competency checking"—the practice of scrutinizing individuals' abilities—and how it disproportionately affects underrepresented groups, often going unnoticed or unchallenged. Our discussion aims to redefine qualifications in a fair, equitable, and actionable manner. Our guest, Shari Dunn , is an accomplished journalist, former attorney, news anchor, CEO, university professor, and sought-after speaker. She has been recognized as Executive of the Year and a Woman of Influence, with her work appearing in Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, and more. Her new book, Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work , unpacks what it truly means to be deserving and capable—and why systemic barriers, not personal deficits, are often the real problem. Her insights challenge the narratives that hold so many of us back and offer practical solutions for building a more equitable future. Together, we can build workplaces and communities that don’t just reflect the world we live in, but the one we want to create. A world where being qualified is about recognizing the talent and potential that’s been overlooked for far too long. It’s not just about getting a seat at the table—it’s about building an entirely new table, one designed with space for all of us. Connect with Our Guest Shari Dunn Website& Book - Qualified: https://thesharidunn.com LI: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/sharidunn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesharidunn Related Podcast Episodes: How To Build Emotionally Mature Leaders with Dr. Christie Smith | 272 Holding It Together: Women As America's Safety Net with Jessica Calarco | 215 How To Defy Expectations with Dr. Sunita Sah | 271 Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! 🔗 Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music…
Sean and Harold are joined by Will Mountain Cox, author of Roundabout (Relegation, 2023). They do a deep dive on Walt Whitman, the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, Harold Bloom on Hamlet, Will's history with Giancarlo DiTrapano, and why America and podcasting is gnostic. Bonus hour and more on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Intro song by Thomas Thatcher.…
Reading through all of The Sound and the Fury, explaining what’s going on, with introductory lecture-rants each week. Emphasizing the element of the novel that retells Easter weekend—that is, the gospels. Ep 2 & more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/live-annotation-121818722?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link…
On Sean's NYT blackout in the Heavy Traffic reading write up, Sam Kriss's Fuccboi takedown, Ulysses, Hamlet, Harold's new short story, and the new movement—Baroque Brutalist Sentimentalism. Bonus hour and video: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Harold's story: https://haroldrogers.substack.com/p/i-won Sean's audio goes a bit quiet 6-14 minutes, he got too excited ranting and pulled the plug, but it comes back.…
From bonus hour of ep. 125, get on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod On popular genre fiction (Emily Henry), Time in fiction, Tristram Shandy, the Gospel According to Thomas, The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, and the Stars. Listen to or read Harold's piece on Tristram Shandy: https://haroldrogers.substack.com/p/futile-and-idle-men…
Harold read Tristram Shandy, Sean reads from The Friend by Sigrid Nunez. Also on Whitman, Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, and writing as a priestlike vocation. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Merve Emre's Paradise Lost New Yorker piece, The Winter of Our Discontent by Steinbeck, Harold's Gogol piece, DFW, Tristram Shandy. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Full ep and bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod On the Krasznahorkai event, Dead Souls by Gogol, the Cormac article, Blood Meridian, Matthias Enard, the Gospels, and the problem of American fiction.
From Ep 121 *bonus*: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod On Robert Walser, Hoderlin, Stoner by John Williams, Mike Tyson. Referenced novel at the end is Grande Sertao by João Guimarães Rosa, originally published in 1956, first translated in 1963 as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, and being retranslated by by Alison Entrekin as Vastlands: The Crossing, due out in 2026.…
Painter Sedrick Chisom on growing up in Philly, Munch, America, and the history of Rome. Sedrick's new exhibit, The Villain of History for One Night Alone, up now at Pilar Corrias in London: https://www.pilarcorrias.com/exhibitions/467-sedrick-chisom-the-villain-of-history-for-one-night-alone/ My piece on Sedrick forthcoming from next issue of Family Style: My piece on Sedrick is forthcoming from the next issue of Family Style: https://www.family.style/ Intro song by Thomas Thatcher Sedrick Chisom: https://www.instagram.com/sedrickchisom/ Sean Thor Conroe: https://www.instagram.com/seanthorconroe/…
From episode 118 with Sedrick Chisom: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sedrick-chisom-113955340 Art: George The Younger, The Lord of The Equestrian Short Kings, Trotted Around on a Stolen Blighted Cavalryman's Horse, Worked To the Bone During Miasmic asscrack Hours, 2022, by Sedrick Chisom. Sedrick's new exhibition, The Villain of History for One Night Alone, is up now at Pillar Corrias in London until December 21, 2024: https://www.pilarcorrias.com/exhibitions/467-sedrick-chisom-the-villain-of-history-for-one-night-alone/…