Britt Happens, hosted by Brittany Sharpton, is an interview-based audio show where successful entrepreneurs, professionals, and thought leaders share unexpected career curveballs and discuss how they’ve rebounded and turned those setbacks into wins.
Outstanding discussion with New Orleans native, highly sought-after motivational speaker, successful entrepreneur, and internationally acclaimed STEM advocate and educator Dr. Calvin Mackie. Dr. Mackie, the FIRST Black tenured Tulane Engineering professor, founded STEM NOLA in 2013 to expose, inspire and engage students in learning STEM. Their award-winning programs provide activities, events and virtual learning to under-resourced communities.
Tune in to hear Miami-born attorney, small business owner, mother, and District 8 Miami-Dade County Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins discuss the future of digital currency, plans for transportation advancements in Miami-Dade, sustainable economic development, the challenges of balancing beauty and brains, and more!
Nancy Dawkins is a force to be reckoned with, a walking legacy who does not take no for an answer, and the wittiest 96-year old I know! She is a community activist, an education advocate, Liberty City pioneer, and one of my most favorite people! She along with her late husband, Miller Dawkins, who served as a City of Miami Commissioner for years, moved into their Liberty City home over 60 years ago. Since then, Mrs. Dawkins has worked tirelessly to make her community a better place.
Tune in to hear why Florida State Representative (District 80) Byron Donalds, self-proclaims to be a proud “pro-Trump, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-life” Black man, what inspired him to run for Congress, police brutality, his thoughts on the relationship between the Republican party and the Black community, education, criminal justice, and immigration reform, draining the swamp, and much more!