by Louis Deas | Jan 22, 2026 | Money and Wealth Podcast
A businessman once slid a folder across a breakfast table toward DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson. She slid it right back without opening it. “I don’t take folders,” she told him, and then she told him what kind of business her community...
by Louis Deas | Jan 15, 2026 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Two days before what was meant to be the world’s biggest drone race, a thunderstorm tore through much of what His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama and his team had built. He was in his twenties. He walked into his boss’s office ready to call it off and was...
by Louis Deas | Jan 9, 2026 | Money and Wealth Podcast
A HOPE Financial Coaching session. Seventy percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and it is not a low-income problem. It is an information problem. To open the new year, I brought in two of the people who fix it every day: HOPE Financial Coaches from...
by Louis Deas | Jan 1, 2026 | Money and Wealth Podcast
“Your credit is your resume.” Leanne Brown learned that sitting across from a banker in Memphis, Tennessee, with her down payment already saved and a clear reason for wanting a home: a place for herself and her mother. Saving that money took real...
by Louis Deas | Dec 27, 2025 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Every family that builds something lasting has three people at the table, even when one person has to play every part. In this solo masterclass I name them the Hunter, the Skinner, and the Cook. The Hunter goes out and secures the bag. The Skinner protects it, counts...
by Louis Deas | Dec 5, 2025 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Kneeland Youngblood and John Hope Bryant on Money & Wealth. Kneeland Youngblood practiced emergency medicine. Then he launched a private equity firm that grew to a billion dollars. That alone would make for a good hour. What makes this one unforgettable is the...
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