Open Source Podcast with Tony Mottley

Season Two of the Open Source Podcast, producer, director, and photographer, Kimberly M. Wang joins host Tony Mottley to discuss surviving cancer and philosophies of life.

Dateline Detroit

Thang Do is on the frontlines, working to bridge the digital divide by bringing coding and robotics training to underserved youth. Q's goal is to bridge the gap between entrepreneurship and techEd for the betterment of society. His passion is to drive and inspire change among young minds from K-10th grade.

Dateline: Detroit

Jenny Risher is a high profile commercial, portrait and lifestyle photographer who worked her way to the top in the competitive New York market.However, after 17-years, she left New York to return to her mid-west roots.  Risher’s move home has further sparked her creativity which has spawned a critically acclaimed book, a collaboration with Detroit Hip Hop artists, and a featured exhibit in a world class art museum.

Alberto Marzan is a powerful business executive. He has been involved in multiple diverse ventures in the health, food service, and entertainment sectors and more. Marzan has now turned his attention to the streaming TV market.

Computer systems engineer, Nancy Casson, invented Blackshare.net because she was tired of other social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter kicking her and others off for their pro-black views. 

Throughout his twenty-year career, award-winning ad executive, Corey D. Seaton has leveraged his expertise to help major brands including Toyota, Chevy, AT&T, Burger King, and countless others, become smarter, younger, hipper and more culturally relevant.

Dateline Kenya Africa 

Growth Africa is a leading acceleration and growth partner for African entrepreneurs and companies scaling their business in and across Africa. Growth Africa provide business growth programs for high-potential entrepreneurs as well as designs and delivers activities for partners and clients in support of entrepreneurs.

On this edition of Open Source with Tony Mottley: Rich Pirrotta,  a C-Suite level executive at multiple corporations. share his insights on the secret sauce that makes a company successful and why some others can’t get out of their own way.

Dateline New York

Cedric "Big Ced" Thornton has been reporting on the music and personalities in the Hip Hop community for more than 20-years. He attributes his success to a simple code - no gossip and no rumors. Thornton is a staff writer at Black Enterprise magazine where he continues to churn out stories at a prolific pace while building amazing traffic.

Dateline Los Angeles

Journalist Rob Parker hosts the Odd Couple radio show nightly on Fox Sports Radio, Parker also writes a weekly column for DeadSpin.com. Parker joins the podcast to share his insight on the billion dollar decisions that major sports league are facing as they decide when and how to resume play.

Dateline Ann Arbor

With master’s degrees in both Fine arts and photography, Hava Gurevich is uniquely qualified to speak to why even in our fast paced, multimedia world, still photographs remain such a powerful medium.  For the past fifteen years, Hava Gurevich has crisscrossed the United States, lecturing, exhibiting art and photographs at museums, and consulting with exhibitors.

Dateline Michigan 

With more than 600 thousand living alumni, the University of Michigan is one of the largest academic institutions in the United States. Tim Kiska has been teaching media and journalism studies at the University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus for 20 years and he joins Open Source with Tony Mottley to share his insight on how education has been changed by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Dateline Detroit

Photographer and branding expert Shawn Lee shares his insights on why authenticity is critical to branding and how training and professional development are critical to the success of photographers of color He also opens up about his TED Talk experience. 

Dateline India 

Ravi Trivedi is an international marketing consultant and entrepreneur with clients in over 150 countries. Trivedi joins Open Source with Tony Mottley to discuss his latest venture, PushEngage and he also shares secrets to boosting web traffic and how to generate leads.

Dateline New York

From the WSJ, NYT, CNN and Huff Post,  Dan Rayburn is recognized as the world’s leading expert on video streaming. Dan discusses the explosion of video streaming platforms.

Dateline New York

Don Perry’s Family Pictures USA television program uses unique visuals and strong storytelling to present powerful portraits of American families. Perry shares how he went from the C-suite to award winning screen writer.

Dateline New York

Kimberly Wang is a photographer, producer and director. She's created content for ESPN, MTV, PBS ABC Sport and The Martha Stewart Show, just to name a few. On this edition of Open Source with Tony Mottley she shares her views on creativity, branding and race.

Dateline New York

Nova Lorraine is fashion designer, publisher and entrepreneur, on this edition of Open Source Lorraine discusses her origins in design, her path to creative entrepreneurship and why she became a publisher when nobody thought she could.

Dateline Los Angeles

Marketing mastermind, Marc Brogdon shares his views on the science of marketing, how the coronavirus pandemic has changed entertainment and the possibility that the Pan African Film festival may be a virtual event next year

Dateline Seattle 

Chris Jones, the Co-Founder & COO at Aquagenuity,  is a self-described tech geek and has made an impact in an amazing variety of sectors – adthech, blockchain, app development and even safe drinking water.

Dateline Detroit 

Karen’s worked in the government sector, the corporate sector, and with nonprofits. She’s also been a contributor and analyst on radio, television and print. On this edition of Open Source, discusses, diversity, technology and life after the coronavirus pandemic.

Guitarist, composer, producer and computer programmer, Wayne Gerard shares where he finds beauty, creativity and inspiration and life balance while pursuing his passions of music and technical innovation.

Dateline New York

Veteran marketing and public relations expert, Tracy Wood Mendelsohn shares insights on public relations strategies for the 21st century, tips on how to pitch your ideas and her outlook for a post-pandemic marketplace.

Dateline Detroit

Host Tony Mottley and Khaliph young talk about why using Zoom for group video chat may not be wise and where communication, education and entertainment are headed in the Coronavirus age.