Episodes
EB Don't Fake It: Tracey Parsons
Julie and Torin start take a dive into Employer Brand and its intersection with Diversity and Inclusion. What do D/I Leaders need to know and where do we go wrong? Tracey Parsons, owner of Parsons Strategic Consulting and Bringer of …
Pride Month Values Matter - Where you at, AT&T?
In the newest episode of Crazy and the King, Julie and Torin talk corporate values in during Pride. Is it okay when companies like AT&T throw up a Pride Logo (even promote it on Twitter), but then support anti-LGBTQ politicians …
The Heart of Whiteness: Dr. Bob Part 2
Hey Crazy and the King fans! In this SPECIAL 2 PART interview with author, professor and self-proclaimed woke white dude, Dr. Robert Jensen. Dr. Jensen, Torin and Julie explore some of the hard realities of living in a white supremacist …
The Heart of Whiteness: Dr. Robert Jensen
Hey Crazy and the King fans! In this SPECIAL 2 PART interview with author, professor and self-proclaimed woke white dude, Dr. Robert Jensen. Dr. Jensen, Torin and Julie explore some of the hard realities of living in a white supremacist …
AirBnB Racist Host No More
On Episode 11, Julie and Torin tackle self-disclosure at work and AirBnB's latest episode of a host's bigoted behavior. We have all the tools in front of us to do better...start with being more f*cking HUMAN. Prepare yourself for #CrazyAndTheKing!Name …
Women of West Point and A&E's The Employables
On Episode 10, Julie and Torin celebrate the graduating class of African American women from West Point and discuss their importance to all women in the military. Julie also wows over A&E's new show the Employables. It's a must watch …
Caster Semenya and Neurodiversity
On Episode 9, Julie and Torin get real about the treatment of Olympian Caster Semenya. Is it misogyny or is it racism? (Hint: It's both). Then a look a Capgemini's neurodiversity inclusion. Prepare yourself for #CrazyAndTheKing!More on Torin and Julie:...
Diversion Inclusion and SCOTUS takes up LGBTQ
On Episode 8, Julie and Torin tackle the additional barriers to employment OPM is creating for formerly incarcerated jobseekers and take a deep dive into the Supreme Court's upcoming hearings on Title VII and LGBTQ protections. Prepare yourself for #Cra...
United Becomes Non-Binary and Kyle Korver's Privileged
On episode 7, Julie and Torin embrace United Airlines work to engage non-binary travelers with the support of ally organizations. They get honest on Diversity Fatigue after Julie's No Good, Very Bad D/I day. Finally, wrapping it up with a …
Will Facebook Negatively Impact Diversity?
Lyft Pre-IPO Disability Lawsuit, Facebook Move to Hurt Diversity Recruiting, Supplier Diversity, and Gucci ChangemakersThis week Torin and Julie make a pact to have a “Noose Free” episode….or do they? They dive deep in Lyft’s pre-IPO discrimination laws...
Winning at Failing? - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion fires EVERYWHERE
LaCroix Wins, Erickson Living Restructure, Snap Lays off Men, Russell Reynolds talks CDOs and Royal Caribbean with a TwistThis week Torin and Julie award the very first Crazy and the King Best of the Worst (or D/I Jackass?) Award to …
Teacher Assault, EEOC's Empty, Paramount's Pledge and Google Gives
In the latest episode of Crazy and The King, Torin and Julie bring several stories exposing systemic and overt racist behavior impacting our students including a teacher arrested for assaulting for beating a 9 year old in Chicago. We also …
Spin Zone: Obsessed w/ AirBnB & High Hopes for The North Face
Julie and Torin are off and running with the spring conference season in high gear. So in between regular episodes, Torin or Julie will give quick insights into the best and potentially, the worst of what we hear on the …
Principal in Blackface, GM's Lame Offer, and Disability in Davos
On our Valentine's week episode, Julie and Torin have no love for this week's outrageous Diversity and Inclusion fails, but still manage to end on a high note. In the month that brought us more and more blackface, we find …
Facebook goes Blind, Benefit FTW, & Strange (SHRM) Bedfellows
In this week's episode: Benefit captures our hearts and our dollars, Facebook goes Blind, and other tales of strange HR bedfellows Julie and Torin fall in love with new face of Benefit Cosmetics, "Bene Babe" Kate Grant. No one quite …
Palantir Lies and Oracle Tries
It's Episode #1 people! On the debut episode, Torin and Julie take Palantir's bald-faced lies head on, challenge Oracle's "steal my talent" charade and talk Megyn Kelly's Blackface Payday, Men and Mental Health, and give some love to Gillette's newest...
Crazy and The King Teaser
Julie Sowash and Torin Ellis introduce their new podcast -- Crazy and The King.Julie and Torin are serious about destroying the lame, losing and punitive Diversity and Inclusion narrative while chasing a narrative of ambition and freedom to explore. A …