Fraternity Foodie

Check out our latest podcast interviews (and food suggestions) from all over North America!

Rasheeda Gray: Why are relationships so important in growing your business? Featured

Our next guest was named a House Beautiful Next Wave Designer and Philadelphia Tribune’s Most Influential, Founder and Principal Designer Rasheeda Gray’s design journey began after a decade long c-suite career in Marketing. Rasheeda holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and International Business, a design certification from Temple University and a Master of Business Administration, (MBA). Rasheeda’s community-based work includes mentoring design students from Drexel University, New York School of Interior Design, Temple University and more. She is a guest speaker at many career days across Philadelphia and has donated design services to local school teacher’s lounges in partnership with PTOs in the Philadelphia area. Rasheeda is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and also serves the co-founder of Gray Real Estate Group, a real estate development company, along-side her husband, Jake. Together they have two children, Jacob Jr. and Kennedy. In episode 352 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Rasheeda chose West Chester University for her undergraduate experience, what made her want to join Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., what she learned as Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Chubb, what is the best part of being an entrepreneur, how she....

Colleen Ryan-Hensley: What is #BingingSober and how does it help you? Featured

Colleen Ryan-Hensley is a 10-year Navy Veteran, Sexual Assault Survivor, Mental Health Expert, and Founder of #BingingSober, a rewards-based system that enables people to develop steps, habits, and beliefs that impact their vitality. Colleen struggled with depression, alcohol abuse, and intermittent suicidal thoughts for over 20 years before she tamed her brain and turned her fight into her greatest asset. She champions for proactive mental health, and optimal wellness from a place of knowing the ways in which living with depression can be an extraordinarily rich experience when you know how. In episode 351 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out how her grandfather (Navy veteran of World War II and Korea) influenced her life, why she had an ongoing trend of drinking and depression as a teenager, what happened when she was assaulted in the Navy by two sailors that she trusted, how being sober and running helped, what she learned tending a garden in Ireland, how her life changed when she met Jeff with three small children, what it was like to be a full time caregiver for her father-in-law, how #BingingSober works (the World’s First Point System For Vitality), and her advice for living with depression and....

Admiral Mike Manazir: What are the three leadership lessons you learned from “Top Gun”? Featured

A former “Top Gun” fighter pilot, Retired Admiral Mike Manazir’s distinguished U.S. Navy career spanned 36 years and included multiple commands: VF-31 ‘Tomcatters’ F-14D squadron, USS Sacramento, USS Nimitz, and Carrier Strike Group Eight in the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. He completed 15 overseas deployments, and flew more than 3,750 fighter hours with 1,240 arrested landings on multiple aircraft carriers. His five tours at the Pentagon culminated in his role as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfighting Systems. His new and best-selling, “Learn How to Lead to Win,” features 33 powerful stories and leadership lessons based on real life events in the chaotic and risky business of operating off the decks of U.S. aircraft carriers. At its core, the book reflects Manazir’s selfless passion for developing people. In episode 350 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Mike decided to go to school at the US Naval Academy, what the popular “Top Gun” movie franchise get right and what does it get wrong, how he got the call sign “Nasty”, when his father finally said he was proud of him, how he survived when he planted a $75-million jet into the Pacific Ocean, how he helped to....

Josef Stetter: What’s your advice to college students who have no idea what they want to do in life? Featured

Our next guest is Josef Stetter. For over 16 years, Josef Stetter has incorporated humor, energy, passion and full self-expression into his personal and professional life. He is an Award Winning & International Best-Selling Author of 11 books. He did not know what he wanted to do when he grew up so switched careers 9 times and switched jobs 18 times. Personally, he has helped over 11,000 find a job they love with a 90% success rate of finding anyone employment in any field in under 3 months with proven systems. In episode 349 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Josef chose York University in Toronto for his undergraduate experience, which Guinness World Record he participated in, his advice to college students who have no idea what they want to do in life professionally, how you put together a resume that helps you to get noticed, and ways to stand out in the interview process. Enjoy!  Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z09phV8_eRE