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Dec. 14, 2025

Wellness Means Not Having to Escape The Exit Interview Podcast Ka…

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Dec. 11, 2025

Let Some Stuff Fall Apart, Dr. Jeanine L Williams, The Exit Intervi…

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Dec. 9, 2025

Calling On Ancestral Wisdom with Dr. Jeanine L. Williams

In this episode, Dr. Asia welcomes Jeanine L. Williams, PhD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjeaninelwilliams/) , a retired educator turned ancestral medicine woman, for a powerful conversation about liberation, sovereignty, and healing beyond academia. Dr. Williams shares her journey through higher …

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Dec. 8, 2025

Calling on Ancestral Wisdom with Dr. Jeanine L. Williams - Exit Inter…

In this episode, I welcome Jeanine L. Williams, PhD, a retired educator turned ancestral medicine woman, for a powerful conversation about liberation, sovereignty, and healing beyond academia. Dr. Williams shares her journey through higher education, the challenges of navigating oppressive systems,…

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Dec. 3, 2025

Too Comfortable in Education The Exit Interview Podcast Dr Asia …

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Dec. 2, 2025

Kamye Hugley The Exit Interview Podcast The Administrator's Cruel…

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Nov. 25, 2025

When Silence Is Violence with Kamye Hugley

In this episode, I sit down with educator and bibliophile Kamye Hugley (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamyehugley/) to explore what happens when Black women in education refuse to stay quiet in the face of harm. Kamye traces her journey from her grandmothers urging to be a teacher, to a Teach For Am…

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Nov. 25, 2025

When Silence Is Violence with Kamye Hugley #healing #podcast #teacher…

In this episode, I sit down with educator and bibliophile Kamye Hugley to explore what happens when Black women in education refuse to stay quiet in the face of harm. Kamye traces her journey from her grandmother’s urging to “be a teacher,” to a Teach For America placement that threw her from third…

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Nov. 21, 2025

Dr Ashlee Saddler The Exit Interview Podcast #healing #teachers #we…

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Nov. 18, 2025

Deciding between cancer treatment and state testing #teacherlife #he…

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Nov. 10, 2025

Black Educator Wellness & The Cost of Leadership with Dr. Ashlee Sadd…

In this powerful episode of The Exit Interview, Dr. Ashlee Saddler shares her journey from mental health professional to educational leader, and the unique challenges she faced as a Black woman in predominantly white school systems. Dr. Saddler opens up about the emotional and physical toll of lead…

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Nov. 7, 2025

Proud of her neurodivergence Whitney Redd The Exit Interview

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Nov. 6, 2025

UNmutED Podcast with Dr. Asia Lyons on the Untenured Podcast

This episode was dropped by Yaa Yaa on the Untenured Podcast! Enjoy! We in Denver ya'll! First time on the West Coast AND first time with a black female podder at our UNtenurED mic telling her truth, and officially, UNmutED! We talk about the revolutionary need for black educator REST, spades or…

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Nov. 3, 2025

Ego Always Harms Community Whitney Redd Exit Interview Podcast

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Oct. 31, 2025

A Wonderful Feeling with Whitney Redd The Exit Interview

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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Oct. 28, 2025

When We Believe In Black Children with Whitney Redd - The Exit Interv…

In this powerful episode of The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators, Oakland educator Whitney Redd reflects on how her years in after-school programs, youth shelters, and mental health work shaped her approach to teaching with heart, structure, and intention. Diagnosed with ADHD later in …

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Oct. 28, 2025

When We Believe In Black Children with Whitney Redd

In this impactful episode of The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators, Oakland educator Whitney Redd (https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-redd-b700a183/)  discusses how her experience in after-school programs, youth shelters, and mental health settings has shaped her approach to teachingco…

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Oct. 21, 2025

What are you willing to do for your radical self care Dr Franita Wa…

Whatever you do for your healing you do for your transformation. Yes and yes! Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combating racial battle fatigue: https://drive.goog…

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Oct. 14, 2025

How Radical Self-Care Saved Me with Dr. Franita Ware

Dr. Ware discusses how her experience of being “invited into education” transformed her life, the lessons she gained from teaching at Spelman College, and the hurdles she encountered as a Black woman principal facing racialized challenges. She shares her experience of the trauma from being pushed o…

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Oct. 14, 2025

How Radical Self-Care Saved Me with Dr. Franita Ware

In this heartfelt and inspiring episode of The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators, Dr. Asia sits down with Dr. Franita Nita Ware, educator, author, and the brilliant mind behind Warm Demander Teachers. Together, they trace Dr. Wares unexpected journey from substitute teacher to scholar, …

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Oct. 2, 2025

A shell of my former self Candice Renee Person The Exit Interview…

"I was a shell and it was just like me going through the motions, you know?" Yes, many Black educators know exactly what Candice Renee Person MScEd - MFA means. What good is it to have Black educators in your schools to diversify your teaching staff if they have been harmed by the systems they supp…

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Sept. 30, 2025

The Grief of Leaving, the Liberation of Becoming with Candice Renee P…

Candice Renee Person’s 20-year journey as an educator is a testament to resilience, grief, and liberation. From her first unprepared days as a NYC Teaching Fellow to building joyful special education classrooms, leading equity work, and now launching a digital nomad life, her story shows what it me…

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Sept. 30, 2025

The Grief of Leaving, the Liberation of Becoming with Candice Renee P…

In this episode of The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators, Dr. Asia sits down with Candice Renee Person, a 20-year veteran educator, organizer, writer, and soon-to-be digital nomad. Candice shares a deeply layered journey that spans classrooms in New York City, Massachusetts, Kentucky, V…

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Sept. 20, 2025

Dr Bennett's Beliefs About the Purpose of Higher Education The Exi…

Check out the podcast's website: https://www.exitinterviewpodcast.com/ Instagram: @hellodrasia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/asia-lyons/ Learn more about combatting racial battle fatigue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7KXbRlf6Dpnl4PffXHvuIlLE0CKUEa8/view?usp=sharing #teachers #educ…

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