You might be familiar with the personal trainer, businesswoman, author and television personality Jillian Michaels from The Biggest Loser, but that’s just scratching the surface. Join us on The Carlos Watson Show this week, where they discuss how she…

In 2018, Starbucks commissioned Heather McGhee to design its anti-bias training. The author and NBC News contributor spent three years traveling the U.S., researching how racism keeps us all from being great. This week on The Carlos Watson Show, she…

CJ McCollum will knock your socks off. After his high school basketball career, the future NBA star went on to win two championships at Lehigh University, before joining the Portland Trail Blazers. But the secret to his success isn’t just dreaming;…

If the problem is the U.S. border with Mexico, is the solution an alligator-filled moat? In 2019, former President Donald Trump reportedly asked aides to explore that idea. In a response worthy of Jonathan Swift, defense strategist and author Peter…

Summer is coming to a close in the Northern Hemisphere. But as the evenings draw in and temperatures fall, there’s never been a better time to curl up with a book and enter a world not of your own making. The international literary world has never…

College sports are back. Take it from fans of the Virginia Tech Hokies. On Sept. 3, close to 70,000 of them screamed out the team’s entrance song, Enter Sandman by Metallica, at the 2021-22 season opener against the University of North Carolina Tar…

When online retailer Shein started selling a phone case earlier this year that featured an art piece depicting Michael Brown’s murder without permission from the artist, social media erupted in outrage. The design depicts a Black man lying on the…

Dave Shealy claims to have seen the ever-elusive skunk ape of Florida legend in 1974. He founded the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters/tourist trap to capitalize on the lore of Florida’s giant, hairy man-beast. But don’t get it twisted; those who…

Dating in the post-pandemic era feels as uncharted as trying to lock lips for the first time in middle school. Handshake or hug? A romantic restaurant meal or a socially distanced bike ride? And in this upside-down world, how do you know what’s real…

If 100 is already the new 80, what about living till you’re 150 years old? Growing up, my dad, a doctor obsessed with the idea of immortality, would tell how his grandparents back in Lebanon had lived well past the 100-year mark. How? They simply ate…

In June, Victoria’s Secret announced it would completely redesign its brand, starting by doing away with calling its models “angels.” It has also ditched it’s glitzy fashion show in favor of “redefining sexy.” These moves some say, are too little,…

Have you noticed a trend this summer? No, not that face masks in many countries are making a comeback; we’re talking about the fires, devastating floods and heat waves of almost biblical proportions that have hit vast swathes of our world, from…

You’re never fully dressed without a smile, a mask … and maybe another mask, just in case. But now that we are starting to emerge from our home offices, shed the sweatpants and venture back to the streets, you might be asking yourself: What should I…

Why do we need trans awareness training for educators? According to student and 2021 OZY Genius Award recipient Dan Eggers, “Just existing as a trans person in the world, there’s a lot of educating that you have to do, everywhere you go.” It’s needed…

While you’re enjoying the summer fun, behind the scenes a school experience like no other is ramping up. Masks or no masks? In person or Zoom? Vaccinations or masks, or just stay home altogether? These are some of the many choices students and…

Hosting is exciting. But hosting for the first time in over a year is even better. For the longest time, the notion of dinner parties has felt consigned to the pre-pandemic world. No longer. As people start opening their homes up to friends and…

In the world of livestream gaming, there’s one platform that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Forget your Facebook Gaming, Caffeine or Owncast. Twitch is where it’s at. After initially gaining popularity with video game livestreamers, today…

In the world of livestream gaming, there’s one platform that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Forget your Facebook Gaming, Caffeine or Owncast. Twitch is where it’s at. After initially gaining popularity with video game livestreamers, today…

Attending college in Vermont meant that, for years, I missed springtime on my family’s California cattle ranch. Now, with summer upon us, I feel doubly lucky to be part of what feels like a resurgence, a rebirth in the world of ranching and Western…

An unstoppable force and global pop icon in the late 1990s and 2000s, the trappings of fame have hit singer Britney Spears hard in the years since. Crippling anxiety combined with punishing, sordid attention thrust upon her by paparazzi and others…