Friday, August 22 – Friday, August 29

Darnell Hunt, a sociology professor at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, breaks down the findings of the 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report, which examines the diversity gap in the film and television industries.

Journalist Carlos Harrison discusses “The Ghosts of Hero Street: How One Small Mexican-American Community Gave So Much in World War II and Korea”. The book recounts the sacrifice of 22 Mexican American families on one street in an Illinois town who sent 57 of their children to war. Eight died in combat.

In this week’s installment of “Five Things You Should Know About …”, Sharon Epperson, personal finance columnist for CNBC, offers advice on saving for retirement.

Yahoo! Tech columnist Dan Tynan, describes the growing market for Internet set-top video streaming devices and the differences between them.

Former New York Yankees second baseman and New York Mets manager Willie Randolph shares the triumphs and struggles of his 30-year career as a player and manager in his new memoir, “The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching and My Live in Baseball”.

Over the past decade, an increasing number of companies have cut budgets for advertising aimed at Black consumers. The trend is directly reflected in the decline of advertising agencies owned and operated by African Americans. Advertising executives McGhee Osse, co-CEO of Burrell Communications Group, Carol H. Williams, president and CEO of Carol H. Williams Advertising, and Eugene Morris, founder of the recently shuttered EMorris Communications, join us.

After nearly four decades laying down bass riffs behind the music industry’s best, Nathan East has finally put out his first solo album called, appropriately—”Nathan East“.