Our guest for today, Susan Balk, is the Founding Director of Hate Breakers. An organization that celebrates those who end the hate-breeds-hate cycle in St. Louis. Susan is recently named as a woman of achievement. Susan also serves on the Board of Delancey Street Foundation, the country’s leading residential self-help organization for substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless, and others who have hit the bottom of their lives.
Things you will learn in this episode:
[00:01 – 10:32] Opening Segment
- I welcome and introduce my guest, Susan Balk
- Susan talks about her background
- She was a Journalist for NY Times Magazine, Vogue, and others alike
- Her first published work
- Susan shares her idea about Fame
- The dynamic between celebrities and their supporters
[10:33 – 26:50] Hate Breakers
- A talk about Truth
- Her Published work together with her husband
- The beginning of Hate Breakers
- Overcoming Hate
- Her inspirations
[26:51 – 0:0] The Transition
- Susan recalls her time as a non-fiction editor
- Bringing her sensibility to magazines like the Playboy foundation board
- Her business and time as a liaison for publishers and magazines
- The transition from print to the Internet
[33:36 – 38:44] Closing Segment
- Relating and admiring Famous and interesting people
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Jordan Peele
- Final Words
Tweetable Quotes:
“We buy into this myth given to us by the movies. That somehow if we’re famous, we’re immortal. Somehow if we’re known by enough people, we’re not going to die.” – Susan Balk
Resources Mentioned:
You can connect with Susan through the Hate Brakers Facebook and Website.
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