Episodes

March 26, 2024

The GIVEcode with Maria Sipka

In this episode of Tiny Giants, host T. Adeola interviews Maria Sipka, a pioneer in influencer marketing. Maria shares her mission to bring more consciousness into advertising through meaningful and impactful storytelling. Th...

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March 5, 2024

Part-time by Choice with Trish Witkowski

In this episode of Tiny Giants, host T. Adela interviews Trish Witkowski, president of FoldFactory.com and host of the popular YouTube series, "60 Second Super Cool Fold of the Week." Trish shares her journey from a side gig ...

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Feb. 27, 2024

NIL Deals for Student Athletes

Getting a full-ride scholarship to play ball for a D-1 school is a proven path to success and common aspiration for both children and their parents. However, like most things in the Creator Economy it’s taken to new heights. ...

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Feb. 20, 2024

Full-time Digital Nomad with Nora Dunn

In this episode of Tiny Giants, T. Adeola interviews Nora Dunn, also known as the Professional Hobo. Nora shares her journey of selling everything she owned, including her financial planning practice, to travel the world as a...

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Feb. 13, 2024

Midwest 2024 Child Social Media Laws

In this episode of Tiny Giants, host T. Adela discusses two new laws in Ohio and Illinois designed to protect children; Ohio’s temporarily block Social Media Parental Notification Act and Illinois’ amended child labor law. Wh...

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Feb. 6, 2024

Going Fruit Loops with Wendy Williams

In this episode of Tiny Giants, T. Adeola interviews Wendy Williams, co-host of the podcast "Fruit Loops: Serial Killers of Color." They discuss the often untold stories of true crimes committed by people of color and their v...

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May 11, 2023

The Gift of Feedback

This week host T. Adeola talks with c-suite trailblazer Adanta Ahanonu. Adanta Ahanonu (she/her) is a nonprofit executive leader with expertise in program management at the intersection of workforce development and higher edu...

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May 4, 2023

From FREE to Fee

This week on the podcast host T. Adeola speaks with Emmy Award Winner, Mario Armstrong. Mario Armstrong is a two-time Emmy Award Winner, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, TV and Podcast Host. He teaches Creators & Entrepreneurs h...

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April 27, 2023

Scoring the Right P.I.I.C.

This week on the podcast host T. Adeola talks with K-pop influencer turned agency owner and Creator Economy Evangelist, Tinashe Chaponda. Formerly a YouTuber, Chaponda grew his channels to over 25k subscribers at 30 million c...

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April 20, 2023

Excel Through the Stories You Tell

Today host T. Adeola catches up with The World’s Most Industrious Storyteller, Park Howell. Having grown purpose-driven brands by as much as 600 percent; Park is a 35+ year veteran of the advertising industry and now consults...

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April 13, 2023

Tilt Towards Revenue

In today’s episode host T. Adeola talks multiple streams of income with the Godfather of Content Marketing, Joe Pulizzi. Joe is best known for his work in content marketing, first using the term in 2001, then launching Conten...

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April 6, 2023

The Power of Exposure

On today’s show host T. Adeola speaks with author, international trainer and fellow MPN host Monique Russell. Monique Russell is the global communications expert you want on your team. She teaches women leaders and teams how ...

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Feb. 23, 2023

When NOT to Communicate

This week T. welcome author, international trainer and fellow MPN host Matt Bailey. In a world saturated with non-stop text, email and social media notifications, one of Matt’s more poignant insights, among many, is to learn ...

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Feb. 21, 2023

Branding Basics

Having differentiated between social networks and social media, this week T. Adeola tackles brand building basics. In an era of social media where everyone is a publisher/broadcaster, your success boils down to your ability t...

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Feb. 16, 2023

Accelerating Belief into Big Opportunity

This week host T. Adeola talks with former c-level exec, entrepreneur, mental fitness trainer & fellow MPN podcaster Caroline Kay. Caroline Kay, founder of Vincita, empowers people to take giant leaps and fearlessly embrace t...

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Feb. 14, 2023

Social Media vs Social Networks

This week we cover an article from The Atlantic by Ian Bogost that made the rounds in November of 2022 titled, The Age of Social Media Is Ending. *Spoiler Alert* it’s not… But something the article does well is compare …

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Feb. 9, 2023

Put Passion Over Profit

On any given media production, the Director is the most powerful person on set. So, while most people want to be in front of the camera – all the power is behind the camera. This week, host T. Adeola speaks …

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Feb. 7, 2023

Tiktok’s “Heating” Is Cherry Picking – And They Don’t Pay!

Turns out TikTok’s coveted algorithm isn’t as algorithmically driven as it would have us all believe. The truth is they can cherry-pick who goes viral by what it terms as “heating”. Needless to say, those in the #CreatorEcono...

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Feb. 2, 2023

Don’t Wait To Create

This week hosts Lindsey Gamble on Tiny Giants. Lindsey Gamble is the Associate Director of Influencer Innovation at Mavrck, an all-in-one influencer marketing platform. With years of experience working with top enterprise con...

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Jan. 31, 2023

Overvaluing Experience Pt. 2

This week we continue our discussion on Google's recent update to their search rater guidelines on how a content creator's first-hand experience is evaluated. In this episode, host T. Adeola further unpacks a recent Search En...

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Jan. 26, 2023

Seek Impact Before Tech

This week T. is joined by Pulitzer Prize winner Bianca J. Jackson. Bianca J. Jackson is an award-winning entrepreneur and creative experience officer (CEO) of BrickRose Exchange where she creates multi-sensory events and expe...

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Jan. 24, 2023

Overvaluing Experience Pt. 1

This week we discuss Google's recent update to their search rater guidelines on how a content creator's first-hand experience is evaluated. While definitely a step in the right direction, as with most things – context is key....

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Jan. 19, 2023

Using Creativity in Macro Social Work for Economic Development

This week T. welcomes macro social worker KeAnna M. Daniels to Tiny Giants. KeAnna M. Daniels is a Serial Entrepreneur, Change Agent, Super Connector, Ecosystem Builder, and a Servant Leader in her communities. She is also a ...

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Jan. 17, 2023

Teen Life on Social Media in 2022

This week we head right back to Pew Research Center for another banger! Don’t worry, we won’t cover Pew stats exclusively, we promise. We get our stats from a variety or resources. But as these things go, Pew is top …

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