Carlos Watson

I don't know. I wasn't there. But I do know that I got a call from the YouTube folks after it saying something strange had happened. And we figured out what happened. I immediately called back to the folks at Goldman right away, not four days later, as I think someone wrote at one point. And and look, it's heartbreaking. It's wrong. It's not good. It's not OK.

I don't know. I wasn't there. But I do know that I got a call from the YouTube folks after it saying something strange had happened. And we figured out what happened. I immediately called back to the folks at Goldman right away, not four days later, as I think someone wrote at one point. And and look, it's heartbreaking. It's wrong. It's not good. It's not OK.

We're going to open for business. So we're making news today. This is our Lazarus moment, if you will. This is our Tylenol moment.

Hey, Matthew. Carlos, how are you? I'm good, man. Trying to get my eight seconds on the bull like everybody is. Hey, Scarlett, how are you?

Welcome to the Carlos Watson Show. Thank you for joining me. You bet.

Tell me why you started this podcast.

You and I both know, Angela, that if I were white and I was running a media company that was healthy and hired people and someone in Brooklyn tried to prosecute me, it's like you getting prosecuted, Angela, by Utah. I don't live in Brooklyn. I never had an office there. I never had clients there.

I didn't have nothing to do with that except Ben Smith, the white guy who wanted to buy me, and his dad who was a judge. Did I tell you that Ben Smith's dad is a judge? Mm-hmm. You think all this is accidental? What I'm saying to people is if we allow them to keep snuffing out black excellence, I promise you it won't stop with me.

You and I both know, Angela, that if I were white and I was running a media company that was healthy and hired people, and someone in Brooklyn tried to prosecute me, it's like you getting prosecuted, Angela, by Utah. I don't live in Brooklyn. I never had an office there. I never had clients there.

I had nothing to do with that, except Ben Smith, the white guy who wanted to buy me, and his dad, who is a judge. Did I tell you that Ben Smith's dad is a judge? You think all this is accidental? What I'm saying to people is if we allow them to keep snuffing out black excellence, I promise you it won't stop with me.

want to learn how you're thinking, how you came to that, what you would do with that. Would you ever consider something else? Like who moves you? And you're always going to end up being surprised, right? Like, you know, and, and, and if you, if you stay in it and you're just with the person, they're going to share something that reminds you that most of us are contradictions, right?

What did Dr. King used to, he loved that quote that he, There was a famous quote that used to say, there's enough stuff in me to make both a gentleman and a rogue, right? And I think very few of us are only one thing or the other.

I want to learn how you're thinking, how you came to that, what you would do with that. Would you ever consider something else? Like who moves you? And you're always going to end up being surprised, right? Like, you know, and, and, and if you, if you stay in it and you're just with the person, they're going to share something that reminds you that most of us are contradictions, right?

What did Dr. King used to, he loved that quote that he, There was a famous quote that used to say, there's enough stuff in me to make both a gentleman and a rogue, right? And I think very few of us are only one thing or the other.