On the Money and Wealth podcast, John Hope Bryant interviews Grammy-winning producer and entrepreneur Dallas Austin about turning talent into intellectual property, ownership, and wealth. Austin recounts growing up in Columbus, Georgia, escaping hardship through music, and moving to Atlanta with his mother to pursue his dream.

He explains signing a work-for-hire deal as a teenager, producing major hits for Boyz II Men and TLC while being tied up contractually, and how guidance from Clarence Avant and Dr. Dallas Moore helped him resolve it. Austin describes building DARP Studios, learning hard financial lessons after discovering a major IRS debt caused by an unregulated business manager, and writing his way out of it. 

He also shares how Drumline and ATL led him to help pass Georgia’s film incentives, and discusses his current distribution company DAD (Dream All Day) while encouraging listeners to follow their true gifts.

On the Money and Wealth podcast, John Hope Bryant interviews Grammy-winning producer and entrepreneur Dallas Austin about turning talent into intellectual property, ownership, and wealth. Austin recounts growing up in Columbus, Georgia, escaping hardship through music, and moving to Atlanta with his mother to pursue his dream.
He explains signing a work-for-hire deal as a teenager, producing major hits for Boyz II Men and TLC while being tied up contractually, and how guidance from Clarence Avant and Dr. Dallas Moore helped him resolve it. Austin describes building DARP Studios, learning hard financial lessons after discovering a major IRS debt caused by an unregulated business manager, and writing his way out of it.&nbsp;
He also shares how Drumline and ATL led him to help pass Georgia&rsquo;s film incentives, and discusses his current distribution company DAD (Dream All Day) while encouraging listeners to follow their true gifts.

John Hope Bryant- successful entrepreneur, executive and philanthropist –will dispense his trademark ‘Straight Talk’ lessons on developing a wealth-building mindset, specifically how the Black community never got “the memo” on money – essentially how to survive and thrive in a free enterprise system.



While often provocative, Bryant will unpack the issues of the day, along with practical advice on how listeners will not only improve their current financial position, but learn how to grow and create personal wealth for themselves and their families.



Episodes will mostly feature Bryant speaking directly to the audience, with occasional guests ranging from “person on the street” interviews with inspirational individuals Bryant encounters in his travels around the world, or from his network of some of world’s most extraordinary people.

John Hope Bryant- successful entrepreneur, executive and philanthropist –will dispense his trademark ‘Straight Talk’ lessons on developing a wealth-building mindset, specifically how the Black community never got “the memo” on money – essentially how to survive and thrive in a free enterprise system.
 
While often provocative, Bryant will unpack the issues of the day, along with practical advice on how listeners will not only improve their current financial position, but learn how to grow and create personal wealth for themselves and their families.
 
Episodes will mostly feature Bryant speaking directly to the audience, with occasional guests ranging from “person on the street” interviews with inspirational individuals Bryant encounters in his travels around the world, or from his network of some of world’s most extraordinary people.

Money And Wealth With John Hope Bryant

Money & Wealth With John Hope Bryant

Grammy-Winner Dallas Austin on Creating Hits, Ownership & Lessons Learned

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/bc45a81d-b6a1-4d1d-a718-b4dc00d1210d/transcript

John sits down with Michael Ellison, CEO and co-founder of CodePath.org, a nonprofit training first-generation and low-income college students for software engineering and AI careers, focused on skill, access, networks, and building ownership in the tech economy.

Ellison shares growing up in rural Maine with incarceration and homelessness, and how persistence and relationship capital helped him break in by cold-calling Goldman Sachs and later becoming a key partner to their event. He explains his path into tech startups, joining a Y Combinator company that later exited for over $3B, and how AI increases the value of engineers while elevating human judgment and creativity. 

John sits down with Michael Ellison, CEO and co-founder of CodePath.org, a nonprofit training first-generation and low-income college students for software engineering and AI careers, focused on skill, access, networks, and building ownership in the tech economy.
Ellison shares growing up in rural Maine with incarceration and homelessness, and how persistence and relationship capital helped him break in by cold-calling Goldman Sachs and later becoming a key partner to their event. He explains his path into tech startups, joining a Y Combinator company that later exited for over $3B, and how AI increases the value of engineers while elevating human judgment and creativity.&nbsp;

Michael Ellison on Overcoming Poverty, Wealth Creation, and AI's Future

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a64a549f-4c20-4fd4-a30d-b4d5012e9214/transcript

John Hope Bryant hosts a special Money and Wealth episode on recession‑proofing your life, urging listeners not to panic but to prepare and understand economic cycles (expansion, peak, contraction, bottom, recovery).

John explains that recessions reset rather than obliterate, and notes long‑term upward trends in real estate, stock markets, and U.S. GDP, highlighting how fear can lead to bad decisions and missed opportunities. Using personal stories from the 2008 housing crisis and a 2022 market decline, he emphasizes liquidity, good credit, and patience.

He discusses how downturns hit Black and brown communities earlier due to fewer reserves, citing higher Black unemployment and lower emergency savings, and urges ownership.  Action steps include protecting human capital, learning AI, building cash reserves, improving credit, reducing high‑interest debt, knowing your burn rate, and building relationship capital with bankers and advisors.

John Hope Bryant hosts a special Money and Wealth episode on recession‑proofing your life, urging listeners not to panic but to prepare and understand economic cycles (expansion, peak, contraction, bottom, recovery).
John explains that recessions reset rather than obliterate, and notes long‑term upward trends in real estate, stock markets, and U.S. GDP, highlighting how fear can lead to bad decisions and missed opportunities. Using personal stories from the 2008 housing crisis and a 2022 market decline, he emphasizes liquidity, good credit, and patience.
He discusses how downturns hit Black and brown communities earlier due to fewer reserves, citing higher Black unemployment and lower emergency savings, and urges ownership.&nbsp; Action steps include protecting human capital, learning AI, building cash reserves, improving credit, reducing high‑interest debt, knowing your burn rate, and building relationship capital with bankers and advisors.

Recession-Proof Your Life: Don't Panic - Prepare, Position, and Prosper

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1372b0c8-ec0b-4a9e-8ae2-b4ce01392dcb/transcript

John Hope Bryant welcomes investor and Ares Management co-founder/executive chairman Tony Ressler, discussing Ressler’s career from Drexel to co-founding Apollo and building Ares, his philosophy that “if you don’t quit, you can’t fail,” and the importance of understanding sources of capital and when to use debt versus equity.

They recount how a philanthropic ask for Operation HOPE led to Ressler backing Bryant’s Promise Homes affordable single-family rental venture, including advice on leverage and patience. Ressler also details Centennial Yards, a major downtown Atlanta redevelopment involving private-public partnership, local investors, new housing, hotels, restaurants, and venues.

The conversation emphasizes compassionate capitalism, widening access to education and capital, affordability in housing and healthcare, and preparing students for jobs of the future.

John Hope Bryant welcomes investor and Ares Management co-founder/executive chairman Tony Ressler, discussing Ressler&rsquo;s career from Drexel to co-founding Apollo and building Ares, his philosophy that &ldquo;if you don&rsquo;t quit, you can&rsquo;t fail,&rdquo; and the importance of understanding sources of capital and when to use debt versus equity.
They recount how a philanthropic ask for Operation HOPE led to Ressler backing Bryant&rsquo;s Promise Homes affordable single-family rental venture, including advice on leverage and patience. Ressler also details Centennial Yards, a major downtown Atlanta redevelopment involving private-public partnership, local investors, new housing, hotels, restaurants, and venues.
The conversation emphasizes compassionate capitalism, widening access to education and capital, affordability in housing and healthcare, and preparing students for jobs of the future.

Tony Ressler on Creating Opportunity, Finding Resilience, and Rebuilding Atlanta

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c5b12291-6d22-4ef1-a745-b4c700eac2f7/transcript

Grammy-Winner Dallas Austin on Creating Hits, Ownership & Lessons Learned

In 1 playlist(s)

Money & Wealth With John Hope Bryant

Social links

Follow podcast

Recent clips