We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Steven Hudson a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Steven, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s talk legacy – what sort of legacy do you hope to build?

I started my podcast “Real Talk with Steven and Camden” in the middle of quarantine. My friend from high school, Camden, was the only person I could imagine going into this venture with because of our love for sports and our love to talk. Most importantly though, we could talk about real world problems and be serious but also be entertaining to the audience. Camden and I were no strangers to hosting at the beginning of our podcast. During our time in high school, we hosted the school’s black history program that placed the whole school in the gym for us to present black creatives and talent while also keeping the flow of the program steady. It was through this that I knew that we were ready for a podcast in 2020. During this time in 2020, the nation was witnessing injustice in the form of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. This really prompted us to start talking about real world issues within the medium that we knew best, sports. Camden and I both played high school football and I was fortunate enough to be able to play at the collegiate level at my school now, Berry College. We also knew from being athletes and paying close attention to college and professional sports, worldly issues and sports issues intersect more often than not. We wanted to give our audience something real hence the name “Real Talk”. Our name really challenges us to keep it real with our audience and do our due diligence in talking about, or interviewing to show how the medium that many people think of as an escape from real life has more worldly influence than anyone could ever imagine. When I think of legacy, my ultimate personal goal is to get on to a network like ESPN or FOX SPORTS. My ultimate goal for legacy within our podcast and our personal development is that we are regarded as those podcasters, interviewers, people that don’t hold back on making the reality of sports situations visible to the public. That people look back at our episodes and see that we go through every alley way to describe the reality of athletes, spectators, and how those two worlds are not that different at all.

Steven, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My time as a podcaster has been nothing short of a journey as I have been able to talk to and interview some of sports leading personalities. We started out detailing NFL free agency in our first episode to get the ground running on what our main premise would be, which is sports. So many things can stem from sports. We have covered so many topics that have brought sports and world views to a collision. We have covered the Dan Snyder, and Washington Commanders, formally the Washington Redskins, name change and accusations of Snyders behavior within the work place. We have most recently covered the Britney Griner and Russia situation as we explored the double standards and the political climate around the world. We have also been busy interviewing as we have most recently been able to cover the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta this year. We were able to interview names like Shedeur Sanders and Tarik Cohen. Going back to last summer, we were able to interview Atlanta Falcons players Grady Jarrett and Felipe Franks as well as being able to interview ESPN personality, Harry Douglas. We have been very blessed in what the past year has presented to us and we only want to grow our audience more to gain more elite status.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding part of being able to do this podcast is listening to different people’s stories. Whether we do a round table discussion or an interview, I get to hear the story and opinions of our guest and I am so happy that I get learn about them and know where they are coming from. I’d have to also say that being able to put out our own creative work is rewarding in itself. I love to think that as we stack up our credibility on interviews, we will be able to gain more of a following as we continue our podcast.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

I want to create a space where ideals and opinions are met with intrigue and questions. Throughout our work I have made it my personal goal that for whoever we interview, we give them the space and make them comfortable enough to share how they feel on worldly topics because that in itself intersects with sports. I want Real Talk with Steven and Camden to be known for giving a voice to the athlete while also connecting their struggle to the struggle of the everyday person. That is my ultimate goal and really what drives me because there is no shortage these days of people who have a story to tell.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://realtalkwsc.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realtalkwsc/?hl=en
• Linkedin: https://tr.ee/OzcnlUtuKJ
• Twitter: https://tr.ee/ZEhcDdkyk9
• Youtube: https://tr.ee/FjZcJSqW56
• Other: Apple Podcast: https://tr.ee/ruSXy4G_4Z Spotify: https://tr.ee/-K7ROaGA4X

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