Can This Book Change How You Think?

SpeakUP! International with Rita Burke and Elton Brown, we sit down with Kern Carter—a celebrated author published by Penguin and Scholastic—for a conversation that’s equal parts story, strategy, and soul. To open the episode, Kern reads a gripping excerpt from his novella Thoughts of a Fractured Soul—a vivid, almost dreamlike moment involving memory, migration, family, and the haunting question: Was it real… or imagined?

Kern shares: • How his 8-year-old dream of becoming “the best author in the world” still drives him today • What it meant to drop out of high school after becoming a father—and how returning to education reshaped his purpose Listen in and get inspired by a man who proves that perseverance + strategy can turn hardship into art—and art into impact.

SpeakUP! International — where community builders come to tell the truth of their journey. You can find the transcript here: blackpodcasts
View Kern's wonderful story: https://youtu.be/MjAKsBWagU4
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