The Administration Killed DEI. Now What?

Speak In Flow · Mar 5, 2026 · 29m · transcript

Now that DEI initiatives have been defunded, debated, and dismissed by some of the world's biggest companies, the conversation is still going strong. Producer Brian McLaughlin sits down with Melinda Lee in this episode of the Speak In Flow Podcast to talk about what actually works when the performative stuff falls away. With decades of experience in film and television, Brian challenges the idea that the playing field is level and explains why representation was never about quotas; it was always about building something better.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The Real Source of Pushback

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