S5:E112🎙️LIVE with Kimberly Palermo 📚✍🏽 Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ Season 5:Episode 112  🎯 Episode Title: INDOCTRI-NATION 365: The Stories America Never Fully Told 🎙️🌍 Mark Your Calendars! 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026   ⏰ Time: 12:00 PM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 3:00 PM ET (Albany, NY)   📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion] I am honored to welcome Kimberly Palermo to the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ for what promises to be a thoughtful, courageous, and deeply important conversation about leadership, truth, education, history, and the responsibility that comes with understanding difficult realities. Kimberly Palermo is an educator, writer, cultural analyst, and author of the thought-provoking book, INDOCTRI-NATION 365: Taking Racial Responsibility in Post-Truth America. With decades of experience in behavioral science, special education, cultural literacy, and community learning, Kimberly has dedicated her work to helping even the most reluctant learners better understand the hidden histories, systems, and narratives that continue to shape American society today. Her journey includes teaching in Compton during the Rodney King era, leading large online educational communities, creating over 1,000 educational videos, and building platforms focused on truth, accountability, empathy, and transformational learning. As a cybersecurity executive and Information Warfare Military Commander in the U.S. Navy, I believe leadership requires the courage to engage difficult conversations thoughtfully, respectfully, and honestly — especially in an era increasingly shaped by polarization, misinformation, and emotional division. This conversation is not about blame. It is about understanding. It is about learning. It is about leadership. 🔥 What You Will Learn: ⚓ Why difficult conversations require emotional intelligence and leadership maturity   ⚓ The hidden historical narratives many Americans were never fully taught   ⚓ How education, media, and culture shape human beliefs and identity   ⚓ The difference between intent and impact in leadership and communication   ⚓ Why transformational growth often begins with discomfort and reflection   ⚓ How leaders can navigate difficult conversations without losing empathy or humanity   ⚓ The leadership lessons Kimberly learned teaching during the Rodney King era   ⚓ What “racial responsibility” means in a post-truth America   ⚓ Why truth, accountability, and historical literacy matter for future generations 💬 Join the Conversation! 🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!   🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?   💬 Got leadership or cultural literacy questions for Kimberly? Post them below — we will answer them LIVE! ⸻ 👇 Your Turn: ➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?   ➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’re applying this week?   ➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, educator, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation ❤️🙏🏾 #Leadership #LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #Podcast #Education #Truth #CriticalThinking #EmotionalIntelligence #CulturalLiteracy #ServantLeadership #CyberLeadership #Learning #Accountability #Communication #History #Humanity #Diversity #Inclusion #NavyLeadership