Press Pause

Pull up a chair and take notes — Emmy-winning director Kenan Kamwana Holley is in the building to discuss his latest masterpiece, Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association, a four-part docuseries that chronicles the ABA's nine-year run and its lasting influence on the modern game.

You know Holley from Wendell Scott: A Race Story and from ESPN Films' acclaimed slate, including I Hate Christian Laettner, The Book of Manning, Nature Boy, Dominique Belongs to Us, 40 Minutes of Hell, and Redemption Song, the powerful story of Howard University's little-known, underappreciated soccer dominance in the 1970s.

Soul Power premiered Feb. 12 and is now streaming on Prime Video.

Press Pause welcomes Dr. Alison Thompson, founder and CEO of Third Wave Volunteers, a global humanitarian leader with decades of front‑line disaster response experience. Driven by her nine months volunteering at Ground Zero after 9/11, Dr. Thompson built Third Wave Volunteers into a network of more than 30,000 first responders delivering aid in crises from Syria and Ukraine to Afghanistan, and beyond.

After Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica last October, Third Wave's rapid response team worked directly with families and communities cut off after the Category 5 storm to deliver food, solar lights, clean water solutions, communication systems, medical support, and other essential supplies.

A recipient of the 2026 New South Wales Australian of the Year award for her humanitarian work, Dr. Thompson shares her perspective on the long road ahead toward recovery for Jamaica.

Developmental psychologist, educator, and author Dr. Biko Sankofa takes Press Pause to another dimension. Born in Trinidad and Tobago and shaped by his years at Howard University, Dr. Sankofa's journey—rooted in lived experience and spiritual inquiry—sets the stage for a thought-provoking conversation about his new book, Transcending the Human: An Alien's Guide to a Universe of Infinite Possibilities.

Part memoir, part manifesto, the book follows Vusi, a character who, on his path to self-discovery, grapples with ego, identity, and the boundaries of being human. In conversation with host Mark W. Wright, Dr. Sankofa unpacks how the limitations we accept can become gateways to growth—if we're willing to do the work.