What do you do when your boss is trying to push you out, and nobody at work will stop it?

In this episode of They Tried It, host Lindiwe Davis sits down with Peggy Beane, a longtime media and marketing executive whose career has spanned publishing, advertising, integrated marketing, and DEI consulting. From Black Enterprise, Jet, Ebony, Essence, and American Legacy to Nickelodeon and beyond, Peggy has spent decades learning how to navigate corporate America while staying grounded in who she is.

At the center of this conversation is a difficult experience with a workplace bully: a boss whose aggression, meanness, and hostility escalated over time into something unmistakably targeted. Peggy talks openly about the fear, confusion, and isolation that came with recognizing she was being pushed out ...