Honestly Speaking

This week we chat with Brad Hargreaves, founder of General Assembly and Common. We touch on the rental economy, the impact of Covid 19 on NYC, public vs private solutions to America’s real estate inequality, and the future of cities.

Professor Ed's take on Kamala and the Census.

We welcome entrepreneur (co-founder of Blavity) and writer Jonathan Jackson this week. Him and Ed explore their unique connection with growing up black in New Hampshire, the role tech has in dealing with racism, society’s upholding of the talented tenth, and our thoughts on media’s role and the future of the opinion section.

We break down the historic significance, the impending critiques, how we are feeling, and did Ed make a mistake in transferring to Hampton.

This week we are joined by Manhattan Public Defender and candidate for Manhattan District Attorney, Eliza Orlins. We cover the crime “spike” in the city, the importance and understanding of local politics, why she’s running, and even touch upon her early youth and her connection to the show Survivor.

Joined in the booth this week by friend of the pod Courtney Kornegay, co-founder of Stereotype Studio and the host of the Privy Podcast. We go all in on the weeks hottest twitter trending moments from Nick Cannon's anti-semitic remarks, Ghislaine Maxwell and the continued Jeffrey Epstein horror show, Kanye doing everything in his power to be canceled, and the role of media in all of it.

We dive into story time growing up black in majority white neighborhoods, influences when you're a teenager, financial literacy, and should the 2nd amendment be abolished.

We chat with friend of the pod Mike Ponticelli, a lifer conservative, to break down why he reps the grand old party. We get into some classic conservative pillars, their view of BLM and the current movement, and where they might be areas of compromise.

On this episode, Farb and Eddie catch up on some headline topics including Netflix putting $100M into black banks, the NYT capitalizing B in Black, the defund the police movement, and will the name Redskins finally be on its way out.

This week we catch up with friend of the pod Genesis Be, a native of Biloxi Mississippi and proud member of a multi generational activist family. We talk about the significance of finally removing the confederate state flag, what it meant to grow up around it, and her general attachment to activism.

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