The Inner Cities Podcast

By Tochi Onyebuchi & A. Zell Williams

Award-winning author and lawyer, Tochi Onyebuchi, and award-winning play/TV writer, A. Zell Williams, discuss the news, politics, and culture from the perspective of 2 black men to need to laugh to ke... more

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October 04, 2025 You Can't Expect A Military Coup Right Away
When does radicalization find you? Tochi and Zell discuss what makes Americans snap TF out of it. Then - SPOILERS!!! - they share their love for One Battle After Another.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
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Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
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1h 36min
September 28, 2025UN-welcome
Tochi and Zell question the price of their un-raptured souls. They talk about the UN walking out on Netanyahu, the indictment of James Comey, troops being sent to Portland, and how much stand-ups are making at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
UN Ambassadors walk out on Netanyahu.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
...more
1h 31min
September 21, 2025 Speech-Free
Tochi and Zell record before the state-approved subject list is updated. They discuss the U.N. declaring that Israel is committing genocide, Jimmy Kimmel being removed after the demands of the State, the death of Trye Reed, and Trump charging $100,000 for H1-B visas.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
...more
1h 27min
September 14, 2025 Everything’s Untenable
Parker, Murphy, Hustle, & horse are the only Charlie's Tochi and Zell care about.
This week, they discuss Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution and France’s Block Everything Protest, Israel’s attacks on Qatar and Gaza, worsening jobs numbers in the US, and the killing of a bigot.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
...more
1h 48min
August 25, 2025 AI Bubble Wrap
Tochi and Zell are old enough to remember the last couple bubbles bursting. This week they cover MIT’s report on the uselessness of AI in business, the declaration of famine in Gaza, the Texas GOP kidnapping a black woman, and if the West is ready for a Leftist future.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
...more
1h 27min
August 18, 2025 Chocolate City Rises Up
This week, the hostile Federal takeover went bicoastal. Tochi and Zell discuss Israel’s continued genocide in Gaza, Fed raids in DC, Gavin Newsom rewriting California’s congressional map, the end of trust in US labor statistics, and the Kennedy Center and Smithsonian turning into a propaganda wing.
Check out Executive Disorder for more on the topics we discussed.
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1h 23min
August 11, 2025 GPT Jive

Tochi and Zell ask ChatGPT to shut itself down. They discuss Israel’s vote to officially occupy Gaza and their continued famine and genocide of Palestinians, Texas Dems fleeing the state, OpenAI’s failed rollout of ChatGPT 5, and when the AI bubble will burst.
For more on the AI bubble, check out this great piece from Ed Zitron.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill

Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
...more
1h 24min
August 04, 2025 Dog-Whistling Denim
Tochi and Zell question whether all press is good press. They discuss Israel’s ongoing assault on and famine in Gaza, why Democrats won’t listen to Democratic voters, Trump’s terrible job numbers, the end of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, and that American Eagle ad.
Check out the Break Points interview with Sen. Slotkin.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
...more
1h 41min
July 29, 2025 Write with Zell on Twitch! - Tuesdays @ 7PM PST
Join Zell as he works on new scenes and plays. The Playwrighter's Room is where Zell creates brand new pieces, shares the space with other writers, and answers questions about the process, the industry, and whatever else is on his mind.
Tuesdays @ 7PM PST.
https://www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
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2min
July 21, 2025 Paramount Paying All Their Haters
Tochi and Zell wonder how they can get FU money from a streamer, too! They talk the famine in Gaza, the Epstein files and what Trump may do to cover them up, and South Park's refusal to give a fuck.
See an ICP video interview: www.youtube.com/@theinnercities
Email the show: [email protected]
Tochi's Links:
www.TochiOnyebuchi.com, www.tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Zell's Links:
www.AZellWill.com, www.azellwill.substack.com, www.twitch.tv/azellwill
Support the show
Got a question for Tochi & Zell? Message them on Insta:
@Treize64
@AZellWill
...more
1h 15min

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