Unapologetic Tawk

We have one of Rudy’s good friends, comrades, and co-inspirator Bri on the podcast this week! We start off learning more about Bri, her activism mindset, and about Rudy and Bri’s history together. We also talk about what Bri has going on these days, including SLAP. We talk about Bris travels including to Africa and a childhood trip to their home country of Haiti.

Dimez recently went on a trip to push for LGBTQ+ legislation at the New York State capitol in Albany. Dimez gives us an inside look at the lobbying process and their time with Free To Be Youth.

The student protests against the genocide in Gaza are in full force. Together with Bri, our team discusses the implications of and nuances to the school and government responses to these encampments and occupations and how it can impact the genocide.

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Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

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Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy & every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation.

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In this episode we have guests Brian Cummings and Shakeem Hinds in the studio with Relly! Rolling in on good energy, we start off with an introduction to our guests, who they are and what they do.

Then we get into the hot topic - NYPD harassing Brian and Shakeem last week while they were chilling out front of their nephews house in a nice car. The officers were known to them having harassed them before, and the incident ended in arrests.

We dissect the video of the incident with our guests telling their side of the story, and then topic gets more nuanced: patterns of NYPD harassment, criminalization of Black success, and how this all relates to bigger themes in our everyday lives.

This is just the start for Brian and Shakeem as they spread their story and fight for accountability from the NYPD.

Follow Brian on IG @hatebeinsober151

Rent his luxury vehicles: @geezysentertainment

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Follow Shakeem on Instagram @hindschauffeur for executive chauffeur services!

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Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

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Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy & every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation.

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!!

This week we are in the studio with Carl Ellis Grant, an actor, comedian, former NASA engineer, and much more. We start off interviewing Carl about his experience at NASA, his experiences in standup comedy and curating the Brooklyn Dreams comedy, his acting career, and the tech world. We then dive into the time the Unapologetic Tawk team first met Carl last year.

Carl was assaulted by NYPD officer Emile Pratt, who also assaulted a 13 yr old on camera weeks later. Relly, Dimez and the protest community went out to hold the transit precinct accountable.

Carl and the team recount the events, and delve into Carl’s relationship to the police and his family, using standup comedy to find healing, and holding the police accountable.

Midway through the topic the team makes an exciting discovery live - its Breaking News!

This discussion leads naturally to the recent protest by Relly and team against dirty NYPD Captain Adan Munoz of the 79th precinct in Bedstuy.

The team makes a quick note to OJs passing before we wrap up the episode!

Follow Carl on Instagram: @carlellisgrant

Swing by the open mic at Brooklyn Dreams Juice Bar every Wednesday night @ 8 PM – 1276 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY

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Follow and support Bushwick Ayuda Mutua, a Bushwick-based mutual aid organization as they look to regain their monthly supporters after the dissolution of Open Collective

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Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

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We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy & every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation.

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!!

We got a packed episode this week! We started recording only about an hour after the earthquake hit NYC on Friday, so you know we had to dig into that. Then Dimez fills us in on Stonewall Was A Riot’s action taking a visit to the residence of the KKKaren, Christine Thierry, to demand further accountability for her racist attack.

We then get into the viral dismantling of Eric Adams on the Breakfast Club last week, shout out to Olay. We give our own take on a few of the topics brought up during that interview– including the murder of Win Rosario, a 19-year-old shot by the NYPD while going through a mental health crisis, and the shooting death of a NYPD officer and subsequent drama of Kathy Hochul getting turned away at his funeral. We also use it as an opportunity to talk about more of Eric Adams corrupt ties, and discuss the further updates on the Diddy case.

We touch on the recent occupation of Zuccotti Park in Manhattan to demand actions in solidarity with the people of Gaza, and catch up on the brutal missile attack by the IOF on World Central Kitchen Aid workers.

We round out the episode with discussion of the NYPD’s announcement that it will begin using AI scanners to try to detect weapons in the subway, including looking at the AI technology’s faulty history. And then we react to and discuss a recent clip of an NYPD Captain (named Adan Munoz from the 79th Precinct) assaulting a Black man in Bed-Stuy, including gun butting him, over tinted windows. We end on a lighter note by discussing the growing beef between Kendrick and J. Cole, react to their respective verses, and lament how the hip hop landscape has changed along with the beefs.

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Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

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Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy , every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem, and Monday @ 4pm at Tompkins Square Park.

This week we are joined by our comrade Al from Bluestockings NYC, New York’s only queer, trans & sex worker owned bookstore– located in the Lower East Side in Manhattan! We talk about Bluestockings’ important role in providing a safe community space for a variety of individuals and groups, and Al educates us on the ins and outs of harm reduction– how to spot an overdose, the origins of fentanyl and other new drugs on the scene, and larger structural critiques of drug policy. We also discuss their sex work and what it was like opening up to people about that work.

You can follow Al on instagram @afloweroftheunivers

You can follow Bluestockings on instagram @bluestockingsnyc or visit their website: www.bluestockings.com to learn more and donate.

You can visit and browse their book selection, pick up harm reduction and safe sex supplies, and drop off food for their free store at 116 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002

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Follow Relly: @rellyrebel

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Follow Rudy: @shacqeal

Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

Follow Rudy on Bluesky

Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy , every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem, and Monday @ 4pm at Tompkins Square Park.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation.

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!!

This week we begin the episode with Relly reacting to clips and recounting his experience at a NYC City Council hearing on the NYPD budget– including the laughably false statements made by top NYPD brass.

We then get into reacting to the viral Elon Musk interview on The Don Lemon Show, and discuss his crusade on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs as well as his continued hypocritical statements and actions on issues of free speech.

We finish the episode discussing a much more somber subject– the murder of Samyia Spain, a 19-year-old girl, who was stabbed by a man for rejecting his sexual advances. This leads to a larger discussion on the violence of masculinity.

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Follow Relly: @rellyrebel

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Follow Rudy: @shacqeal

Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

Follow Rudy on Bluesky

Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy , every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem, and Monday @ 4pm at Tompkins Square Park.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation.

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!!

TOPICS: Follow Up on Media Framing Relly's Action for Cop Injury, Stonewall Was A Riot DOE Action, NCYHA employees arrested on COVID fraud charges, Shooting on Subway

We start the episode hot off the presses and full of bullsh*t, just like a recent article from the New York Post. Another round of copaganda covering Relly’s second “Messy Jesse” protest at dirty NYPD Chief Jesse Lance’s house was printed, outlining a new set of lies! 

Dimez runs down the latest Stonewall Was A Riot action where they followed up with the Department of Education - no KKKarens teaching anywhere in NYC! 

The dynamic duo then breaks recent arrests made in the NYCHA Covid Fraud case happening in NYC. Where’s the perp walk for the millionaires who scammed money from the government?

Finally we break down the tragic subway altercation between a singular man and a couple, resulting in the loss of one life via gunshot wounds. 

No Rudy this week, tune in to help Relly and Dimez hold it down for Unapologetic Tawk!!!

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Follow Relly: @rellyrebel 

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Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

Follow Rudy on Bluesky

Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy , every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem, and Monday @ 4pm at Tompkins Square Park.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation. 

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!!

Our recording studio was graced by the presence of none other than Dianne Morales! As our guest for episode 27, Dianne anchored a conversation about principles, histories and stories, and revolution. 

Dianne touches upon her political and personal wisdom in the midst of discussing her life and background, her run for mayor of NYC in 2021, and the pathways she continues to carve towards liberation. Especially in Puerto Rico! 

Dianne describes having a drive for seeing better for her community since she was a child and we hear about how that shaped the person she is today, how her activism shaped her political career.

We discuss the long rifle carrying elephants in the subway - Kathy Hochul deploying 750 national guard and Eric Adams competing by deploying even more NYPD. We’re not sure what they’re going to do besides exactly what the existing officers already do: nothing but violate rights and safety of New Yorkers.

Finally, we break down recent violence committed by members of the protest community, a group supposedly committed to protestor safety. We touch on why and how community response to this videotaped attack has been lacking.

Follow Dianne on Instagram and Twitter @Dianne4NYC

Follow Gabby on Instagram @r0s.e

Check out our website: www.unapologetictawk.com 

Follow the podcast on socials:

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Follow Rudy: @shacqeal

Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

Follow Rudy on Bluesky

Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy , every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem, and Monday @ 4pm at Tompkins Square Park.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation. 

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!! 

TOPICS: Open Collective Foundation closing, Dimez arrest and phone being held, NYPD story about injured officer debunked, Interview with Chillian Thomas, Props to Black women and Trans organizers

We start this episode discussing the closing of Open Collective and the impact of financial restrictions on mutual aid organizing. Dimez tells us about their recent arrest and subsequent attempt of NYPD to pin false charges on them. Relly breaks down the mystery of the two staples, the solution to how the NYPD officer busted his head has been found! Spoiler alert we were right! This discussion leads into our interview with Chillian Thomas, activist and comedian. Chillian dropped a lot of truth bombs this episode that's all we can say. We review the groups history together, back to the days of abolition park. The conversation then comes forward to the difficulties we’re still facing in organizing. Chillian ends the episode with a heartfelt note of appreciation for Black women and Trans folks in activism and organizing.

Make sure to follow Chillian on Instagram @chilliansthomas

Check out our website: www.unapologetictawk.com 

Subscribe & watch the episode on Youtube: youtube.com/@UnapologeticTawkPodcast?si=dxnIvfV5Jaivqg6- 

Follow the podcast on socials:

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Follow Relly: @rellyrebel 

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Follow Rudy: @shacqeal

Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

Follow Rudy on Bluesky

Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy , every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem, and Monday @ 4pm at Tompkins Square Park.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation. 

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot !!!

We are back in the studio this week for a wide ranging conversation with musician and comrade, Justin Pines. We talk about everything from his musical influences and the revolutionary capacity of hip hop, his organizing work to close Rikers Island, the costs of revolution, and what he sees as the keys to community building towards liberty.

We then move into the topics of the week including a Black Texas high school student losing a legal dispute over the school district’s racist hairstyle policy, Another Shooting In the NYC Subway and the continuing inadequacies of the police response, the leak of ShotSpotter device locations and how it reaffirms racists policing policy, the beating death of a nonbinary student in Oklahoma named Nex Benedict, Relly’s response to the moon landing, and the artist formerly known as Rachel Dolezal once again making headlines. 

Justin Pines (@pinesjustin on instagram) is a musician, listen to his stuff on Apple Music, Spotify, and other streaming platforms:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3W2iB5TUTmFgm37Ys4ilIy?si=O6qS2D0pQquH75Qg_Pq_CQ

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/justin-pines/1466104623 

Check out our website: www.unapologetictawk.com 

Subscribe & watch the episode on Youtube: youtube.com/@UnapologeticTawkPodcast?si=dxnIvfV5Jaivqg6- 

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Follow Relly: @rellyrebel

Follow Dimez: @dimez_cartier

Follow Rudy: @shacqueal

Rudy is the creator of Blacksky, an algorithm to connect Black users on Bluesky and the basis for other community algorithms on Bluesky

Follow Rudy on Bluesky

Rudy also created Papertree.earth, a joint bank account for community groups to collectively manage finances.

Register and Join Rudy as he talks on a panel about Papertree at the Brooklyn Public Library next Saturday, March 2nd at 4 PM:

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/governable-spaces-tech-central-library-info-20240302 

We The People NYC is a community-led mutual aid group that runs a hot food & clothes distro every Thursday @ 1PM on the corner of Fulton & Nostrand in Bed-Stuy , every Saturday @ 1PM on 125th Street & Lexington Ave in Harlem, and Monday @ 4pm at Tompkins Square Park.

Check out more info at wethepeople.nyc or @wethepeople_nyc on Instagram

Join the Stonewall Was A Riot! Movement every Thursday starting at 7pm at the Stonewall Inn to march for Black youth specifically Black LGBTQIA+ liberation. 

Tap in on Instagram: @stonewall.wasariot!!!