Unapologetic Tawk

Welcome back! What better way to get back into it than catching up on what's been going on, and talking about the current state of the world and of NYC. We have Dimez and Relly online for this first episode, and expect Rudy to be back for the next one! Dimez tells us about their recent moves, new apartment, and what's been going on with Stonewall Was A Riot. We hear about Relly's recent actions - he's back outside protesting and th...

Per the title, this episode we are on the ground with Brooklyn Jail Support! We recorded live with them during their usual jail support time on Fridays - every Friday from 2pm - 2am near Brooklyn Central Bookings. We talk about their work, their evolution as a community, the NYC carceral system, care, and so much more. We had an impromptu guest who shares his experience with the carceral system, accountability, and the myth of BK J...

From the military occupation of DC and Trump’s threats to expand to Chicago, NYC, and Baltimore, to more Eric Adams corruption, there was a lot to cover! We get updates from Relly and Rudy on their lives and work, then get into federal agents on the ground in DC. We discuss the occupation in comparison with the current reality on the ground with the NYPD in NYC. We discuss online activists vs content creators vs activists on the gr...

We cover a range of current events involving police brutality, politics, Trump, and Eric Adams. We start off with personal updates and a discussion on balancing life with purpose, doing what fills you, and continuing the fight with the right community around you. From ending “woke AI” to banning houselessness, Trump is on a tear to cover up the Epstein file conversation and his naming coming up in the Diddy trial - even releasing n...

We’re back with an interview with Carla Marie Davis, New York City political content creator and organizer. Carla describes her journey from fashion into local politics, creating a practice of self-care amidst the capitalist system taking a toll on physical and mental health, and the role of social media in engaging the community.

She tells us why she is drawn to get involved in local politics and why we can’t make politicians into ...

First off, RELLYS BIG CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED! Hear the inside scoop as Relly tells us what’s next now that he has this case off of his back. Rudy brings up his current read, Days of Rage, which he picked up after reading about the Mississippi Freedom Movement - “We Will Shoot Back” (watch ep 70!). Rudy relates it to an American man caught in Israel trying to firebomb the Israeli Embassy - who posted it online. We look back on the ...

We're baaaaack after a bit of a hiatus!

First, Rudy fills us in on his speaking tour campuses and tech conferences across the country as Blacksky continues to explode and thrive.

Then we welcome comrade, photographer and videographer Dan Mayers to the program! He explains what drew him to activism, documenting protest movements, his philosophy on what to capture, and more! This leads to a larger discussion on community building and ...

We start off hearing from Rudy about the book “We Will Shoot Back, Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement” by Akinyele Umoja, about the armed Black resistance fighting against oppression in the Mississippi Basin. Rudy draws parallels between fights past and present, how Black Lives Matter, Black Power, and the civil rights movements relate to the Mississippi Freedom Movement, the mindsets. “Hands up Don’t Shoot” and “...

Corruption is back and better than ever! From Donald Trump in the White House and Eric Adams back from his “Covid” break, the news is full of executive orders, defunding, and mayhem. We discuss Eric Adams campaign, as well as a few of the other candidates that have caught our eye. Relly ties in his actions and marching against Eric Adams - we are spreading the word: WE REJECT ERIC ADAMS! Dimez brings up the harmful effects of Trump...

Rudy infiltrating, people revering political theatre about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, Cu0m0 is back on the scene! We have a jam-packed episode today! With Trans Day of Visibility, Cory Booker doing the most to get nothing done, Rudy going on a nationwide tour, and further instances of corruption, injustice, facism, and repression everywhere we turn, we can't stop talking because stuff just keeps happening! Seriously th...

This week we are back to basics with Relly Rudy and Dimez on the virtual studio mics! We have soooo much to catch up on with personal lives, world events, and all around chaos happening in society.

We had to discuss the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil by unidentified state agents and his ongoing detention, along with further crackdowns on campus protesting and campus life by the trump admin as they push to proudly reveal the fascist bac...

Our episode this week is just the beginning of more conversations to come! After a few technical difficulties we got into the studio and had an incredible conversation! Our guests are Shawn Marcel of Untitled and Free (@untitledandfree on IG), Richard Cruz of the Ahimsa Collective (www.ahimsacollective.net and @theahimsacollective on IG), and Ant Ammons (@ant_ammons on IG) star of Q Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsFnFYfCJMg

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This week Relly and Rudy are joined by Freedom Agenda NY — a grassroots, member-led project dedicated to organizing people and communities directly impacted by incarceration to achieve decarceration and system transformation. Darren, co-founder and co-director, and Ashley, senior community organizer, take us into the Close Rikers movement, uplift community members we’ve lost on Rikers, and bust the NIMBY (not in my backyard) myths ...

We’ve got Rudy and Relly in the studio this week, another entertaining and illuminating episode of banter and discussion between this dynamic duo. Dimez had work and a fashion show, go Dimez!

We dive right in on Kendrick Lamar and the halftime show - why is everybody else’s struggle more important than the struggles of Black people? Why did folks want Kendrick to speak on everything else, Palestine, Trump etc etc, and why did they n...

We are humbled to have Jose Angel Perez aka Power the Poet on the show today to enlighten us with his life stories– growing up in the foster system, being sent to Rikers, being at Rikers at the same time as his Mom, and how he found poetry as an outlet through all of this. We dig deeper with Jose in a discussion about the different rehabilitation programs offered to incarcerated folks, and where the American carceral system is fail...

First and foremost, Happy Martin Luther King Day! We didn’t realize this episode was dropping on MLK day until like, yesterday. What a great way to honor Dr King, by educating and enlightening the people. Relly is marching today too right as this episode drops!

Welcome back to another episode with Unapologetic Taaaaaawk! This week we have Rudy and Relly chopping it up in the studio. We talk about everything from Trump and the inaug...

Welcome back to Unapologetic Tawk!!! New year, same fight!! Liberation!!!

We start the year off with a fiery episode - @davidnewyorknynyc, @goodguyaudits, and @iamgodny - three New York-based first amendment auditors with enough stories to tell they could talk for months.

They enlighten us on what it means to be an auditor, the importance of accountability for public officials, as well as bring us the story of New Years 2025, where t...

We are excited to bring you an interview with Terrell J Starr in episode 60! Terrell talks to us about his life journey and career as a Black man, growing up in Detroit Michigan and how we ended up in Ukraine. He tells us journalism stories from the war front, and at the intersection of his identities as a Black Queer man. We get into some geopolitics too, discussing the relations and differences between Palestine and the Ukraine, ...

This week we have Relly and Dimez in the studio, bringing you an interview with Jonas and Shemily of Mass Mutual Aid! If you’ve been watching, you know that MASS (Mutual Aid through Scientific Socialism) is a new mutual aid group that started in Kensington Brooklyn a few months ago.

We talk mutual aid with Shem and Jonas, and then our discussion shifts to their organizing in school for Palestine - the student occupation, the demands...