Bklyn Combine Podcast

Join the Combine for a conversation about race, politics, black nationalism, and 'Merica more. We are the Bklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials to help provide mentorship, critical education, leadership, and social support programs to youth and young adults in low-income and underserved communities. Music...

This is our 2nd episode in a special 2-part series featuring family member to The Bklyn Combine, Anthony L. Ricco, Esq. Join us this week as we continue a riveting conversation about Black life in America with one of the most brilliant trial attorneys in the country and possibly the profession. We are the Bklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organ...

This is episode 1 of a special 2-part series featuring esteemed elder statesman and consigliere to The Bklyn Combine, Anthony L. Ricco, Esq. Ricco's accolades as a trial attorney and his work as counsel on federal death penalty cases across the country is extensive to put it mildly, not to mention, his work as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School. We can’t tell you enough about Anthony L. Ri...

This week The Bklyn Combine tackle the subjects of reparations, the fall of capitalism, post-COVID gatherings, Juneteenth, and Father's Day. We are the Bklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials to help provide mentorship, critical education, leadership, and social support programs to youth and young adults in...

We are the Bklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials to help provide mentorship, critical education, leadership, and social support programs to youth and young adults in low-income and underserved communities.

The Bklyn Combine has been on an unexpected hiatus for the past 3 months due to The Corona Virus pandemic however, we have come together to explore topics like: White Supremacy, protesting, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, social distancing, and more. We are the Bklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials...

This week we sit down again with Bklyn Combine sister, PNC, disruptor, principal, and author, Dr. Nadia Lopez to get some perspective on what it feels like 10 years after opening a school in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Dr. Lopez started Mott Hall Bridges Academy middle school in 2010 and has since done everything from a TED Talk about starting a school to close a prison, to creating a hai...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Emmy Yatich, Nairobi-native and colleague of Combine family member, Jungwon Kim. They both work with the Rainforest Alliance, an international non-governmental organization based in New York City and Amsterdam, with offices throughout the world and operations in more than 60 countries. Its main work is the provision of an environmental certification on sustainab...

This week we spoke to incredible trial attorney and founder of the Brooklyn to Alaska program Sam Gregory as well as his colleague Luis Hernandez. This week was about narrative. Brooklyn to Alaska is a nonprofit with a mission to bring urban youth to the wilderness of Alaska to teach them life skills and much more. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with...

In this week's episode we discuss the prospect of war and many of the conditions that make it a not-so-appealing option for people of color. Way too many young, black men all over this country choose the military over almost any other option based on access and exposure. We get into some dialogue about conflict and the untimely loss of our beloved brother and Brooklyn Mayor, George T. Harris. A st...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to The Bklyn Combine podcast after a brief hiatus. This week we have a special guest and fellow community activist, Erica Mateo. Ms. Mateo is Director of Community-Based Initiatives at the Center for Court Innovation/Brownsville Community Justice Center and her mission as an organizing and social service field professional is to develop, beautify, and improve NYC's bus...

In this week's podcast we sat down with long-time sistren of the Bklyn Combine, Danielle Brown. She's a fellow Hampton University alum and all around beautiful person. We discussed everything from relationships and black love to her Cocktails & Cancer podcast. Join us as we chop it up with Dani. We are the Bklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community orga...

This week we have reconnected with resident scholar and esteemed elder at the Combine, Barbara Goodwin. As per usual, we tap Dr Barbara for her tremendous wisdom and her candid storytelling capabilities. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials to help provide mentorship, critical education, le...

A few of the usual suspects at the Bklyn Combine discuss a number of topics from the Amber Guyger murder trial to Brooklyn's emerging Drill Rap scene. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials to help provide mentorship, critical education, leadership, and social support programs to youth and yo...

On today's podcast we are reporting live from the foxhole. This is a metaphor for our place here in America. We are constantly at war for "a seat at the table", "getting in position", or ultimately, some sort of financial stability. We explore topics from capitalism to "diversity and inclusion" and let's not forget Barnabas's personal study of primates. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profi...

In our second season of The Bklyn Combine Podcast the usual suspects: Kenneth Montgomery, Keith White, Mali X and Phill Shung discuss a multitude of topics from Jay-Z and his partnership with the NFL to Newark, NJ's water problems. We hope you enjoy and thanks for you patience during our brief summer hiatus. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools...

This week we sat down with a solid brother out of Chicago named Muffy Collins. Muffy is an Entrepreneur and Community Impact Founder of Run From Prostate Cancer http://instagram.com/runfromprostatecancer. His collective is aimed at educating people on the facts about Prostate Cancer and related issues that help strengthen and inform communities. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit commun...

This is the 2nd of a 2-part series featuring a sitdown with Crown Heights, Brooklyn, elder stateswoman/historian/revolutionary, Dr. Barbara. We continue to discuss the subject of White Privilege. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials to help provide mentorship, critical education, leadership...

This week we sit down with elder/historian/revolutionary, Dr. Barbara. In the first of a 2-part series, we discuss a number of topics that all encompass the subject of White Privilege. It is always such an honor and pleasure talking to Dr. Barbara, not to mention she provided a reading list (see below). We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, com...

This week we had a roundtable with some of the students and mentors at The Bklyn Combine/Imatter program at Mott Hall Bridges Academy in Brownsville. We discussed a mock trial we have been conducting in our Saturday mentoring sessions as well as hitting the street for some feedback from residents of Brownsville, Brooklyn. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We wor...

This week we travel to Houston with a few members of The Bklyn Combine. Their Texas trip was punctuated with a special visit from brilliant change agent/educator, Samad Hinton. He shares his thoughts on everything from gentrification and education music and food. Join us as we catch up with an old friend. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, c...

This week the usual suspects in The Bklyn Combine chop it up about everything from the Dutch wreaking havoc in the Congo to Ken's poor taste in music. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations, and dedicated city officials to help provide mentorship, critical education, leadership, and social support programs to youth and yo...

In this episode the Combine sat down with the bright and progressive Adem Bunkeddeko. The young politician spoke to us about community, politics, and his ideas for the immediate political future in America. He also discussed his recent 9th congressional district race against incumbent Yvette Clarke. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, communi...

This week we sat down with multi-talented, Bklyn Combine family member, Brian Deka Paupaw. The Brooklyn native wears many hats from graphic designer to fine artist/muralist to mentor/snowboarder to entrepreneur. Deka lives between Brooklyn and São Paulo creating murals around the world while running his non-profit, Hoods to Woods, https://www.facebook.com/hoodstowoods, promoting awareness of the o...

New year... new conversations. This week we open with a conversation with a few of the kids of The Bklyn Combine. We get their ideas about community and what they would like to see from the Bklyn Combine in 2019. After our intro with the Combine Kids, it's back to business as usual. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a not-for-profit community organization. We work with schools, community organizations,...