Citizen the Pod

Join Keina Zontel as she discusses the high and lows of the 2018 Midterm Election. #thesurge2020

Join Keina Zontel and the CEO of Beautiful Brains, Christian Johnson, as we discuss the March 25th New Zealand terrorist attack and Andrew Yang, the Universal Basic Income candidate running to be the Democratic nominee for the 2020 Presidential race. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.  

Join Keina Zontel and the Black with No Chaser crew, CJ & Cirillo. As we discuss Brett Favre, the Jackson Mississippi water crisis and so much more.

Join Keina Zontel with special guests India Walton and Drisana Hughes as we discuss crime, political violence, and gun violence. RIP Takeoff.

Citizens welcome Black with No Chaser to show! Host, Keina Zontel chops it up CJ and Cirilo about the lawsuit placed against the family of Trayvon Martin, the Kamala Harris double standard and Trump impeachment. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for the production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Citizen the Pod taped its first live show during this years Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference in Washington D.C. . Keina Zontel was joined by Bear Clarke, owner of Bear's Vibes, and Taj Tashombe, Vice President of Government Affairs for Oakland Athletics. We discussed the cannabis industry, economic development strategies for communities of color and why it's important for young people to find creative ways to participate in these spaces. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for the production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

On today's episode, host Keina Zontel chops it up with Instagram's, the Political Plug. We discuss the Squad, Trump's tweets & rhetoric towards these women of color and the candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic nomination for President. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join host, Keina Zontel, and Jeralyn Cave and Denise Lieberman of the Advancement Project, as we discuss our unique opportunity to create political power, the long game of voter disenfranchisement and Democracy Rising- a study that focused on felony voter disenfranchisement and the issues that motivate millennial voters of color. If your interested in reading Democracy Rising, click the link  https://advancementproject.org/resources/democracyrising/.  Citizens we need your support. We need to ensure that New York State and any state that decides to legalize cannabis, passes legislation that will benefit communities of color in the following ways: address the disparities in the criminal justice system, invest in the communities most impacted by the war on drugs and make sure the process to enter the market legally does not shut POCs out, so go to www.smart-ny.com  to spread the message. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join host, Keina Zontel,  Ekua Aidoo Mens, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Evergreen Health and Adrienne Garr, our resident social worker, as we discuss health equity, Senator Klobuchar's robust addiction and mental health platform, and 45's troubling foreign policy decisions. Citizens we need your support. We need to ensure that New York State and any state that decides to legalize cannabis, passes legislation that will benefit communities of color in the following ways: address the disparities in the criminal justice system, invest in the communities most impacted by the war on drugs and make sure the process to enter the market legally does not shut POCs out, so go to www.smart-ny.com  to spread the message. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join Keina Zontel and political strategist, Paul Hypolite, as we discuss the 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates, their viability and the new goals of the Democratic electorate. Citizens we need your support. We need to ensure that New York State and any state that decides to legalize cannabis, passes legislation that will benefit communities of color in the following ways: address the disparities in the criminal justice system, invest in the communities most impacted by the war on drugs and make sure the process to enter the market legally does not shut POCs out, so go to www.smart-ny.com  to spread the message. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join Keina Zontel and the NYS Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Kassandra Frederique, as we discuss the status of cannabis legalization in New York State and her role in the Netflix documentary Grass is Greener directed by Fab 5 Freddy.  This bonus episode is apart of my series, "The real affects of incarceration, where does change start." Citizens we need your support. We need to ensure that New York State and any state that decides to legalize cannabis, passes legislation that will benefit communities of color in the following ways: address the disparities in the criminal justice system, invest in the communities most impacted by the war on drugs and make sure the process to enter the market legally does not shut POCs out, so go to www.smart-ny.com  to spread the message. Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

On today's episode host Keina Zontel sits down with Ato Clyburn. We discuss my family's connection to the criminal justice system, his personal experience and the school to prison pipeline; this is part two of a series titled "the Real Affects of Incarceration: where does change start."  Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

On today's episode, host Keina Zontel is joined by India Walton, community organizer for Open Buffalo, as we discuss criminal justice reform from the ground up; this is the beginning of a series titled "the Real Affects of Incarceration: where does change start." I'm also joined by Hank Pirowski, former Council President for the City of Lackawanna and self proclaimed, Conservative Democrat and Constitutionalist, as we discuss how regular people feel about the Mueller investigation and the media's role in our every day discourse.  Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join Keina Zontel and her guest Rashied McDuffie, Assistant Corporation Council for the City of Buffalo, as we discuss the the College Admissions Fraud Case, the Bob Mueller Investigation and Biden/Abrams 2020.  Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

 Join host, Keina Zontel, and Adrienne Garr, social worker and member of International Child Advancement, as they break down the problematic mental capacity & influencers of 45, Crooke County and the prosecutorial record of Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris.  Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews Control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join host, Keina Zontel, and Brittney Baxter, Ladders to Success Principal, as they break down the problematic moments of Black History Month 2019 and the infamous Michael Cohen hearing in front of the House Oversight Committee.  Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join Keina Zontel on location at the NYSABPRL weekend in Albany NY as she chats with Senator Kevin Parker representing Brooklyn NY. They get some time to talk about all the things Democrats will be able to get done while they have a Democratic majority in the state capitol. Criminal justice reform, campaign finance reform and the highly anticipated legalization of recreational marijuana is all on the table and Democrats are getting to work! Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Citizen the Pod is back with Season 2 hosted by Keina Zontel and she's joined by producer & host of the Shift & Crew, Sir Aimezing, and criminal justice reform advocate Atu as we discuss the Trump Shutdown and the First Step Act. I also have a candid "keep it all the way real" interview with radio personality and host of Let Your Voice Be Heard, author and Citizen Action NYC Campaign Manager Stan Fritz. #thesurge2020 #citizenthepod Join the movement and subscribe to Citizen the Pod on all of your podcast platforms and follow Keina Zontel on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram  & Twitter. Special thanks to Crews control Media for production and Danny Switchblade for the music.

Join Keina Zontel and the Buffalo Chapter of the Urban League Young Professionals (YP) as we watch the 2018 Midterm Election Night Results roll in; bring on the Caravan, the drinks and the #Bluewave! Thank you YP, Majority Leader of the Erie County Legislature April Baskin & Senor Tequilla for hosting an awesome Election Night event with Citizen the Pod. #thesurge2020

Are y'all ready for tomorrow?!? We are surging into the Midterms 2018 and who better to get you ready and amped then your host, Keina Zontel. I've got some heavy hitters on the pod, Activist and Spoken Word Artist Mysonne and National Co-Chair of the Women's March and Social Activist Tamika Mallory; you don't want to miss this conversation! #thesurge2018 #citizenthepod