Let’s Tawk: A Queer Political Podcast
By Maxim Ibadov
Let’s Tawk: A Queer Political PodcastJun 08, 2020
The Financial Power of Representation (with P.S. Kaguya)
In this episode, we are tawking with a trailblazing Korean-American artist, plus-size model, content creator, and cannabis entrepreneur P.S. Kaguya, whose uniqueness is not only helping her carve out her own path, but also open doors and provide financial opportunities for others like her. Kaguya shares her personal story of overcoming abuse and rejection, and together Maxim and Kaguya take a deep dive into why representation is an economic issue, how the fashion industry has been changing, Avril Lavigne's influence on early 2000s queer culture, being canceled, and why it is time that we embrace drug-consumption and create safer ways for people to have access to substances.
Stream P.S. Kaguya's single "Wifi" on Spotify.
Pushing the Boundaries of Being a Queer Artist (with AJA)
Our guest this week is an iconic and multi-talented musician and artist Aja. Known to the world as a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9 and All-Stars 3, Aja was catapulted into international fame as a drag queen. Since then, Aja has quit drag, came out as non-binary, and released two studio albums, including their newest sophomore album The Crown, which came out this May.
As we break down the album, Aja tawks about the process of creating such a vulnerable and eclectic album during a pandemic, who were their musical inspirations growing up and how they dealt with the public transition from a drag artist to a musician, as well as dishing on racists fans, Nicki Minaj and always standing up for themselves.
The Crown is available to stream on all platforms.
Forging Your Path as a Queer Musician (with Kezra Leon)
Queer Musicians are Here, and they are here to stay!
This week, we are tawking to the multi-talented Kezra Leon, musician, rapper, and club/drag personality. Kezra shares his story of coming into the music business as a queer rapper, the inspiration behind his bold and assertive music such as their new single "ICV" (I Choose Violence), how their collaboration with the legendary Aja came about, as well as dishes his thoughts on Lil Nas X breaking the barriers and paying tribute to the late hip-hop legend DMX.
This episode features Kezra's songs "Big Mad" and "ICV"
Check out Kezra's music on Spotify and Other Platforms, and follow them on Instagram and Twitter.
Making NYC More Progressive (with Marti G Cummings)
Follow Marti on Instagram and Twitter. To find more about the campaign, go to www.martiformanhattan.com/
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See you next season!
How to Build to Protect Against Natural Disasters (with George Siegal)
To watch the film and learn more, go to https://www.thelasthousestanding.org/, or find them on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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How to Lead a Positive Political Campaign (with Steven Patzer)
This week, we are tawking to Steven Patzer- a candidate for New York City Council from 47th District, Maxim's home area. Steven, a freshman on the block, is shaking things up in politics by leading a clean campaign that is focused on empowerment, empathy and equality in hopes of bringing those things to a neglected South Brooklyn. Maxim and Steven discuss what it means to run for a local positions, how his campaign style differentiates him from his opponents and what he plans to do with issues such as homelessness, de-facto-segregation and LGBTQ+ issues.
To learn more about Steven campaign, visit his official website, Twitter and Facebook.
What's Happening With The Stock Market? (with Isabella Davilla)
The Stock Market has become the center of attention last week, when the stocks of a struggling company GameStop started rising and causing major chaos on Wall Street. As Reddit users tried to save GameStop by purchasing stocks after they were shorted by hedge funds, it erupted into a small war between the rich and the poor. ⠀
To disect what went down, we are tawking with Isabella Davilla, a stock trader, to understand what is happening on Stock Market with GameStop and Reddit, the role online brokers like Robinhood played, the kind of year 2020 was for the stock exchange, comparing Trump and Biden administration in regard to the stock market and how one should get into trading.
Is Russia Finally Waking Up?
January 23 will go down in Russia's history as the biggest protest in its modern history, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the street to protest Vladimir Putin's stagnant and corrupt regime following the poisoning of opposition leader Alexiy Navalny. Navalny, who is Putin's most prominent critic, has been exposing Russia's corruption for more than 10 years and last August he was poisoned and almost died. He recovered in Germany and was arrested upon his return to his homeland. This episode, Maxim is tawing about who Navalny is, how deep is Putin's corruption and shares his own experince of joining the protests abroad in New York City.
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#FreeNavalny
A Dark Day for American Democracy
Maxim is dissecting what has happened, what led up to it and what needs to be done moving forward in order to make sure that this internal terrorist attack doesn't happen again.
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Farewell to 2020
Creating Queer Content (with @OHeyPete!)
This episode, we are tawking to the Daddy of Instagram meme pages- Oh Hey Pete about creating queer content.
Known for his memes and his Only Fans, Pete shares his personal story of coming to Los Angeles and together with Maxim, they have an honest dissection of many aspects of internet queer culture, including sex work and how central sex is to queer culture, creating in the Pandemic, mental health, the significance of memes in modern world, body autonomy and the stigma surrounding Only Fans and whether it's fair for celebrities like Bella Thorne to exploit this platform.
Check out Pete's work : @ohheypete ; Pumkin Spice Bussy and @gayboyproblems.af
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
What's Up With Broadway? (with JJ Niemann)
This week, we are joined by an NYC based actor, singer, dancer, choreographer and TikTok Sensation- JJ Niemann, to tawk about all things theatre and Broadway. In conversation with Maxim, JJ shares his story of becoming a Broadway actor in The Book of Mormon straight out of college and his recent journeys with the upcoming (hopefully) musical Bliss and becoming a TikTok star in quarantine.
Fellow thespians also dive into subjects such as the impact of Broadway shutdown due to the pandemic, regional theatre, this year's shaky Tony Awards, as well as the issues of accessibility and queer representation for future generations of theatre makers.
Follow JJ at @jjniemann and us at @letstawk_podcast
Be an #ArtsHero
Joe Biden's Victory and What We Can Learn From This Election
WE DID IT YA'LL! In our first episode after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were elected as the next President and Vice President of the United States, Maxim sits down with his friend and fellow thespian Olivia Murphy, to tawk about the election. From how we felt leading up to it and the despicable ways Donald Trump and the GOP are being sore losers and fighting to steal the election, to the historic win of Kamala Harris of many firsts and what we have to do now that Trump is out and the importance of staying political and engaged going forward.
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Выборы в США (Наконец То!)
В первом русскоязычном эпизоде второго сезона, мы рассказываем о том как прошли долгожданные выборы Президента в США. Мы рассказываем о кандидатах Дональде Трампе и Джо Байдене и как Байден пришёл к победе, в чем разница между Демократами и Республиканцами, как работает Электорат и что победа Байдена и Камалы Харрис означает для Америки, России и всего мира.
Подписывайтесь в Инстаграмме на Максима (@maxim_fab) и на сам подкаст (@letstawk_podcast).
In Conversation with Assembly Member Mathylde Frontus
Pre- 2020-Election Supreme Court Drama
This episode, Maxim is joined by a tax law student Corey Gibbs, to discuss this historical nomination: from the hypocritical attempt by the Republican Party to rig their own rules when they refused President Obama to nominate Merrick Garland in 2016 to the problematic answers that Barrett gave during her Confirmation Hearings regarding "Super precedent" and her interpretation of the Law (and yes, we are tawking about the infamous note pad moment that became a meme also).
And while we have him, Corey and Maxim also discuss the need for tax reform in America and what is going on with Trump's taxes.
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#Vote
How the Subject of Race is Shaping The 2020 Election
We are continuing tawking to voters, and in this episode we sat down with actress and educator Kaniece Williams to discuss her perspective as a black woman on this election. From historic nomination of Kamala Harris as the first Woman of Color to be Vice President, to racial inequality and systemic racism, #DefundThePolice, white privilege and etc, Kaniece and Maxim have a very honest and personal conversation about the relationship between the Black Community and the government.
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#BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter
ReCapping the First Presidential Debate With an Undecided Voter
WE ARE BACK FOR SEASON 2
Throughout the whole month of October, leading up to the Presidential Election in the United States this year, we will be tawking to voters from different backgrounds about what matters to them in this historic election. For the first episode, our guest is actor Zach Mellado, a registered Democrat, who is still an undecided voter. Zach and Maxim recap the first Presidential Debate (and what a mess it was), as well as discuss issues like Climate Change, Right to Choose, Mail-In Voting and the current state of the Democratic Party.
Follow Zach on IG @zachmellado, and follow us on IG @letstawk_podcast and on Twitter @lets_tawkk
Register to #Vote at www.vote.org
What is Happening in Belarus?
Following a very ugly Presidential campaign season that ended up with a rigged and stolen election, Belarus has sunk into a full-blown revolution with the entire country of 9.5 million people protesting against their President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years and has been nicknamed "The Last Dictator in Europe". Besides voter suppression and falsified election, Lukashenko's has also used violent methods of attacking protesters, which include beating, raping and even murder. In this episode, we are tawking about what has led up to this historic moment for a country known to be among the most peaceful in the world, how this affects international political arena with Putin and Trump in play and what is next for a bloody dictator?
#ЖывеБеларусь
#ЖывеБеларусь
После долгой Президентской гонки в Беларуси, результаты голосования вызвали протесты по всей стране: люди считают, что Лукашенко нарисовал себе победу и нарушил все правила честных выборов. Последовали стычки народа с силовиками, где было применено насилие и аресты. Буквально за несколько дней, Беларусь превратилась из мирной страны, в поле боя.
В гостях, Белорусская начинающий предприниматель Кристина Синявская, с которой мы обсуждаем президентство Лукашенко, выборы, протесты и что ждёт Беларусь в будущем.
Подписаться на Кристину можно в Инстаграмме @kristina.sinyavkasya и на ее бренд «Миктина» @miktina.
Подписаться на нас можно @letstawk_podcast.
#ЖывеБеларусь
Why is #CancelCulture So Divisive?
And that’s a wrap! For the finale episode of the first season, we are going out with a bang by tawking about one of the most controversial issues facing the post-social media world - #CancelCulture. Joined by Stephanie Metri from Toronto, we are diving into personalities that got cancelled like Kevin Spacey, James Charles and Kanye West, how it became a political weapon, the difference between cancelling alive and dead figures ( yes, we tawking statues) and why it it can be both effective and dangerous.
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Why Is Antisemitism Rising in America Again?
Fueled by the highly insulting statements made my TV Personality Nick Cannon about Jewish people, this week's episode we are joined by Maxim's college-mate and activist Eli Daar to discuss the general antisemitism that has been on the rise for the past 10 years here in America. Eli and Maxim are sharing their personal experiences with antisemitic aggression in United States and identifying the factors that contribute to this scary trend: from dangerous stereotypes and rhetoric from people like Ice Cube and Mayor Bill De Blasio that are rooted in oppression, to people forgetting history, anti-Israel sentiments and the significant rise in hate crimes against Jewish people.
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What It’s Like to Get COVID-19 in California
Why Local Politics Matter Too?
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What Does Pride Mean During The Pandemic?
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#HappyPride #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter
Давай Поговорим Эп. 3: Месяц Прайд и Политическая Ситуации в России и Америке
The State of Queer Politics
It wouldn’t be Pride Month, if we didn’t Tawk about the state of LGBTQ+ politics. Celebrating the 10th episode, Maxim is joined by college friend and fellow podcaster Fernando Sánchez Carriel (@fernfromecuador) to discuss queer representation in politics, 2020 Democratic primary, the rise and the fall of Pete Buttigieg, outing gay politicians who promote anti-LGBTQ+ agenda and trans rights.
Follow Fernando's podcast "Is This Movie, You Know" on Instagram @isthismovieyouknow.pod.
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#BlackTransLivesMatter
How "RuPaul's Drag Race" Changed The World
WARNING: contains spoilers. Follow us on IG @letstawk_podcast and send us feedback and questions at letstawk.m@gmail.com
#BlackLivesMatter
BONUS: What We ALL Can Do To Enact Meaningful Change
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How "Black Lives Matter" Is Changing America
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Как Русский Театр а Нью Йорке Продолжает Свой Путь в Карантин?
Посмотреть программу «Любовь Сильней Разлуки» можно здесь: Youtube: youtu.be/acG930zfXxA , Веб-сайт: dialoguetheater.com
Vibe Check: How to Find Inner Peace in Lockdown
Teacher Appreciation Week and How Their Lives Have Changed
For teacher appreciation week, Maxim is tawking to Mr Tommy Meyers: High School teacher and theatre Director who was instrumental in Maxim's live. Two fellow FDR High School alumni discuss the importance of education for the society and how the transition to remote teaching has changed the lives for both teachers and the students.
What is The Situation in NYC Hospitals
Что Происходит в Нью Йорке Глазами Двух Бывших Москвичей?
Для первого эпизода на русском языке, Максим вместе со своей гостьей Лизой Лисовских обсуждают какого это жить в эпицентре корона-вируса и что они думают по поводу своего любимого города и русскоговорящих людей которые тут живут. @liza.lisovksyh на Инстаграмме.
For the first Russian-language episode, Maxim is joined by Liza Lisovskyh to tawk about what it’s like living in the epicenter of coronavirus, what they love about their city of New York and how they feel about Russians who live here. @liza.lisovksyh on Instagram.
What is Ha-Happening in New York and Why Ya’ll Should Care
How Bernie Sanders Changed America Despite Losing Twice
This episode, Maxim is joined by his friend and passionate Bernie supporter Naimul Khan (@khanite) to discuss all things Bernie Sanders and dive deep into issues that shape the current race and modern America. Find us on Instagram at @letstawk_podcast.
How The Bill Against Child Sexual Abuse Can End Privacy As We Know It
How The Trump Administration Let Coronavirus Outbreak Get Out Control
In the premiere episode of Let's Tawk! podcast, we are tawking about how the Trump administration’s lies and negligence caused the Unites States to have the highest number of COVID-10 cases, and what they could have done to prevent this crisis from escalating so badly.
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