Merl Code Episode

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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

há 3 anos 54:44

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This week we sat down with Merl Code, a former Adidas executive who was sentenced to nine months in federal prison for his participation in a college hoops bribery scandal in 2017. The Combine gets the scoop from Merl as we learn what really happened. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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: 1. Leaving This Planet, Charles Earland 2. Whale Watching, Curren$y & The Alchemist (feat. Styles P) 3.The Big Payback, James Brown

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Is America a third world country? 1:30:55

há 9 dias1:30:55

1:30:55

The Combine explores ideas of America as a banana republic, our baseline for humanity, and transforming our value system. Also, is Bad Bunny in your top 5 or nah? We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. Today's Combine cast members: Yessica Urraca, Divensely Charles, Tony Windley, Valentino Ellis, Kenneth J. Montgomery, and Phillip Shung. Reading list: 1. How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev 2. The invention of the white race by Theodore Allen Music 1. BREATHE.birth by Pink Siifu 2. FREE CAR NIGGAZ by ANKHLEJOHN 3. LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii by Bad Bunny 4. Fear Not For Man by Fela Kuti — BLACK ART By Amiri Baraka Poems are bullshit unless they are teeth or trees or lemons piled on a step. Or black ladies dying of men leaving nickel hearts beating them down. Fuck poems and they are useful, wd they shoot come at you, love what you are, breathe like wrestlers, or shudder strangely after pissing. We want live words of the hip world live flesh & coursing blood. Hearts Brains Souls splintering fire. We want poems like fists beating niggers out of Jocks or dagger poems in the slimy bellies of the owner-jews. Black poems to smear on girdlemamma mulatto bitches whose brains are red jelly stuck between 'lizabeth taylor's toes. Stinking Whores! we want "poems that kill." Assassin poems, Poems that shoot guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys and take their weapons leaving them dead with tongues pulled out and sent to Ireland. Knockoff poems for dope selling wops or slick halfwhite politicians Airplane poems, rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . . .tuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuh . . .rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . . . Setting fire and death to whities ass. Look at the Liberal Spokesman for the jews clutch his throat & puke himself into eternity . . . rrrrrrrr There's a negroleader pinned to a bar stool in Sardi's eyeballs melting in hot flame Another negroleader on the steps of the white house one kneeling between the sheriff's thighs negotiating coolly for his people. Aggh . . . stumbles across the room . . . Put it on him, poem. Strip him naked to the world! Another bad poem cracking steel knuckles in a jewlady's mouth Poem scream poison gas on beasts in green berets Clean out the world for virtue and love, Let there be no love poems written until love can exist freely and cleanly. Let Black people understand that they are the lovers and the sons of warriors and sons of warriors Are poems & poets & all the loveliness here in the world We want a black poem. And a Black World. Let the world be a Black Poem And Let All Black People Speak This Poem Silently or LOUD…

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A Meaningful Resistance 1:58:26

há 15 dias1:58:26

1:58:26

Your Brooklyn Combine family returns for a 5th season of the Combine Podcast with new and familiar voices to explore topics that impact our local and global communities. Join us as we explore value systems and ways we can get active. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. Reading list: 1. Ontological Terror by Calvin Warren 2. New dimensions in African History by Dr Ben-Yochannan 3. The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams 4. Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions by Sekou Odinga Music: 1. You Send Me by Roy Ayers 2. No Stranger To Love / Want You by Roy Ayers 3. Africa Centre of the World by Fela Kuti (feat. Roy Ayers) 4. Running Away by Roy Ayers 5. I Am Your Mind (Part 2) by Roy Ayers 6. Gotta Find A Lover by Roy Ayers…

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We Are the American Heartbreak: Langston Hughes on the African American experience 1:58

há 7 weeks1:58

1:58

We Are the American Heartbreak: Langston Hughes on the African American experience by BklynCombine

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COMBINE FUNDRAISER 2023 1:17:52

há 2 years1:17:52

1:17:52

We are back with our 5th season of reasoning, storytelling, critical thinking, in-depth analysis, and all-around op-eding on the things that affect the Brooklyn Community and beyond. In our first episode, we discuss American violence, music, and our very first fundraiser on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. Learn more about our Fundraising Fete: http://bklyncombine.com/fete Combine Approved Africa Travel groups: 1. Cape Verde - Avontade Tours https://avontade-tours.com/ 2. Kenya/Tanzania/South Africa - Away to Africa https://www.awaytoafrica.com/ Music: 1. Fly Metaphysics by Rahiem Supreme (The Pretty Prada Papi EP) 2. Roaches Don't Fly by Armand Hammer & The Alchemist 3. Evil Eye by MIKE 4. Eye to Eye by Lute ft. Cozz…

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NYE 2022 1:15:39

há 2 years1:15:39

1:15:39

NYE 2022 by BklynCombine

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Tales From An Expat 1:23:43

há 2 years1:23:43

1:23:43

This week we get the lowdown on life as a digital nomad. World travel from a man in his late 20s can be interesting, especially considering dating, food culture, local customs, and getting around to name a few. Join us as Jazz shares his tales from abroad. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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: 1. The Less I Know the Better by Tame Impala 2. Back It Up by Nameless and Wahu 3. Mau Mau by Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire ft. Maffew Ragazino 4. Rich Flex by Drake & 21 Savage…

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Mr. Lee Episode Part 2 45:07

há 2 years45:07

45:07

The Bklyn Combine ends our East Africa series with part 2 of our discussion with the charismatic, Mr. Lee, an 82 year old, legend in Lamu, Kenya. This Harlem expat has lived life fully and we are honored to have him as our guest. Join us as he shares stories and life advice. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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: 1. Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Robert Glasper, feat. Lalah Hathaway 2. Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding 3. F by Raheim Supreme…

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Mr. Lee Episode Part 1 1:18:42

há 2 years1:18:42

1:18:42

This week The Bklyn Combine continues with the final installment in our East Africa series. Meet Mr. Lee, a legend in his own right and a humble, yet larger-than-life figure. This Harlem expat has lived life fully and we are honored to have him as our guest. Join us as he shares stories and life advice while occassionally breaking out in song. We couldn't get enough of Brother Lee's life stories and the live serenades were the best! We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. 1. I Apologise by Billy Eckstine 2. Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue) by Nat King Cole 3. Four [The First Recording] by Miles Davis…

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Sounds From The Combine Episode 2:03:50

há 2 years2:03:50

2:03:50

Are you a music lover? So is your family at the Bklyn Combine, and this week we build with two of our favorite DJ's/music men. We call them "music men" because they are both multi-faceted and music aficionados in their own right. This week we went into the crates with Asen James of FON Soundsystem and Dave Andrew of Ode To Vinyl (OTV). They spoke to Ken about their preference for vinyl and they shared insight about everything from Jazz to Hip Hop and what made them love the art form. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. http://www.fonsoundsystem.com http://www.instagram.com/aaliance http://www.instagram.com/odetovinyl http://www.instagram.com/ask4dave Music: 1. The Creator Has A Master Plan by Pharaoh Sanders 2. Re Fingered With Love by Ge-ology 3. Keys by Elijah feat. D.A.P. 4. Sounds From The Combine by Dapshido…

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Maasai Leepa Lenguka Episode 58:09

há 2 years58:09

58:09

Continuing with last week's theme, The Bklyn Combine brings you an intimate conversation with a young Maasai man who became our first honorary Tanzanian Combine member. Phill and Chaba sat down with Leepa "Simon" Lenguka and they chatted on a ferry ride from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar. And what better way to pass the time than to chat with a new friend? We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. www.lengukastravel.com Maasi Self-Instruction Manual chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Maasai/Maa%20manual.pdf Music: 1. Maasai Music, Embrukoi 2. Yope Remix by Innoss'B feat. Diamond Platnumz 3. Traditional Maasai music 4. Rhythmic Maasai Deep Humming…

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East Africa Episode 1:01:38

há 2 years1:01:38

1:01:38

Join the Bklyn Combine on a journey to the continent of Africa on Ken's 50th birthday. This episode was pre-recorded in July of this year when a few of the Combine members went to Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa to explore and experience just some of the wonders of this vast continent. For Ken it was his first time and the squad had some interesting stories to share. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. http://awaytoafrica.com Music: 1. Healer Ntliziyo Yam (feat. Russell Zuma) by Gaba Cannal & George Lesley 2. Tanzania (feat. Sino Solo & BoiBizza)by Uncle Waffles & Tony Duardo 3. Kethiwe (feat. Sino Msolo) [Edit] by Shimza & Darque…

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ANKHLEJOHN Episode 1:16:54

há 2 years1:16:54

1:16:54

On the premiere episode of our latest season of the Bklyn Combine podcast we build with a true lyricist and all-around thinker. He goes by the name of ANKHLEJOHN and aims to become a household name. Think of him as your favorite rapper's favorite rapper. The DC native also blessed the stage at Combine Day as our headline performer at Restoration Plaza in Bed Stuy! We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. https://lordy.bandcamp.com Music: 1. ,Gold and Relics / Fathers Day, ANKHLEJOHN 2. As A Man Thinketh, ANKHLEJOHN Feat. Reign Supreme 3. I Had A Dream, Rahiem Supreme Feat. ANKHLEJOHN 4. The Sunrise, ANKHLEJOHN…

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Old Meets New 2:18:19

há 3 years2:18:19

2:18:19

This week some of the older members of the Combine sat down with some of the younger members and discussed a few current topics from Kevin Samuels to the Supreme Court. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. Rest In Power Netic: https://youtu.be/BU_PMct6eaU Music: 1. Wait For U (ft. Drake, Tems), Future 2. Rebel, Game Rebellion 3. Mr. Nigga, Mos Def 4. It's All Great, Homeboy Sandman…

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Women's History Episode 1:17:44

há 3 years1:17:44

1:17:44

Women's History Month is almost over but your Bklyn Combine brothers had an opportunity to discuss the impact of strong women in our lives along with other current issues in the news like, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, COVID and Deltacron, and all around mental health. We are the Brooklyn Combine, a non-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. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2022/03/19/i-dont-need-white-womens-allyship-a-conversation-with-raven-rodriguez-about-liberation/ Music: 1. Control, Janet Jackson 2. BAM BAM, Sister Nancy 3. Moody, ESG…

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Tyrone Larkins Pt 2 1:10:45

há 3 years1:10:45