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Chris Redlitz & Maserati-E Speak On The Last Mile Organization and New Sirius XM Radio Show
Mar 16, 2023
Imagine stepping into the notorious San Quentin State Prison in 2010 and discovering a group of intelligent, motivated individuals eager to learn about business and entrepreneurship. That's exactly what happened to venture capitalist Chris Redlitz. This unexpected revelation ignited a spark within Chris, and although his wife, Beverly Parenti, was somewhat skeptical, they both dived headfirst into the complex world of incarceration in America. Guided by their passion and determination, the duo set out on a mission to unravel this intricate problem and bring forth a groundbreaking idea: creating a Technology Accelerator within the prison walls.
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Chris Redlitz & Maserati-E Speak On The Last Mile Organization and New Sirius XM Radio Show
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Maserati e I'm gonna tell you about his
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story but first he's sitting next to one
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of my partners yep um that I met years
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ago about in 2017 and we sat down and he
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told me about this concept he and his um
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and his lovely wife the co-founder of
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The Last Mile
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um that they were that they have been
0:17
doing they told me MC Hammer was a
0:19
member of the board and once he
0:21
mentioned Hammer name I knew it it
0:23
happened it didn't have to be legitimate
0:26
um but I did question him initially like
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what is your motives what are the gains
0:30
for you why are you doing this and
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um he told me man he had a lost a bet
0:35
with a friend and a part of that bet was
0:37
he had to go to uh San Quentin and teach
0:39
those residents and talk about coding it
0:42
was a 30-minute conversation that turned
0:44
into a three-hour four-hour conversation
0:46
and he walked out and he and his wife
0:49
Bev they sat down and said we got to do
0:51
something about this they didn't have
0:53
funding
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um they did it all on their own they
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created a curriculum a program called
0:58
The Last Mile and those who arrest
0:59
residents Behind Bars who so true so who
1:03
are committed and dedicated they got to
1:04
follow the rules and if they could
1:06
complete the course and and do a what we
1:09
call I want us in our career day but uh
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demo day demo day they'll be able to
1:13
present business Concepts and ideas
1:17
um to leaders in Silicon Valley
1:19
different various companies startups
1:22
um the whole nine and I got a chance to
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come on board and that was the first
1:25
time I went to San Quentin
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um in that manner let me say that and I
1:31
was able to go in there and be blown
1:32
away by some of the what I called The
1:34
Forgotten the Lost population of
1:36
individuals that are behind bars for
1:39
whatever reasons given the proper
1:40
resources equipment and assets they'd be
1:43
they could become what anything in their
1:46
Wildest Dreams 100 and if we did that if
1:48
the if this could be a microcosm of how
1:51
we can improve conditions and our
1:53
outside free Society we could see a lot
1:56
a lot more changes coming out of
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disenfranchised environments like the
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one that me and Maserati grew up in
2:02
growing up in Oakland so next to him is
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the one and only Chris redless you heard
2:06
me say his name before it's not his
2:08
first time on the show
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[Applause]
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oh no problem Maserati is from the east
2:15
side of Oakland man he I know his story
2:17
I've seen his story before I know his
2:19
mindset when you're growing up in
2:21
Oakland and he lived a life uh at one
2:23
point where he told me yesterday he felt
2:25
like he was walking in San and in
2:27
Insanity you know he was numb to any
2:30
compassion he was numb to people who
2:33
were victims of crimes he may have
2:35
committed
2:37
um and it took a long time before he got
2:39
sat down on his ass at juvenile hall and
2:41
realized after two strikes that I could
2:43
lose my life my freedom
2:46
um doing these things that I'm doing but
2:47
what fueled and what made him think that
2:50
robbery was cool what made him think
2:51
that threatening someone's life was cool
2:54
It ultimately went to jail for
2:55
attempting murder
2:58
um he got there changed his life around
3:00
and now he's a host of Last Mile radio
3:03
show wow that's here on Sirius XM he's
3:07
telling his story to empower folks that
3:09
have went down the same path and let
3:11
them know that there's other choices
3:12
there are other endings that could come
3:15
out of a life and even if you started it
3:18
off one way you could redeem yourself
3:19
come on we saw many people do I mean
3:23
when you look at American history that
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Kennedy family wasn't always clean hello
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[Applause]
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so early
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right but we got
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we got now is last month The Last Mile
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radios premiering on Sirius XM Triumph
3:45
Channel 111 this Saturday tomorrow
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tomorrow at 12 p.m Eastern 9 A.M Pacific
3:51
it's going down Channel 111 live The
3:55
Last Mile radio featuring Chris ratlitz
3:58
and our guest today Maserati beautiful
4:01
congratulations
4:03
it was wow
4:08
you forgot to say who the initial
4:11
guest is gonna be oh the first guest
4:14
tomorrow is me
4:17
yeah bro we know I have a hard time
4:20
celebrating me uh but I'm gonna get your
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flowers for sure absolutely growing up
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in Oakland man I'm proud of you
4:27
um uh you know I know the word King Tech
4:29
and myself have always done is to
4:31
inspire people who come from where we
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come from you know I've been in the game
4:34
a long time so you probably grew up
4:36
watching and listening absolutely um
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absolutely
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yeah man and so I'm glad that we had a
4:42
chance to meet you mentioned once that
4:44
one day you told well you wouldn't
4:45
Behind Bars when you once said I'm gonna
4:48
rap for sway literally man this was back
4:51
in like 2016. I was in the prison um
4:54
called CMC the California's man colony
4:56
and um I wrote this I wrote this rap
4:59
went to the yard finally got it down and
5:01
everything and gassed it and literally
5:03
was like man there's some Sway in the
5:04
Morning type [ __ ] right here forever I'm
5:05
like man one day I'ma bust this on sway
5:07
for a show and everybody everybody
5:09
believed it as well you know what I mean
5:11
we had it all fired up like for real for
5:13
real so to be here in this moment it's
5:15
crazy it's quite literally like a dream
5:17
come true like literally you said in
5:19
2016 one day I'm gonna bust this raffle
5:22
years ago seven years ago later wow is
5:25
that what you that's what he said that's
5:27
incredible yo DB
5:30
let's let them know where he at right
5:32
now he's he said that's easy done let's
5:36
make these dreams come true let's do it
5:38
are you ready
5:40
[Music]
5:44
No Lie yeah waited a long time for this
5:48
way okay you ready it's time
5:52
another day in the life of a young broke
5:54
hitter trying to make a dollar out of
5:56
three buffalo nickels true definition of
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a young go-getter is exactly what I see
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when I look into the mirror it's appear
6:03
and I'm staring in the direction of
6:04
greatness with a mind that combining for
6:06
that blessing I'm gracious chasing my
6:08
basic dreams to make it making
6:10
Franklin's on a daily basis killing
6:12
everybody everybody about to wanna
6:14
listen to what it is that I'm spitting
6:15
ain't gonna be no competition my flaws
6:17
just too malicious and my team is a
6:18
militia of people that's just as vicious
6:20
with ambitions and intentions to take
6:22
control of the globe and money make the
6:23
world spin my mind like a whirlwind
6:25
spending thoughts and spending money to
6:27
the world and my thoughts are Lucid
6:28
trying to make a couple M's are putting
6:30
in my two cents I'm abusing competition
6:32
for my amusement I'm a lyrical mutant
6:34
sick like I'm filled with mucus when it
6:36
comes to the music rappers translucent
6:38
see right through them I got a solution
6:40
imma exclude them from out the equation
6:43
I'ma kill em all even pushing up daisies
6:45
man's genocide I'm asking the lives that
6:48
they told us trying to play the role of
6:50
a soldier but really [ __ ] like a vulva
6:52
imma just killing to eat them dead just
6:53
like a vulture it's gonna be vulgar but
6:55
these Fake Rappers this the apocalypse
6:58
four speed bleach down all their side
7:00
against the revolution will be televised
7:01
I hope you watching that you plan on
7:03
stopping it imma obliterate your
7:04
confidence imma create a pessimist out
7:06
of an optimist didn't believe in me imma
7:08
force you to think the opposite only
7:10
other option is there is no other option
7:12
[ __ ] imma beat the gram till your game
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isn't positive yeah and that's just the
7:16
way that it Go been planning this for a
7:18
minute now I'm already on the show man
7:20
and it's really getting real coming from
7:22
the heart I just gotta spit what I feel
7:24
about to take a dream and really make it
7:26
turn real and I don't even got a deal
7:28
I'm about to get my pockets filled
7:29
really about to eat on the plate I ain't
7:32
got no time to wait time to escape it's
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real come on man
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oh
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[Music]
7:41
lonely absolutely
7:43
God is good man God is great
7:48
God bless you man that what a blessing
7:51
to be here you know absolutely
7:57
love seeing this I do I love seeing it
8:00
and like you spoke it and and and people
8:02
believed in you and you are here it is
8:05
manifested and Tyrese was just in here a
8:07
little while ago and just reminding us
8:09
how words are so powerful words are
8:12
powerful and we have to be careful what
8:14
we say be careful what we take in you
8:17
spoke it you are here God bless you I'm
8:20
so happy for you man what a pleasure wow
8:22
man absolutely welcome to the show we
8:24
got a hyena up in here hello
8:28
yeah every bar was clean
8:32
um to all of those folks tuned in a lot
8:34
of times I'm approached on the streets
8:36
and people tell they'll say man y'all
8:39
held us up when we were behind bars you
8:42
know what I mean like we listened to you
8:44
we found you somehow some way and thank
8:47
you for that inspiration you're that
8:49
inspiration there are people who are in
8:51
jail for attempt to murder some for
8:53
murder some for scams some for whatever
8:55
the reason they're in some are unlocked
8:57
fully in jail absolutely right uh but
9:00
for those who actually committed crimes
9:03
and
9:04
Phil
9:06
regret or guilt
9:08
is there a Road to Redemption absolutely
9:12
absolutely I think one thing a lot of
9:14
people don't realize is the work that
9:16
takes place behind those walls and the
9:19
work I'm referring to is that internal
9:20
work the work that you work on yourself
9:22
on your mind on your heart to become a
9:24
better human being and ultimately I feel
9:26
like a lot of times we put in that work
9:28
to help somebody else it's bigger than
9:29
just us especially being a person that
9:31
caused a lot of harm you know what I
9:33
mean we definitely on that path of
9:35
redemption and we want to rectify those
9:36
wrongs so we do all that we can to make
9:38
ourselves better so that way we can help
9:40
make everybody else better as well and
9:42
grow together with crime like especially
9:44
the crime that you were accused of
9:46
commit or convicted of committing
9:49
um I got to take accountability you
9:51
gotta take accountability you did it
9:54
absolutely okay I know that's hard
9:56
um that's so anti-street ethic right
10:02
um
10:03
is it like you know some alcoholic or
10:06
someone who's addicted to drugs that go
10:09
to rehab and then they're never they'll
10:11
they're an alcoholic for the rest of
10:13
their lives is how a lot of them say it
10:15
even though they're not using alcohol
10:17
any longer uh they got to get help they
10:20
got to go to rehab sometimes you got to
10:22
call somebody in your support group is
10:24
it the same thing with crying absolutely
10:27
I feel like at the end of the day just
10:29
like an alcoholic I don't think the
10:31
alcohol is necessarily just the problem
10:32
it's underlining issues there they're
10:34
using alcohol to try to cope with
10:37
something much deeper than just the
10:38
alcohol nine times out of ten they
10:40
hurting nine times out of ten is things
10:41
that they're trying to run from so
10:43
therefore they're using alcohol to
10:44
numbnut you know what I mean the same
10:46
thing with crime it's a saying hurt
10:48
people hurt people yeah you know what I
10:50
mean so at the end of the day that's the
10:51
response we responding to that hurt and
10:53
usually it comes out in ways of violence
10:56
unfortunately so the way that you
10:58
Rectify that you got to find out what's
11:00
hurting you and why you got to find out
11:02
what's causing you to respond in these
11:04
type of ways and why just like with an
11:05
alcoholic or somebody addicted to drugs
11:07
you got to find out what's the real root
11:09
reason of you using that drug what is it
11:11
that you're trying to numb when
11:14
um you're
11:15
when someone is behind bars I know we
11:17
don't like to use the word incarcerated
11:19
or inmate or some of these expressions
11:21
or someone's a resident uh Behind Bars
11:26
um
11:27
you and you're looking at the outside
11:28
world like I've been to a lot of prisons
11:30
and spoken with folks and folks want to
11:32
get out you know what I mean people want
11:34
to be free of being under that rule
11:37
under that ruling when you're looking at
11:40
some of the activities you see of people
11:41
who are free especially entertainers
11:43
especially in the rap field and you see
11:46
a messaging that's being perpetuated
11:48
that can land you in prison
11:50
you know or even uh energy about you
11:53
know taking people's lives that kind of
11:56
thing for you how did you process that
11:58
like do you look at folks and want to
12:00
tell them Yo you're blowing it or
12:03
absolutely
12:04
I mean I I got multiple texts on that
12:07
right at the end of the day
12:09
the world that we live in everything
12:11
ain't right but it's real you read me so
12:13
I feel like it depends on what exactly
12:15
your message is when depicting those
12:17
troops okay if it's something that you
12:19
encouraging to do then I'm totally
12:21
against that but if you're just telling
12:22
your troops or something that you
12:24
experience something that you witness
12:25
something that impacted you that's a
12:27
little different you know what I mean
12:28
you composing your reality you capturing
12:30
that versus saying this is what I'm
12:33
doing and I want you to do it too versus
12:34
saying this is cool in other words
12:36
glorifying the madness you know what I
12:38
mean so like that that's where I'm at
12:40
with it I feel like when you glorify it
12:42
and you make it seem like this is a cool
12:44
thing to do then that's encouraging a
12:45
lot of people to follow suit and nine
12:47
times out of ten the ones that's
12:49
encouraging people to do all that type
12:50
of stuff they're not even in the field
12:51
no more you know what I mean like I'm
12:53
not even living that life so at the end
12:55
of the day you kind of Faking for real
12:56
and it's a lot of people getting hurt
12:57
over over you faking for real you know
12:59
what I mean so that that's one thing
13:01
that I definitely have to come to
13:03
realize like words are very powerful
13:04
influence is very powerful and there's
13:06
people losing their lives and throwing
13:08
their lives away but from those type of
13:10
influences we got Maserati e here you
13:13
just heard them split bars you want to
13:15
follow him follow him at what what's
13:17
your social absolutely so Instagram is
13:20
the real Maserati e under the real
13:22
Maserati underscore is a mouthful and um
13:25
on Twitter it's Maserati underscore
13:28
underscore E I got I got a deep
13:31
admiration for you like the
13:33
transformation that you have done with
13:35
your life designing it whether it was
13:38
unconsciously in the beginning but then
13:40
really being able to master your mind
13:42
and do it consciously like salute to you
13:45
for real Maserati um when you mentioned
13:48
when sway had brought up the comparison
13:49
to alcoholism and you stated so well so
13:52
eloquently how the alcoholism is really
13:56
A coping mechanism for symptoms of
13:58
something greater and for yourself then
14:01
have you what are your new coping tools
14:04
what's in your tool kit for healing from
14:07
the challenges that contributed to a
14:10
life of crime uh first and foremost I'm
14:13
a firm believer in Each one teach one I
14:15
think a major a major vital aspect to
14:19
growth is having a healthy support
14:21
system now I got people like Chris in my
14:23
corner I got people that was on that
14:25
yard with me that was further along in
14:27
their growth and I was able to take some
14:29
tools out of their toolbox and film Lord
14:30
in the mind which ultimately elevated my
14:33
growth so I think having a healthy
14:35
support system is a huge a huge huge
14:38
vital aspect to your growth so so I
14:40
think that's the starting point for real
14:41
and are there like any books or any um
14:45
documentaries just because a lot of this
14:48
has to do with programming right
14:50
absolutely conditioning for real yeah so
14:52
like what are some things for our
14:54
listeners and maybe their community
14:55
members they're just themselves
14:56
struggling with something privately that
14:59
they can use to reprogram the brain
15:01
definitely so I've read so many books
15:04
man too many too many to name for real
15:06
for real but the ones that immediately
15:07
come to mind for me is like seven habits
15:09
of highly effective people yeah
15:12
um
15:12
um Mr Fab book The Dope era uh the dope
15:15
era book it's a lot of game and that one
15:17
that that I kind of use you feel me
15:22
for sure yeah you feel what I'm saying
15:24
we need to get Mr Fab on the last week
15:26
he needs to do an episode of The Last
15:27
Mile we gotta make that happen yeah
15:30
will be excellent on the real and as far
15:32
as documentaries one of the ones that
15:34
really really woke me up as far as like
15:36
the parts that we play the roles that we
15:37
play in society you know what I mean was
15:40
um the 13th by Ava duvenate that one
15:42
that man that broke my heart and woke me
15:44
up and had me fired up all at the same
15:46
time so that was another one that I felt
15:49
like was a turning point for me too
15:50
thanks for sharing how long you been out
15:52
it's three years now I got out August
15:55
7th 2019. what are you doing with your
15:57
time man grinding grinding what does
16:00
that mean you gotta you know grind them
16:01
in something else absolutely
16:10
on some blacksmen we selling hope not
16:12
dope that's for real right um but
16:15
um I'm an audio engineer with a podcast
16:17
called uncut that's produced in San
16:19
Quentin State Prison as well as Solano
16:22
um I also work at a school called the
16:23
Branson School in Marin
16:25
um utilizing mentorship we help them get
16:27
like a 200 000 Grant geared towards
16:29
re-entry
16:31
um wow where you can utilize natural
16:32
skill sets things you don't necessarily
16:34
have to be
16:36
um certified in or anything like that
16:37
based on our experiences uh me and
16:39
Antoine Banks the co-founder of the
16:41
podcast ear hustle and working working
16:43
there and currently shooting a
16:44
documentary there as well
16:46
um and then doing my music and then of
16:48
course the last mile radio there you go
16:50
right Last Mile radio Saturdays wait
16:53
hold up it's on set tomorrow tomorrow 12
16:56
p.m noon 9 A.M Pacific replays will
16:59
broadcast Sundays at 9pm Eastern and 3
17:02
P.M Eastern as well 9 A.M Eastern yeah 9
17:05
A.M Eastern and 3 P.M Eastern as well
17:08
Channel 111
17:10
um
17:10
congratulations thank you thank you
17:12
congratulations we got to talk more
17:14
absolutely thank you for having me on
17:16
your show thank you for having me on
17:18
your show okay well you know I
17:19
appreciate it man I'm proud of you being
17:21
from where we're from seeing that what
17:23
your growth your Evolution a lot of us
17:25
made some missteps we've had some
17:27
conversations off there and we deserve
17:29
the right to make better Rectify and
17:31
redeem ourselves some things we did as a
17:33
youth you know with all of that
17:35
programming that's been indoctrinated in
17:38
our minds constantly and all these
17:41
pitfalls and all these walls that are
17:43
put up for people specifically that look
17:45
like you and me absolutely you know and
17:47
when we come out from around it or above
17:50
it or however we bust through it as a
17:52
celebration so you're a celebration yeah
17:55
right you're with Oakland could be at
17:57
its finest absolutely so salute to you
18:00
brother and you're a real one I know
18:01
your background I did my research the
18:03
whole time you're a real one so for you
18:06
to be here man I commend you and I'm
18:08
glad we made this dream come true today
18:10
give it up from
18:15
I'm not the exception I'm the reflection
18:18
of what happens when being afforded the
18:20
opportunity to shine absolutely not the
18:22
acceptance
18:23
absolutely there's so many more like me
18:26
behind them walls as well as in many
18:28
communities and all we need is just an
18:30
opportunity to shine and grow and that's
18:32
what Chris ratliffs and Bev parenti from
18:34
The Last Mile uh I don't know what they
18:37
thought they were creating with that
18:38
when they created it I knew it grew into
18:40
something much more than they ever could
18:42
imagine a dream Chris never thought he
18:44
would be a co-host on the radio show
18:47
that's for sure yeah you know and so uh
18:50
congratulations Chris and Beth and Liz
18:53
our producer we don't want Awards
18:55
together for the last mile a podcast Liz
18:58
is off the chain she's really strict
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about her [ __ ] that's right
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but I want to thank y'all for coming by
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The Last Mile already or make sure you
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tune in tomorrow 12 noon channel 111 111
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the triumph Channel we want
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