What Radicalized You?
75 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 28 ratingsA storytelling podcast sharing moments, stories and experiences that have shaped peoples’ ideas about our world, and the way society should function.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
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Episodes
“We are the Bearers of Our Struggle,” with Yasmine
April 22, 2024 16:05 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBEpisode 73 with Yasmine. On resistance. You can follow Maryland 2 Palestine at @md2palestine on Instagram.
“The More I Learned About the Evils of the United States, The More Convinced I Became That It is Entirely Irredeemable," with Alex
July 12, 2023 13:28 - 18 minutes - 17 MBEpisode 72 featuring Alex On electoral politics, imperialism, organizing with Cincinnati Socialists, and the importance of political education You can read Alex's latest article published by Hampton Institute here: https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-atlanta-to-palestine-liberation-by-any-means-necessary?rq=atlanta
"When Thinking of Safety I Think of Community and Collective Liberation," with Lyric
June 14, 2023 15:26 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode 71 featuring Lyric Sellers On removing police from the Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS). Read more here: https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2023/05/des-moines-cops-in-schools?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=engage&utm_term=carousel&utm_content=des-moines-cops-in-schools
“I Am Perpetually Radicalized By My People On the Ground," with Tara
March 07, 2023 14:07 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBEpisode 70 featuring Tara On Palestine, mutual aid, joint struggle, resistance, and liberation. You can tap into the Gaza Mutual Aid Collective here: https://www.instagram.com/gazamutualaid/ and become a reoccurring donor on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/Gazamutualaidcollective
“The Evil is Overwhelming for Both Parties,” with Matthew
December 22, 2022 16:50 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBEpisode 69 featuring Matthew On reading Marxist literature, electoral politics, a meme account, writing his book, and a path forward You can connect with Matthew here: https://www.instagram.com/matthewthemarxist/ and here: https://www.instagram.com/thisamericanleft2/ You can purchase Matthew's book "Millennial Marxist" here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/matthew-john/millennial-marxist/paperback/product-8mepqy.html?page=1&pageSize=4
“The Root of the Problem: It Clearly Wasn't Just Who was In Charge at the White House, But Something Called Capitalism,” with Hadas Thier
December 09, 2022 15:25 - 23 minutes - 22 MBEpisode 68 featuring Hadas Thier On the left response to inflation, the labor market, unionizing, and understanding the system in order to change it. You can read Hadas's latest article "A Left Answer to Inflation" here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/inflation-federal-reserve-policy-recession-class-war You can find Hadas's book, "A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics," available here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1481-a-people-s-guide-to-capitalism
“The Amount of Consequence in Response for Teaching the Truth...Will Always Be Nothing in Comparison to People Living on the Ground in Palestine" with Thuraya Zeidan
September 30, 2022 15:33 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBEpisode 67 featuring Thuraya Zeidan On the risk of speaking about Palestine, on being falsely accused and attacked for speaking the truth, the obligation to be vocal, performative activism and normalization of settler colonialism, comparison of the Palestinian struggle, and what non-Palestinians can do to support a free Palestine You can follow Thuraya's work at https://www.instagram.com/decolonize_the_classroom/
"Being Disabled Shapes Everything that I Do," with K
September 23, 2022 16:19 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBEpisode 66 featuring K On organizing, 8 to abolition, free Ashley, and disability justice. You can support Ashley here at https://www.freeashleydiamond.com/ You can connect with K here at https://twitter.com/sheabutterfemme?lang=en
“I, Like my Sister, Live and Breathe Palestine," with Maysa and Anais
June 13, 2022 14:26 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBEpisode 65 featuring Maysa and Anais On Palestine, censorship, the murder of Shireen Abu-Akleh, hope as a discipline, Black-Palestinian solidarity, the impact of their fathers politics, and revolutionary love Please be sure to MATERIALLY support Palestinians living in Palestine here: https://www.instagram.com/gaza.mutual.aid.collective/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D https://www.instagram.com/for.amal.xx/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D https://www.instagram.com/amal_for_palestine/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
"We Do Not Have a Revolutionary Culture," with Natalia
April 26, 2022 13:59 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBEpisode 64 featuring Natalia On the solidarity economy, the billionaire culture of the music industry, Eric Garner, the La Isla Bonita Festival and Staten Island. Find more about the New Economy Coalition here
"I Can't Therapy Away Some of These Problems," with Sara Bawany
March 04, 2022 16:37 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBEpisode 63 featuring Sara Bawany On the dynamics of power and money, radical compassion, decolonizing therapy and social work, accountability and transformative justice within the Muslim community, and more. Learn more about Facing Abuse in Community Environments (FACE) here at www.facetogether.org Find more of Sara on her website here at www.sarabawany.com
“I Don’t Know How I Could Read Assata, We Want Freedom, Blood in My Eye, and Not Feel a Sense of Responsibility," with Darius Simpson
March 01, 2022 14:21 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBEpisode 62 featuring Darius Simpson On Darius’s mother’s influence on poetry and politics, the murder of Trayvon Martin, organizing around police violence and experiencing police brutalization, two influential professors and analysis of the condition of Black people globally, and People’s Programs. You can find more about Darius here and connect on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/_dariussimpson Tap in with People's Programs on Twitter here, IG, and visit peoplesprograms.com
"Free the Land Became the Rallying Cry," with Kings
February 07, 2022 14:39 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBEpisode 61 featuring Kings On the murder of Trayvon Martin and the murder of Michael Brown, the New Afrikan movement, repatriation under Pan-Africanism, dialectical materialism, the role of the state, and the problem with anarchy. Find out more about AAPRP here: https://aaprp-intl.org/ Make sure you check out and donate to People's Programs here: https://www.peoplesprograms.com/ as well as Neighbor Program here: https://www.neighborprogram.org/ and @feedtheblock_ie: https://www.instagram....
"I Reached a Realization Years Ago That This is Not a System that Can Be Reformed," with Thuraya Zeidan
January 27, 2022 15:23 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBEpisode 60 featuring Thuraya Zeidan On growing up in Occupied Palestine, electoral politics, awareness vs action, and building and cultivating empathy in the teaching profession. Find more of Thuraya's work here: https://www.instagram.com/decolonize_the_classroom/
"China's Example is an Inspiration to the World," with Danny Haiphong
January 14, 2022 16:57 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBEpisode 59 featuring Danny Haiphong Growing up in a working class family, class and the Labor movement, Occupy, Black Agenda Report, the new Cold War on China, traveling to China and Cuba, anti-Asian racism, the Western left, and anti-imperialism. Subscribe to Danny’s Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dannyhaiphong Find his writing in Black Agenda Report here: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/Danny%20Haiphong Read some of Danny's writing below: https://chroniclesofhaiphong.s...
"We're Going to Demand True Freedom by Any Means Necessary," with Aniyah Vines
January 12, 2022 17:20 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBEpisode 58 featuring Aniyah Vines On the experience of being a Black woman in America, the murder of Aniyah’s cousin by a police officer, founding the LIVE movement, Tent City, learning through direct action and the Blackburn protest. Find more of the LIVE movement here: https://www.instagram.com/_thelivemovement/ and here: https://www.thelivemovement.live/joinus-thelivemovement Read more about Aniyah’s organizing around the Blackburn protest here: https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/11...
"We Have an Obligation to Fight Imperialism," with Dante
January 07, 2022 17:21 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBEpisode 57 featuring Dante Content warning for mentions of sexual assault, mention of suicide. On climate justice, Obama and liberalism, student debt, Occupy, the academic industrial complex and white supremacy, power imbalance and anti-Blackness in academia, and the Claudia Jones School. Find more about the Claudia Jones School on the platforms below: claudiajonesschool.org Instagram: @claudiajonesschool Twitter: @claudiajonesedu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClz1ThQo9z...
In Conversation with Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
November 18, 2021 16:40 - 2 hours - 118 MBIn Conversation with Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Featuring: Joshua - read more of Joshua 's work here - find more of them on twitter here - follow Millennials Are Killing Capitalism on twitter here and support on Patreon here Monica - find more of Monica here and here - find more of PSL Atlanta here - find more about Housing Justice League ATL here Mason - find more of Mason here and here - find more about Spirit of Mandela here - find more of Neighbor Program here and ...
"I Realized All of these People Were Socialists," with Matt
November 15, 2021 15:29 - 9 minutes - 8.42 MBEpisode 56 featuring Matt On influential Black radical figures, the importance of reading, and starting a reading club/mutual aid organization. Find more of Matt here and more of his org mutualaid4thehomies here, Check out Matt's writing here, "Looking Back at the Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital 51 Years Later."
"A Better World is Possible," with Bayano
November 06, 2021 16:04 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBEpisode 55 featuring Comrade Bayano On censorship in high school, unlearning propaganda, revolution, and fighting for a better future. You can find more of Bayano here: https://twitter.com/panafrikanpapi And find more about Ayokunle book club here: https://instagram.com/ayokunlebookclub https://twitter.com/ayokunlebooks https://link.medium.com/HJXavsTKWkb
"What’s Going to Cause All of Us to Have a Radical Awakening?" with Saira Rao
October 29, 2021 13:26 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBEpisode 54 featuring Saira Rao On the fated dinner with the Jans, white feminism, white saviorism, and where we are now. White people can learn more about Race2Dinner here (www.race2dinner.com) BIWOC can learn more about HAVEN at (www.havenmedia.org)⠀ You can find more of Saira on twitter at @sairasameerarao
"If I Knew I Was Going Through This, How Many Other Students Were Going Through This?" with Skye Webster
October 25, 2021 12:48 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBEpisode 53 featuring Skye Webster ⠀ On gentrification, facing temporary homelessness, emergency housing, and affordable housing in the District of Columbia. find more of Skye here: https://www.instagram.com/kelaiepi/ and more of her org CCDC here: https://www.instagram.com/concernedcitizensdc/
"When People Call You Radical, to Me it's Your Commitment to Humanity," with Tristan Graham
October 19, 2021 13:10 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBEpisode 52 featuring Tristan Graham On Pan-Africanism, Kwame Ture, internationalism, socialism, and more. Tristan Graham is Pan Africanist author from Jamaica. His debut book "The Thoughts Of An Unchained Mind" details his various areas of study. Tristan is also a member of AAPRP and the Left Alliance for National Democracy and Socialism (Jamaica). You can find more of Tristan here: https://www.instagram.com/tristandc4l/ and here: https://twitter.com/tristang300 and find his book "The ...
"Capitalism is a Death Cult," with Erica and Ryan of Soapbox
August 05, 2021 15:34 - 19 minutes - 18 MBEpisode 51 featuring Erica and Ryan of Soapbox On homelessness, propaganda, anti-imperialism, Palestine, and the importance of independent media. Find Soapbox on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/soapboxstand/ and Twitter here: https://twitter.com/soapbox_soapbox You can also connect with Erica on twitter here: https://twitter.com/marableerica and Ryan on twitter here: https://twitter.com/queeralamode Support Left Bitches and Soapbox anti-imperialist content creation on ...
"I Will Never Claim the Colonizers of My People; I Will Always Claim My People," with Kenny
July 22, 2021 11:34 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBEpisode 50 featuring Kenny On Trayvon Martin, Pan-Africanism, revolution, Kwame Ture, and the contradiction between colonizer vs. colonized you can find more of AAPRP here: https://aaprp-intl.org/ and more of Kenny's org Cincinnati Socialists here: https://cincysocialists.org/
"Food Production in the United States Gave Me Cancer," with Hen
June 30, 2021 13:30 - 34 minutes - 32 MBEpisode 49 featuring Hen On their experience with having thyroid cancer, the medical-industrial complex, pilocarpine, cancer-causing environmental agents, and beyond universal healthcare to an anti-imperialist lens. You can find more of Hen here and check out their book club here: https://www.instagram.com/connollysghost/ https://www.instagram.com/thelittleredbookclub/
"I Don't Want Multiculturalism, I Want an End To White Supremacy," with Nashwa Lina Khan
June 25, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBEpisode 48 featuring Nashwa Lina Khan On growing up in poverty, access to healthcare, identity as a Muslim, and little micro moments of radicalization. You can find more of Nashwa here and here and check out her Podcast habibti please on Substack and Apple below: https://habibtiplease.substack.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/habibti-please/id1531935387 https://nashwakhan.contently.com/
"I Started to Realize How Much We Are Being Lied To," with Kei Pritsker
June 18, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MBEpisode 47 featuring Kei Pritsker On organizing with PSL, Palestine, US propaganda, and a political journey from a libertarian to a socialist. Find more of Kei here: https://www.instagram.com/keipritsker/ And more of BreakThrough News here: https://www.breakthroughnews.org/
"Being Embedded in Movement is What Radicalized Me," with Evan Casper-Futterman
June 16, 2021 17:12 - 19 minutes - 18 MBEpisode 46 featuring Evan Casper-Futterman On journey from a liberal to a leftist, from living in Nicaragua to moving to New Orleans, and anti-racist work as a white person. Find more about the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative here: https://bcdi.nyc/
"Love is What Has Really Radicalized Me," with Judy
June 08, 2021 15:16 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBEpisode 45 featuring Judy On identity as an Asian person growing up in Kansas, living in San Francisco, and organizing with Hotels Not Hospitals. Find out more about Hotels Not Hospitals here: https://www.hotelsnothospitals.org/
"Queens Radicalized Me," with Sharmin Hossain
June 04, 2021 14:40 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBEpisode 44 featuring Sharmin Hossain On identity as a Bangladeshi Muslim and growing up and organizing in Queens, New York. You can find more of Sharmin here: https://www.instagram.com/sharminultra/ and more about Queer Crescent here: http://www.queercrescent.org/
"Two Words: Iraq War," with Ron Placone
June 02, 2021 15:43 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBEpisode 43 featuring Ron Placone On the Iraq War, the role of the media, and net neutrality. You can find more of Ron here: http://www.twitter.com/RonPlacone http://www.ronplacone.com
"What Radicalized Me is What Continues to Radicalize Me," with Victor
May 28, 2021 13:45 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBEpisode 42 featuring Victor On identity as a Queer, Black Puerto Rican, Anti-Blackness externally and internally within communities, and Puerto Rican independence. Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
"Capitalism is Not Sustainable," with Erika from Cocktails and Capitalism
May 26, 2021 12:06 - 23 minutes - 22 MBEpisode 41 featuring Erika from Cocktails and Capitalism On growing up in Jakarta, praxis vs. theory, and sustainability. Connect with Cocktails and Capitalism at any of the links below: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cocktails-capitalism/id1531047656?uo=4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DGYssR9X8l7ird1SzbN9i?si=soiq1vyiQEWzL6JF9mr2-w Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMzIzMTc1LnJzcw?ep=14 Instagram: https://www....
"We Can't Continue to Pretend That Police Intervention is Help," with Mel
May 18, 2021 15:16 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBEpisode 40 featuring Mel Content warning: this episode contains mentions of sexual abuse and suicidal feelings. Listener discretion is advised. On disability, ableism, and lived experience as a person with a psychotic disorder. You can find more of Mel here: https://www.instagram.com/acutepsychotic/?hl=en
"How Might The Systems We Are Part of Contribute to Your Pain and Suffering?" with Della Z. Duncan
May 10, 2021 15:13 - 9 minutes - 9.24 MBEpisode 39 featuring Della Z. Duncan On McMindfulness, alternative economic systems, and the connection between our own mental health/therapy and systems of oppression. You can find more of Della and about her work here: https://www.dellazduncan.com/ And check out Upstream Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwWOMp24P9cVVR6d0i7Zq?si=3prJW-8UTHq7xeaaSFNFBA&nd=1
"Black Women Are Naturally Born Radical," with Emani
May 06, 2021 14:20 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBEpisode 38 featuring Emani On the passing of a best friend in 2020, to leading protests over the summer, radical love and the Golden Rule, and Intersectionality. You can find more of Emani here: https://www.instagram.com/maniifaith/ And more about her organization Until Freedom Organizing here: https://www.instagram.com/untilfreedomorganizing/
"My History is African and My Fate is With Africa," with Salifu Sesay
May 03, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBEpisode 37 featuring Salifu Sesay On the passing of a friend from COVID that spurred a series of moments through 2020, leading through Assata's biography, Kwame Ture speeches, protests resembling warzones, and ultimately finding Pan-Africanism. You can find more about Hood Communist here: https://hoodcommunist.org/ And more about the Black Alliance for Peace here: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/
"I Could No Longer Have Them Be at the Center of My Own Black Story," with Kayla Kelly
April 23, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode 36 featuring Kayla Kelly On growing up in a predominately Black neighborhood, white supremacy, neoliberalism, white "activists" and performance activism, and founding their mutual aid organization "Heal Da Homies" You can find more of Kayla here: https://www.instagram.com/kayismagical/ and more of their organization, Heal da Homies here: https://www.instagram.com/heal_da_homies/
"Education is the Key to Radicalization," with Alex Rudin
April 22, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBEpisode 35 featuring artist Alex Rudin On growing up in the Quaker school, identity as a Jewish-American and the rise of antisemitism, COVID-19, and finding purpose and pushing actionable change through art. You can find more of Alex here: http://www.alexrudin.com/ and stay in touch with Alex here: https://www.instagram.com/_alexrudin/?hl=en Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/...
"We Can Find Home in Each Other." with Hasan
April 20, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBEpisode 34 featuring Hasan Bhatti On split and shared identity, experiences as a child in India and Jerusalem and returning as an adult, finding connections between our stories and moving through conflict with one another. You can find more of Hasan here: https://www.instagram.com/snapsomebhatti/ and find out more about their work in conflict transformation here: https://www.jaramok.org/ Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
"It Wasn't the Circumstances of My Students, It Was the Color of Their Skin," with Kayla Moore
April 15, 2021 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBEpisode 33 featuring Kayla Moore On education, police in schools, and the school to prison pipeline. You can find more of Kayla here: https://www.instagram.com/kay.lavon/ and follow Moore4Education here: https://www.instagram.com/moore4education/ Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
"There is a Strength that Comes with Carrying the Strength of Our Ancestors," with Ysa
April 13, 2021 14:19 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBEpisode 32 featuring Ysa On the displacement of her family at a young age during the US sponsored military coup in Chile, the effects of US imperialism in her home country, white feminism, and political education. You can find more of Ysa here: https://www.instagram.com/yourfavoritechilenita/ and more about Florida Rising here: https://floridarising.org/ Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
"If There's So Many Resources Here, Why Are There So Many People Who Are Struggling?" with Jacque Patton
April 10, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBEpisode 31 featuring Eviction Defense Attorney Jacque Patton On growing up in Kansas, organizing with the Fight for 15, law school, and wealth inequality. You can find more of Jacque here: https://www.instagram.com/jacquepatton/ https://twitter.com/jacquepatton Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
"They Used to Lynch Us from Trees but Now They're Lynching Us with Bullets and Needles," with Amar X
April 08, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBEpisode 30 featuring Amar X. Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of police violence. Listener discretion is advised. On experiences with the police, prison system, and our system of injustice. You can find more of Amar here: https://instagram.com/realamarx?igshid=1u7q2id3ys2ng and check out Amar's music below: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/amar-x/1488576317 https://open.spotify.com/artist/7euwJQlvTvQiPN4dxVU0ZE?si=ROgzuLWoRseqyHFqqsVFdA http://RealAmarX.Com h...
"It's Hard Not to be Radical," with Rahim
April 06, 2021 12:08 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBEpisode 29 featuring Rahim On the American propaganda system, learning Black international history, gun violence, leading protests in DC, and revolution. You can find more of Rahim here: www.instagram.com/hecticheem/ Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
"We Have this Intuitive Nudge that Tells Us this System is Not Okay," with Sameen Affaf
April 05, 2021 12:01 - 29 minutes - 27 MBEpisode 28 featuring abolitionist Sameen Affaf On growing up in Toronto, teaching, moving to the US during the Trump Administration, individualism, and the label of 'radical' as Muslim. You can find more of Sameen here: www.instagram.com/sameen.affaf/ Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]
"I Just Want the Freedom to Create and Explore," with Vira
April 02, 2021 12:33 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBEpisode 27 featuring Vira On community care, the entertainment industry, working in the wellness community, and sobriety. You can find more of Vira here https://www.instagram.com/viracantdance/ and Suiheart Club, https://www.instagram.com/suiheartclub/. You can also find out more about her meditation here at https://www.joinmindfulmonday.com/ & new book at www.searchforsyrup.com out at Barnes and Noble and Amazon below: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-adventures-of-bumble-pea-and-koala-pear-t...
"Folk Music was the Main Agent in My Radicalization," with Maya Nicole
March 31, 2021 13:53 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBEpisode 26 featuring singer/songwriter Maya Nicole On folk music, family roots from Harlan, Kentucky, and the American education system. You can find more of Maya Nicole here and find her music here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/39NplZZGLKH452jWRmdDJk?si=j_i8kxIvQGS4ysx_54xuzA Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/maya-nicole/1499525392 Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected] --- Support this podcast: http...
"There is a Very Strategic and Deliberate Destruction Happening," with Ayisha Siddiqa
March 29, 2021 12:44 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBEpisode 25 featuring climate activist Ayisha On growing up in Pakistan, the fossil fuel industry, and the climate crisis. You can find more of Ayisha here and link up with her organizations, Polluters Out and Climate Justice league. Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at [email protected]