What Radicalized You?: Recent Episodes
Push Left Media
A 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 73 with Yasmine. On resistance. You can follow Maryland 2 Palestine at @md2palestine on Instagram.
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 69 featuring MatthewOn reading Marxist literature, electoral politics, a meme account, writing his book, and a path forwardYou 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
Episode 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
Episode 67 featuring Thuraya ZeidanOn 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/
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 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.com/feedtheblock_ie/
Episode 60 featuring Thuraya ZeidanOn 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/
Episode 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.substack.com/p/10-achievements-of-socialism-worth
https://chroniclesofhaiphong.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-and-trevor-noah-exploit
https://blackagendareport.com/anti-asian-racism-never-stopped-being-outgrowth-us-imperialism
https://www.blackagendareport.com/my-trip-china-exposed-shameful-lies-peddled-american-empire
https://www.blackagendareport.com/american-exceptionalism-wont-save-us-empire-itself-or-stop-chinas-rise
Episode 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/305/2021/11/16/1056116964/howard-university-students-end-one-of-the-longest-protests-in-school-s-history
Read more about Aniyah's organizing around Tent City here:
https://dcist.com/story/20/10/22/dc-activists-at-tent-city-protest-talk-education-gather-resources-for-winter/
**Episode 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/UClz1ThQo9zvCYFvHuwn83WQ
You can find some of Dante's writing here:
https://blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogger/the-myth-of-diversity-and-inclusion-in-science/
Below are some Book Recommendations from Dante:
- Tragedy of American Science: From Truman to Trump - Clifford Connor
- Race for Profit - KY Taylor
- Can’t Pay Won’t Pay - Debt Collective
- Left of Karl Marx - Carol Boyce-Davies
- Anything (literally) by Gerald Horne
In Conversation with Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
Featuring:
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Joshua- read more of Joshua 's work here
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find more of them on twitter here
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follow Millennials Are Killing Capitalism on twitter here and support on Patreon here
- **Monica
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find more of PSL Atlanta here
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find more about Housing Justice League ATL here
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Mason- find more of Mason here and here
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find more about Spirit of Mandela here
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find more of Neighbor Program here and here
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Kamaal- read more of Kam's writing here
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find him on twitter here and instagram here
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find more about People's Freedom Assembly here
- **Kenny
-** find more of Kenny here and here
- find more about Cincinatti Socialists here
You can find more about the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) hereand the Black Alliance for Peace here
Become a supporter of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism HERE
Episode 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."
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 53 featuring Skye Webster
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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/
Episode 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 Thoughts Of An Unchained Mind," here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096TN8QPL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_DY1N9BTTY2KX6NM7X5WN
Episode 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 Patreon here
https://www.patreon.com/leftbitches
You can find the Party of One Podcast here
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-of-one/id1571174758
You can find Left Bitches on Spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6ghDLavmpyWlGzgzmad2HP?si=TQXRVbrHQvmYA5K7C5jqJw&nd=1
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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 pleaseon Substack and Apple below:
https://habibtiplease.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/habibti-please/id1531935387
https://nashwakhan.contently.com/
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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.instagram.com/cocktailsandcapitalism/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ApocalypseAndOr?s=20
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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 https://youtube.com/c/AmarXTV
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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-tori-deal/1136747771 www.amazon.com/gp/product/057862320X
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 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 whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 24 featuring Julia
On growing up in a small town, joining Sunrise Movement, environmental racism, and people power.
You can find more of Julia here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 23 featuring Climate Activist Jamie K
On an experience in elementary school that stayed with them, becoming a climate activist, and understanding the link between social justice and climate justice.
You can find more of Jamie here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 22 featuring street photographer Aeleen Henderson-Fiestas
On coming to the United States as a child, George Zimmerman, police brutality, and the importance of street journalism.
You can find more of Stonie here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 21 featuring Wanbli Ceya
On music, expression, and identity: the Oglala wolf puppy with PTSD, and how expressing identity through music relates to the entire indigenous experience.
You can find Wanbli's music on Spotify here and all other streaming platforms
You can connect with Wanbli here
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 20 featuring abolitionist Zeus X.!
On growing up with an incarcerated father, punishment in school, experiences with police, and beyond abolition.
Find more of Zeus here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 19 featuring Ty Hobson-Powell
On growing up in Washington DC, founding Concerned Citizens, working towards abolition, and our role in the revolution.
You can find more of Ty here and here and Concerned Citizens here
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 18 featuring Brittney Henderson-Fiestas
On growing up seeing police violence, a transformational teaching experience, education, and Black liberation.
You can find The Truth Book Club here
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 17 featuring Markus Batchelor
On growing up with a sense of service to community, running for public office, and our responsibility to one another.
You can find more of Markus here and here
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 16 featuring Kevin Cramer
On learning how to fight for himself, coming out, Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, and fighting back.
You can find more of Kevin here and the Palm Collective here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 15 featuring Amber Ashley James
On growing up with an incarcerated family member, learning about the death penalty, visiting prisons during law school, abolition, and Palestine.
You can find more of Amber here
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 14 featuring Joella Roberts
On being undocumented, unapologetic and unafraid.
You can find more of Joella here and more of her org, Migration Matters UDC, here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 13 featuring Seun Babalola
On moments growing up in predominantly white areas, American imperialism, EndSARS, and neoliberalism.
You can find more of Seun here and here.
You can find more about Seun's work with Concerned Citizens here
And more about his work with EndSARS DMV here
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 12 featuring Stef
On growing up in the DMV in a low-income household, raising a Black son, working in a legal firm at the time of Trayvon Martin, protesting for Freddie Gray, and mutual aid.
You can find more of Stef here and more of her org, FFDC here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 11 featuring Sydney
On the mini-series Roots, protesting for Trayvon Martin, George Floyd protests, and January 6th, 2021.
Find more of Syd here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 10 featuring Vinay Krishnan
On growing up with a mental illness in America, a friendship with Daniel Berrigan, and ableism.
You can find more of Vinay here and check out some of his writing here and here.
You can find out more about the Center for Popular Democracy and their work here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 9 featuring Patrick McGuire
On the Venus Project and an idea for a different future.
You can find more of Patrick here and you can learn more about the Venus Project here
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 8 - featuring Gaetano
You can find more of Gaetano here and on his podcast The People Are Asking @ThePeopleAreAsking
On coming to the US as a child from Venezuela, noticing class differences growing up in Miami, and the US propaganda education system.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 7 - featuring Prentice Reid
You can find more of Prentice here
St. Louis native Prentice Reid on growing up around military recruiters, serving in Iraq, questioning the military apparatus, MLK, Helen Keller, and moving forward in community.
You can find What Radicalized You on Instagram @whatradicalizedyou or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 6 - featuring Max Ewart
You can find more of Max here
DC resident Max Ewart on growing up with strong union rights roots, intentional racist policies in urban planning, mutual aid, operating within and outside the system, and abolition of the prison industrial complex.
You can find What Radicalized You on Instagram @whatradicalizedyou or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 5 - featuring Clara
You can find more of Clara on Instagram @claradactyyl
On growing up in the US (propaganda) education system, discovering homelessness exists in the wealthiest county in the world, Democrats vs. Republicans, protests in Washington DC, Mayor Bowser, and white liberals.
You can find What Radicalized You on Instagram @whatradicalizedyou or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
A conversation with activist Ahmad Ibsais on growing up as a Palestinian-American in a post-9/11 America, Islamophobia, and "progressive except Palestine." You can find more of Ahmad on Instagram @ahmad.ibsais
You can find What Radicalized You on Instagram @whatradicalizedyou or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
On being adopted, identity as an adoptee, mutual aid, and moving forward in community. Find more of Kai on Instagram at @kaiulanilee
You can find What Radicalized You on Instagram @whatradicalizedyou or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Episode 2 - What Radicalized You Featuring Jennifer Mandelblatt
On growing up with roots of justice, exposure to the Prison system, white privilege , and moving forward with real action and change. Jennifer Mandelblatt is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director of Platform. In this role, she serves as the facilitator for the Directors Team, focuses on Platform’s growth and expansion, fosters a national community of young leaders, leads trainings on legislative engagement across the country, and organizes lobbying initiatives. She received her B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations with a minor in Inequality Studies from Cornell University in May 2017, just months before the team relaunched Platform. While on campus, Jen was featured in Business Insider’s 2015 article, “19 Incredibly Impressive Students at Cornell.” She interned with the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau and the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Outside of Platform, Jen serves as the Congressional Council Co-Liaison for the Women’s Information Network and Co-Chair of the Young Democrats of the Woman’s National Democratic Club.
You can find more of Jenn at @jmandel37
You can find What Radicalized You on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
Featuring Tahira Benjamin.
On waking up, company exploitation, entrepreneurship, and deconstructing ego.
You can find more of Tahira at goknowwear.com and on Instagram @goknowwear
Find what radicalized you on Instagram at @whatradicalizedyou
Email us at: Whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com