Radical Roots Podcast
@radicalroots-us.bsky.social
🎙️ Radical Roots: Progress Through Action 🌱
Live from Union County, NC
Where bold voices meet real conversations to drive change. From national headlines to local grassroots movements, we dig deep, challenge the status quo, and empower our community.
Live from Union County, NC
Where bold voices meet real conversations to drive change. From national headlines to local grassroots movements, we dig deep, challenge the status quo, and empower our community.
Can you help us get more followers over here on BlueSky? We’re a progressive podcast out of North Carolina giving our perspective on politics and life, from a black and brown lens.
January 31, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Can you help us get more followers over here on BlueSky? We’re a progressive podcast out of North Carolina giving our perspective on politics and life, from a black and brown lens.
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👨⚕️His Name: Alex Jeffrey Pretti 💔
-Minneapolis. 37-year-old ICU nurse at VA hospital. U.S. citizen. Legal gun owner.
-Shot and killed by Border Patrol.
-Border Patrol Commander: agents are “the victims.”
-SECOND fatal shooting in Minneapolis in 3 weeks.
👨⚕️His Name: Alex Jeffrey Pretti 💔
-Minneapolis. 37-year-old ICU nurse at VA hospital. U.S. citizen. Legal gun owner.
-Shot and killed by Border Patrol.
-Border Patrol Commander: agents are “the victims.”
-SECOND fatal shooting in Minneapolis in 3 weeks.
The M*rd3r of Alex Pretti & Cowardice of our Dem Party, guest Chase Franklin 🎙️ Radical Roots Ep 73
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January 26, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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👨⚕️His Name: Alex Jeffrey Pretti 💔
-Minneapolis. 37-year-old ICU nurse at VA hospital. U.S. citizen. Legal gun owner.
-Shot and killed by Border Patrol.
-Border Patrol Commander: agents are “the victims.”
-SECOND fatal shooting in Minneapolis in 3 weeks.
👨⚕️His Name: Alex Jeffrey Pretti 💔
-Minneapolis. 37-year-old ICU nurse at VA hospital. U.S. citizen. Legal gun owner.
-Shot and killed by Border Patrol.
-Border Patrol Commander: agents are “the victims.”
-SECOND fatal shooting in Minneapolis in 3 weeks.
LIVE @ 11am ET
As we continue to simmer in a cold civil war predicated on masked federal agents treading on the rights of Americans both undocumented and documented. Police Chiefs are coming out describing how their own officers are harassed.
So what next?
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As we continue to simmer in a cold civil war predicated on masked federal agents treading on the rights of Americans both undocumented and documented. Police Chiefs are coming out describing how their own officers are harassed.
So what next?
www.youtube.com/live/P4eCwdB...
RR: Roots Rundown 1/22 - ICE Out? Or is it ICEland?
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January 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM
LIVE @ 11am ET
As we continue to simmer in a cold civil war predicated on masked federal agents treading on the rights of Americans both undocumented and documented. Police Chiefs are coming out describing how their own officers are harassed.
So what next?
www.youtube.com/live/P4eCwdB...
As we continue to simmer in a cold civil war predicated on masked federal agents treading on the rights of Americans both undocumented and documented. Police Chiefs are coming out describing how their own officers are harassed.
So what next?
www.youtube.com/live/P4eCwdB...
Are people still here? Can we get some followers for our podcast?
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Are people still here? Can we get some followers for our podcast?
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🏞️ White survival vs. Black survival—both real, shaped by different systems.
🤖 AI flagged a Black student’s Doritos as a weapon—racism baked into “neutral” tech.
💬 Imperfect allyship means showing up messy, making mistakes, staying in the work. What are YOU willing to confront?
🤖 AI flagged a Black student’s Doritos as a weapon—racism baked into “neutral” tech.
💬 Imperfect allyship means showing up messy, making mistakes, staying in the work. What are YOU willing to confront?
October 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🏞️ White survival vs. Black survival—both real, shaped by different systems.
🤖 AI flagged a Black student’s Doritos as a weapon—racism baked into “neutral” tech.
💬 Imperfect allyship means showing up messy, making mistakes, staying in the work. What are YOU willing to confront?
🤖 AI flagged a Black student’s Doritos as a weapon—racism baked into “neutral” tech.
💬 Imperfect allyship means showing up messy, making mistakes, staying in the work. What are YOU willing to confront?
Tonight 8:30pm: Propaganda vs. truth, Cory Booker’s urgent warnings or beggining, Beto’s uncomfortable realities, and the challenge of a post-Trump world. How do we resist manipulation and reclaim clarity?
Live at 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
Live at 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
July 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Tonight 8:30pm: Propaganda vs. truth, Cory Booker’s urgent warnings or beggining, Beto’s uncomfortable realities, and the challenge of a post-Trump world. How do we resist manipulation and reclaim clarity?
Live at 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
Live at 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
LIVE🎙️ Episode 43: Superpowers & Warning Signs
🦸♂️ Trump's superhero memes: harmless or dangerous distraction?
🛡️ Superman’s immigrant narrative sparks backlash
⚖️ Epstein files: transparency or cover-up?
🗓️ Trump assassination attempt
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🦸♂️ Trump's superhero memes: harmless or dangerous distraction?
🛡️ Superman’s immigrant narrative sparks backlash
⚖️ Epstein files: transparency or cover-up?
🗓️ Trump assassination attempt
youtube.com/live/NCGPecP...
July 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
LIVE🎙️ Episode 43: Superpowers & Warning Signs
🦸♂️ Trump's superhero memes: harmless or dangerous distraction?
🛡️ Superman’s immigrant narrative sparks backlash
⚖️ Epstein files: transparency or cover-up?
🗓️ Trump assassination attempt
youtube.com/live/NCGPecP...
🦸♂️ Trump's superhero memes: harmless or dangerous distraction?
🛡️ Superman’s immigrant narrative sparks backlash
⚖️ Epstein files: transparency or cover-up?
🗓️ Trump assassination attempt
youtube.com/live/NCGPecP...
Tonight: Billionaire politics, Musk’s America Party, techno-capitalism’s promises & threats, Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, Texas floods & the Monroe Mayor controversy. We’re asking one urgent question: What are you doing with your power?
Live 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
Live 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
July 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tonight: Billionaire politics, Musk’s America Party, techno-capitalism’s promises & threats, Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, Texas floods & the Monroe Mayor controversy. We’re asking one urgent question: What are you doing with your power?
Live 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
Live 8:30 PM ET. #RadicalRootsPodcast
Elon Musk higher than a Giraffe's ass. www.instagram.com/reel/DKiSg-y...
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June 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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• Monroe Mayor Burns’ extravagant fundraiser 💰
• Officer shot & community forgiveness debate 🔫
• Musk’s strange White House farewell 🚀
• DOGE collapse fallout in DC 🐕
• Justice for Kilmar—did we forget? ⚖️
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• Officer shot & community forgiveness debate 🔫
• Musk’s strange White House farewell 🚀
• DOGE collapse fallout in DC 🐕
• Justice for Kilmar—did we forget? ⚖️
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🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 33: DOGE is Dead. Musk is Loose. What Now?
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June 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
• Monroe Mayor Burns’ extravagant fundraiser 💰
• Officer shot & community forgiveness debate 🔫
• Musk’s strange White House farewell 🚀
• DOGE collapse fallout in DC 🐕
• Justice for Kilmar—did we forget? ⚖️
youtu.be/u_A2Xlfa-1k?...
• Officer shot & community forgiveness debate 🔫
• Musk’s strange White House farewell 🚀
• DOGE collapse fallout in DC 🐕
• Justice for Kilmar—did we forget? ⚖️
youtu.be/u_A2Xlfa-1k?...
Episode 32 tonight!
George Floyd Anniversary: 5 years later 🕯️
Building Black & Brown coalitions in Monroe, NC ✊🏽
GOP hijack of NC elections board ⚖️
Trump’s dangerous “white genocide” claims 🌍
Harvard defends academic freedom; FEMA in crisis 🚨
Join live at 8:30p ET
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George Floyd Anniversary: 5 years later 🕯️
Building Black & Brown coalitions in Monroe, NC ✊🏽
GOP hijack of NC elections board ⚖️
Trump’s dangerous “white genocide” claims 🌍
Harvard defends academic freedom; FEMA in crisis 🚨
Join live at 8:30p ET
youtube.com/live/WUaESu6...
May 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Episode 32 tonight!
George Floyd Anniversary: 5 years later 🕯️
Building Black & Brown coalitions in Monroe, NC ✊🏽
GOP hijack of NC elections board ⚖️
Trump’s dangerous “white genocide” claims 🌍
Harvard defends academic freedom; FEMA in crisis 🚨
Join live at 8:30p ET
youtube.com/live/WUaESu6...
George Floyd Anniversary: 5 years later 🕯️
Building Black & Brown coalitions in Monroe, NC ✊🏽
GOP hijack of NC elections board ⚖️
Trump’s dangerous “white genocide” claims 🌍
Harvard defends academic freedom; FEMA in crisis 🚨
Join live at 8:30p ET
youtube.com/live/WUaESu6...
🎙️From Undocumented to Unstoppable
Sunday 5/18 8:30p ET
📣 From Undocumented to Unstoppable: we talk w/ immigrant rights advocate & Charlotte City Council candidate “JD” Mazuera Arias. JD’s story from Colombia, to grassroots leader in East Charlotte—is about resilience, representation, & hope.
Sunday 5/18 8:30p ET
📣 From Undocumented to Unstoppable: we talk w/ immigrant rights advocate & Charlotte City Council candidate “JD” Mazuera Arias. JD’s story from Colombia, to grassroots leader in East Charlotte—is about resilience, representation, & hope.
🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast Ep 31 | From Undocumented to Unstoppable
🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 31: From Undocumented to Unstoppable
📅 Sunday, May 18 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Charlotte, NC
This week, we’re joined by Juan Diego “JD” Mazuera Arias—immigrant ...
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May 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🎙️From Undocumented to Unstoppable
Sunday 5/18 8:30p ET
📣 From Undocumented to Unstoppable: we talk w/ immigrant rights advocate & Charlotte City Council candidate “JD” Mazuera Arias. JD’s story from Colombia, to grassroots leader in East Charlotte—is about resilience, representation, & hope.
Sunday 5/18 8:30p ET
📣 From Undocumented to Unstoppable: we talk w/ immigrant rights advocate & Charlotte City Council candidate “JD” Mazuera Arias. JD’s story from Colombia, to grassroots leader in East Charlotte—is about resilience, representation, & hope.
Tonight @ 8:30pm ET, we dive deep into Sinners, the groundbreaking horror film by Ryan Coogler starring Michael B. Jordan. This vampire thriller isn't just about the supernatural—it's a diverse & profound exploration of Black spirituality, history, culture, & resistance.
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🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast Ep 29 | SINNERS Movie –Blood, Blues & Black Resistance
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May 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Tonight @ 8:30pm ET, we dive deep into Sinners, the groundbreaking horror film by Ryan Coogler starring Michael B. Jordan. This vampire thriller isn't just about the supernatural—it's a diverse & profound exploration of Black spirituality, history, culture, & resistance.
youtube.com/live/8OLwLjc...
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Tonight, we’re joined by Professor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval to discuss the legacy of Chicano/a activism, student protests, and multiracial coalition-building — and why those lessons are more urgent than ever.
Live Sunday, 4/27 at 8:30pm ET on YouTube & IG www.youtube.com/live/It0QLUy...
Live Sunday, 4/27 at 8:30pm ET on YouTube & IG www.youtube.com/live/It0QLUy...
April 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Tonight, we’re joined by Professor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval to discuss the legacy of Chicano/a activism, student protests, and multiracial coalition-building — and why those lessons are more urgent than ever.
Live Sunday, 4/27 at 8:30pm ET on YouTube & IG www.youtube.com/live/It0QLUy...
Live Sunday, 4/27 at 8:30pm ET on YouTube & IG www.youtube.com/live/It0QLUy...
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Radical Roots Ep 23 | Kristie Puckett: Championing Justice Reform & Economic Equity. Hot Topics!
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April 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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We’re live @ 8:30PM ET tonight
🔥 Tonight
🎤 A student slams the podium to protest ICE raids
🏳️⚧️ Mayor Burns randomly throws out transphobia like it’s 2012
🧒🏽 NC’s child marriage bill?
📢 The #HandsOff movement
🎉 Wisconsin delivers a win
📉 Trump’s tariffs tank the market
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl84...
🔥 Tonight
🎤 A student slams the podium to protest ICE raids
🏳️⚧️ Mayor Burns randomly throws out transphobia like it’s 2012
🧒🏽 NC’s child marriage bill?
📢 The #HandsOff movement
🎉 Wisconsin delivers a win
📉 Trump’s tariffs tank the market
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl84...
Radical Roots Ep 22 | Tariffs, Tyrants, and Temper Tantrums
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April 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We’re live @ 8:30PM ET tonight
🔥 Tonight
🎤 A student slams the podium to protest ICE raids
🏳️⚧️ Mayor Burns randomly throws out transphobia like it’s 2012
🧒🏽 NC’s child marriage bill?
📢 The #HandsOff movement
🎉 Wisconsin delivers a win
📉 Trump’s tariffs tank the market
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl84...
🔥 Tonight
🎤 A student slams the podium to protest ICE raids
🏳️⚧️ Mayor Burns randomly throws out transphobia like it’s 2012
🧒🏽 NC’s child marriage bill?
📢 The #HandsOff movement
🎉 Wisconsin delivers a win
📉 Trump’s tariffs tank the market
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl84...
🔥 NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls breaks down the fight for equal justice.
She’s not backing down — and neither should we.
🗳️ The future of the courts
📚 The right to education
🛑 The disinformation machine
⚖️ The long game to flip the court back by 2028.
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She’s not backing down — and neither should we.
🗳️ The future of the courts
📚 The right to education
🛑 The disinformation machine
⚖️ The long game to flip the court back by 2028.
www.instagram.com/reel/DH3HRiN...
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April 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🔥 NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls breaks down the fight for equal justice.
She’s not backing down — and neither should we.
🗳️ The future of the courts
📚 The right to education
🛑 The disinformation machine
⚖️ The long game to flip the court back by 2028.
www.instagram.com/reel/DH3HRiN...
She’s not backing down — and neither should we.
🗳️ The future of the courts
📚 The right to education
🛑 The disinformation machine
⚖️ The long game to flip the court back by 2028.
www.instagram.com/reel/DH3HRiN...
We’re LIVE in 5!! 🔥⚖️
Pull up for a powerful convo with NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls — we’re talkin’ rights, justice, power, Riggs, what’s at stake in 2026, and similarities to Wisconsin race this week.
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Pull up for a powerful convo with NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls — we’re talkin’ rights, justice, power, Riggs, what’s at stake in 2026, and similarities to Wisconsin race this week.
Tap in NOW! 🎙️👀
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Radical Roots Ep 21 | Upholding Justice: Convo w/ NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls + Hot Topics
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March 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We’re LIVE in 5!! 🔥⚖️
Pull up for a powerful convo with NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls — we’re talkin’ rights, justice, power, Riggs, what’s at stake in 2026, and similarities to Wisconsin race this week.
Tap in NOW! 🎙️👀
www.youtube.com/live/SxqcjqN...
Pull up for a powerful convo with NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls — we’re talkin’ rights, justice, power, Riggs, what’s at stake in 2026, and similarities to Wisconsin race this week.
Tap in NOW! 🎙️👀
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Wisconsin votes April 1. NC votes in ‘26. Both state Supreme Court races could reshape abortion, voting rights & more. We’re interviewing NC Justice Anita Earls to break it all down. These races matter. Tap in.
#StateCourts #WI #NC #JusticeMatters #AnitaEarls
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#StateCourts #WI #NC #JusticeMatters #AnitaEarls
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Radical Roots Ep 21 | Upholding Justice: Convo w/ NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls + Hot Topics
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March 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Wisconsin votes April 1. NC votes in ‘26. Both state Supreme Court races could reshape abortion, voting rights & more. We’re interviewing NC Justice Anita Earls to break it all down. These races matter. Tap in.
#StateCourts #WI #NC #JusticeMatters #AnitaEarls
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#StateCourts #WI #NC #JusticeMatters #AnitaEarls
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