Radicals for Good

About Radicals for Good

Radicals for Good is a podcast and network that aims to encourage everyday people to take small yet revolutionary action towards collective good. Our podcast is a means to amplify and support the radical work happening across the globe but always connecting back to our hometown of Detroit, Michigan – one of the most radical cities with some of the most radical thinkers and leaders in the country. It aims to shift the stigmatized verbiage of ‘radical’ to a more accepted and fluid adjective. Hosted by Shayla Zimmerman. radicalspod.substack.com (https://radicalspod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Radicals for Good

Category

history · science

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

13 Jan 2026

Latest episode

4 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2026

   s1e14: radical wellness with adria moses

   The white fathers told us, I think therefore I am; and the black mothers in each of us-the poet-whispers in our dreams, I feel therefore I can be free. - Audre Lorde In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss what it looks like to be radically well and tend to grief during times like these, with Adria Moses, a poet, author, and founder of the School of Radical Healing. We invite listeners to tend to their bodies while listening as Adria walks us through guided breathing and gentle movements. Learn More and Take Action * Take a class at detroityogalab.com (http://detroityogalab.com) * Learn more about all of Adria’s incredible work at adriamoses.com (http://adriamoses.com) * Use code ‘radicals’ for free shipping on adria’s latest book ‘towards what hurt’: https://www.adriamoses.com/thebook (https://www.adriamoses.com/thebook) Additional Sources * Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) * No fear poem by Maya Angelou: https://internetpoem.com/maya-angelou/life-doesn-t-frighten-me-poem/ (https://internetpoem.com/maya-angelou/life-doesn-t-frighten-me-poem/) * Listen to Audre Lorde read ‘Uses of the Erotic’: * Poetry is not a luxury by Audre Lorde: https://www.poetrypedagogy.com/uploads/8/9/3/8/89385582/poetry_is_not_a_luxury-lorde.pdf (https://www.poetrypedagogy.com/uploads/8/9/3/8/89385582/poetry_is_not_a_luxury-lorde.pdf) * Yoga with Adrienne: https://www.youtube.com/yogawithadriene/featured (https://www.youtube.com/yogawithadriene/featured) * Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/ (https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/) * Loving our Own Bones by Julia Watts Belser: https://www.juliawattsbelser.com/ (https://www.juliawattsbelser.com/) * Inward by Yung Pueblo * Tending Grief by Camille Barton Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   s1e13: co(sin)e series:our radical roles

   True citizenship is found in the courage to speak truth to power and hold leaders accountable. -Frederick Douglass In this episode of Radicals for Good, we start our co(sin)e series - a series of roundtable discussions designed to solve the equation for building community power through voting, decision making, and civic participation. This roundtable includes, Joanna Whaley, the Democratic nominee for Michigan House of Representatives and if elected, the first openly trans woman legislator; Imani Foster, an activist fighting for education justice in Detroit and communication director for 482Forward; Parish Halsell, a Detroit-based storyteller and the voice behind Pardon Me TV!; and Brianna Bryant, a artist and activist in Detroit. Learn More and Take ActioN * Donate to or volunteer with Joanna’s campaign: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/joannawhaley (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/joannawhaley) . * Watch more on pardonme.tv (http://pardonme.tv) * Volunteer with 482Forward: https://www.482forward.org/ (https://www.482forward.org/) Additional Sources * Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/trans-woman-joanna-whaley-michigan-legislature (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/trans-woman-joanna-whaley-michigan-legislature) * Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   6 Sept 2026

   s1e12: gardening for our people with Dolores Perelas-Lara

   In this episode of Radicals for Good, we’re talking about the true impacts of urban gardening as a means of feeding our people and building community with Dolores Perales-Lara, an urban planner and co-director of Cadillac Urban Gardens. Learn More and Take Action * Learn more, volunteer, pick up free produce, and/or donate to Cadillac Urban Gardens: https://www.cadillacurbangardens.org/home * Donate to Cadillac Urban Garden and support free food: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/AXTKTP42KWZSE (https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/AXTKTP42KWZSE) * Read youth led research on food insecurity: https://www.learngala.com/cases/detroitfood/ (https://www.learngala.com/cases/detroitfood/) * Learn more about food systems and food insecurity in Detroit: https://detroitfoodpc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/DFMR24-Report-20260416-FINAL.pdf (https://detroitfoodpc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/DFMR24-Report-20260416-FINAL.pdf) Additional Sources * Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

4. 

   16 Aug 2026

   s1e11: Futuristic Voting with Arabia Simeon

   In this episode of Radicals for Good, we’re discussing the future of voting with Arabia Simeon, a designer, technologist, and CEO & Founder of Politics on the Go (POGO). Learn More and Take Action * Learn more about and start using POGO Vote: https://www.pogovote.com/ (https://www.pogovote.com/) * Watch Arabia’s TEDx presentation, From Likes to Votes: * Read A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand * Read The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander * Check out this resource: https://ground.news/ (https://ground.news/) * Look up political campaign donors: https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup (https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup) Additional Sources * Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) * Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): https://snccdigital.org/ (https://snccdigital.org/) * Kamala Harris coconut tree quote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/07/21/kamala-harris-coconut-tree-quote-explained-what-she-meant-and-why-its-going-viral-as-biden-drops-out/ (https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/07/21/kamala-harris-coconut-tree-quote-explained-what-she-meant-and-why-its-going-viral-as-biden-drops-out/) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

5. 

   2 Aug 2026

   s1e10: Reading as Resistance w/ Franchesca Lamarre

   “Our Choice now is war or death. Our option is survival. Listen to your own Black Hearts.” —Nikki Giovanni In this episode of Radicals for Good, we’re talking about how reading is a radical practice and ways to build community with books and food with Francescha Lamarre, a local artist and organizer from The Peoples Book Club and Ayiti Spaghetti. Our Top 10 Radical Reads * Assata by Assata Shakur (https://inthesetimes.com/article/assata-shakur-autobiography-freedom-fighter-black-liberation) * freedom is a constant struggle by Angela Davis (https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/780-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle) * the salt eaters by Toni Cade Bambara (https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/toni-cade-bambara/) * the common wind by professor Julius s. Scott (https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-slavery-5810153b9e23f1fb193a6e349a88f9d3) * black feeling black talk black judgement (poetry) by Nikki Giovanni (https://nikki-giovanni.com/works/poetry/black-feeling-black-talk-black-judgement/) * parable series by Octavia E. Butler (https://www.octaviabutler.com/parableseries) * abbott (graphic novel series) by Saladin Ahmed (https://www.boom-studios.com/series/abbott/) * the next american revolution by Grace Lee Boggs (https://www.boggscenter.org/grace-lee-boggs) * becoming good ancestors by David Ehrenfeld (https://academic.oup.com/book/51024?login=false) * rage becomes her by Soraya Chemaly (https://www.sorayachemaly.com/books) Further Learning * Join The People’s Book Club: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6qKU0cGjuAoLiMBWFj5VoitS2wSLcvVLNkVhrzRalAS9MhQ/viewform (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6qKU0cGjuAoLiMBWFj5VoitS2wSLcvVLNkVhrzRalAS9MhQ/viewform) * Check out Fran’s Substack: FREEEVERYNIGGA (https://substack.com/profile/135472009-freeeverynigga) * Watch We Gon Get Free Videocast: http://www.youtube.com/@wegongetfree1325 (http://www.youtube.com/@wegongetfree1325) * Ayiti Spaghetti Free Monthly Luncheon Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1co0qxh-rXTgEkx9PO9kQQyxHQQOb7C9skS1ZQlIG9EA/viewform (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1co0qxh-rXTgEkx9PO9kQQyxHQQOb7C9skS1ZQlIG9EA/viewform) * Ayiti Spaghetti Catering Request Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8MPN5yLfvGd4SJPtjrgrzEXoflFdTUV2Z-K0jeM-C8VucIg/viewform (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8MPN5yLfvGd4SJPtjrgrzEXoflFdTUV2Z-K0jeM-C8VucIg/viewform) * Watch Virago Part 1 Trailer: * Sign up for The Boggs Center Thinking for Ourselves Newsletter: https://www.boggscenter.org/thinking-for-ourselves (https://www.boggscenter.org/thinking-for-ourselves) * Find links to all Fran’s incredible work (yes there’s more!) on her instagram @franchescalamarre or at https://tr.ee/Vhpflh6d03 (https://tr.ee/Vhpflh6d03) Additional Sources * Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) * https://www.npr.org/2025/09/26/g-s1-90790/assata-shakur-joanne-chesimard-dies (https://www.npr.org/2025/09/26/g-s1-90790/assata-shakur-joanne-chesimard-dies) * https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/restaurant-of-the-year/2025/04/01/best-restaurants-detroit-2025-ayiti-spaghetti-haitian-pop-up/82628687007/ (https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/restaurant-of-the-year/2025/04/01/best-restaurants-detroit-2025-ayiti-spaghetti-haitian-pop-up/82628687007/) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

6. 

   19 Jul 2026

   s1e9: Community Journalism with Ethan Bakuli

   There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. - Toni Morrison In this episode of Radicals for Good, we’re talking about community-centered journalism and how organizers can utilize non-traditional media sources with Ethan Bakuli, an independent journalist whose work has appeared in Prism Reports, USA Today, Chalkbeat, Planet Detroit, Capital & Main, and more. Get out of your comfort zone & take action Donate and/or get involved with freedom freedom growers: https://www.facebook.com/FeedomFreedom/ (https://www.facebook.com/FeedomFreedom/) Subscribe and/or donate to Planet Detroit: https://planetdetroit.org/ (https://planetdetroit.org/) Subscribe and/or donate to Outlier Media: https://outliermedia.org/ (https://outliermedia.org/) Subscribe and/or donate to Chalkbeat Detroit: https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/ (https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/) Further Learning The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), by Sam Greenlee Black Awakening in Capitalist America Robert L. Allen The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin The Seven Generations and The Seven Grandfather Teachings by James Vukelich Sources Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) Palestinian journalists: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166481 (https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166481) What is a zine: https://artincontext.org/what-is-a-zine/ (https://artincontext.org/what-is-a-zine/) Detroit Zine Fest: https://www.detroitzinefest.com/ (https://www.detroitzinefest.com/) Independent journalism vs. mass media journalism: https://thisvsthat.io/independent-journalism-vs-journalism (https://thisvsthat.io/independent-journalism-vs-journalism) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

7. 

   5 Jul 2026

   s1e8: Disabled & Revolutionary with Tameka Citchen-Spruce

   "Disabled people have always existed, whether the word disability is used or not. To me, disability is not a monolith, nor is it a clear-cut binary of disabled and nondisabled. Disability is mutable and ever-evolving. Disability is both apparent and nonapparent. Disability is pain, struggle, brilliance, abundance, and joy. Disability is sociopolitical, cultural, and biological. Being visible and claiming a disabled identity brings risks as much as it brings pride." - Alice Wong, American disability rights activist In this episode of Radicals for Good, we're discussing organizing with disabilities (visible and invisible) and how we can embody Disabled revolutionaries in our work with Tameka Citchen-Spruce, a disability justice advocate, independent media producer, author and national speaker who uses storytelling to amplify voices and challenge systems of exclusion. Get out of your comfort zone & take action Donate to #AutisticOutLoud documentary (https://givebutter.com/yFsWzv) Get involved with Detroit Disability Power (https://www.detroitdisabilitypower.org/) Get involved with Warriors on Wheels of Metro-Detroit (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064554735970) Further Learning Learn about the 10 principles of disability justice (https://sinsinvalid.org/10-principles-of-disability-justice/) Learn more about #AutisticOutLoud film and watch the teaser: https://linktr.ee/autisticoutlouddocumentary (https://linktr.ee/autisticoutlouddocumentary) Follow Divas in the City TV on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/divasinthecity.tv/) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@DivasintheCityTV) Living Unapologetically Media: www.tamekacitchenspruce.com (http://www.tamekacitchenspruce.com/) Read Tameka's book: Women in Leadership: From No to Yes, A Black Disabled Woman's Leadership Journey (https://www.booksamillion.com/product/9781966612605) Watch PBS documentary Renegades: Thomas Wiggins (https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/thomas-wiggins-documentary/33570/) Sources Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) Disability Visibility by Alice Wong: Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/76117598) Brad Lomax: https://www.centerforlearnerequity.org/news/brad-lomax-uniting-the-civil-rights-and-disability-rights-communities/ (https://www.centerforlearnerequity.org/news/brad-lomax-uniting-the-civil-rights-and-disability-rights-communities/) Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution: https://cripcamp.com/ Fannie Lou Hamer: https://19thnews.org/2023/07/fannie-lou-hamer-disability-voting-rights-activism/ Harriett Tubman: https://rootedinrights.org/why-dont-more-people-know-harriet-tubman-was-disabled/ Elias Hills: https://www.knowitall.org/video/former-slave-elias-hills-untold-story-palmetto-scene Elias Hills testimony: https://www.scribd.com/doc/170718992/1-Testimony-Before-Congress-on-the-Activities-of-the-Ku-Klux-Klan Fidel Castro source confirmed at Castro Center in Havana, Cuba Revolution will be from my bed: https://diagnosisbedamned.com/2020/04/25/so-i-start-a-revolution-from-my-bed/ Intersectional disability justice: https://www.intersectional-disability-justice.org/en/intersectional-disability-justice-english/ Michigan disability rights resources: https://www.michigan.gov/disabilityresources Trump admins war on disability: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-war-on-disability/ in office work: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/10/02/return-office-work-mandates-accommodate-ada-people-disabilities/70963365007/ Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

8. 

   21 Jun 2026

   s1e7: Being A Good Neighbor with Lejuan Council

   Without community, there is no liberation. - Audre Lorde In this episode of Radicals for Good, we’re talking about all the many ways we can become better neighbors, especially in times of crises with Lejuan Council, an east side neighbor, mother, lead of Feed Your Neighborhood Corp., and a 2026 candidate for Michigan State Senate. Get out of your comfort zone & take action * Volunteer with Feed Your Neighborhood Corp (https://feedyourneighborhood.org/pages/contact) * Register to Vote, finding polling location, request absentee ballot, etc. (https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/) Further Learning * Detroit Area Disaster Recovery Group (https://dadrg.org/) * Basement Backup and Flooding Handbook (https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/2023-07/DWSD%20Basement%20Backup%20%26%20Flooding%20Handbook%20-%20Version%202023-1.pdf) * State of Michigan All About Mold (https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/environmental-health/topics/mold) * Flood risk maps (https://detroitography.com/2023/04/14/map-current-flooding-risk-in-detroit-2023/) * Long term trauma and public health impacts of flooding (https://planetdetroit.org/2026/05/detroit-flooding-public-health-crisis/) Sources * Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) * Southwest Detroit Flooding 2025: https://www.wxyz.com/news/its-one-detroit-donations-pour-into-sw-detroit-as-community-recovers-from-devastating-flood (https://www.wxyz.com/news/its-one-detroit-donations-pour-into-sw-detroit-as-community-recovers-from-devastating-flood) * Detroit flooding leads to mold: https://www.bridgedetroit.com/devastating-floods-leave-detroiters-with-toxic-mold/ (https://www.bridgedetroit.com/devastating-floods-leave-detroiters-with-toxic-mold/) * Flood risk map 2021: https://detroitography.com/2023/04/14/map-current-flooding-risk-in-detroit-2023/ (https://detroitography.com/2023/04/14/map-current-flooding-risk-in-detroit-2023/) * School sound levels and nervous system stress: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/8/4128 (https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/8/4128) * Student mental health days: https://adolescentmentalhealth.com/blog/mental-health-days-for-students/ (https://adolescentmentalhealth.com/blog/mental-health-days-for-students/) * Detroit flooding 2014: https://www.clickondetroit.com/weather/2018/02/20/great-flood-of-2014-how-historic-was-it/ (https://www.clickondetroit.com/weather/2018/02/20/great-flood-of-2014-how-historic-was-it/) * Tornadoes 2014: https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/reports-of-funnel-cloud-spotted-in-northern-macomb-county/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/reports-of-funnel-cloud-spotted-in-northern-macomb-county/) * Detroit flooding 2016: https://www.michiganpublic.org/weather/2016-09-29/detroit-keeps-flooding-whats-being-done-about-it (https://www.michiganpublic.org/weather/2016-09-29/detroit-keeps-flooding-whats-being-done-about-it) * Michigan flooding 2021: https://today.wayne.edu/news/2021/07/12/detroit-household-flood-report-gives-overview-solutions-to-decades-long-issue-42849 (https://today.wayne.edu/news/2021/07/12/detroit-household-flood-report-gives-overview-solutions-to-decades-long-issue-42849) * Michigan flooding 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/flooding-detroit-rain.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/flooding-detroit-rain.html) * Detroit flooding 2021: https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/understanding-why-detroit-floods-and-why-it-keeps-happening/ (https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/understanding-why-detroit-floods-and-why-it-keeps-happening/) * Detroit trash collection issues: https://michiganchronicle.com/detroits-waste-management-plan-addresses-residents-trash-collection-challenges/ (https://michiganchronicle.com/detroits-waste-management-plan-addresses-residents-trash-collection-challenges/) * Detroit food sovereignty: https://www.detroitagriculture.net/ (https://www.detroitagriculture.net/) * Detroit food sovereignty: https://www.bridgedetroit.com/food-sovereignty-detroit-um-detroit-center/ (https://www.bridgedetroit.com/food-sovereignty-detroit-um-detroit-center/) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

9. 

   11 Jun 2026

   s1e6: On Liberated Lands: Cuba

   We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. — Ernesto Che Guevara In this episode of radicals for good, we experience together on the ground resistance to imperialism in Cuba. This episode is a collection of interviews of Cubans living on the island and international comrades showing solidarity in Cuba during the 19th International May Day Brigade. Get out of your comfort zone & take action: * Join the NO WAR ON CUBA campaign! (https://nnoc.org/join-the-international-no-war-on-cuba-campaign/) * In Michigan? Join Michigan Action for Cuba Committee! (https://www.instagram.com/michiganactionforcuba/) Further Learning: * Belly of the Beast Cuba (https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/) * National Network on Cuba’s 101 series (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRVcJP9fC6ZNt1zSYe5aoXG7xmGd2m2GA&si=h7Jh96Tojc_dN-TH) * Revolution with the Revolution Podcast (https://nnoc.org/event/revolution-within-the-revolution-podcast-premiere-virtual/) * Upstream Podcast Cuba series (https://www.patreon.com/collection/2006395) * International Solidarity Podcast (https://youtube.com/playlist) * We Are Cuba! by Helen Yaffe * Revolution within the Revolution by Michelle Chase * Remembering Che by Aleida March * More articles and books here! (https://nnoc.org/politicaleducation/) Sources: * https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) * https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cuba-the-u-s-and-the-concept-of-sovereignty-toward-a-common-vocabulary/ (https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cuba-the-u-s-and-the-concept-of-sovereignty-toward-a-common-vocabulary/) (sovereignty) * https://theflags.org/what-countries-celebrate-may-day/ (https://theflags.org/what-countries-celebrate-may-day/) * https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/labour-life-and-liberation-the-emancipatory-significance-may-day-3599286 (https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/labour-life-and-liberation-the-emancipatory-significance-may-day-3599286) * https://discoverdreamlands.com/tour/when-did-cuba-allow-american-tourists (https://discoverdreamlands.com/tour/when-did-cuba-allow-american-tourists) * https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/the-mallory-memorandum-outlined-the-blockade-against-cuba-66-years-ago-06042026/ (https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/the-mallory-memorandum-outlined-the-blockade-against-cuba-66-years-ago-06042026/) * https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-discusses-the-capture-of-nicolas-maduro-in-venezuela-10326 (https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-discusses-the-capture-of-nicolas-maduro-in-venezuela-10326) * https://theintercept.com/2026/05/27/trump-donroe-doctrine-violence-western-hemisphere-cartels/ (https://theintercept.com/2026/05/27/trump-donroe-doctrine-violence-western-hemisphere-cartels/) * https://acleddata.com/report/us-donroe-doctrine-reshaping-conflicts-latin-america-and-caribbean (https://acleddata.com/report/us-donroe-doctrine-reshaping-conflicts-latin-america-and-caribbean) * https://liberatedetroit.org/why-im-fighting-for-energy-sovereignty/ (https://liberatedetroit.org/why-im-fighting-for-energy-sovereignty/) * https://sustainablepowernews.com/detroits-energy-divide-utility-giants-abandoned-poor-neighborhoods/ (https://sustainablepowernews.com/detroits-energy-divide-utility-giants-abandoned-poor-neighborhoods/) * https://planetdetroit.org/2026/03/how-canceled-clean-energy-projects-are-costing-michigan-and-what-happens-next/ (https://planetdetroit.org/2026/03/how-canceled-clean-energy-projects-are-costing-michigan-and-what-happens-next/) * https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-off-grid-project-is-bringing-streetlights-back-to-detroit/ (https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-off-grid-project-is-bringing-streetlights-back-to-detroit/) * https://detroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/office-sustainability/energy (https://detroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/office-sustainability/energy) * https://humanidades.com/en/imperialism/ (https://humanidades.com/en/imperialism/) * https://www.prosperityforamerica.org/literacy-statistics/ (https://www.prosperityforamerica.org/literacy-statistics/) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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    3 May 2026

    s1e5: Tactics for Worker Solidarity with Loren Branch

    “To me, the Beloved Community is a realistic vision of an achievable society, one in which problems and conflict exist, but are resolved peacefully and without bitterness.” -Coretta Scott King In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss different tactics, like boycotting and strikes, we can use to build solidarity in the working class with Loren Branch (Nyerere Omowale), an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), writer, street drummer and popular political educator. Loren Branch (aka Nyerere Omawale) is a New Afrikan Revolutionary Socialist from the westside of Detroit, Joy Road to be exact. From Chicago to Detroit, Loren has been building independent working class power across liberation struggles including Black liberation, Palestine Solidarity movement, queer liberation, immigrant rights, police murder, anti-war, and more. Rooted in Marxism, the Black Radical tradition, and Pan-Africanism—Loren is a product of UAW Local 600 and the Republic of New Afrika. His ultimate life goals are to become a father and to build the world dignity and self-determination we need and deserve. To play a role in advancing the unfinished revolution of his ancestors and elders—ending capitalism and building a new socialist system run for and by The People. To see Detroit and the global working class liberated in our lifetime. Sources https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future: https://1804books.com/products/socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future (https://1804books.com/products/socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future) Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880: https://1804books.com/products/black-reconstruction-in-america-1860-1880 (https://1804books.com/products/black-reconstruction-in-america-1860-1880) Assata: https://www.commabookstore.com/shop/p/assata-an-autobiography (https://www.commabookstore.com/shop/p/assata-an-autobiography) Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers: https://www.ugapress.org/9780820374307/motown-and-the-making-of-working-class-revolutionaries (https://www.ugapress.org/9780820374307/motown-and-the-making-of-working-class-revolutionaries) The Civil Rights Revolution & Montgomery Bus Boycott: https://liberationschool.org/civil-rights-and-the-u-s-revolution/ (https://liberationschool.org/civil-rights-and-the-u-s-revolution/) Debunking the myth that “we’re not ready” for a general strike in the U.S.: https://liberationnews.org/debunking-the-myth-that-were-not-ready-for-a-general-strike-in-the-u-s/ (https://liberationnews.org/debunking-the-myth-that-were-not-ready-for-a-general-strike-in-the-u-s/) Alkebu-lan Village & Inner City Sub Center: https://liberationnews.org/dc-to-detroit-30-years-later-million-man-march-black-liberation/ (https://liberationnews.org/dc-to-detroit-30-years-later-million-man-march-black-liberation/) The Republic of New Afrika: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/521c580a15244ad0bee5e33f121c2bff (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/521c580a15244ad0bee5e33f121c2bff) Peaches Anderson (my grandmother): https://www.congress.gov/114/crec/2016/06/09/162/91/CREC-2016-06-09-pt1-PgE867.pdf (https://www.congress.gov/114/crec/2016/06/09/162/91/CREC-2016-06-09-pt1-PgE867.pdf) Learn more about PSL and get involved in the socialist movement: https://www2.pslweb.org/action (https://www2.pslweb.org/action) PSL Detroit: https://www.instagram.com/psldetroit (https://www.instagram.com/psldetroit) https://liberationnews.org/07-11-20-revolutionary-optimism-socialist-html/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn-xR0Yw1QZiLgUtZJiAghqwsCjPObvdLxZMWzgAZBQoG1fTgdmf_SJcL_qe0_aem_EaFPq1Uqvl0IhHdwIw9A8g (https://liberationnews.org/07-11-20-revolutionary-optimism-socialist-html/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn-xR0Yw1QZiLgUtZJiAghqwsCjPObvdLxZMWzgAZBQoG1fTgdmf_SJcL_qe0_aem_EaFPq1Uqvl0IhHdwIw9A8g) https://radicalreads.com/black-panthers-favorite-books/ (https://radicalreads.com/black-panthers-favorite-books/) Photo by Claudio Schwarz (https://unsplash.com/@purzlbaum?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/gray-and-red-i-m-a-little-man-print-textile-gWTRInY5AAc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

11. 

    5 Apr 2026

    s1e4: Technology in Movements with Tawana Petty

    “It’s not our fault but it is our fight.” -Monica Lewis Patrick In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss utilizing technology in movement spaces and what digital justice could look like in Detroit with Tawana Petty, a mother, digital justice organizer, poet, and author. Tawana Petty, also known by her poetry stage name Honeycomb, is a mother, social justice organizer, poet, author, facilitator and keynote lecturer. Her work focuses on racial justice, equity, privacy, and consent. She is the founding Executive Director of Petty Propolis, Inc. (https://pettypropolis.org), an artist incubator, which leverages poetry, policy literacy and advocacy, anti-racism facilitation, political education and community-centered initiatives in pursuit of data and digital justice and racial and environmental justice. In 2024, Petty was named on Business Insider’s AI Power List for Policy and Ethics (https://www.businessinsider.com/tawana-petty-algorithmic-justice-league-ai-power-list-2024). Sources: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) https://unsplash.com/photos/text-zO7VVw7Hxik https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroiters-get-oversight-of-surveillance-technology-but-is-it-enough/ (https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroiters-get-oversight-of-surveillance-technology-but-is-it-enough/) https://www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-central-is-collecting-a-lot-of-data-can-we-trust-it/ (https://www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-central-is-collecting-a-lot-of-data-can-we-trust-it/) https://open.substack.com/pub/tawanapetty/p/defending-detroit?r=7g7rur&utm_medium=ios (https://open.substack.com/pub/tawanapetty/p/defending-detroit?r=7g7rur&utm_medium=ios) https://tawanapetty.org/selected-media/f/defending-black-lives-means-banning-facial-recognition (https://tawanapetty.org/selected-media/f/defending-black-lives-means-banning-facial-recognition) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/tsa-airport-security-facial-recognition/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/tsa-airport-security-facial-recognition/) https://stoplapdspying.org/ (https://stoplapdspying.org/) https://voicesfromthegrassroots.org/lewis-patrick-monica/ (https://voicesfromthegrassroots.org/lewis-patrick-monica/) https://www.detroitk12.org/about-dpscd/initiatives/one-to-one-student-technology-iniiative (https://www.detroitk12.org/about-dpscd/initiatives/one-to-one-student-technology-iniiative) https://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/detroit-police-to-enforce-ticket-people-not-following-stay-at-home-order (https://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/detroit-police-to-enforce-ticket-people-not-following-stay-at-home-order) https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/detroitcitymichigan/PST045224 (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/detroitcitymichigan/PST045224) https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/14dd97b35cbb4a4298786c75855f8080 (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/14dd97b35cbb4a4298786c75855f8080) https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/08/28/detroit-police-department-celebrates-1k-project-green-light-partners/ (https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/08/28/detroit-police-department-celebrates-1k-project-green-light-partners/) https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/09/detroit-bridges-internet-access-digital-divide/ (https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/09/detroit-bridges-internet-access-digital-divide/) https://connectyourcommunity.org/cleveland-and-detroit-lead-worst-connected-large-cities-of-2023/ (https://connectyourcommunity.org/cleveland-and-detroit-lead-worst-connected-large-cities-of-2023/) https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/10/07/grim-reality-more-than-half-of-detroit-children-are-now-living-in-poverty-census-bureau-data-shows/ (https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/10/07/grim-reality-more-than-half-of-detroit-children-are-now-living-in-poverty-census-bureau-data-shows/) https://poverty.umich.edu/projects/detroit-partnership-on-economic-mobility/ (https://poverty.umich.edu/projects/detroit-partnership-on-economic-mobility/) https://www.epa.gov/mo/town-flood-and-superfund-looking-back-times-beach-disaster-nearly-40-years-later (https://www.epa.gov/mo/town-flood-and-superfund-looking-back-times-beach-disaster-nearly-40-years-later) AI and Assembly: Coming Together and Apart in a Datafied World by Toussaint Nothias and Lucy Bernholz Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence by Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, and Colin Schupfer Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

12. 

    13 Mar 2026

    s1e3: Raising Revolutionaries with Alia Harvey-Quinn

    Please donate to Alia's founding nonprofit, FORCE Detroit (https://givebutter.com/ForceForward)! Sources: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/100-years-black-history-origins-anti-hunger-movement (https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/100-years-black-history-origins-anti-hunger-movement) https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/2025/07/24/violence-intervention-leaders-gather-in-lansing-to-advocate-for-funding/85327767007/ (https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/2025/07/24/violence-intervention-leaders-gather-in-lansing-to-advocate-for-funding/85327767007/) https://detroitmi.gov/news/mayor-sheffield-launches-mayors-office-neighborhood-and-community-safety-strengthen-violence (https://detroitmi.gov/news/mayor-sheffield-launches-mayors-office-neighborhood-and-community-safety-strengthen-violence) https://www.history.com/articles/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party (https://www.history.com/articles/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party) https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/black-history-month-celebrating-origins-free-breakfast-and-food-justice-movement (https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/black-history-month-celebrating-origins-free-breakfast-and-food-justice-movement) https://www.blkhlth.com/resources/racial-gaps-in-colorectal-cancer-tnt2y-9pegt (https://www.blkhlth.com/resources/racial-gaps-in-colorectal-cancer-tnt2y-9pegt) https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/black-panther-party-challenging-police-and-promoting-social-change (https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/black-panther-party-challenging-police-and-promoting-social-change) The Next American Revolution by Grace Lee Boggs Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Kaitlin B. Curtice Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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    13 Feb 2026

    s1e2: Generational Resistance

    Please donate to Namira's neighborhood nonprofit, Dream of Detroit! https://dreamofdetroit.org/donate/ (https://dreamofdetroit.org/donate/) Sources: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) https://medium.com/@niawrites/16-questions-i-wish-i-had-asked-my-immigrant-father-214570fe1e44 (https://medium.com/@niawrites/16-questions-i-wish-i-had-asked-my-immigrant-father-214570fe1e44) (please email hey@radicalsforgood.com (mailto:hey@radicalsforgood.com) for a friend link) https://planetdetroit.org/2021/10/its-all-waawiyaatanong/ (https://planetdetroit.org/2021/10/its-all-waawiyaatanong/) https://pixabay.com/photos/skyline-river-water-detroit-8061846/ (https://pixabay.com/photos/skyline-river-water-detroit-8061846/) https://medium.com/dsa-detroit-newspaper/waawiyatanong-resists-43f4d7806c1c (https://medium.com/dsa-detroit-newspaper/waawiyatanong-resists-43f4d7806c1c) https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/19/how-britain-stole-45-trillion-from-india (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/19/how-britain-stole-45-trillion-from-india) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8814474/ (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8814474/) https://planetdetroit.org/2021/01/detroits-battle-with-climate-change-flooding-asthma-and-infrastructure/ (https://planetdetroit.org/2021/01/detroits-battle-with-climate-change-flooding-asthma-and-infrastructure/) https://www.mindful.org/a-6-minute-loving-kindness-meditation-to-expand-your-awareness/ (https://www.mindful.org/a-6-minute-loving-kindness-meditation-to-expand-your-awareness/) https://www.nqa.org/what-is-qigong (https://www.nqa.org/what-is-qigong) https://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/ (https://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/scientists-use-new-technology-to-track-individual-monarch-butterfly-migrations (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/scientists-use-new-technology-to-track-individual-monarch-butterfly-migrations) Video by SimplyArt4794: https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up-video-of-butterflies-7787029/ (https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up-video-of-butterflies-7787029/) https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle (https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zx8sf82#zcyq2v4 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zx8sf82#zcyq2v4) Becoming Good Ancestors by David Ehrenfeld We Do This Until We Free Us by Mariame Kaba Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

14. 

    13 Jan 2026

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Radical Introductions

    On our very first episode of Radicals for Good, we give a radical introduction to our podcast and host. We discuss the history and current moment of Detroit and why we believe hosting this podcast in the most radical city in the United States is timely and necessary. And why we believe it’s important to share this podcast in this moment ‘on the clock of the world’. Sources: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-statue-of-a-fist-is-suspended-by-a-crane-xs1W9DoYEVs (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-statue-of-a-fist-is-suspended-by-a-crane-xs1W9DoYEVs) https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement (https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement) https://againstthecurrent.org/atc168/p4071/ (https://againstthecurrent.org/atc168/p4071/) https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/parks-rosa (https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/parks-rosa) https://the-spark.net/o_ford1941.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com (https://the-spark.net/o_ford1941.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com) https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/race-riot-1943 (https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/race-riot-1943) https://urbanhistory.willmackintosh.org/project/madelines-project/ (https://urbanhistory.willmackintosh.org/project/madelines-project/) https://time.com/4879062/detroit-1967-real-history/ (https://time.com/4879062/detroit-1967-real-history/) https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/1963-march-washington (https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/1963-march-washington) https://conversationsthatyouwillneverfinish.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/what-time-is-it-on-the-clock-of-the-world-by-grace-lee-boggs/ (https://conversationsthatyouwillneverfinish.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/what-time-is-it-on-the-clock-of-the-world-by-grace-lee-boggs/) Freedom is a constant Struggle by Angela Davis https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/blog/remembering-mlks-influence-detroit (https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/blog/remembering-mlks-influence-detroit) https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/362782#slide=gs-200036 (https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/362782#slide=gs-200036) https://unsplash.com/photos/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-and-mathew-ahmann-in-a-crowd-of-demonstrators-at-the-march-on-washington-bTF3gkd2L28 (https://unsplash.com/photos/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-and-mathew-ahmann-in-a-crowd-of-demonstrators-at-the-march-on-washington-bTF3gkd2L28) Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe (https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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