Radical Roots Podcast

A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight🎙️Radical Roots Ep 79

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 79: A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight: Trump's Genocide Threat and the Fake Iran Ceasefire 📅 Thursday, April 9, 2026 | 🕗 9:00 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NC Trump threatened to eradicate an entire civilization. Hours after a ceasefire was announced, Israel massacred 254 people in Lebanon in 10 minutes. ICE deported two North Carolina children — US citizens — to Honduras. And some young Black people are out here defending this empire. Tonight we connect every dot. 🔥 What We're Covering: 🤯 Trump's Dementia Threats & Policy Whiplash - One day: ceasefire. Next day: genocide threats. What is actually happening? - Democratic response, health concerns, and midterm implications. 💣 Operation Eternal Darkness — The Lebanon Massacre - 254 civilians killed in 10 minutes after a ceasefire was announced - International condemnation growing. Strikes continuing. - What does "ceasefire" mean when the bombs don't stop? 🚨 ICE Deports Two NC Children to Honduras — US Citizens - Two North Carolina children — American citizens — deported to Honduras - Parents given minutes to decide under duress, denied attorneys - ProPublica: ICE has detained parents of at least 11,000 US citizen children 📉 Right-Wing Spin Is Cracking - Young MAGA voters breaking on endless war - Republican support fracturing. Public opinion shifting. - War Powers Resolution vote coming next week. ✊🏾 Black People & U.S. Propaganda — When Colonization Wins - Why are young Black people defending American exceptionalism while ICE deports Black and Brown families? - From Buffalo Soldiers to Black ICE agents — this pattern isn't new - Muhammad Ali said "No Viet Cong ever called me n****r." How did we get from that to defending genocide in Gaza? - Colonization didn't just steal land. It stole consciousness. 📢 Join Us LIVE Tonight 8:30 PM ET 📲 @RadicalRootsPodcast | 🌐 radicalroots.us 📧 podcast@radicalroots.us 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell #RadicalRootsPodcast #IranWar #ICE #BlackLiberation #GazaGenocide #UnionCountyNC #ProgressThroughAction #DigDeepToReachHigher

Black Women and the Fight for Healing🎙️Radical Roots Ep 77

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 77: Black Women and the Fight for Healing📅 Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from North Carolina🎙️ Tonight's Guest: Dr. Jennifer Montgomery, PharmD, MBA, LCMHCABridging the gap between physical and mental wellness for underserved communities.Black women are holding the movement, the family, the community — and their own bodies are screaming for rest. Tonight we slow down and go deep. 🔥 What We're Covering:💊 The Body Keeps the Score — A Pharmacist & Therapist's View- Dr. Jennifer Montgomery bridges physical and mental health in ways the system refuses to- What prescriptions and therapy sessions reveal about collective Black trauma- Can medication heal what systemic oppression creates — or is that just managing symptoms?⚰️ Black Maternal Mortality — Engineered Death- Black women are 3–4x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women- The disparity holds regardless of income or education — Serena Williams almost died- Is this medical negligence, or is this what the system was designed to do?🧠 Protecting Your Peace in a Nonstop Crisis- Vicarious trauma, news exhaustion, and the weight of carrying everyone else- Is it okay to opt out of news consumption to protect your mental health?- What does self-preservation look like without abandoning the fight?✊🏾 Celebration vs. Survival — Women's History Month Honestly- How do you honor Black women's brilliance while telling the truth about the exhaustion?- What does healing look like inside systems that were built to harm you?- Community care vs. clinical care — and the limits of individual healing under collective oppression📢 Join Us LIVE Tonight 8:30 PM ET📲 @RadicalRootsPodcast | 🌐 radicalroots.us📧 podcast@radicalroots.us🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell#RadicalRootsPodcast #BlackWomensHealth #WomensHistoryMonth #BlackMentalHealth #HealingIsResistance #UnionCountyNC #MonroeNC #ProgressThroughAction

Operation Epstein Fury🎙️Radical Roots Ep 76

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 76: Operation Epstein Fury📅 Sunday, March 1, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from North Carolina While American voters went to the polls for last day of early voting, Trump started a war. 153 children died in a school bombing. Have attacks on American soil followed? And a Trump megadonor is poised to acquire CNN, HBO, and Warner Bros. This is Operation Epstein Fury: start a war, bury the crimes, call the backlash terrorism. 🔥 What We're Covering: 💣 Operation Epic Fury — War as Distraction- 153 children killed. Supreme Leader assassinated. 3 US soldiers dead.- Sen. Mark Warner: "I saw NO intelligence Iran was planning an attack. None."- What is the real motive? 🚨 Violence On US Soil- Austin: 2 dead, 14 injured. DC Beltway: 4 stabbed.- Both possible attacks within 30 hours of the Iran war starting.- Austin suspect wore an Iranian flag shirt. Suspect. 🗳️ NC Primaries — Democracy While Bombs Drop- March 3 Primary is 2 days away. Early voting closed the day the war started.- North Carolina U.S. Senator & House, Monroe Mayor, City Council, County Commission, Board of Ed all on the ballot. 📺 The Ellison Empire — They're Buying the Narrative- Trump megadonors is buying CNN, HBO, CBS, and Warner Bros for $111B.- Same people starting the war now own the networks covering it.- Can the deal be stopped? 🤖 Trump banned Anthropic from the entire federal government for refusing to allow AI-powered mass surveillance — then OpenAI took the deal. 🏅 NAACP Image Awards 🔗 The Pattern- ICE camps. Executions. Voter suppression. All buried under war headlines.- 153 children didn't die for democracy. They died for distraction. 📢 Join the Movement: 💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 podcast@radicalroots.us 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE #RadicalRootsPodcast #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicFury #IranWar #NCPrimary2026 #UnionCountyNC #ProgressThroughAction #StayWoke

🔥The State of the Country with guest Mir Yarfitz (NC 10th District Candidate) 🎙️ Radical Roots Ep 75

🔥The State of the Country with guest Mir Yarfitz (NC 10th District Candidate) 🚨 We're joined by guest Mir Yarfitz (@miryarfitz) tonight—running for Congress North Carolina 10th District. When the country looks like this, we need fighters everywhere.Mir Yarfitz, is a queer and trans man, tenured Associate Professor of History at Wake Forest University, published author, and Democratic candidate running in the NC-10 Congressional District primary against incumbent Republican Pat Harrigan. A scholar of Latin American history, social movements, and gender and sexuality — and a lifelong organizer with unions, farmworkers, tenants, and LGBTQ movements — Mir brings both academic depth and boots-on-the-ground credibility to his campaign. He's earned the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and his run represents exactly the kind of bold, people-powered representation we need in Congress.🚩Mexico currently on fire, what happened?👮🏻 Secret Service Kill Man at Mar-a-Lago📂 Country shrugs off Epstein files🗳️ SAVE Act: voter suppression👮 DaQuain Johnson: executed on bike🌳 Kyle Bassinga: found hanging, called “suicide”🏢 ICE: $38B for concentration camps🧑🏼‍⚖️ Judges Kill Tariffs, Trump retaliates in a tantrum🏀 LeBron: praises Israel during genocideThis is a snapshot of where we are.🎙️ 8:30 PM ET: radicalroots.us, YouTube, Facebook📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 podcast@radicalroots.us 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#RadicalRootsPodcast #DaQuainJohnson #KyleBassinga #Mexico #Lebron

🌊The Flood—When Too Much News Becomes The Strategy 🎙️ Radical Roots Ep 74

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 74: 🌊The Flood—When Too Much News Becomes The Strategy📅 February 1, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from SNOWY North CarolinaHAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!This week was a flood 🌊. So much news it's hard to even keep up.Government shutdown. 3 million Epstein pages dropped. Prominent journalists arrested. Liam finally came home. Greg Bovino demoted. February 13 deadline.Is the chaos the point? When you can't defend the indefensible, flood the zone with distractions.🔥 What We're Covering:🏛️ Democrats Made Them Blink... kinda?Senate Dems blocked funding, forced DHS split. Trump agreed. Senate passed 71-29. February 13 deadline for DHS negotiations. They're still demanding reforms—not abolition.👮 Trump's Secret PoliceDon Lemon & Georgia Fort arrested Friday covering January 18 church protest. FACE Act charges. Judge rejected warrant—arrested anyway. Meanwhile Valentina Gomez disrupts churches, burns Qurans, mock executions—no charges. Pattern clear: FACE Act only enforced against the left. Does it even apply?📁 The Distraction Drop3 million+ Epstein pages dropped Friday (same day as arrests and shutdown). Trump mentioned 4,500+ times. Cabinet members implicated. FBI tip list removed from database. Why now? Bury ICE murders.💔 The Body Count + Liam Comes Home30+ shootings, 8 deaths since January 20. Trump calls Alex Pretti "insurrectionist." Liam Ramos & father released Saturday, flew home Sunday. Two more kids from his school now detained.🔴 The Right-Wing LostDefending detaining 5-year-olds and murdering nurses. Chris Madel drops Minnesota governor race (can't support party). Lindsey Graham defends ICE as "demonized cops." Even some Republicans breaking. BIG LOSS IN TEXAS special election.⏰ February 13 - The TestWill Dems hold the line or fold (history: ACA failure)? ICE already has $75 billion. Reforms won't work. 69% of Dems support abolition. Leadership won't say it. Only solution: ABOLISH ICE.✊ The Thesis:When you can't defend the indefensible, flood the zone with so much chaos people can't keep up. This week proves it. We're trying anyway.📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 podcast@radicalroots.us 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#RadicalRootsPodcast #blackandbrown #solidarity #coalition #RadicalRoots #KiethPorter #SilverioVillegasGarcia #AlexPretti #ReneeGood #DonDavis #ChaseRanklin #NCDemocrats #Obama