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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
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- 4 days ago1h 16m
s1e16: co(sin)e series - knock your block
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself.” - José MartíIn this episode of Radicals for Good, we continue 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, Jenell Mansfield, the first Black woman and former educator to serve as the Political, Legislative and Communications Director for American Federation of Teachers Michigan; Mond Sankara, Detroit-based tattoo artist; and Abraham Aiyash, Michigan's youngest-ever House Majority Leader.Learn More and Take Action* Get involved with Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign: https://abdulforsenate.com/Additional Sources* Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe
- 2 weeks ago1h 4m
s1e15: co(sin)e series: embracing solidarity
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even though her shackles are very different from my own.” - Audre LordeIn 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, Aly Thee Activist, an activist against police brutality from Grand Rapids; Lexis Zeidan, a Palestinian-American organizer and co-founder of the Uncommitted Movement; and Jenn Onwenu, host of Detroit-based talk show, AskJenn.Learn More and Take Action* Donate to Movimento Cosecha working with families being terrorized by ICE in Grand Rapids, Michigan: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/nobusinesswithice* Watch the Ask Jenn Show: https://www.askjennshow.com/* Join Arab Americans for Progress: https://www.aaforprogress.org/* Watch the Peoples Production trailer about the Uncommitted National Movement: https://www.peoplefirstproductions.com/uncommitted* Arab Americans for Progress voting resources: https://www.aaforprogress.org/voting-resources* Use the Isreal Lobby Tracker tool: https://www.trackaipac.com/Additional Sources* Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement* About Patrick Lyoya: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/22/1094104164/patrick-lyoya-shooting-grand-rapids-michigan* Interview about Uncommitted Movement with Lexis Zeidan: www.democracynow.org/2024/9/20/lexis_zeidan_uncommitted_national_movement_2024* Political Action Committees (PACs) vs. Super PACs: * Recent DTE rate hike in Michigan: https://planetdetroit.org/2026/09/dte-rate-hike-line-5-data-centers/* Detroit Board of Police Commissioners: https://detroitmi.gov/government/boards/board-police-commissioners* How to track PACs: https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/how-to-research-public-records/pacs-parties-and-other-committees/ Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe
- Oct 4, 202649 min
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 LordeIn 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* Learn more about all of Adria’s incredible work at adriamoses.com * Use code ‘radicals’ for free shipping on adria’s latest book ‘towards what hurt’: https://www.adriamoses.com/thebookAdditional Sources* 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/* 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* Yoga with Adrienne: https://www.youtube.com/yogawithadriene/featured* Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/* Loving our Own Bones by Julia Watts Belser: 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
- Sep 22, 20261h 7m
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 DouglassIn 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 .* Watch more on pardonme.tv* Volunteer with 482Forward: https://www.482forward.org/ Additional Sources* 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* Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe
- Sep 6, 202642 min
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* Read youth led research on food insecurity: 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.pdfAdditional Sources* Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe
- Aug 16, 202639 min
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/* 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/* Look up political campaign donors: https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookupAdditional Sources* Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement* Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): 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/ Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe
- Aug 2, 202657 min
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 GiovanniIn 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* freedom is a constant struggle by Angela Davis* the salt eaters by Toni Cade Bambara* the common wind by professor Julius s. Scott * black feeling black talk black judgement (poetry) by Nikki Giovanni * parable series by Octavia E. Butler* abbott (graphic novel series) by Saladin Ahmed* the next american revolution by Grace Lee Boggs* becoming good ancestors by David Ehrenfeld* rage becomes her by Soraya Chemaly Further Learning* Join The People’s Book Club: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6qKU0cGjuAoLiMBWFj5VoitS2wSLcvVLNkVhrzRalAS9MhQ/viewform* Check out Fran’s Substack: FREEEVERYNIGGA * Watch We Gon Get Free Videocast: http://www.youtube.com/@wegongetfree1325* Ayiti Spaghetti Free Monthly Luncheon Interest Form: 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* Watch Virago Part 1 Trailer:* Sign up for The Boggs Center Thinking for Ourselves Newsletter: 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/Vhpflh6d03Additional Sources* 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.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
- Jul 19, 202642 min
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 MorrisonIn 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 actionDonate and/or get involved with freedom freedom growers: https://www.facebook.com/FeedomFreedom/Subscribe and/or donate to Planet Detroit: https://planetdetroit.org/Subscribe and/or donate to Outlier Media: https://outliermedia.org/Subscribe and/or donate to Chalkbeat Detroit: https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/Further LearningThe Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), by Sam GreenleeBlack Awakening in Capitalist America Robert L. AllenThe Evidence of Things Not Seen by James BaldwinThe Seven Generations and The Seven Grandfather Teachings by James VukelichSourcesLand Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgementPalestinian journalists: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166481What is a zine: https://artincontext.org/what-is-a-zine/Detroit Zine Fest: https://www.detroitzinefest.com/Independent journalism vs. mass media journalism: https://thisvsthat.io/independent-journalism-vs-journalism Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe
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
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