Getting to the Root of it with Venus Roots
By niki franco
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join niki franco (venus roots), a community organizer, writer, and facilitator of spaces for collective study, as she leans into conversations of radical truth-telling with artists, theorists, and organizers living in a world of rigid binaries and multiple truths. she navigates the urgency of solidarity, ancestral preservation, and dismantling systems of oppression that inform and deform our lives.
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No God But Us, with author Bobuq Sayed
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Ramsey 4 Governor and a Socialist California
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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War on Venezuela and Latin America, with Manolo de los Santos
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Why Is the US Escalating Against Venezuela? with Zoe Alexandra of Peoples Dispatch
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Perfect Victims, with Mohammed el-Kurd
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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The Encampments, with Kei Pritsker
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Love in a F*cked up World, With Dean Spade
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Seed Saving as an Antidote to Colonization, with Vivien Sansour of Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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The Incoming Trump Administration, with Eugene Puryear
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Audre Lorde and June Jordan's Black Feminism and Palestine, with Marina Magloire
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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US Out of Korea, with Jamie Tyberg of Nodutdol
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Why Is The US Calling China Imperialist Towards Africa? with Mikaela Nhondo Erskog
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May 31, 2024 |
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Why Is The US Smearing Mexico's President, with Kurt Hackbarth
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May 06, 2024 |
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Why Mass Protests Don't Equate to Revolution, with Vincent Bevins
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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The Legacy of Cuban Medical and Healthcare Solidarity, with Dr. Samira Addrey
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Organized Labor, Unions, Strikes and Palestine, with Zaina Alsous
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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On Palestinian Resistance and Why the US Can't Win Wars, with Vijay Prashad
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Neither Democrats nor Republicans Save Us, So Now What? With PSL Presidential Candidate, Claudia De la Cruz
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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One Year Ago, I Went on Hiatus!
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Who Is Wellness For? With Fariha Róisín
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Pandemic Ain't Over, with Elea Chang
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Connection in a Digital World, with Annika Hansteen-Izora
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Indigenous Resistance As An Antidote to Climate Crisis, with Nick Estes
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Hands Off Cuba, with Manolo De Los Santos
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Haiti, Cuba, and Lessons of Caribbean Resistance, with Claudia De La Cruz
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Politicizing Journalism, with Clarissa Brooks
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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2nd Year Anniversary Special, with Mimi Zhu
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Work Won't Love You Back, with Sarah Jaffe
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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The Role of An Artist and Cultural Worker, with Fresco Steez
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Abolition and A New Administration, with Derecka Purnell
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Embodying Our Abolitionist Dreams, with adrienne maree brown
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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How To Do Nothing, with Jenny Odell
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Let's Talk Cuba, with Liz of Belly of The Beast
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Context > Content, with Phil Agnew
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Like a Bird, with Fariha Róisín
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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We Can't Win Unless We're Organized, with James Lopez
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Unpacking Black Capitalism, with Francisco Perez
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Being a Lowkey Superstar, with Kari Faux
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Cannabis Politickin, with Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey
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May 18, 2020 |
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Mother's Day Special: Challenging Oppressive Ideas of Motherhood, with Cynthia Cervantes Gumbs
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May 07, 2020 |
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Talkin' Music Industry and Music as a Tool of Solidarity, with Doris Muñoz
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May 03, 2020 |
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Getting Real About the Art World and Social Media, with Decolonize This Place
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Tracing Ancestral Wisdom through Food, with Kia Damon
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Chipping Away at the Toxicity of the Fashion Industry, with Becca McCharen-Tran
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Art and Organizing as World-Making, with Zaina Alsous
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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The Era of Radical Online Art Collectives, with Mars
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Jun 05, 2019 |