the roots of change podcast

the roots of change agency

We talk about navigating heart-first activism & storytelling. Host Sam Chavez connects with organizations, campaigns, and social change communicators who are boldly creating change in today's social, political, tech & media landscape. https://www.rootschangemedia.com/our-podcast/#/portal/signup (Learn more and access our private podcast feed)

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    🎙️ Breaking Big Tech's Algorithmic Bubble | Day 0

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 this week, I reflect on the 61 day journey that took my corgi and I criss-crossing the United States and understanding the deeper history of the country and our larger world. We especially dig into how Big Tech and billionaire-owned media are keeping us trapped. I share my thoughts on: Back in the Bay reflecting on Big Tech across the U.S. & western worldDe-teching our road trip footprintEvolving media & tech for liberatory changeAllowing us all to tell our storiesSharing resources from grassroots organizations Deep Dives Join the full road trip by becoming a Seedling MemberFind us on the decentralized internet!Browse our Resources for activism, communications, & techBrowse deep dives in Democracy, Tech & Media, Climate Crisis, & more! Subscribe & Grow:Become a Seedling MemberAccess Private Podcast Feed🎬 Prefer video? Watch on YouTube!Subscribe to our weekly digest(s)Support our 100% community-supported media agency

    17 min
  2. 🛻 Announcing Roadtrippin' for Change!

    8 SEPT.

    🛻 Announcing Roadtrippin' for Change!

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 this week, I am excited to announce our Roadtrippin' for Change series! This fall, come out on the road with my corgi and I to learn the deeper layer of U.S. history that's not taught in schools and what it's really like to live in Trump's America in 2025. We've been right in the action covering: 🏜️ Land and Water rights in the Southwest🏛️ The Occupied Capitol City (& Trump's National Guard deployment!)🤠 Cowboys & Queer Culture🗽 The Big Apple & It's Big Wealth Gap🗞️ The history of media & tech🥾 The long history of rural life in the U.S.🐢 Indigenous & Migrant rights 🫏 vs. 🐘 The Myths of Red vs. Blue📲 The border(s) covering Cyber Security and our Surveillance State Become a Seedling member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plans Subscribe & Grow:Become a Seedling MemberAccess Private Podcast Feed🎬 Prefer video? Watch on YouTube!Subscribe to our weekly digest(s)Support our 100% community-supported media agency

    7 min
  3. 🎙️ Breaking Platformization | Disrupting Substack's Dominance on Writers with Sharon Hurley Hall

    25 AOÛT

    🎙️ Breaking Platformization | Disrupting Substack's Dominance on Writers with Sharon Hurley Hall

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 Before I left on my roadtrip, Sharon Hurley Hall and host, Sam Chavez, hopped on a Live! to dig into the harms of Substack for creators and movement leaders who work for liberatory change. 🌱 Become a Seedling Member to get access to the full conversation. After Substack platformed & monetized Nazi's in 2022, we both signed on to an open letter of fellow creators & journalists and left. The companies stance on privacy, progressive values, & creator independence has only gotten worse. Get a preview of our exclusive hours-long conversation for our members, we spoke about: The Harm of Substack and the Need for AlternativesThe Challenges of Big Tech’s Platform DominanceOur Experience Building on Secure PlatformsThe Importance of Transparency in Platform ChoicesBuilding a Personal Brand Beyond PlatformsThe Power of Email and Community EngagementAddressing Harm in Digital SpacesHope Amidst Challenges in MediaResources & Tips for Independent Publishing Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plans About Sharon Hurley Hall (she/her) Founder, Sharon’s Anti-Racism Newsletter | SHHARE Anti-Racism Community | Author, I’m Tired of Racism | Educator | Supporting Black & Global Majority women introverts to make an impact with content Get ‘I’m Tired of Racism’ as a book or audiobook release on Books2read.com. Join Sharon's Anti-Racist NewsletterFollow Sharon on Mastodon Subscribe & Grow:Become a Seedling MemberAccess Private Podcast Feed🎬 Prefer video? Watch on YouTube!Subscribe to our weekly digest(s)Support our 100% community-supported media agency Join Our Road trip from Your Neck of the Woods! Want to travel the country with a cute corgi? Join us on the road from the comfort of your headphones! Become a Seedling Member to get access to the full journey with our private podcast & video feeds plus a ton of resources to grow your activism, survive enshitified tech, & stay sane while creating liberatory change! Memberships start at just $2/month and if that's too much, we have our Assist an Activist program where folks with means can...

    35 min
  4. 🎙️ It's Trumps Economy & We're Just Surviving In It! | The Economic Reality

    18 AOÛT

    🎙️ It's Trumps Economy & We're Just Surviving In It! | The Economic Reality

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 this week, I tease our Fall Roadtrip Series to shine a light on what the media won’t cover in the United States. As the Trump regime gains steam, the economic realities are beginning to settle in. Break Down Trump's Decisions & The Economic RealityWhat Jerome Powell & The Fed Doesn’t GetWhy Democrats Can't ActWhat Does All of This Mean for Activism Right Now? I’ve seen it firsthand on the road, which is why we’re re-airing our March podcast on the economic reality of a Trump presidency. I worked with Wells Fargo and other top financial providers for years and saw the underbelly of the finance world, U.S. capitalism, & Big Tech’s rise until I quit the corporate ad world to shift our organizing & digital strategies. References / Resources AI's Social Impact SeriesThe Evolving Face of Racism in the U.S. Series Join Our Road trip from Your Neck of the Woods! Want to travel the country with a cute corgi? Join us on the road from the comfort of your headphones! Become a Seedling Member to get access to the full journey with our private podcast & video feeds plus a ton of resources to grow your activism, survive enshitified tech, & stay sane while creating liberatory change! Memberships start at just $2/month and if that's too much, we have our Assist an Activist program where folks with means can support amidst the systemic defunding of our movements.

    24 min
  5. 🎙 De-Googling Our Lives & Movements: A Digital Revolution with Stone Cairns

    14 JUIL.

    🎙 De-Googling Our Lives & Movements: A Digital Revolution with Stone Cairns

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 For this week's podcast, we release part of my conversation with organizer, Stone Cairns, on de-Googling our lives amidst a digital coup led by U.S.-based Big Tech companies. We offer practical tips to transition, better alternatives, and why it's important for social change. Become a member to listen to the full conversation: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plans The growing user-friendly alternatives to big tech.Enshitification & the decline in user experience on platforms.Allowing the apps to shape our reality and thus our organizingHow do we do activism away from capitalist thinking around work? "The internet doesn't have to suck!"References / Resources Rebel Tech Alliance to find Big Tech Alternatives🔐 Cyber Security Resource Hub for ActivistsCal Newport YouTubeSlow Productivity SeriesDecolonizing Your Tech Stack Case StudySupport Stone’s Graphene Project!Net Neutrality & Securing Our Privacy About Stone Cairns (they/them) Stone Cairns works with world changers to find creative, life-affirming action to create the world we want - one of ease, grace and justice. Learn more about StoneFollow on Mastodon Subscribe & Grow:Become a Seedling MemberAccess Private Podcast Feed🎬 Prefer video? Watch on YouTube!Subscribe to our weekly digest(s)Support our 100% community-supported media agency Mentioned in this episode: Access Private Podcast Feed Become a Member

    36 min
  6. 🔓 [Unlocked] Global Resistance as Strategic Lessons with Joe & Sam

    7 JUIL.

    🔓 [Unlocked] Global Resistance as Strategic Lessons with Joe & Sam

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 I unlock our private episode from April with Joe Cardillo. We share actionable tips and lessons from global organizing. We can use old and new tactics both online and IRL to build a mass movement of resistance. Listen to Part I of our conversation. 🔐 Become a Member to access Private Podcast Feed: https://www.rootschangemedia.com/#/portal/signup Learning from Hungary’s dissent into illiberal democracySuccessful messaging against authoritarian regimesConcrete examples of what organizing looks like nowRejecting Democrats vs. Republicans binary thinkingAction against anxiety - how to work with anxietyLessons from the Civil Rights EraWhat does privilege mean & how do we use oursManaging capacity and overwhelm in times of crisisCreating change and embracing messiness Follow Joe: https://federate.social/@joecardillo Follow Sam: https://federate.social/@rootschange Subscribe & Grow:Become a Seedling MemberAccess Private Podcast Feed🎬 Prefer video? Watch on YouTube!Subscribe to our weekly digest(s)Support our 100% community-supported media agency Mentioned in this episode: Access Private Podcast Feed Access Private Podcast Feed

    26 min
  7. 🎙 White Supremacy: the Water not the Shark with Sharon Hurley Hall

    23 JUIN

    🎙 White Supremacy: the Water not the Shark with Sharon Hurley Hall

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 this week, I re-air one our 1st ever podcasts. My conversation with Sharon Hurley Hall in February 2024. We get real about white supremacy and how we as individuals can push back and be anti-racist activists in this current world. Elevating voices and being a conduit of truth in this moment of racial and social awakeningFinding hope at the micro and local level, while looking at the global impactPushing back against algorithms and techGoing beyond skin color to find “our people”Envisioning a new way forward Explore the roots of change agencyRead our Weekly Activist DigestFollow us on YouTube, Bluesky & MastodonHealthy Tech & Communications ResourcesAccess Our Private ChatsBecome a Seedling Member We discuss the audiobook release of her book, I’m Tired of Racism, and how racism is the waters that we swim in, not just the shark. Our conversation held both hope and reality. About Sharon Hurley Hall (she/her) Founder, Sharon's Anti-Racism Newsletter | SHHARE Anti-Racism Community | Author, I'm Tired of Racism | Educator | Supporting Black & Global Majority women introverts to make an impact with content Subscribe to Sharon's Anti-Racist NewsletterGet 'I’m Tired of Racism' as a book or audiobook release on Books2read.com. Subscribe & Grow:Become a Seedling MemberAccess Private Podcast Feed🎬 Prefer video? Watch on YouTube!Subscribe to our weekly digest(s)Support our 100% community-supported media agency Mentioned in this episode: Become a Member Become a Member

    28 min
  8. 🎙️ Avoiding the MAGA Narrative Trap & Staying Safe While Protesting

    16 JUIN

    🎙️ Avoiding the MAGA Narrative Trap & Staying Safe While Protesting

    Hi y’all! 👋🏽 On Friday, I hoped on YouTube Live to address MAGA's narratives surrounding recent events in California. We need to shift the narrative and know what traps we are falling into. "We are powerful. We are the people. Let's start telling that story." Stop falling into the MAGA narrative trap!Steven Miller's immigration rageWWE Smackdown as policy & distractionAlex Padilla's arrest and where we go from hereUnderstanding ICE tactics & digital securityPreparing for Protests: safety & cyber securityProtest Aftercare for Mental Health I also dig into the influence of big tech and disinformation with practical tips at protests and aftercare techniques to maintain mental health and community well-being. Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plans Deep Dive / Resources MAGA Campaign of psychological warfare (Joe Cardillo)Social Media Care Pocket Zine (the roots of change agency)🎬 ICE is the Modern Day Slave Patrol (Get Free)Tips to stay secure at protests (WIRED)Secure Messaging & The Signal Chat Heard Round the World (the roots of change agency)Grounding Practices in the Streets from Prentis Hemphill🎶 Resistence & Reciprocity Playlist (the roots of change agency) Subscribe & Grow:Become a Seedling MemberAccess Private Podcast Feed🎬 Prefer video? Watch on YouTube!Subscribe to our weekly digest(s)Support our 100% community-supported media agency Mentioned in this episode: Become a Member Access Private Podcast Feed

    28 min
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We talk about navigating heart-first activism & storytelling. Host Sam Chavez connects with organizations, campaigns, and social change communicators who are boldly creating change in today's social, political, tech & media landscape. https://www.rootschangemedia.com/our-podcast/#/portal/signup (Learn more and access our private podcast feed)

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    the roots of change agency
  • Années d’activité
    2024 - 2025
  • Épisodes
    50
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