Radicals for Good

Radicals for Good
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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

  1. 14h ago

    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 Lorde 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, 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

  2. Oct 4

    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 * 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/thebook Additional 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

    s1e14: radical wellness with adria moses

  3. Sep 22

    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 . * 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

  4. Sep 6

    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.pdf Additional Sources * Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe

    s1e12: gardening for our people with Dolores Perelas-Lara

  5. Aug 16

    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-lookup Additional 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

    s1e11: Futuristic Voting with Arabia Simeon

  6. Aug 2

    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 * 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/Vhpflh6d03 Additional 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

    s1e10: Reading as Resistance w/ Franchesca Lamarre

  7. Jul 19

    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/ 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 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 Palestinian journalists: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166481 What 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

    s1e9: Community Journalism with Ethan Bakuli

  8. Jul 5

    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 Get involved with Detroit Disability Power Get involved with Warriors on Wheels of Metro-Detroit Further Learning Learn about the 10 principles of disability justice Learn more about #AutisticOutLoud film and watch the teaser: https://linktr.ee/autisticoutlouddocumentary Follow Divas in the City TV on Instagram and YouTube Living Unapologetically Media: www.tamekacitchenspruce.com Read Tameka's book: Women in Leadership: From No to Yes, A Black Disabled Woman's Leadership Journey Watch PBS documentary Renegades: Thomas Wiggins Sources 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 Brad Lomax: 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

    s1e8: Disabled & Revolutionary with Tameka Citchen-Spruce
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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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    Radicals for Good
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
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