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Mother Country Radicals

Mother Country Radicals

Written by: Crooked Media
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 Zayd Dohrn was born underground - his parents were radicals and counter-culture outlaws, on the run from the FBI. Now Zayd takes us back to the 1970s, when his parents and their young friends in the Weather Underground Organization declared war on the United States government. They brawled with riot cops on the streets of Chicago, bombed the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol, broke comrades out of prison, and teamed up with Black militant groups to rob banks, fight racism - and help build a revolution.© Crooked Media. All Rights Reserved. Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Introducing Family Lore

    Introducing Family Lore
    Apr 20 2026
    Family Lore is a weekly narrative podcast that celebrates and investigates ancestral mystique. Each episode begins with a guest sharing a fascinating family legend, followed by a historical deep-dive to uncover the truth and meaning behind the tale. Available now: https://link.pscrb.fm/f0281/FLFD
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    2 mins
  • Bonus: Radical Family Histories (A Crossover with I Was Never There)

    Bonus: Radical Family Histories (A Crossover with I Was Never There)
    Nov 17 2022

    Zayd sits down with his mom, Bernardine Dohrn, along with Jamie and Karen Zelermyer of Wonder Media Network’s I Was Never There to look back at the process of making a show so deeply rooted in personal family history. Jamie and Zayd interview their mothers to learn how they felt reliving their radical pasts and what it was like to make a podcast with their children. And in a time that feels so similar politically to the turbulent decades Karen and Bernardine lived through - how do they find hope?
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    39 mins
  • Chapter 10: Inheritance

    Chapter 10: Inheritance
    Jul 28 2022

    Zayd connects to other children of the underground. Out of the shards of the radical movements of the 1970s, a new generation fights to build a better future.


    For more of the story, check out:

    • Chesa Boudin, Letters from Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out (2005)
    • Patrisse Cullors & asha bandel, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (2018)
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    52 mins
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