EPISODE · Jun 28, 2026 · 1H 34M
Power Is Deciding Who Counts in America 🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Ep 82
from Radical Roots Podcast · host Radical Roots
Sorry for late upload.🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 82Who Gets Counted? Who Gets Erased? Who Gets Detained? Who Gets Represented? Who Gets to Call Themselves American?📅 June 7, 2026 | 🕘 9:00 PM ET📍 Live from Union County, North CarolinaThis week started with two stories dominating the national conversation: the cases of Cyrus and Karmelo Anthony. Beyond the headlines, both stories exposed something deeper about race, media narratives, public perception, and whose lives receive empathy, outrage, or benefit of the doubt in America.Tonight, we zoom out.Because whether we're talking about criminal justice, immigration detention, voting rights, media censorship, redistricting, or presidential power, the same question keeps showing up:Who gets counted? Who gets erased? Who gets detained? Who gets represented? And who gets to call themselves American?We'll break down Trump's combative interview with Kristen Welker, Scott Pelley's warning about corporate pressure inside media organizations, and the growing concern that truth-telling itself is becoming a liability while propaganda becomes a business model.TONIGHT'S TOPICS🔹 Cyrus, Karmelo Anthony, media narratives, race, and public empathy🔹 Trump's Kristen Welker interview and the authoritarian media playbook🔹 Scott Pelley, CBS, Bari Weiss, and corporate pressure on journalism🔹 ICE detention protests, hunger strikes, private prisons, and the cruelty economy🔹 Trump's America 250 monument push and the politics of public memory🔹 June 9 primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina🔹 Supreme Court opinion watch: citizenship, immigration, voting rights, civil rights, and executive power🔹 Trump's June 14 Flag Day / UFC / America 250 birthday spectacle🔹 Georgia's June 17 redistricting session and the next battle over Black voting power🔹 What all of this means for Union County, North Carolina, and organizers living in red countiesTHE BIGGER QUESTIONThe fight over democracy isn't just happening in Washington.It's happening in school boards.It's happening in courtrooms.It's happening in detention centers.It's happening in newsroom boardrooms.It's happening in state legislatures.And it's happening right here in North Carolina.💬 Join the Conversation LIVE📲 Follow @RadicalRootsPodcast on Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Bluesky🌐 https://radicalroots.us📩 [email protected]❤️ Support the work: Donate through our websiteBecause progress doesn't happen by accident.It happens through action.📢 Join Us LIVE Tonight 8:30 PM ET📲 @RadicalRootsPodcast | 🌐 radicalroots.us📧 [email protected]🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell#RadicalRoots #ProgressThroughAction #UnionCountyNC #NorthCarolinaPolitics #VotingRights #Immigration #ICE #SupremeCourt #ScottPelley #KristenWelker #Trump #GeorgiaPolitics #Redistricting #Media #Democracy
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Sorry for late upload.🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 82Who Gets Counted? Who Gets Erased? Who Gets Detained? Who Gets Represented? Who Gets to Call Themselves American?📅 June 7, 2026 | 🕘 9:00 PM ET📍 Live from Union County, North CarolinaThis week started with two stories dominating the national conversation: the cases of Cyrus and Karmelo Anthony. Beyond the headlines, both stories exposed something deeper about race, media narratives, public perception, and whose lives receive empathy, outrage, or benefit of the doubt in America.Tonight, we zoom out.Because whether we're talking about criminal justice, immigration detention, voting rights, media censorship, redistricting, or presidential power, the same question keeps showing up:Who gets counted? Who gets erased? Who gets detained? Who gets represented? And who gets to call themselves American?We'll break down Trump's combative interview with Kristen Welker, Scott Pelley's warning about corporate pressure inside media organizations, and the growing concern that truth-telling itself is becoming a liability while propaganda becomes a business model.TONIGHT'S TOPICS🔹 Cyrus, Karmelo Anthony, media narratives, race, and public empathy🔹 Trump's Kristen Welker interview and the authoritarian media playbook🔹 Scott Pelley, CBS, Bari Weiss, and corporate pressure on journalism🔹 ICE detention protests, hunger strikes, private prisons, and the cruelty economy🔹 Trump's America 250 monument push and the politics of public memory🔹 June 9 primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina🔹 Supreme Court opinion watch: citizenship, immigration, voting rights, civil rights, and executive power🔹 Trump's June 14 Flag Day / UFC / America 250 birthday spectacle🔹 Georgia's June 17 redistricting session and the next battle over Black voting power🔹 What all of this means for Union County, North Carolina, and organizers living in red countiesTHE BIGGER QUESTIONThe fight over democracy isn't just happening in Washington.It's happening in school boards.It's happening in courtrooms.It's happening in detention centers.It's happening in newsroom boardrooms.It's happening in state legislatures.And it's happening right here in North Carolina.💬 Join the Conversation LIVE📲 Follow @RadicalRootsPodcast on Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Bluesky🌐 https://radicalroots.us📩 [email protected]❤️ Support the work: Donate through our websiteBecause progress doesn't happen by accident.It happens through action.📢 Join Us LIVE Tonight 8:30 PM ET📲 @RadicalRootsPodcast | 🌐 radicalroots.us📧 [email protected]🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell#RadicalRoots #ProgressThroughAction #UnionCountyNC #NorthCarolinaPolitics #VotingRights #Immigration #ICE #SupremeCourt #ScottPelley #KristenWelker #Trump #GeorgiaPolitics #Redistricting #Media #Democracy
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