🎙️ Radical Roots x Drawing Bigger Circles – Episode 55: America's Reckoning & Resistance
📅 September 28, 2025 | 🕗 Recorded Live in Monroe, NC
This isn’t your typical political podcast. This was community in conversation.
In a powerful joint episode, the hosts of Radical Roots and Drawing Bigger Circles sit down in Monroe, NC, to unpack the intersection of grief, memory, race, and power — after a Charlie Kirk vigil in town stirred controversy and calls for accountability.
🔥 What We Cover:
📍 Mayor Burns & Parron BaxterWe dig into the Mayor’s online targeting of a resident, community backlash, and the NAACP’s formal call for his removal. What does it say when elected officials wield their platform to silence dissent?
🕯️ The Vigil Heard 'Round the CountyWhat started as a memorial for Charlie Kirk took a chilling turn. We ask: Who gets to define mourning, and who gets erased in the process?
⚠️ White Supremacy, Memory, and Manufactured MythFrom Monroe to MAGA, we look at how power distorts narrative, especially around race and class.
💰 Organize or Obey: Economic ResistanceIt’s time to stop funding systems that harm us. We talk economic boycotts, narrative ownership, and why local action is our most potent weapon.
📢 Closing ChallengeSilence is not neutrality. Show up. Speak out. Or get out of the way.
💬 Leave your thoughts in the comments🔔 Subscribe + Follow both shows:📲 @RadicalRootsPodcast
#RadicalRootsPodcast #DrawingBiggerCircles #CharlieKirk #MonroeNC #MayorBurns #WhiteSupremacy #CommunityResistance #NarrativePower #UnionCounty #LivePodcast #EconomicJustice #Boycott #GriefAndPower
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