🎙️ 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.

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