Breaking the Cycle of Political Violence
May 23, 2026
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Breaking the Cycle of Political Violence
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<p>Does political violence ever help a social cause? Zayd Ayers Dohrn, playwright and host of Crooked's "Mother Country Radicals," joins Offline to discuss the complicated legacy of radical activism in America. In his new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-a-fugitive-family-in-the-revolutionary-underground-zayd-ayers-dohrn/81fdbaea6f44a43b?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dsa_nonbrand&utm_content={adgroupname}&utm_term=dsa-19959388920&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12440232635&gbraid=0AAAAACfld41F2bGx8u8ukUnSd9t9i5Vga&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_b_QBhCSARIsAP6hR4e5gdQkZyZbMCh4QUYQoFRLNMmFZtSFaG1UlVuTUYqOf6N6EUAnCCcaAjWgEALw_wcB"><em>Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young</em></a>, Zayd dives even deeper into the morally ambiguous decisions made by his parents...two founding members of the notorious Weather Underground. He and Jon contemplate what activist actions lead to mass alienation vs. adoption of ideals, why a generation of Americans gravitated towards political violence in the 1970s...and why it's happening again today.</p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/rRP6-Ek5EKw">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.</p></div>
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