Who is Pussy Riot?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2012

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Why is everyone talking about this Russian feminist punk band? Does symbolic solidarity with Pussy Riot make any difference? Does Pussy Riot enjoy more support from the West than its native Russia? Listen in to learn more.

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0:00.0	I'm Will Daly. For years I've been on the road playing shows and seeing America through live music.
0:05.0	This summer I'll hit the stage with Season 2 of Sound of Artown.
0:09.0	Ten cities, 12 episodes, every other Thursday.
0:12.0	We explore the live music venues and culture of a new American city with each new episode.
0:17.0	Our tour continues into the kind of venues you want to get to when you land in Detroit.
0:21.0	Providence, Denver, or Seattle.
0:24.0	Listen to Sound of Artown on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	This is the story of a man who's fascinated me.
0:34.0	His name was Sweet Daddy Grace, and that's a name you don't forget.
0:39.0	He was a visionary who built a fortune as a black man during Jim Crow, during the Depression.
0:45.0	But today, not many people know about him.
0:49.0	I'm Grace, sort of wiped out and I wonder if this was done intentionally.
0:54.0	Listen to Sweet Daddy Grace on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:01.0	I'm Carol Fisher, and I'm hosting a podcast called The Girl Friends.
1:05.0	It's Las Vegas, it's the 1990s, and it is time to find a husband.
1:11.0	There were four Jewish doctors who were felt to be eligible bachelors.
1:16.0	One of them was Bob Barryman.
1:19.0	On paper, he was perfect, but in reality, this guy is a wacko.
1:24.0	He choked into the point she went unconscious.
1:28.0	I would call him, and I would say, I know you killed my sister.
1:31.0	You can listen to The Girl Friends on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:38.0	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.
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