Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 21, host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Boots Riley, a renowned director, producer, screenwriter, musician, and activist from Oakland. In this episode, we delve into the life and career of…

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 20, hosts Richie Nuñez and Lisa Bonta Sumii have a conversation with Jackson Stearns, the President of The Oakland Spiders. In this episode, we delve into the life and career of Jackson Stearns,…

Roots Radio is an interview series that highlights community members who contribute to the cultural, artistic, musical, and political landscape of Oakland. In episode 19, hosts Richie Nuñez and Lisa Bonta Sumii engage in a conversation with Fantastic Negrito. When you listen to Fantastic Negrito, you're invited to experience the story of life after…

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 18, co-hosts Lisa Bonta Sumii and Richie Nuñez have a conversation with Mara Hruby, a jazz musician and soulful storyteller. In this episode, we dive deep into the life and music of this rising …

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 17, host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CSW, Mental Performance Coach at the Oakland Roots Sports Club. Lisa shares her expertise and perspective on the multidimens…

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 16, host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Los Angeles native Janelle Grace, Executive Producer of the short film and comic “Love Conquers All.” Janelle speaks of her early childhood, growing…

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 15, host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Rafael Casal, Executive Producer of the movie and television series Blindspotting. Rafael’s East Bay upbringing consisted of exploring all of his ar…

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 14, host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Oakland native Brianna Noble, Founder of Urban Cowgirl Ranch. Brianna's passion for farm life, community work, and working with horses began in her …

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. In episode 13, host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Oakland native Ay’Anna Moody, Senior Director of Social Impact at the Golden State Warriors and Community Board Member at The Oakland Roots. Ay’Anna…

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. Host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Asaad Bruno, an Algerian-American interdisciplinary artist, designer, and consultant based in the Bay Area. Specialized in visual art, up-cycling & slow-fashion, h…

Roots Radio is an interview series highlighting community members that make up the cultural, artistic, musical, and political Oakland landscape. To kick off its comeback, host Richie Nuñez has a conversation with Dr. Akilah Cadet, Founder and CEO of Change Cadet. In this episode, Dr. Cadet shares how a moment on stage inspired her to start her own …

Roots Radio is a conversation about soccer, art, culture and community. This week's show is all about the intersection of Oakland, soccer and art. As the Roots announce the 'Roots Artist Residency, host Mike Geddes talks to Bay-Area based artist Jasko Begovic, also known as SKO HABIBI, about his journey from fleeing war in the former Yugoslavia to …

Roots Radio is a conversation about soccer, art, culture, and community. This week's show is all about the news that Oakland Roots will play in the USL Championship in 2021. Host Mike Geddes speaks to the USL about what it means for the Roots to join the largest and fastest-growing soccer organization in North America and what the fans can expect, …

Roots Radio is a conversation about soccer, art, culture and community. This week, to celebrate the Oakland Roots Justice Match, host Mike Geddes talks to Calen Carr about the racial justice movement growing in Major League Soccer and to Dania Cabello, an Oakland freestyle activist about re-imagining soccer to fight the patriarchy. We also speak to…

Roots Radio is a conversation about soccer, art, culture, and community. This week, host Mike Geddes talks to award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Jun Stinson about her film Futbolistas4Life, which tells the story of undocumented teens living in East Oakland. We also talk to Umbar Kassa, Community Manager at Evolve Oakland, about a ne…

Roots Radio is a conversation about soccer, art, culture, and community. This week, as Oakland Roots becomes the first team in the United States to join the global Common Goal movement, host Mike Geddes talks to Common Goal co-founder Juergen Griesbeck about the story behind a movement that has brought together some of the biggest names in soccer t…

Roots Radio is a conversation about soccer, art, culture, and community. This week, host Mike Geddes talks to Ann Kletz, co-founder and CEO of Bay Area enterprise GoalFive, ' the soccer brand for her' about taking on the sportswear 'big boys' with a female-led and focused strategy. As the team returns to the training field we also talk to Oakland R…

This week, Roots Radio talks to Oakland Roots Head Coach Jordan Ferrell about coaching under COVID-19, how to improve US soccer, and why he believes athletes shouldn’t just ‘stick to sports’. We also talk to Kim Woozy of Bay Area non-profit Skate Like a Girl about what soccer can learn from the rise of skate culture among women and the trans commun…

Roots Radio is part conversation, part musical journey through soccer, art, culture, and community. This week, host Mike Geddes talks to Brandi Chastain, a double World Cup and Olympic champion with the United States and one of the greatest players of all time about her journey, the future of women’s soccer, and her secret career as a slam poet. We…

Roots Radio is part conversation, part musical journey through soccer, art, culture, and community. This week, host Mike Geddes talks to Oakland artist Timothy B about his journey, the relationship between arts and sports and his recent work including a mural of late rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle which gained him national acclaim. We also talk …

Roots Radio is a bi-monthly conversation about soccer, art, culture, and community that takes an inside look at the birth and growth of a brand new pro soccer team through the eyes of the players, workers, and fans. In this series we explore the impact of the ‘beautiful game’ by crossing different boundaries around the world and talking to special …