Nadya Tolokonnikova
Russian artist, activist and founding member of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot, heard via her 2023 TED Talk
Nadya Tolokonnikova (Russian artist, activist and founding member of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot, heard via her 2023 TED Talk) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Pussy Riot, Pussy Riot punk prayer at Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Pussy Riot
Tolokonnikova argues she became a threat to the Russian system not through power but because courage spreads.
“The reason why I became a threat to the system, not because of any actual physical power that I have, but because courage is contagious”
TED Radio Hour: The women missing from music (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 47:16
Tolokonnikova recounts being placed on Russia's most wanted list in March 2023 and facing new charges over her art.
“In March 2023, I was put on Russia's most wanted list. I'm facing new criminal charges for the art I made”
TED Radio Hour: The women missing from music (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 47:16
Tolokonnikova says Pussy Riot raised $7 million for Ukraine in two days in 2022 and close to $1 million for Planned Parenthood.
“In 2022, we raised $7 million in two days for Ukraine. When reproductive rights became under attack in the United States, we raised close to $1 million for Planned Parenthood”
TED Radio Hour: The women missing from music (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 46:05
Pussy Riot punk prayer at Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Tolokonnikova says the cathedral performance was a response to Putin's announcement that he intended to rule Russia indefinitely.
“We did it in response to Putin's announcement that he wants to rule Russia pretty much indefinitely”
TED Radio Hour: The women missing from music (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 42:30
Appearances
The women missing from musicTED Radio Hour · Oct 2, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with soprano Gabriella Di Laccio about forgotten women composers and AI, then airs Nadya Tolokonnikova's TED Talk on Pussy Riot's resistance.
Often appears with
- Manoush Zomorodi · 1 shared episode
- Gabriella Di Laccio · 1 shared episode