What Nadya Tolokonnikova has said about Pussy Riot
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 2, 2026
Nadya Tolokonnikova, Russian artist, activist and founding member of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot, heard via her 2023 TED Talk, has been quoted on Pussy Riot 3 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on October 2, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
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
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 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
Episodes
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.