Pussy Riot

Organization in Music

Pussy Riot has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

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Nadya TolokonnikovaRussian artist, activist and founding member of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot, heard via her 2023 TED Talk

  • 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

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • The women missing from music

    TED 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.