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May 2020
27m 48s

Nahko Bear - Take Your Power Back

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Nahko Bear is a wildly popular musician and activist whose indiginous ancestors come from Puerto Rican, Filipino, Mohawk and Apache roots. His lyrics sing of hard truths and an optimism for a better world. In this episode Ariel Garten has the pleasure of speaking and singing with him just 3 days after his new album "Take Your Power Back", released. He share ... Show More
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