Name: Growing Up Underground: A Conversation with Zayd Ayers Dohrn
Start: 2026-05-29T16:15:00-0400
End: 2026-05-29T17:00:00-0400

Growing Up Underground: A Conversation with Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

Marsh Chapel @ 735 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA

The son of Weather Underground leaders and author of the new memoir “Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young” recounts his childhood on the run in the radical ’60s and ’70s, tracing how secrecy, extremist ideology and trauma shaped his family life.

Speakers

Robin Young

Co-Host, Here & Now, WBUR

Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS and ABC television and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for "The Today S... Read More →

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Author, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young

Zayd Ayers Dohrn was born underground and raised in New York City. He is the author of the book Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young; creator of the hit Crooked Media podcast Mother Country Radicals, and writer (with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tom Morello) of the punk rock protest musical Revolut... Read More →

Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
Marsh Chapel

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Robin Young

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

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Robin Young

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

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