Feed Drop: Occupy! Episode 1: The Invitation (by Future Hindsight)

In 2011, a handful of skeptical New Yorkers answer a call to Occupy Wall Street. What they find feels less like a protest and more like a glimpse of a different world—one where people openly share stories of debt, hardship, and frustration. They start to build an anti-capitalist village in a tiny Manhattan park — under the watchful eyes of police. This is the first episode of Future Hindsight’s brand new 6-part series, *OCCUPY! An Unfinished Uprising*. Subscribe to Future Hindsight wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a single episode!  **Want to dive deeper? Listen to these episodes of Future Hindsight:** For a conversation on activism with a co-founder of Occupy Wall Street, tune in to this episode with Micah White: https://www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/episode/micah-white  For a recap of how American capitalism evolved into what it is today, listen to this episode with Kurt Andersen: https://www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/episode/americas-evil-geniuses-kurt-andersen On solidarity and mutual aid, listen to this conversation with Manuel Pastor: https://www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/episode/solidarity-and-mutuality-manuel-pastor **Credits:** **Host / Executive Producer:** Mila Atmos **Producer / Writer:** Maria Luisa Tucker **Audio Producer:** Zack Travis **Additional production help:** Mia Warren, Erika Gjada, Megan Detrie, Lizzie Jacobs, and Ilya Magazanin **Archival research:** Marisa Holmes **Archival material courtesy of:** Occupy Wall Street Media Working Group. **Original music:** Rude Mechanical Orchestra and Puge Ruhe **Special thanks** to T.J. Raphael, Lauren Passell, Arielle Nissenblatt, and Kate Blumenfeld for being our first listeners and sounding boards, and to Tom Koenig for his support. **Distributed** by PRX  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices