We’re in the studio recording the stories and sounds for our launch. Until it’s ready, stay tuned for some sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes stories here. 

Our Story

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In her twenties, Erin Potts co-founded the Tibetan Freedom Concerts with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. Guided by Emma Goldman’s reminder, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want your revolution,” she has spent the last 30 years helping artists, audiences and activists turn their love of music and culture into lasting change. Season One traces her story from a young music fan to co-founder of the largest concerts for freedom in history.

For more than 25 years, Tibetan activist Deyden Tethong has brought artists, communities and movements together in the fight for human rights and freedom in Tibet and around the world. In Season One, Deyden invites listeners into that story, connecting the concerts to the ongoing courage and resistance of the Tibetan people today.  

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Our Partners:

Some of our generous volunteers & advisors: 

  • Joe Voss, Lawyer – Entertainment lawyer focused on music + social impact

  • Aaron Terry - Logo and Branding

  • Leah Rose – Co-host and Producer, Broken Record

  • Michael Grant Terry – Executive Producer, SmartLess

Check out some sneak peaks and actions from our socials:

View fullsize On International Human Rights Day, we want to share our first three Freedom Soundtracks — including one curated by the incredible Merrill from @tuneyards! (Link in bio.) These mixes are full of songs that lift us up, steady us, and remind us wh
View fullsize In the studio, at last. 🥰 We’ve started recording interviews for Freedom Needs a Soundtrack, talking about the power of music to make change and the ongoing fight for Tibetan freedom. Not just to remember what we did 30 years ago, but to tap i
View fullsize On this day, Oct 17, 2002, Tibetan nun and political prisoner Ngawang Sangdrol was released after 23 years in Drapchi Prison. Her “crime”? Demanding Tibetan independence and singing songs of freedom. To honor her refusal to be silent and
View fullsize A friend just texted us this article and said the Tibetan Freedom Concerts “played a role in the inception of Deltron 3030!” We love hearing about impacts we never knew we had!! 🤯
View fullsize Today we celebrate the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. For more than 60 years, he has led with compassion, courage, and spiritual resistance—guiding Tibetans in exile, defying China’s occupation through nonviolence, and
View fullsize 🎤 June 15 - 16, 1996. San Francisco. The first Tibetan Freedom Concert brought 100,000 people together—and the world listened. 🎶 It wasn’t just a concert and it wasn’t a “benefit concert”...It was a message concert th
View fullsize We’re back—with the stories that started it all. Follow our next big project here as we unearth never-before-heard stories, rare photos, and movement ephemera from the fight for a Free Tibet—before, during, and after the first Tibe
View fullsize the new podcast is coming soon! and we will start sharing content even sooner. stay tuned!