Jenna Brager was born in Baltimore in December of 1988. After staking it out in B-murder for a while, 6 years to be exact, she left. Unlike most children, who run away to the backyard, Jenna ran away to the highway, where she cleverly told people that her parents had lost her and gave them ever changing stories about where she lived, in order to hitchhike to Georgia. After getting there, she went to the coast and stowed herself away on a fishing boat. After getting out to sea, she came out from the cargo hold, and needless to say, the crew was very surprised, and angry. They were tempted to take her back to shore, but they could not afford to turn around for they would miss much of the prime catching time. Normally they might have thought it more important to return her to shore, but they were already coming up relatively short for the year, so they were forced to let her stay. She quickly proved to be a valuable asset on the ship, and the crew was glad they had not returned her. With her help, they caught plenty of fish, and made enough money for the crew to get by very comfortably that year. After that season, and with a decent amount of money for food, she decided it was time for her to move on from the seas, and from Georgia. After a brief stint in Texas, panhandling other children her age while they were at recess, she decided it was time to return to Baltimore and go to high school, because she didn’t want to close herself to the option of higher education. This was a smart move on her part, because after graduating high school, she decided that although she would never cease to love the rambling life, she also had to change the world. So now she goes to College Park, and fights for various causes, which she cares deeply about. But she also just likes to fight. (Bio by Carter)
Carter and Jenna in the old days. . . Last semester.
Carter Thomas and Jenna Brager met in a Walmart’s McDonalds and started their friendship talking over Big Macs about their love for red meat, Fox News, and the Man. Immediately after their shopping spree, they decided they should probably become vegan Anarchists and cohost a riotfolk radio show. (Guest bio written by Ryan Smith, who lives in Dorchester with us. Thanks Ryan!)
Jenna and Carter have been friends since 1963. The two met each other in a bar in Wyoming while train hopping across the country. After arriving in California, they helped the free speech movement in Berkeley and went onto protest the Vietnam war. After attending Kerouac's funeral, they partied with Warhol and went to CBGB's for punk shows. After Warhol's funeral, they went to El Salvador to help the peasant farmers in the civil war. In 1989, Jenna went to Berlin to watch the Wall come down. Carter figured it would be best to just stay home and watch it on television. In the 1990s, Carter and Jenna teamed up to fight crime on the hard streets of DC, but when that didn't work out, they moved to Chile and were cattle ranchers. Today, they live happily together in Dorchester Hall and write poetry. (Guest bio written by Megan Lahman, who is Jenna's across-the hall-neighbor. We all know it's BS, but thanks Megan!)
Carter and Jenna today, with fellow activist and good friend Andrea.
Good times in the station.
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