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Laura Flanders & Friends

THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW is back with more award-winning interviews and investigative reporting on the people and movements driving positive systemic change in our world today. The show features forward-thinking people from actress Sheryl Lee Ralph to author Naomi Klein and innovative projects as well as a monthly journalists' round table with journalists of color. It's produced in rural New York.

Barbara Lee & Lateefah Simon: Trailblazing CA Congresswomen

26m 46s

If anyone can inspire the public about the role of the minority in Congress, the women of California’s 12th district can. In this charming conversation, newly-elected Democrat, Lateefah Simon, joins the indomitable veteran Barbara Lee, whose congressional seat Simon will be taking when the new Congress convenes.

Episodes

  • South Australia Goes Green: Art & Policy for Climate Action: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    South Australia Goes Green: Art & Policy for Climate Action

    S1 E124 - 26m 46s

    South Australia has become a global leader in green energy transition. How did they do it, and what can we learn from them? In this report for Climate Week, Laura goes Down Under with her partner, Elizabeth Streb, and her extreme dance company, and discovers how the region’s culture and its many world-class festivals have helped pave the way for transformation.

  • Solving Economic Inequality: An Occupy Movement for 2024?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Solving Economic Inequality: An Occupy Movement for 2024?

    S1 E123 - 26m 46s

    Were you one of the hundreds of thousands of people on the streets during the Occupy movement? For many the movement was a political awakening, as people rallied to end economic inequality and support democracy in response to the 2008 global financial crisis. On this 13th anniversary, how does the spirit of Occupy live on? And what progress — if any — has been made when it comes to the wealth gap?

  • Project 2025 and the Far Right's Plot Against Workers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Project 2025 and the Far Right's Plot Against Workers

    S1 E122 - 26m 46s

    What risks do working people face this Labor Day? Workers continue to die on the job and struggle to protect worker safety, but the dangers for labor go beyond bad bosses. On the federal level, the far Right’s Project 2025 playbook has plans to gut unions and fire federal workers.

  • “God & Country”: Christian Nationalism in U.S. Politics: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “God & Country”: Christian Nationalism in U.S. Politics

    S1 E118 - 26m 46s

    In the documentary “God & Country”, producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland explore Christian Nationalism — a toxic brew of patriarchal White Nationalism and messianic faith. Christian Nationalism poses a real and immediate threat, not only to the very idea of secular democracy but also to Christianity itself. Whether you’re a Christian or a concerned citizen, this episode is a must-watch.

  • Democracy Under Siege: Disinformation in the 2024 Election: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Democracy Under Siege: Disinformation in the 2024 Election

    S1 E117 - 26m 46s

    In the wake of Donald Trump's shooting, falsehoods flooded our feeds faster than facts. The problem of disinformation, the deliberate spread of false or misleading information, isn’t new, but the stakes are high in this critical election year. In this monthly installment of “Meet the BIPOC Press”, we ask: Who are the targets of disinformation in the run up to the 2024 election and why?

  • Corporate Prison Reform Will Not Keep Us Safe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Corporate Prison Reform Will Not Keep Us Safe

    S1 E116 - 26m 46s

    Under the view of the iconic Hollywood Sign, a struggle is being waged over the future of policing and incarceration. Los Angeles is ground zero for fights over the job of District Attorney, Police Chief, and the size of prisons and jails. Corporations that have profited from prison communications are now profiting on electronic monitoring. Can today's Los Angeles change the script?

  • Malaika Jabali on Wisconsin's Black Voter-Options: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Malaika Jabali on Wisconsin's Black Voter-Options

    S1 E115 - 26m 46s

    As the Republican National Convention comes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Laura talks with award-winning reporter and author, Malaika Jabali, author of "It's Not You, It’s Capitalism: Why It’s Time to Break Up and How to Move On”. Wisconsin is one of the most racially unequal states in the country. It’s also seen a precipitous decline in Black voting. Are these things connected?

  • Amanda Seales: Speaking Out About Gaza & Hollywood: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Amanda Seales: Speaking Out About Gaza & Hollywood

    S1 E114 - 26m 46s

    What does it take to be politically outspoken in Hollywood? You may know Amanda Seales from her role on HBO’s “Insecure”, her stand-up comedy, her podcast and radio show or viral videos on social media. She’s lost agents, her publicist, and had speaking gigs retracted for her commitment to social justice. Hear why Seales is taking backlash from her support for Palestinians as “a badge of honor”.

  • Is Worker-Owned Media the Future of Journalism?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Is Worker-Owned Media the Future of Journalism?

    S1 E113 - 26m 46s

    The business of media is in danger — but it sure isn’t dead. There have been layoffs across the industry and many newsrooms have cut back on the resources available to journalists. But workers have also organized unions, including high-profile campaigns at Condé Nast and The New Yorker, and started worker-owned media like Hell Gate and Defector.

  • Political Violence & MAGA: Strategies to Protect Democracy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Political Violence & MAGA: Strategies to Protect Democracy

    S1 E112 - 26m 46s

    Political violence is on the rise and has reached just about every corner of the country, whether it's confrontations on social media, at school board meetings or the chambers of Congress. While most Americans oppose political violence, it remains a growing threat to our democracy. We convene an expert panel to define political violence and discuss how to protect one another and democracy itself.

  • Working Families’ Maurice Mitchell: Voting is a Chess Move: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Working Families’ Maurice Mitchell: Voting is a Chess Move

    S1 E111 - 26m 46s

    Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have serious problems. How do we square the contradictions when casting our vote, and how should we think about elections altogether? As National Director of the Working Families Party, what is Maurice Mitchell’s advice in this critical election year? For starters, he says “supporting a candidate is a chess move.”

  • Meet the BIPOC Press: Bursting the Corporate Media Bubble: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Meet the BIPOC Press: Bursting the Corporate Media Bubble

    S1 E108 - 26m 46s

    It is a cliché to say that the richest corporate media operate inside a bubble of their own making, but it's largely true. Today’s guests are breathing new life into the world of journalism by covering people, places and perspectives beyond the conventional enclaves of power. How do we break media bubbles? Join us for that conversation.

Schedule

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    Solving Economic Inequality: An Occupy Movement for This Moment?

    Sunday
    Dec 29

    30 Minutes

    Taifa Smith Butler, Demos; author Marisa Holmes; journalist Amir Khafagy.
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    Laura Flanders & Friends

    Sunday
    Jan 5

    30 Minutes

    Interviews and investigative reporting on the people and movements driving positive systemic change.

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