Podcast Episodes

Cuts, Shutdowns & Civil Rights Attacks: Federal Workers Fight Back [Episode Cut]

Episode 228

Synopsis- HUD in crisis- The Department of Housing and Urban Development has seen its staff slashed by 70% since Donald Trump took office, with civil…

10 months ago

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Cuts, Shutdowns & Civil Rights Attacks: Federal Workers Fight Back [UNCUT CONVERSATION-REWIND]]

Synopsis:  As concerns about rolled-back protections grow louder, whistleblowers at HUD have risked it all by going public with allegations that pain…

10 months, 1 week ago

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The Paramount Skydance Sale Makes the Case for Public Media [commentary-rewind]

Synopsis, Laura's Commentary:  As billionaires buy up our newsrooms and Congress defunds public media, the stakes for democracy couldn’t be higher. I…

10 months, 1 week ago

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Mahmoud Khalil’s Warning: American Anti-Fascists are Failing the Palestine Test [Episode Cut]

Episode 227

“. . . [The Trump administration is] using Palestine. They are using the pretext of antisemitism and combating antisemitism to go after us because th…

10 months, 1 week ago

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[UNCUT CONVERSATION] Mahmoud Khalil’s Warning: American Anti-Fascists are Failing the Palestine Test

Synopsis:  Mahmoud Khalil examines why the question of Palestine is a test for U.S. democracy. 

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

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[Special Report] Alone & Under Water: Learning from Hurricane Helene [episode]

Episode 226

Laura speaks to organizers in western North Carolina one year after Hurricane Helene

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Hurricane Helene 1 Year After, Survival Stories: Ayotunde Dixson, Tai Little [Audio Exclusive]

Synopsis:  As displacement pressures mount in the mountains 1 year after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, residents face gentrific…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Whistleblowers Inside HUD Expose Dangers to Fair Housing & Civil Rights [UNCUT CONVERSATION-REWIND]]

Synopsis:  As concerns about rolled-back protections grow louder, whistleblowers at HUD have risked it all by going public with allegations that pain…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Legal System Cracking Up: Critical Race Theory & the Rollback of Civil Rights [EPISODE CUT]

Episode 225

Synopsis:  With attacks on Critical Race Theory gaining momentum, Columbia & UCLA Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw joins Laura Flanders to dissect the…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Legal System Cracking Up: Critical Race Theory & the Rollback of Civil Rights [full conversation]

Synopsis:  With attacks on Critical Race Theory gaining momentum, Columbia Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw joins Laura Flanders to dissect the fight …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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