Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat difference can a play make? Ask Angola Prison
Episode 415
In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a play…
3 years, 6 months ago
F-Word: Right or Wrong Polls Aren't Good
"What makes the obsession with polling so problematic is that it ignores the way that polls, even when they're right, are bad for our politics. Polls…
3 years, 6 months ago
BIPOC Media Covered the Elections Differently
Episode 414
(full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow) When it came to the midterms, mainstream white pundits got a lot wrong that local, Black, …
3 years, 6 months ago
Busting the Thanksgiving Myth: Native Sovereignty & the Red Road
Episode 413
Pilgrims, Indians, the myth of the grateful colonized person — it’s been at the core of a persistent but false Thanksgiving narrative that has distor…
3 years, 7 months ago
F-Word: Democrats Miss the Message
"Win, lose or draw, the allure of the “white working class voter” never dulls for big D Democrats."
The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely …
3 years, 7 months ago
Democrats Stave Off Disaster, For Now?
Episode 412
Were grassroots activists able to defend democracy in 2022? For this post-election roundtable, Laura convenes organizers to discuss some of the criti…
3 years, 7 months ago
D.A. Larry Krasner Facing Impeachment: Criminal Justice Reform in the Crosshairs
Episode 411
Episode Description (Full Episode Notes)- Can a predominantly white state legislature overturn the votes of a predominantly Black city? Larry Krasner…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sarah Jones on Sex & Making an “Unorthodoc”
Episode 410
Full Episode Notes are available HERE
Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning performer and comedian, is making a different kind of documentary. She calls it …
3 years, 7 months ago
F-Word: Election Deniers Aren't Born, They're Bred
You can catch my interview with award-winning reporter Soledad OBrien about how she recommends reporting on liars, through subscribing to this free p…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Georgia Way: Strategies that Work for Winning Elections
Episode 409
What happened in Georgia in 2020? The election of two Democrats to the Senate from that state handed the presidency to Joe Biden and control of Congr…
3 years, 8 months ago